SEATTLE, Wash. — For the past decade, Washington State University plant pathologist Dean Glawe has been painstakingly compiling information on the world’s Erysiphales fungi. Farmers and gardeners the world over know Erysiphales as the cause of powdery mildew, among of the world’s most damaging plant diseases. Powdery mildews attack apples, cherries, grapes, hops, wheat, onions, […]
It’s pretty common for us “little peanuts” to feel some envy about the wealthy and better-known citizens among us. Who, after all, wouldn’t want to be a millionaire?
SULTAN, Wash. — Both sides of Washington State are well suited to an expanding hard cider industry owing to an abundance of apples and the growing numbers of consumers looking for more ways to support locally based agriculture. In just a few short years, the Northwest Cider Association has grown to include 18 new cideries […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State University Energy Program and the Washington Department of Enterprise Services will kick off the March to Savings campaign on March 1. This no-cost call to action encourages all state employees to work together to save energy.
Welcome Back to the Future With an impish grin, Mike Kahn led a group of visitors into an old greenhouse on the Washington State University campus in Pullman. Kahn is a scientist in WSU’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, the home of a group of researchers probing the secrets of plant life to help ensure the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Each summer, eight undergraduate students from throughout the nation will have the opportunity to study plant biology in cutting-edge labs at Washington State University. Horticultural genomics Professor Amit Dhingra, the leader of a new Research Experience for Undergraduates site funded by the National Science Foundation, said the program is accepting applications from […]
V&E Team Wows WAWGGers WSU undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members from the Viticulture and Enology program made another excellent showing at this year’s Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers conference. In addition to managing four workshops and the poster session and making 21 oral presentations and 41 poster, nine presenters won awards their poster […]
Young Scientist Seeks to Soothe Frets about Brett Every time you take a breath, you inhale fungi and fungal spores. In every cubic meter of air there are thousands of spores released by hundreds of species of fungi, according to a study conducted by scientists at the Max Planck Institute. We like to say that […]
SEATTLE – All major indicators of economic health were flat in the fourth quarter of 2011, yet Seattle business executives indicated they are slightly optimistic about the national economy in 2012, according to a recent survey.
My household has no less than three nightlights that give good service to me and mine. Perhaps you have a nightlight or two yourself. And beyond those useful little devices, of course, there are the regular lights that a person may switch on in the middle of a windless night.