Spotted Wing Drosophila Update In Washington’s berry fields, a new pest has migrated north from California and is now causing headaches for small-fruit growers. Spotted wing drosophila, or SWD, infests soft fruits with its eggs, ruining the fruit’s market value. First introduced into California in 2008, , SWD is a red-eyed “vinegar fly” that attacks […]
I came to a sharp fork in the deeply rutted road of my life this fall. I had to decide if I would continue to limp around on Saturdays in my beloved but inefficient ’87 pickup, or sell it off to some poor soul in more need of it than I. My eight cylinder American-made […]
Congratulations to the following undergraduate researchers and their faculty menotrs on their CAHNRS undergraduate research awards.
On Friday Business Week reported on an Oregon study finding that the invasive plant called Medusa head will continue to spread over western rangelands, with comments from Steve VanVleet on the research and control of the weed. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JESEV00.htm A story on the website Foodsafetynews.com reported on multi-year research in which WSU is involved on antibiotic […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Overall business conditions in the Seattle area improved slightly in the third quarter with a majority of Seattle business executives reporting an increase in sales and hiring, according to a survey conducted by Washington State University.
SPOKANE, Wash. – John Turpin, a Washington State University associate professor and chair of the Department of Interior Design, has been named by DesignIntelligence one of 25 “educators and education administrators who exemplify excellence in design education leadership.”
PULLMAN, Wash. — A group of Washington State University student entrepreneurs have custom designed a “Go Cougs” blanket that is being manufactured for them by Pendleton Woolen Mills.
PULLMAN, Wash. – How plants metabolize herbicides, rendering them either deadly or duds, will be the focus of the next installment in Washington State University Extension’s “Research that Works for You” Webinar series. The presentation will begin at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 18, at http://breeze.wsu.edu/research_that_works_for_you/.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Progress on research to reduce wind erosion and improve air quality in the inland Pacific Northwest will be reported at the Columbia Plateau PM10 Project annual meeting on Dec. 1 at Washington State University.
Dear Colleagues, Chairs and directors within CAHNRS and WSU Extension are in the throes of developing plans to address the two budget reductions I described in my last message to you. We are building 10 percent and 8 percent plans, as requested by the president and provost, to help address a permanent 6.3 percent cut […]