Secure Food Supply

New WSU program looks to expand early pathogen detection in potato crops

New WSU-led project will help potato growers safeguard domestic and international markets and maintain high-quality potatoes for consumers around the world.

Formal portrait of Chakradhar Mattupalli wearing a white lab coat.

To stem invasives, WSU leads only publicly available biocontrol resource in Washington

WSU offers publicly available access to biocontrol resources, helping land managers and owners, food producers, and recreationists statewide tackle tough invasives.

Washington State University Professor and Extension Specialist Jennifer Andreas looking through magnification at a branch, searching for knotweed biocontrol agents. Photo credit: Shawna Bautista, USDA Forest Service.

No bug left behind: Elizabeth Beers named Entomological Society Fellow

Helping stop pests and training future entomologists, Elizabeth Beers is a new Fellow of the Entomological Society of America.

Elizabeth Beers

WSU Wagyu breeders announce their first dual-inheritance hornless heifer

Wagyu cattle breeders at WSU reached a milestone this summer, confirming their first homozygous polled heifer.

Wagyu heifer summer

From field to table, WSU Extension team tackles statewide food safety

Three Washington State University Extension professionals are working to bolster food security in Washington state and beyond through education, outreach, and research.

A person with disposable gloves looks through a magnifying glass at a snack he is holding up.

Passion for nature lives on in zoologist’s bequest

Paul Schroeder’s curiosity for the natural world will be felt every time someone examines the tiny creatures he gave to WSU’s insect museum.

Paul and Haneul beetle hunt

WSU crop sciences graduate receives fellowship a second time

Olufunke Ayegbidun is researching the specific genes responsible for high levels of iron and zinc in wheat. She is also exploring how wheat varieties with those genes can be bred faster, making them more nutritious and beneficial for consumption.

Head shot of Olufunke Ayegbidun

New Clif Bar and King Arthur Baking Company Endowed Chair to lead WSU Breadlab

Kevin Murphy will lead the WSU Breadlab as the new Clif Bar and King Arthur Baking Company Endowed Chair in Organic Grain Breeding and Innovation.

Kevin Murphy- grain field