CAHNRS News > CAHNRS remembers President Elson Floyd > Emily Gatch, WSU Mount Vernon Research and Extension Unit Emily Gatch, WSU Mount Vernon Research and Extension Unit June 25, 2015 By CAHNRS Communications WSU Mount Vernon NWREC graduate student Emily Gatch discusses her research on Fusarium wilt and Verticillium wilt in spinach seed crops, as WSU President Elson Floyd looks on. Photo courtesy Skagit Valley Herald