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Grad student wins fellowship to study buckwheat’s potential

February 11, 2022

WSU Ph.D. candidate Rachel Breslauer received a $120,000 USDA pre-doctoral fellowship to study buckwheat as a cash crop as well as a cover crop.

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Removing plant enzyme could result in faster growth, more food

March 30, 2018

WSU team receives $500,000 grant to study the connection between phosphorylase and photosynthesis, potentially leading to faster growing, larger crops.

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