WSU breeders put royalties to work for the future of Washington wheat
New wheat varieties emerging from CAHNRS add a growing stream of stable support for breeding advances.
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Partner-funded WSU Plant Growth Facility is paid off, paying forward
Now paid off, WSU’s expanded Plant Growth facility enables faster, more efficient breeding and more competitive new wheat varieties.
Partnership shares genetics for earlier ripening, grower-friendly sweet cherries
New agreement allows researchers to exchange and study genetic material for high-flavor, next-gen cherries
Fungus fights mites that harm honey bees
A new fungus strain bred by WSU researchers could provide a chemical-free method for eradicating mites that kill honey bees.
Decline in plant breeding programs could impact food security
A team of scientists led by WSU has found that public plant breeding programs are seeing decreases in funding and personnel across the U.S.
CAHNRS Faculty Feature: Kevin Murphy
We’re featuring outstanding and influential CAHNRS faculty members in a weekly series. This week, we’re profiling Kevin Murphy from WSU’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences.
Washington Swine Artificial Insemination School Announced
DAVENPORT, Wash. — Washington State University Extension is offering a swine artificial insemination school in Moses Lake in September.
New Stone Fruit Breeder at WSU Prosser Center
PROSSER, Wash. – Nnadozie Oraguzie, a senior scientist at New Zealand’s state-owned horticulture research institution, has assumed duties as stone fruit breeder-geneticist at the Washington State University Prosser Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center. He will focus on development of new sweet cherry varieties suited for production in the Pacific Northwest. “Dr. Oraguzie has an […]
Lyon Receives State Crop Improvement Association Award
PULLMAN, Wash. – Steven R. Lyon, a senior scientific assistant in Washington State University’s winter wheat breeding program, received the O.A. Vogel Crop Improvement Award Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Washington State Crop Improvement Association in Pasco. The award is given annually to an individual in WSU’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural […]
Endangered Rabbit Beats the Odds
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers feel like long-shot lottery winners after discovering that endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits are once again breeding in the wild in Washington. Len Zeoli, a WSU doctoral student in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, was shocked recently while doing field studies to see a young pygmy rabbit […]