Working to Make the Good Even Better This Thanksgiving holiday, you could very well be serving turkey and stuffing with a side of purple, blue, or red mashed potatoes. A team of researchers that includes WSU scientists and their USDA colleagues are working to develop potatoes with high antioxidant and nutrient levels. These added elements […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State University researchers along with their colleagues within the Western States Cereal Leaf Beetle Team have declared war. A bug war, that is.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Extension programs that have eradicated Spartina, a noxious invasive weed in Willapa Bay, and that are keeping a grain pest in check by means of biological control, will be honored in July at the Western Region Joint Summer Meeting in Blaine. Eradication of Invasive Spartina in Willapa Bay, a […]
SPOKANE, Wash. – Eastern Washington grain growers should be on the lookout for cereal leaf beetles, which have caused significant damage at a number of locations in the region the past few years. Both the adult and the larval stages of the beetle feed on most cereal and grass, according to Diana Roberts, WSU Spokane […]
It’s a Fact Every year, farmers on the Palouse Prairie grow 500 million pounds of dry peas and lentils, which are sent to more than 90 countries around the globe. On Solid Ground is a weekly, electronic newsletter for the friends and stakeholders of the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Diana Roberts, Washington State University Extension area agronomist, was named the 15th recipient of the Kenneth J. Morrison Award in Agronomy and Soils at the Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day on Thursday. The award recognizes WSU Extension faculty for significant contributions made to agronomic crop production and soil management. “Largely through her […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Extension is seeking information from farmers who have infestations of cereal leaf beetles in their fields to aid a statewide biocontrol project. Biocontrol is the deliberate use of one living organism to control another. The cereal leaf beetle is a newcomer to the state, according to Diana Roberts, WSU […]
Farmers can explore organic grain farming as a way of adding value to a portion of their crop, at a workshop here Friday, Jan. 30. The “Organic Grain Production: the Opportunities and Challenges” workshop provides an opportunity for growers to learn how to find or develop viable markets that will add value to their crops. […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State University Cooperative Extension has organized a special tour to familiarize growers with the cereal leaf beetle, a new and potentially serious pest in cereal grains in the Northwest. Diana Roberts, WSU Spokane County Cooperative Extension agronomist, says the pest was first found in Washington state in 1999 and is now […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Scientists have reported the worst outbreak of stripe rust in recent years in Northwest wheat fields and it is being found much earlier in the season than usual. Xianming Chen, USDA plant pathologist at Washington State University, says stripe rust is developing on susceptible winter wheat varieties in southeastern Washington and northeastern […]