Entomology

New WSU research finds the more diverse a farm’s plant population, the more beneficial it is for bee pollinators, and the more efficiently those pollinators work.

WSU’s newest entomology professor will arrive shortly after winning a national award from the Entomological Society of America.

WSU’s Honey Bee & Pollinator Research & Education program has a new permanent home with pending purchase of facility near Othello, Wash.

Entomologists aim to take the sting out of stressful encounters

WSU entomology professor Allan Felsot receives the Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching from the Entomological Society of America.

Two distinguished faculty members of Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resources Sciences are among eight WSU scientists elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2019. CAHNRS scientists elected by their peers include: • John Stark, Director of the Washington Stormwater Center at the WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Center […]

Helping sustainably protect important Northwest crops like potatoes, peas, and vegetables from pests and disease, while safeguarding consumers against foodborne illness, students at Washington State University’s Department of Entomology are putting new fellowships from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to work. Abigail Cohen, Benjamin Lee, and Olivia Smith are three of […]

Expert scientist and passionate leader leads academics in CAHNRS

Helping Northwest apple growers protect their crops, WSU scientists have found new proof that earwigs are actually valuable predators in apple orchards, rather than the creepy, crawly, apple-damaging pests they’re sometimes assumed to be. In the May 2019 edition of the journal Biological Control, Robert Orpet, recent doctoral graduate at Washington State University’s Tree Fruit Research and […]

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