Microscopic partners could help plants survive stressful environments
Tiny, symbiotic fungi play an outsized role in helping plants survive stress
Tiny, symbiotic fungi play an outsized role in helping plants survive stress
PULLMAN, Wash. – A pandemic is destroying orange groves in Florida. The disease, called citrus greening, is also spreading to citrus groves in Texas and California, threatening a more than $3 billion per year industry. If left unaddressed, the entire U.S. citrus industry could be wiped out and, as Florida Sen. Bill Nelson said, “We’ll end […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – The recent discovery by Washington State University scientists that a barley plant can detect an invader and within five minutes start to build its resistance to attack is just the latest in a long, fruitful history of research regarding the ways plants communicate.
Cold-hardiness Prediction Model is (Almost) Ready for Grower Use For vineyard managers, watching the thermometer during eastern Washington winters is a bit like watching their charges dance the limbo: how low can they go? You don’t really want to find out; you just want to know in advance if you need to take frost protection […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Karen Flint Ward, the newest member of Washington State University’s Department of Plant Pathology, will help make the department’s goal of a Pullman-based plant disease diagnostic lab staffed by a diagnostician and a data base of plant disease occurrences in Washington state a reality.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Fruit growers concerned about the threat and impact of Spotted Wing Drosophila have a new, one-stop shop for information with the creation of a Washington State University Web site dedicated to the pest – http://extension.wsu.edu/swd/Pages/default.aspx.