Extension Specialist Karen Lewis named director of WSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Program
As ANR Program Unit director, Karen Lewis will support a broad range of Washington industries and endeavors.
Tree Fruit
Task force seeks new defenses against resurgent, cherry-devastating disease
Cherry trees infected with Little Cherry Disease bear small, bitter or bland fruits that often lack attractive coloring. The disease is a significant concern for growers, reducing yields and eventually causing fruit to fail entirely.…
Congratulations to Shane Giese, CAHNRS senior development director, on retirement
Shane Giese, senior director of Alumni and Development in the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, will retire June 30, 2020, after leading fundraising efforts in important areas of discovery and education. Originally…
New technologies could help breed more disease-resistant, high quality apples
Plant scientists at Washington State University are exploring how advanced technologies could help breed delicious apple cultivars that can also resist many devastating diseases, such as blue mold and fire blight, which cost millions in…
Cosmic Crisp(R) apple, creators honored in Governor’s State of the State address
A Cosmic Crisp(R) apple crowned every desk in the Washington State House during the Governor’s address. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recognized Washington State University’s achievements in creating the popular new Cosmic Crisp(R) apple in his…
Award: Precision pruning can help machines safely, efficiently harvest apples
Team of WSU scientists help put labor-saving machines to work at harvest.
WSU scientists unmask the humble earwig as an apple-protecting predator
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 […]
New from Extension: Better cider orchards, flood solutions, meat quality
WSU Extension scientists work with Washington farmers, industries, and communities, building new knowledge for a stronger economy, better practices and healthier lives. Extension faculty are also authors, who every month share the results of their work through peer-reviewed online publications. Newly published WSU Extension guides include: Home Garden and Lawn Fertilizer Calculator (FS324E), part of […]
WSU tops USDA research and development list for second year in a row
WSU ranked first for the second year in a row in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research and development expenditures.
New Postharvest Endowed Chair Carolina Torres to help growers solve challenges, bloom to table
Horticulturist and Washington State University alumna Carolina Torres will help Northwest tree fruit growers and packers bring their best produce to consumers more profitably and sustainably, as the university’s first Endowed Chair in Tree Fruit Postharvest Systems. Starting Feb. 1, 2019, at the WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee, Torres was selected […]
