WSU is working with four local community colleges to improve tree canopy cover in several urban areas throughout the state. The five-year project, designed to increase resilience amid a changing climate, is supported by a nearly $1.8 million USDA grant.
Breeding trees is a time-consuming and imprecise field. To help speed things up, WSU scientists have developed a new computer model that could help make tree breeding much easier.
PROSSER, Wash. – A new disease is infecting and killing walnut trees in Washington. Symptoms of the disease include a yellowing of leaves, usually at the top of the tree, as well as subsequent die-back of the tree’s larger branches. The disease, called Thousand Canker, was discovered in the Prosser area during the summer of […]