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From the 1890s through today, WSU wheat breeders have kept Washington wheat competitive and adapted to our unique challenges.

Tim Paulitz recently received a lifetime achievement award from the American Phytopathological Society’s Pacific Division.

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.

A new program led by WSU will help farmers in underserved communities navigate the USDA Farm Service Agency’s online loan application process.

Now paid off, WSU’s expanded Plant Growth facility enables faster, more efficient breeding and more competitive new wheat varieties.

Officials, legislators, and university leaders broke ground for the new USDA-ARS Plant Sciences Building on the Pullman campus

New app can quickly and accurately analyze and organize genomic data available for cereal crops.

WSU’s Metropolitan Center for Applied Research and Extension will bolster urban agriculture with help from two new grants funded by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

WSU leads a new $8 million USDA-funded project aiming to advance soil-biodegradable plastic mulches and develop innovative methods for recycling the regular plastic mulch.

Learning how a white mold fungus avoids plant defenses could lead to a new tool to combat a pathogen that causes billions of dollars of crop loss worldwide.