wheat breeding

WSU scientists will host modified crop tours this June and July

Two CAHNRS faculty members, a CAHNRS-led interdisciplinary team of scientists, and a staff member received Office of Research awards as part of WSU’s Research Week 2019.

Pacific Northwest for growers and industry professionals are invited to the annual WSU Extension Wheat Academy to learn about disease diagnostics, wheat management, and much more.

We asked several CAHNRS Ambassadors, excellent students who love WSU and their college, to name their favorite professors. Here, we’re showcasing Kim Kidwell, CAHNRS executive associate dean and the associate dean of academic programs.

We asked several CAHNRS Ambassadors, excellent students who love WSU and their college, to name their favorite professors. Here, we’re showcasing Arron Carter, professor and director of the WSU Winter Wheat Breeding program.

WSU and the Washington Grain Commission funded the new $15 million Washington Grains Plant Growth Facility on the WSU Pullman campus. A dedication ceremony will start at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, and will include graduate student-led tours of the facility.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – After more than 22 years of breeding wheat for Washington State University, Steve Lyon never expected to make a name for himself in the barley field. […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University will lead a $16.2 million effort to develop wheat varieties that are better at tolerating the high temperatures found in most of the world’s […]

Genome Sequencing Furthers Knowledge of Plant and Animal Pathogen The various species of bacteria in the genus Enterobacter may be painfully familiar to you. Enterobacter cloacae, the best known of […]

I spent this past summer trudging through six-mile treks each weekend with two good friends. We walked along the edge of wheat fields outside of town.