Des Layne joins WSU
Desmond Layne Washington State University has appointed Dr. Desmond Layne, a professor at Clemson University in South Carolina,
How cold hardy?
Washington State University scientists hope to find a better way to assess cold hardiness of apple and sweet cherry buds
Research project tackles trunk diseases
Researchers will use nearly $1.8 million in grant money to develop new detection, extension, and research tools for managing wood-canker
Weather forecasting tested
Washington State University’s automated weather station network, is testing a national forecasting model as a tool to predict weather systems,
AGweathernet will work with mobile devices
Washington State University’s AgWeatherNet is a state-of-the-art automated weather data collection and decision support system. It provides a Web-based suite
Sterile insects get a boost
Peter Teal works with several species of fruit flies. The Caribbean fruit fly has red eyes; the Mexican fruit
Cold is hot topic at Expo
Great Lakes region fruit growers won’t soon forget 2012, the year that Mother Nature, for the first time in the
Automated crop estimating
An experimental crop yield estimator travels down an orchard row at a speed of about half a mile per
Classes for Hispanics
Wenatchee Valley College will offer two employee educational programs for the 2012-2013 academic year—level one of its Hispanic Orchard Employee