John Stark’s work was mentioned in the On-Line Wild Equity Institute article (2/8/2013), New Study Adds Urgency to Eliminating Nitrogen Emissions in Antioch. The article references his publication Effects of herbicides on Behr’s metalmark butterfly, a surrogate species for the endangered butterfly, Lange’s metalmark. Environmental Pollution 164: (2012) 24-27. To read the article go to:…
Ivan Milosavljevic received a Spring Registration Grant from GPSA. Rebecca Schmidt received a Spring 2013 Travel Registration Grant. Joseph Schwarz received a Spring 2013 Travel Grant from GPSA and a Travel Registration Grant.
Congratulations to Rebecca Schmidt who won $500 for her oral presentation in the Agricultural & Natural Sciences division. To see the complete list of winners go to http://studentinvolvement.orgsync.com/org/gpsa/Services_Results.
Dr. David Crowder has been awarded one of the WSU CAHNRS and Extension Internal Grants for 2013. His project, Developing Decision Support Tools for Pacific Northwest Potato Crops, will receive $50,000. In addition to Dave Crowder the research team consists of Bill Snyder, Carrie Wohleb & Tim Waters (Entomology MS, 2002 & PhD, 2005) graduate.
David James and Vince Jones were mentioned in an article in the Spring 2013 edition of the Washington State Magazine titled “Passing the Smell Test” (pgs. 28-34).
January 2013, WSU News Washington State University researchers have linked orchards and vineyards with a greater prevalence of West Nile virus in mosquitoes and the insects’ ability to spread the virus to birds, horses and people. The finding, reported in the latest issue of the journal PLOS ONE, is the most finely scaled look at…
Rearing High Quality Queens WSU-Pullman – Sunday, June 11, 2017 Two, one day workshops in different locations will present what it takes to rear high quality queens. Basic biology and various methods of queen rearing will be presented. The workshops emphasize hands on instruction in queen rearing methods, with lecture and demonstrations. Students will…