ANNOUNCEMENTS: The next Entomology Faculty meeting will be on Friday, October 23rd at 11:00 AM. The AMS dial # is: 5702199 Our next Entomology Department Colloquium will be on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. The presenter will be Dr. Carmen Blubaugh. She is a postdoctoral scientist with the Snyder Lab in the WSU Dept of…
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – A new law that defines Washington’s commercial beekeepers as farmers will enable the state to better reap the benefits of healthy bee populations while boosting a critical profession, according to a bee expert at Washington State University. “Beekeepers’ work is similar in concept to managing tiny livestock,”…
ENTOMOLOGY NEWS OCTOBER 5-9, 2015 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Alix Whitener’s PhD Preliminary Exam is scheduled for Tuesday, October 13th at 9:00 AM in FSHN 164 (Entomology Conference Room). The AMS dial # […]
By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Zebra chip disease, caused by a bacterium carried by insects, can ruin a potato crop; but little is known about where it comes from and how it can be avoided. Thanks to a nearly $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of…
ENTOMOLOGY NEWS SEPTEMBER 28-October 2, 2015 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Our next Entomology Department Colloquium will be on Wednesday Oct. 7, 2015. The presenter will be Dr. William Kabasenche, WSU School of Politics, […]