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The Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at Washington State University serves the Land Grant tradition by offering nationally competitive undergraduate and graduate education programs, conducting fundamental and applied plant and soil research, and extending the science of our disciplines to serve the public. Read more.
NSPIRE IGERT Graduate Fellowship Program
WSU will receive $6 million over five years from NSF’s flagship Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) interdisciplinary program to fund approximately 60 new doctoral students across three program areas. .
Of particular interest is the NSPIRE (Nitrogen Systems: Policy-oriented Integrated Research and Education) IGERT program at Washington State University. In 2009, two Soil Science graduate students have received NSPIRE IGERT fellowships, while a number of CSS faculty are lecturing for the program with several more CSS students taking advantage of the course work. Read more. On Solid Ground related article
USDA recognition
Climate friendly farming team wins national award
The WSU Climate Friendly Farming Team has won a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Partnership Award for Innovative Program Models. Read more.
200K Awarded to Develop Network of Long-term Agriculture Project Sites in the PNW
Bill Pan, Hans Kok and Dave Huggins, scientists in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at WSU are part of a $200,000 project that will develop a full plan and proposal to the National Institute for Agriculture for a Long Term Agricultural Project (LTAP) focusing on the sustainability of non-irrigated cereal production systems in the Inland Pacific Northwest (IPNW). Read more.
Organic dryland research WSU scientists win $1 million grant
Replacing costly chemicals with new crop rotations and no-till technology to raise dryland crops such as wheat and barley organically will be the focus of WSU scientists thanks to a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Integrated Organic Program. Read more.
Von Wettstein wins state Life Science Discovery grant
WSU scientist Diter Von Wettstein’s work on developing gluten-free wheat for people who suffer from celiac disease has received another major infusion of financial support. Washington’s Life Science Discovery Fund Wednesday announced that Von Wettstein was one of six researchers in the state to win a project grant. He will receive nearly $1.1 million to continue his work. The award comes on the heels of a four-year, $837,000 award from the National Institutes of Health earlier this year. Read more.
WSU names New Spring Wheat Breeder
Dr. Michael Pumphrey
After visiting the Palouse to attend the Spillman Agronomy Farm in July, Pumphrey made his appointment official earlier this month. He will assume his new responsibilities in January 2010. Read more.
New Winter Wheat Breeder Named to Lead WSU Program
Dr. Arron Carter
Aaron Carter, a 2009 Ph.D. graduate with an emphasis in wheat breeding and genetics, is the new winter wheat breeder at Washington State University. The appointment was announced July 9, 2009 at the annual WSU Spillman Agronomy Farm Field Day. Carter will assume his new responsibilities beginning July 16. Read more.
WSU researcher works to expand barley market
A WSU scientist hopes to expand the barley market by developing new varieties that can be used better as food. Steve Ullrich, professor of crop and soil sciences, is using cross-breeding to develop varieties that will make barley more attractive and valuable to farmers, processors and consumers. Read more.
Down and dirty
Soils prof appreciates diversity of online students
They call her Dr. Dirt. It should be Dr. Soil. The distinction is important, says Joan Davenport, a professor and soils scientist at WSU. “You must know the difference between soils and dirt before you earn the right to malign soils by calling them dirt.” Read more.
Lettuce gets a close look in Alaska and Washington
A parallel study of nitrate levels is simultaneously being conducted in Fairbanks and Pullman, Wash., this summer. Washington State University graduate student Haly Ingle is at UAF for seven weeks closely examining the effects of the midnight sun and other factors on lettuce and spinach. Read more.
Haly Ingle, WSU graduate student, plants Cracoviensis leaf lettuce in research plots at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm
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