By Seth Truscott,College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource SciencesPULLMAN, or Wash. – Seven research teams at Washington State University will enhance the competitiveness of Pacific Northwest crops by fighting devastating diseases and advancing sustainable agriculture,thanks to more than $1.5 million in Specialty Crop Block Grant funds from the Washington state and the U.
S. Departments of Agriculture.
To support Washington’s $3 billion apple and pear industry, its $734 million potato industry, and other important crops like fresh strawberries,crop peonies and cider apples, WSU crop scientists, and engineers,plant pathologists, economists and other specialists will ... » More ...
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