December 3, 2018

Awards

Andy Bary, Senior Scientific Assistant in Puyallup (Crop & Soil Sciences) was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington Organics Recycling Council.

 

Announcements

Upcoming Holiday Schedule and December Reduced Operations Schedule:

• December 24 – Christmas Holiday
• December 25 – Christmas Day
• December 26 – Reduced Operations
• December 27 – Reduced Operations
• December 28 – Reduced Operations
• December 31 – Reduced Operations
• January 1 – New Year’s Day

 

Events

Crop and Soil Science Seminars

Johnson Hall 204, 1:10-2:00 p.m.

December 3 – 

• Patrick Freeze
  “Effects of iron minerals in iron-enriched compost on lead and arsenic sequestration and bioavailability in contaminated soil”
• Anjuman Islam“Soil Microbial Community Siderophore Production and Soil Health in Concord Vineyards”
• Tara Burke
  “Indaziflam Resistance in Winter Wheat”
• Abdelsalam Aldarmon
  “Effect of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock on biochar characteristics and potential biochar effects on chemical and physical properties of sandy soil”
  

December 10 –

• Tanya Cheeke, Assistant Professor, WSU-Tri-Cities School of Environment
• Jeremy Thompson
  “Field bindweed: Breaking rhizomatous bud dormancy to improve control”
  

 

Management Matters for Soil Health Workshop

January 22, 8:30-3:30 p.m.
Banyans on the Ridge

 

 

 

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