Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Proposal Seminar - Peter Weston Maughan
2025-12-15 11:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
“Using Environmental Factors to Understand Patterns in Weed Emergence Timings in the Inland Pacific Northwest”11:00 a.m., ITB 305 and via Zoom

Exit Seminar and Final Examination - Evan Domsic
2026-01-05 13:00 - 14:00 | NWREC Art B 115, 16650 State Route 536, Mt. Vernon, WA, 98273, United States
“Unlocking Quinoa’s Budding Potential: Overcoming Barriers to its Adoption as a Rotational Crop in Western Washington and Beyond”

Seminar - Olivia Landau, USDA-ARS
2026-01-26 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354
“Developing Tools for Weed Science Research”

Seminar - Morgan Menaker
2026-02-02 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354
“Herbicide Resistant Italian Rye: Lessons In Managing 4-Way Resistant Biotypes”
Italian ryegrass is a major challenge in U.S. small grain systems, reducing yields and complicating crop establishment. This session showcases how Extension researchers and growers in North Carolina are using integrated management strategies to successfully control this weed.

Morgan Menaker is currently serving as a Regional Extension Specialist – Agronomy based out of the Whitman County Extension office in Colfax. He has regional responsibility for counties in the Blue Mountain Region and is a member of the WSU Extension Dryland Cropping Systems Team and Pacific Northwest Herbicide Resistance Initiative.

Seminar - Zhiwu Zhang
2026-02-09 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354
“Towards the ChatGPT Moment of Molecular Breeding with Artificial Intelligence”

Seminar - Jason Streubel
2026-02-23 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354

Seminar - Drew Lyon
2026-03-23 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354
“A Career Conundrum: Does Tillage Have a Role in Sustainable Integrated Weed Management Systems?”

PhD Research Proposal Seminar - Sadikshya Poudel
2026-03-24 12:00 - 13:00 | ITB 3050
“Bio-fortification for Enhanced Nutritional Content in Barley”

Seminar - Sohaib Chattha
2026-03-25 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354
“Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation: New Insight for Weed Management and Adoption Potential in Washington”

Seminar - Kanwardeep Rawale
2026-03-30 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354
“Targeted Crop Improvement Using Crop Wild Relatives”
Dr. Rawale is a founder and research director at Biotech Naturale, Inc, a Pullman based startup company specializing in alien gene transfer.

Final Examination - Faishal Khan
2026-04-15 11:00 - 14:00 | PSB 401
“Assessing Traffic Tolerance and Recovery in Sports Turfgrass”Exit Seminar at 11:00 a.m followed by final exam at 12:00 p.m.PSB 401 and via Zoom

Seminar - Nicole Capizzi
2026-04-20 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354

Seminar - Tarah Sullivan and Mary Engels
2026-04-27 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354
“Community-Engaged Research and Scholarship in Bioresilience – A Case Study in BioRISE”
Please click here for a WSU Insider article on BioRISE and for more information see the NSF-RaMP BioRISE website.
