Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Final Examination - Jonathan Schnore
2026-06-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | PSB 301
“Climate Resiliency: A Case for Grasses”

WSU Potato Field Day
2026-06-25 08:30 - 14:00 | Othello Research Station, 1471 W. Cox Road, Othello, WA, United States

Final Examination - Bishal Lamsal
2026-06-25 08:00 - 09:00 | PSB 405, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
“Optimizing Soil Base Saturation for Enhanced Canola (Brassica napus) Production”

Reardan Crop Tour
2026-06-23 13:30 - 15:30 | WA
Starting location: VT Winter Site: 47.66418, -118.0348

Wilke Farm Field Day
2026-06-23 08:30 - 13:30 | Wilke Research and Extension Farm, 39440 St Rt 2 East, Davenport, WA, United States

Final Examination - Ekom-Obong Idio
2026-06-22 14:30 - 15:30 | PSB 301
“Elucidating the Response of Pennycress and Canola to Metal Lactates, an Emerging Plant Biostimulant”

Spillman Farm Field Day
2026-06-22 08:30 - 14:00 | Spillman Farm, 1452 Johnson Rd, Pullman, WA, United States

Dayton Crop Tour
2026-06-18 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
Starting location: VT Winter Site 46.38785, -117.88225

Fairfield Crop Tour
2026-06-18 07:30 - 09:30 | Harvest Moon Restaurant, Rockford, WA, United States

Mayview Cereals Crop Tour
2026-06-17 09:30 - 11:30 | WA
Starting location: NWGG Spring Wheat Plots: 46°37’05.6″N 117°26’31.7″W

Mayview Spring Canola Crop Tour
2026-06-17 08:30 - 10:30 | WA
Starting location: SC VT Plots: 46°37’04.0″N 117°24’40.7″W

Douglas County Crop Tour
2026-06-16 10:00 - 12:00 | WA
Starting location: VT Winter Site: 47°35’04.2″N 119°37’07.3″W

Harrington Crop Tour
2026-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 | WA
Starting location: VT Winter Site: 47°23’57.6″N 118°24’02.7″W

Lind Field Day
2026-06-11 08:30 - 14:30 | Lind Dryland Research Station, 781 E. Experiment Station Rd Rd, Lind, WA, 99341, United States
Schedule of Events

8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Field Tours
12:00 p.m. Hosted Lunch
12:30 p.m. Noon Program
1:15 p.m. Ice Cream Social
With Ice Cream Grabbers by Ferdinand’s!

2026 Field Tours

Arron Carter
Aaron Esser & Derek Schafer
Morgan Menaker
Mike Pumphrey
Shikha Singh
Surendra Singh

Eureka Crop Tour
2026-06-05 13:30 - 15:30 | WA
Starting location: VT Winter Wheat Site: 46°19’31.2″N 118°35’58.0″W

Walla Walla Crop Tour
2026-06-05 10:00 - 12:00 | WA
Starting location: VT Winter Wheat Site: 46.01416, -118.32101

Western Wheat Workers Meeting Field Tour
2026-06-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Holiday Inn Express, 1433 West Pine Street, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Horse Heaven Crop Tour
2026-06-04 08:00 - 10:00 | Horse Heaven Community Hall, 37301 County Well Rd, Prosser, WA, United States

Wilbur Crop Tour
2026-05-29 16:00 - 18:00 | WA
WSU/PNWCA Canola Tour
Starting location: 47°47’54.5″N 118°54’58.4″W

PhD Research Proposal Seminar - Romuald Rambikarison
2026-05-28 09:00 - 12:00 | ITB 3050
“From Policy to Performance: Applied Studies in School Meal Economics, Supply Feasibility, and Enterprise Data Systems”
9:00 am – 12:00 p.m., ITB 3050

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.

Final Examination - Janel Poisson
2026-04-24 15:00 - 16:00 | WA
“Deciphering the Role of BUZZ Cyclin Dependent Kinase-like Genes for Pollen Tubes and Root Hairs in Zea mays”

Seminar - Nicole Capizzi
2026-04-20 14:00 - 15:00 | FSHN 354
“Sea to Soil: Effects on soil fertility, soil salinity, and crop growth from nuisance green seaweed (Ulva) as an agricultural soil amendment”

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 - 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.

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”

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

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?”

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

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