We will be hosting Dr. Danielle Gelardi a Senior Soil Scientist with the Washington State Department of Agriculture and lead of the Washington Soil Health Initiative on behalf of the WSDA.  Dr. Gelardi will be providing her seminar as a nominee to become a CSS adjunct faculty member titled, “Soil health, biochar, and carbon markets: […]

We will be hosting Dr. Claire Philips a Research Soil Scientist at the USDA-ARS Northwest Sustainable Agroecosystems Research Unit.  Dr. Philips will be providing her seminar as a nominee to become a CSS adjunct faculty member titled, “Are lawns bad? What turfgrass can teach us about employing soil carbon sequestration as a nature-based climate solution”. […]

“Steve Hearts Soil: Highlights from Past Research and Future Directions” Steve Culman joined Crop and Soil Sciences on Aug 1st as an Associate Professor and Distinguished Endowed Chair of Soil Health in Potato Cropping Systems. This talk will highlight Steve’s past soil health research, discuss challenges with developing soil health tools and frameworks and chart a […]

Our own Dr. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, Professor of Soil Science at WSU will present “Composting for Foreign Animal Disease Management.” Please join us for seminars in Clark Hall 149, with snacks and coffee, at 2:10 pm or via zoom.   Dr. Carpenter-Boggs’ bio: Dr. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs is a Professor of Soil Science at WSU. Her specializations […]

We welcome Dr. Michael Walsh from the University of Western Australia to present on the “Impact of Harvest Weed Seed Control on Australian Cropping Systems” Please join us for seminars in Clark Hall 149, with snacks and coffee, at 2:10 pm or via zoom. Dr. Michael J. Walsh Bio:   Michael Walsh completed his B.Sc. […]

“Digging deep into soil ecology: defining soil health and carbon-nitrogen chemistry in arid soil profiles”

"Utilizing GWAS to characterize virulence in a Pacific Northwest stem rust population and new sources of resistance in barley”