![Plants can communicate through vast interconnected root networks, intertwined by symbiotic fungi called mycorrhizae.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-12-10.54.09-900x574.jpg)
The power of plant communication
ISABELLE BUSCH, Evergreen reporter, columnist
• April 14, 2022
![The initial strategy for the co-operative pruning process is to have robots prune 80% of the tree.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Robotics-for-Pruning-01-900x506.jpg)
Research aims to replace human pruners with robots
GREY KAMASZ, Evergreen reporter
• April 7, 2022
![Xianming Chen, plant pathology doctor for the USDA Agricultural Research Service, showcases the wheat being used for the study.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC_0410-900x600.jpg)
Researchers investigate combating stripe rust
DAVID HUTNER, Evergreen reporter
• February 17, 2022
![Food science graduate student Heather Carbon collects a fermented sample of synthetic grape juice made from wild yeasts.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/web-22-675x900.jpg)
Researchers address challenges in wine production
SANDI KOBIESA, Multimedia editor
• February 17, 2022
![Breeding virus-resistent crops would take up to 10 years. Currently, prevention is the best cure.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-02-06-15.24.41-675x900.jpg)
Grant to help screen for viruses in crops
GREY KAMASZ, Evergreen reporter
• February 10, 2022
![Hemp produces high levels of chemicals that make it useful for pharmaceutical applications and industrial use.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-12-08-14.32.54-900x698.jpg)
WSU researchers receive grant to study hemp on West Coast
JUSTIN WASHINGTON, Evergreen research editor
• December 9, 2021
![The Palouse Conservation Districts grant will allow landowners to apply for assistance in maintaining wildfire resiliency.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DSC_0001-2-900x596.jpg)
Grant to help county FLOURISH
JUSTIN WASHINGTON, Evergreen research editor
• December 2, 2021
![All wine sale profit will be recycled back into the program.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/white-wine-745x900.jpg)
Squashing grapes: WSU alums create wines
ERIN MULLINS, Evergreen reporter
• November 11, 2021
![A WSU graduate study conducted a study at Black Cyprus to test which wheat pasta people preferred.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5369ec5d-f746-456c-a64b-47038bdb6947-674x900.jpg)
Changing wheats is not ‘impastable’
ERIN MULLINS, Evergreen reporter
• November 4, 2021
![WSU Bee Program Researcher Jennifer Han, left, and graduate student Adam Ware, right, check honey bee hives treated with fungus for mite populations in collaboration with a company called Fungi Perfecti.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-01-13.28.26-1-900x675.jpg)
Make a buzz to save the bees
ISABELLE BUSCH, Evergreen reporter, columnist
• November 4, 2021
![Pumpkins are scattered across the ground for a weekend pumpkin hunt hosted by the Spring Valley Family Tree Farm through October in Troy, Idaho. The farm began planting seeds later this year in mid-June because of early cold weather conditions.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DSC_0069-900x600.jpg)
Much ado about pumpkins
JUSTIN WASHINGTON, Evergreen research editor
• October 28, 2021
![Photo shows satellite images of a double cropped field over time.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Double-Cropping-900x506.png)
Tracking fields from space
PRESTON LAWRENCE, Evergreen reporter
• October 7, 2021
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