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The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The initial strategy for the co-operative pruning process is to have robots prune 80% of the tree.

Research aims to replace human pruners with robots

GREY KAMASZ, Evergreen reporter April 7, 2022

Researchers are developing a robotic system for pruning. The system will allow human pruners and robots to coexist in the same environment. Pruning is a process used to manage the annual growth of trees...

Breeding virus-resistent crops would take up to 10 years. Currently, prevention is the best cure.

Grant to help screen for viruses in crops

GREY KAMASZ, Evergreen reporter February 10, 2022

Researchers from NuPhY and Texas A&M University received a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to research and develop ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing technology for virus...

Jamie Holden picks up a plant at a Washington State University Horticulture Club meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Pullman, Wash.

Horticulture Club makes a comeback

KASSANDRA VOGEL, Evergreen reporter November 4, 2021

The Horticulture Club lost $30,000 and most of its members during the pandemic. But the club is back up and running.  The club was forced to cancel its largest sale in spring 2020 because of the pandemic,...

Amit Dhingra, interim chair for the horticulture department, began his two-year term as chair June 1.

Interim chair’s past experience influences path to horticulture

LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen editor-in-chief June 8, 2020

Amit Dhingra was recently named interim chair for the horticulture department.  His two-year term started on June 1. He has served as a horticulture professor at WSU since 2006. Growing up in New...

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