![Wendy Powers, Elizabeth Chilton, Patty Murray, Tom Vilsack, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Chavonda Jacobs-Young and Simon Liu breacking ground at the ceremony](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ground-Breaking-1200x797.jpg)
WSU breaks ground on new Plant Science Building
GABRIELLE BOWMAN, Evergreen news co-editor
• August 7, 2023
![The Plant Biosciences Research Building will replace Johnson Hall.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC_4887-900x599.jpg)
Army Corps of Engineers seeks input on building to replace Johnson Hall
PUNEET BSANTI, Deputy news editor
• February 21, 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
![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
![A team of researchers is studying different treatments to kill the bacteria that causes a disease in carrot seeds. The disease is not harmful to people who eat the crop, but carrots cannot produce enough nutrients if they are infected with it.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/web-4-900x506.jpg)
WSU researcher fights harmful pathogen in carrot seeds
TRINITY WILLSEY, Evergreen reporter
• February 4, 2021
![The USDA Plant Biosciences building will be the fifth addition to the universitys Research and Educational Complex.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Johnson-Hall-1.jpg)
USDA research facility will replace Johnson Hall
TIMOTHY FAIRBANKS-CLOUSER
• February 3, 2021
![Grapes from commercial and research vineyards are collected and analyzed so WSU researchers can see how wine grape quality is affected by how long they are exposed to smoke.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/researcher.jpg)
Researchers study ashy aromas, tastes in wine affected by wildfires
BRADLEY GAMBLE, Evergreen reporter
• November 11, 2020
![Some cattle, especially younger ones, seem to better withstand infection from a disease called anaplasmosis.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cows-KIERA-CLUBB.jpg)
Five bacterial proteins could be used for vaccine in cattle
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen news editor
• June 22, 2020
![The demolition of Johnson Hall will cost about $8 million and will be replaced by a new USDA Agricultural Research Services building.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JBT_9940-900x505.jpg)
WSU to demolish Johnson Hall
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
• May 13, 2020
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