In this episode, USDA-ARS's Dr. Marilyn Warburton discusses the importance of the major U.S. gene bank on WSU's campus that contains over 100,000 accessions of 5,200 crops and plants.

Resources:

Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research: Pullman, WA: ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/pullman-wa/plant-germplasm-introduction-and-testing-research/

Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research: Fort Collins, CO: .ars.usda.gov/plains-area/fort-collins-co/center-for-agricultural-resources-research/

USDA-ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): ars-grin.gov

Contact information: Marilyn Warburton, [email protected], ars.usda.gov/people-locations/person?person-id=57100

Episode transcription: smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp174

In this episode, Washington State University's Dr. Arron Carter discusses how genotyping and phenotyping help predict the future success of winter wheat varieties.

Resources:

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Breeding: css.wsu.edu/research/crops/breeding/

Dr. Carter’s profile page: css.wsu.edu/profile/?nid=ahcarter

Contact information: Dr. Arron Carter, [email protected]

Episode transcription: smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp173

In this episode, USDA-ARS's Dr. Timothy Paulitz discusses just how widespread Fusarium crown rot is and how genetic tolerance may be the best way to manage the pathogen in the future.

Resources:

Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research: ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/pullman-wa/whgq/

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Turkey: cimmyt.org/location/asia/turkey/

Contact information: Dr. Timothy Paulitz, [email protected], ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/pullman-wa/whgq/people/timothy-c-paulitz/

Episode transcription: https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp172

Washington State University's Dr. Clark Neely gives an update about the results of 2023 spring wheat variety trials.

Resources:

Variety Selection and Testing

2023 variety trial data

Contact information: Dr. Clark Neely, [email protected]

Episode transcription: https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp171/

In this episode, USDA-ARS's Dr. Xianming Chen discusses the progress being made in his stripe rust research program.

Resources:

striperust.wsu.edu

USDA ARS Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research Unit: ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/pullman-wa/whgq/

Contact information:

Dr. Xianming Chen, [email protected]: ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/pullman-wa/whgq/people/xianming-chen/

Episode transcription: https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp170/

WSU Ph.D. candidate Elliott Marston shares recent findings about late-maturity alpha amylase, one of the causes of low falling numbers.

Episode transcription: https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp169/

Deven See’s Faculty page: https://plantpath.wsu.edu/people-directory/profile/?nid=deven_see

Western Regional Small Grains Genotyping Lab: https://plantpath.wsu.edu/people-faculty-see-see-lab/

New grant to help grain farmers find low falling numbers sooner: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/new-grant-to-help-grain-farmers-find-low-falling-numbers-sooner/

Washington Grain Commission: wagrains.org/articles/falling-number-research-receives-ffar-grant/

WSU Wheat & Small Grains website: smallgrains.wsu.edu

In this episode, Dr. Kim Garland-Campbell gives an update on her club wheat breeding and cold tolerance programs.

Transcript: smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp168

Resources:

USDA-ARS Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research: ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/pullman-wa/whgq/

The Origins of Club Wheat: wagrains.org/articles/the-origins-of-club-wheat/

Contact information:

Dr. Kim Garland-Campbell, [email protected], ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/pullman-wa/whgq/people/kimberly-garland-campbell/

In this episode, Drew Lyon and Dr. Ian Burke discuss the issues with Russian thistle and why it is a significant problem this year.

Episode transcription: smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp167-burke

Resources:

Russian-thistle weed resources: smallgrains.wsu.edu/weed-resources/common-weed-list/russian-thistle/

Contact information:

Dr. Ian Burke, [email protected]: css.wsu.edu/profile/?nid=icburke

Two undergraduate students who participated in the REEU program discuss drought resilience and how plants use hormone signaling to contribute to growth and maintenance in low water climates.

Transcription: https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/2023/10/02/wbp166/

Resources:

Washington Soil Health Initiative (WaSHI): soilhealth.wsu.edu/soil-health-initiative/

USDA Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates (REEU): Rwww.nifa.usda.gov/events/research-extension-experiences-undergraduates-reeu-fy23-rfa-technical-assistance-webinar

Washington State Department of Agriculture Survey Report (PDF): cms.agr.wa.gov/WSDAKentico/Documents/DO/NRAS/SoilHealth/166-SoilMgmtDrylandWheatReport.pdf

Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/research-topics/climate

In this episode, Drew Lyon interviews Dr. Amber Hauvermale about a project she's leading to develop an immunoassay rapid test to identify Falling Numbers in wheat sooner.

Transcript: http://smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp165/

Resources:

New grant to help grain farmers find low falling numbers sooner: news.cahnrs.wsu.edu/article/new-grant-to-help-grain-farmers-find-low-falling-numbers-sooner/

Evaluating Grain Quality and Mitigating Economic Loss with Dr. Hauvermale and Dr. Thompson: smallgrains.wsu.edu/evaluating-grain-quality-and-mitigating-economic-loss-with-dr-hauvermale-and-dr-thompson/

Washington Grain Commission: wagrains.org/articles/falling-number-research-receives-ffar-grant/

WSU Wheat & Small Grains website: smallgrains.wsu.edu