Appraising the natural root-knot nematode resistance inSolanum sisymbriifolium, a wild relative of potato biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

Last week, I visited various crop fields across the Washington state for “Field Plant Pathology” course lead by our department chair, Dr. Lindsey du Toit, a great extension scientist who transforms research to help growers. Mind-blowing experience i had as a molecular biologist…

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We welcomed Dr. Shahid Siddique (Shahid Siddique) from UC Davis to WSU Pullman for a fantastic seminar on Plant Parasitic Nematodes and their impact on plants!

The #G3journal December cover features the "mother tree" of all 'WA 38' apples. A relatively new apple cultivar produced as a cross between Enterprise & Honeycrisp, 'WA 38' was bred by Kate Evans & Bruce Barritt of the WSU Apple Breeding Program. 📸: Robert W. Hubner 🔗⬇️

Our Cosmic Crisp® Apple genome made it to the #CoverStory of #G3journal! Co-first authors (Itsuhiro Ko @ashtonEaker) and corresponding author (Stephen Ficklin) celebrating at The Black Cypress Thanks #ACTG, especially Alex Harkess, and the wtfrc Agricultural Research Service for support!

#WSU doctoral students published a scientific review that evaluates the state of knowledge about the effects of heat & drought on grain development, & points to areas of that development that could be targeted to develop a “Climate Smart” wheat. #GoCougs news.wsu.edu/news/2025/07/2…

What a amazing experience at the 64th Society of Nematologists Annual Conference in Victoria, Canada this summer! I am honored to have won the second place in the Student Presentation Competition and connected with industry people who showed interest in my research! #SON2025