Plants

This paper focuses on our research into the relationship between available water and wheat grain yield under the Mediterranean-like climatic conditions of the U.S. Inland PNW. ...

Oats represent an interesting opportunity for producers in western Washington both to diversify their rotations and strengthen local food systems. This publication introduces milling oat quality speci ...

Adding more greenery to your home landscape? Tired of buying so many trees and shrubs to do it? A possible alternative is to use stem cuttings from your current trees and shrubs to make more, a method ...

Including a glossary of terms, this handbook is well illustrated with clear photographs and drawings. It covers tools and materials, grafting and budding factors, kinds of grafts, budding methods, topworking, and repair. A table of many common plants indicates when and how they best respond to the propagation methods described.

This substantially updated publication explains the various types of specialized plant structures that can be used to grow new plants. Individual reproduction requirements and options are detailed, an ...

This publication describes three systems (burying canes in a V-trench, J-system training, and spur-pruned rose training) that may help prevent grapevine injury from winter freezes, which reduce fruit ...

This publication covers the steps required to successfully grow and market a wide array of ornamentals in Washington State. It provides innovative suggestions for summer irrigation of nursery stock wh ...

This publication describes red, yellow, black, and purple raspberry cultivars. It explains the difference between floricane-fruiting and primocane-fruiting cultivars, includes information on commercia ...

Mitigating rattail fescue has become easier: this publication addresses this increasingly common weed in Pacific Northwest cropping systems.