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Extension Intervention Program Saves Families and Money 2009
SUMMARY
- Washington State University Extension's Strengthening Families Program, a family-based intervention program, reduces substance abuse by improving parenting skills and family communication. The program has served more than 1,800 youth statewide. In dollars alone, according to an independent analysis, the effort is expected to save the state $10.6 million in such areas as arrests, adjudication and victims' costs.
Genetic Link to Infertility Found in Dairy Cattle 2009
SUMMARY
- Scientists at Washington State University have identified a gene and four regions of the dairy cattle genome that are associated with fertility. The finding could help solve a multi-billion dollar problem for the U.S. dairy industry: declining fertility of dairy cows. The research could help improve human fertility as well.
Simple Pest Control Solution Saves Grape Growers Money, Reduces Pesticide Load 2009
SUMMARY
- An integrated pest management solution developed by Washington State University researchers is making Washington's grape growers about $5.5 million a year by reducing pesticide application costs to control cutworms and by increasing yields. Insecticide use has dropped by 84 percent and pest control has improved.
Raising Awareness of Grapevine Leafroll Disease 2009
SUMMARY
- A team of researchers and extension educators at Washington State University are collaborating with colleagues in Oregon and Idaho to help grape growers manage virus diseases of wine grapes, particularly grapevine leaf roll disease.
Finding Could Reduce Costly Fruit Rot 2009
SUMMARY
- A plant pathologist at the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center has discovered three previously unknown fungal pathogens in the United States that cause apples and pears to rot in storage. Post-harvest fruit rots of apples and pears cost the tree fruit industry in Washington state millions of dollars in losses every year.