Carol Miles

Thanks to researchers at Washington State University sweet potatoes may soon pop up in fields across the Evergreen state. WSU’s Carol Miles, director of the Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center, said sweet potatoes could benefit the livestock industry as well as Pacific Northwest sweet potato lovers. " ...

Researchers at Washington State University claim to have developed a methodology for grafting watermelon plants onto disease resistant root stocks in an effort to prevent diseases like verticillium wilt. Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center Interim Director WSU’s Carol Miles said the disease is especially problematic in the Columbia Basin because it can be carried by one of the r