K-State in the news today
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
National/International
Future100 Architecture Graduate Winners
04/23/24 Metropolis
K-State graduate student Libby Couture has been named a Future100 Architecture Graduate Winner. The winners represent the top architecture graduate students in the United States and Canada as selected by the METROPOLIS team. “Libby is one of the most gifted architectural students that I have met in the past decade as an educator.” said nominator Otto Chanyakorn, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Planning and Design, Kansas State University
State/Regional
*Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture, Planning and Design, Kansas State University
04/22/24 KSHB
Extreme weather is impacting wheat yields in Kansas. A study from K-State found that hot, dry, windy events led to a 4% yield reduction per 10 hours of extreme weather. Right now, more than 15,000 Kansas farmers produce an average of 334 million bushels of wheat a year. Dr. Chuck Rice, university-distinguished professor of soil microbiology at Kansas State University, and Dr. Allan Fritz of K-State were both interviewed on how they are working to address these challenges.
Volunteer wheat harbors wheat streak mosaic virus
04/23/24 AgUpdate
The wheat streak mosaic virus, transmitted by wheat curl mites that reside in volunteer wheat, poses problems for producers and requires thorough management, according to Kansas State University wheat disease specialist Kelsey Andersen Onofre. The wheat streak mosaic virus family consists of wheat streak mosaic, Triticum mosaic and High plains wheat mosaic viruses.
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