Lori Hoagland was featured in an article in Phys.Org about the potential benefit of leaf mold compost in degraded urban soils: Leaf mold compost shows benefit for tomato plants in degraded urban soils
Peter Hirst published a paper over the last week: Chen, Y.; Wang, K.; Zhang, Z.; Ou, L.; Luo, X.; Zhu, F.; Hirst, P.M.; Ao, Y. Phenotypic Variation in Seed Morphochemical and Seedling Traits in Four Chinese Provenances of Xanthoceras sorbifolium. Forests 2022, 13,959. https://doi.org/10.3390/ f13060959
On June 24, Purdue Horticulture Extension hosted the 2022 Purdue Mint Field Day in Fair Oaks, Indiana. The first presentation of the day was Stephen Meyers who talked about the results of various herbicide trials at the research plot. Next, Petrus Langenhoven and Alejandro Rodriguez presented research on the biological approaches to Verticillium wilt management. 5…Read more about 2022 Purdue Mint Field Day[Read More]
Department Head Dr. Linda Prokopy has been busy this month! June 1-3, she and other HLA faculty, staff and graduate students (Camila Ulloa Gómez, Steve Hallett, Liz Maynard, Michael O’Donnell, Katherine Pivaral, Aaron Thompson, Ariana Torres, Emily Usher) traveled to Davenport, Iowa for the annual meeting of the Diverse Corn Belt project. Members of this…Read more about A Busy Month for Dr. Linda Prokopy[Read More]
At Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center (SWPAC), we welcomed a tour of about 20 people from Illinois Jasper County Farm Bureau on June 7, 2022, and a tour of about 35 people from WIN Energy on June 23, 2022. SWPAC superintendent Dennis Nowaskie, and specialists Wenjing Guan and Dan Egel introduced the farm and research projects…Read more about SWPAC Welcomed Tours of Research Farm[Read More]
Petrus Langenhoven is leading a farmer-to-farmer peppermint tour to the Pacific Northwest from June 27 to July 1, 2022. Indiana mint farmers, ANR Extension Educators, an Extension specialist, and HLA graduate student will be traveling to Washington State and Oregon to visit growers, researchers, and industry partners. They will visit growers around Yakima and Sunnyside…Read more about Petrus Langenhoven to Lead Farmer-to-Farmer Peppermint Tour of the Pacific Northwest[Read More]
Cale Bigelow weighed in on a question in the Indianapolis Star about turfgrass replacement that is dog friendly and low or no mow: Scrub Hub: Is there a good turf grass replacement that’s pet-friendly and low- or no-mow?
On June 21st, Dr. Kathryn Orvis and Vicki Stirm will be doing plant science activities for the 4-H Round Up program.
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