Horticulture


USDA recently announced recipients for its Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant program (https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/09/10/usda-invests-nearly-121m-specialty-crops-research-and-organic). Stephen Meyers is a member of a team of scientists receiving a planning grant for their proposal entitled “Identifying needs and overcoming barriers for adopting novel weed control technology in perennial crops”. The project is led by Lynn Sosnoskie at Cornell University with…Read more about Weed Scientists Awarded USDA Planning Grant[Read More]


HLA Professor Lori Hoagland and her team received $3.5M from the NIFA OREI program to continue working on their Tomato Organic Management and Improvement (TOMI) project. This is the third round of funding the team has received for their project aimed at developing new ways to control foliar diseases in tomato. In TOMI3, they will…Read more about Dr. Lori Hoagland and Team Receives Additional Funding for TOMI Project[Read More]







Valeria Fonseca Turcios is a new intern visiting scholar in Dr. Meyers’ weed science lab. Born and raised in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Valeria is currently a senior undergraduate student majoring in Agribusiness Management at Zamorano University. She joined the Meyers’ lab to fulfill a professional experience requirement for her degree, but her motivation goes beyond that;…Read more about Welcome Valeria Fonseca Turcios![Read More]


Nemali Lab is hosting an overseas visiting doctoral fellow from India under the Purdue-India Partnership for a period of one to one-and-half years. Ms. Uzma Gulzar is currently doing her Ph.D. in the Division of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir, India. She will be conducting research with…Read more about Nemali Lab Hosting Visiting Doctoral Fellow[Read More]


Purdue Agriculture featured a story about the debut of Digital Ag Club’s first robot at Boiler Gold Rush. The robot was inspired by Jeanine Arana’s (Ph.D./Meyers Lab) struggles with animal pests in her research plots: Digital Ag Club’s Scarecrow-bot making its debut at Boiler Gold Rush.


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