The Nemali Lab published an article titled “Supplemental Light Quality Affects Optimal Seeding Density of Microgreens” in Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems journal. The article can be found at https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/uar2.20064.
Dr. Avtar Handa and collaborators has published an original refereed paper in Plant Growth Regulation entitled “A comprehensive endogenous phytohormone metabolite landscape identifies new metabolites associated with tomato fruit”. In this manuscript they report characterization of endogenous levels of 47 compounds including active plant hormones. Several of this compound has been quantified first time during…Read more about Dr. Avtar Handa Co-Published New Paper[Read More]
Last week, Camila Ulloa and Dr. Ariana Torres attended the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) Conference in Almeria, Spain. Camila Ulloa, a PhD student from the Horticulture Department, along with three graduate students from the Agricultural Economics department, Alejandra Armesto, Ivanna Carrillo, and Owen Zakrzewski, participated in the 2024 IFAMA Student Case Competition….Read more about Camila Ulloa and Dr. Ariana Torres Attended IFAMA[Read More]
Karen Sullivan and Jules Janick Horticulture Garden summer student gardeners MJ Smith and Ellie Hicks visited the gardens at Newfields on Friday, June 21. They enjoyed a tour of the gardens, offices and facilities with Assistant Horticulturalist Leah Coughlin (HLA Alumna) and Senior Horticulturalist Katie Booth. Lots of inspiration and hard work goes into acres…Read more about Karen Sullivan and Summer Student Gardeners Visit Newfields[Read More]
This week’s HLA Ambassador’s Summer Internship Spotlight is Isaac Damer (HORT/Plant Science). Hello all! My name is Isaac Damer and I am a rising Junior in Horticulture, concentrating in Plant Science. This summer I have been working as a lab assistant in Dr. Bilenky’s Sustainable Vegetable Cropping Systems Lab! Currently, we have various projects integrating…Read more about HLA Ambassadors’ Summer Internships – Isaac Damer[Read More]
Vicki Stirm, Kathryn Orvis and Karen Mitchell hosted several youth outreach projects in June. On June 13 and 14, 16 youth from the 4-H Academy – Living Landscapes worked with Dr. Kathryn Orvis and and Vicki Stirm on several horticulture activities: plant propagation of houseplants, a scavenger hunt in the Jules Janick Horticulture Garden, and…Read more about HLA’s Youth Outreach Activities[Read More]
Hoagland Lab members Stephanie Castaño, Sandra (Naomy) Perez, Kathleen Zapf and Kayla Quintero attended the Urban Food Systems Symposium in Columbus, Ohio from June 11-13. They learned about urban farm and garden systems in the United States and toured Ohio urban farms and community gardens, while networking with other professionals.
Dr. Renu Pandey, from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), visited Purdue’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture this month as part of the Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship (OVDF) Program organized by Purdue and SERB of India and hosted by Dr. Ying Li, Dr. Kashchandra Raghothama, and Dr. Kranthi Varala. During this visit, Dr. Pandey…Read more about Dr. Renu Pandey Visited HLA Department[Read More]
