Purdue team develops fast-track process for genetic improvement of plant traits Web-based tool for plant biologists to discover regulators for their trait-of-interest Kranthi Varala, and 9 co-authors from HLA, published the details of the new web-based regulatory gene discovery tool in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Varala has a patent pending on[Read More…]
You’re invited to the Capstone Presentations reviewing internships and work experiences by several of our graduating seniors in various concentrations. These oral presentations are a companion to a written descriptive review of the internship employer. Wednesday, April 24, 1:10 pm in HORT 222. 1:10 – Lara Staton – Light and Fertilizer Impact on Annual Cuttings[Read More…]
The first chapter of Emmanuel Cooper’s MS thesis entitled “Evaluation of critical weed-free period for three sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) cultivars,” was recently accepted and published by Weed Science. The journal article is co-authored by HLA members Stephen Meyers, Ashley Adair, and Jeanine Arana as well as Katie Jennings from North Carolina State University and Kevin[Read More…]
You’re invited to the Capstone Presentations reviewing internships and work experiences by several of our graduating seniors in various concentrations. These oral presentations are a companion to a written descriptive review of the internship employer. Wednesday, April 24, 1:30 pm in HORT 222. 1:30 – Erynn Escobedo: Planting My Seed at the Chicago Botanic Garden[Read More…]
Congratulations to Jeanine Arana (Ph.D./Meyer’s Lab) who won the “People’s Choice” Award at the Purdue Graduate School’s 3MT Finals held April 9 with her presentation “Cover Crops in the War Against Weeds. The 3MT Competition is a research communication competition that develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills by explaining their research to an intelligent,[Read More…]
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