New paper from the Hoagland Lab led by former graduate student Narda Trivino, titled ‘Carrot genotypes differentially alter soil bacterial communities and decomposition of plant residue in soil’, was published in the journal Plant and Soil (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-05892-0). The long-term goal of this research described in this paper is to develop new carrot cultivars with better[Read More…]
Four HLA members attended and presented research at the Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting in Arlington, Virginia January 30 to February 2: Evaluation of Weed Removal Timing for Three Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Cultivars. Emmanuel Cooper. Poster. Ethofumesate Resistant Annual Bluegrass in Oregon Grass Seed Production Systems. Vera Vukovic. Poster. Using Black Soldier[Read More…]
Congratulations to Kranthi Varala and Celina Gomez for receiving 2023 AgSEED grants. Kranthi Varala’s project is “Improving oil content and composition of Camelina seeds through overexpressing novel regulators of lipid biosynthesis.” Wenjing Guan and Petrus Langenhoven are co-PI’s for this project. Celina Gomez’s project is “Using a Citizen Science Approach to Strengthen Research and Extension[Read More…]
Dr. Kurt Ristroph, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University Thursday January 26th, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or Zoom “Organic nanocarrier formulations for improved uptake and translocation of agrochemicals following foliar administration” Abstract: Foliar administration of bioactive agents to plants is a highly desirable but historically inefficient method of promoting agrochemical internalization or[Read More…]
Camila Ulloa (MS/Torres’ Lab) will give a virtual seminar at the Iowa State University’s Horticulture Department on Jan 23rd from 4:15 – 5:15 PM (Central Time). She will present “Characterizing the U.S. Salad Mixes Market: Environmental footprint attributes”. These seminars are primarily attended by faculty and students but are open to the public and Master Gardener groups[Read More…]
Congratulations to Camila Ulloa (MS/Torres’ lab) for receiving the Frederick N. Andrews Environmental Travel Award ($1,500). This travel award was created by the Fellowship Office in the Graduate School for students whose research focuses on improving the global environment. With this grant, Camila hopes to share her research focusing on segmenting salad consumers based on[Read More…]