Dr. Ryan Patrick (Li Lab), Dr. Xing-Qi Huang (Dudareva Lab), and Dr. Natalia Dudareva and Dr. Ying Li have published an research article on the role of dynamic histone acetylation in the diurnal oscillation of floral scents in New Phytologist (https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.19339). A press release will follow in coming weeks.
Ada Martinez Ayala and Marian Luis (postdocs in Hoagland Lab) attended the Great Lakes Expo: Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market held in Grand Rapids, MI on December 5-7, 2023. They attended topics related to soil health, greenhouse vegetable production, disease and insect pest management, and successful farm practices for obtaining high quality crops.
Celina Gomez and co-authors recently published two papers. ‘Intumescence Response by Tomato Plants Grown in a Greenhouse or Indoors Using Two Types of Soilless Culture Systems’ is published in HortScience: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17415-23 ‘Using Citizen Science to Evaluate Home Gardeners’ Experiences with Compact Tomato Plants’ is published in HortTechnology: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH05312-23
Professor Avtar Handa attended the International Conference on Biochemical and Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Improvement at the National Agricultural Science Complex in New Delhi, India October 30 – November 1. He was an invited member of the advisory committee for the conference. He delivered a lead lecture entitled “Agriculture Biotechnology and Human Health and Longevity”…Read more about Dr. Avtar Handa at the International Conference on Biochemical and Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Improvement[Read More]
Cristian Salinas joined the Ayllu Agtech Bootcamp at FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago (Chile). As part of a FAO bootcamp to train rural youth professionals in Ag innovation and sustainability for Latin America, Cristian Salinas, PhD student at Hoagland’s Lab, was one of the 15 selected over almost 10.000 applicants to…Read more about Cristian Salinas Participated in Ayllu Agtech Bootcamp[Read More]
Dr. Cary Mitchell will be in Arlington, Virginia November 13-16 to serve on a Human Systems grant proposal peer-review panel for the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC strives to identify and develop novel system-of-systems architectures that can enable entirely new space missions or greatly enhance existing ones, with potential ground-based spinoff or Earth…Read more about Dr. Cary Mitchell to Serve on NASA Grant Proposal Peer-Review Panel[Read More]
Thanks to student gardeners Madeline Terrones (Junior, HLA/Public Horticulture), Eleanor Hicks (Junior, HLA/Public Horticulture), and Rebekah Brettschneider (Sophomore, BTNY/Plant Science) with HLA graduate student volunteer Ishraq Awashri, who have been working through the fall semester in the Jules Janick Horticulture Garden. They are currently cleaning up the garden and preparing for spring bulb planting.
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