Peter Hirst has just published a paper in the Journal of the American Society for Horticuture Science with former PhD student Mokhles Elsysy. Flowering in ‘Honeycrisp’ apple shows that spurs are semi-autonomous organs. M.A. Elsysy and P.M. Hirst
Dennis Gustavo Toc Mo, a visiting scholar from Guatemala, joined the Langenhoven Lab on April 3rd. His internship will mainly focus on the Soil to Market project we are currently implementing. Dennis was born in northern Guatemala. In 2020 he obtained a BSc. degree in Agricultural Sciences and Production from the University of Zamorano. In the…Read more about Welcome Dennis Gustavo Toc Mo[Read More]
Shannon Stirling (Dudareva Lab) received a travel grant for the American Society of Plant Biologist Midwest Conference.
Jeanine Arana‘s presentation, “Black soldier fly composting reduced weed seed germination,” won first place in the 3MT competition at the 10th Annual Agricultural and Biological Engineering Graduate Industrial Research Symposium “Reshaping the Future through Science and Technology.” She competed against students from multiple departments within the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering at Purdue.
Emmanuel Cooper (MS/Meyer’s Lab) attended the Ecological Sciences and Engineering (ESE) symposium held Feb. 23 at the Dean’s auditorium and competed in the poster session for grad students. His paper, titled: “Evaluation of Weed Removal Timing for three Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batata L.) Cultivars” won first place for grad student competition.







