Horticulture



  A new paper from the Hoagland Lab, led by former visiting scholar Usama Marghoob, has been published in Frontiers in Microbiology: Diversity and functional traits of indigenous soil microbial flora associated with salinity and heavy metal concentrations in agricultural fields within the Indus Basin region, Pakistan


Emmanuel Cooper, graduate student in the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab, received a Travel Award from the North Central Weed Science Society. The competitive award is given to up to six graduate student attending the North Central Weed Science Society’s Annual Meeting for the first time. Congratulations, Emmanuel!



Several FFA Chapters visited the College of Agriculture and toured several departments while attending the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Stacy Eckels, Department Chair-Agricultural Science and Southern FFA Advisor, stopped by with several members of the Southern FFA Chapter to learn more about the undergraduate programs in horticulture and landscape architecture. Dr. Michael…Read more about Southern FFA Chapter Visit to HLA[Read More]



Dr. Avtar Handa has received a $100,000 grant from the Agricultural Research Service for his research on the Identification and regulation of Critical Transcriptional Regulators under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Solanaceous Crops. Title: Identification and Regulation of Critical Transcriptional Regulators under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Solanaceous Crops PI: Avtar Handa Project Period: 08/30/2022…Read more about Dr. Avtar Handa Receives Grant[Read More]


Camila Ulloa Gómez (MS Student) attended the 2022 National Agricultural Marketing Summit in Pensacola, Florida (October 22-25, 2022). I had the opportunity to participate in the Food Distribution Research Society (FDRS) session, Consumer Attitudes toward Food Choice, by presenting the paper “Characterization of the U.S. Mixed Salad Market: Environmental Attributes” by M.S. student Camila Ulloa,…Read more about Camila Ulloa Gómez Attended 2022 National Agricultural Marketing Summit[Read More]



3 The HORT 318 class visited Meigs on Wednesday. Lab concentrated on learning how to prune grape vines (with Miranda Purcell), peaches and apples (with Peter Hirst). Kyle Daniel showed them the effect of container type on root development. The students also harvested Cruciferous crops that were planted in September. Petrus Langenhoven showed them you…Read more about HORT 318 Learns to Prune Grapes Vines, Apple and Peach Trees[Read More]


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