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 about 2023 HLA Spring Seminar: Dr. Kurt Ristroph[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 about Camila Ulloa Will Present Virtual Seminar[Read More]
Dr. Ryan Patrick (Postdoc/Li Lab) has received the Center for Plant Biology travel award ($1000) and he plans to attend the World Petunia Day in Italy in summer 2023, where he will present his NSF funded work on epigenetic regulations of specialized metabolism and collaborate on the petunia genome sequencing project.
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 about Camila Ulloa Receives Travel Award[Read More]
Stephen Meyers co-authored a newly published research article: Taduri S, Bheemanahalli R, Wijewardana C, Lone AA, Meyers SL, Shankle M, Gao W and Reddy KR. 2023. Sweetpotato cultivars responses to interactive effects of warming, drought, and elevated carbon dioxide. Front. Genet. 13:1080125. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1080125
Josh Widhalm and Natalia Dudareva published an article in Molecular Plant with collaborators in the School of Chemical Engineering titled: “Two-way communication: Volatile emission and uptake occur through the same barriers.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674205222004063
Six members of the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab presented research at the 77th Annual North Central Weed Science Society Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri December 5-8. Poster Presentations: Evaluation of Weed Removal Timing for Three Sweetpotato Cultivars. Emmanuel G. Cooper*, Stephen L. Meyers, Jeanine Arana. Combinations of PRE and Layby Herbicides in Watermelon. Josue…Read more about Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab Presents at 77th Annual North Central Weed Science Society Meeting[Read More]