HLA Prof. Lori Hoagland traveled to Oregon State University to give an invited presentation at a Symposium focusing on Microbiome-mediated genetic resistance to biotic and abiotic plant stresses. The title of her presentation was ‘Genetic variability in induced systemic resistance in tomato: exploring mechanisms and opportunities for integration into breeding programs’.
The Purdue Exponent wrote a nice article about the Jules Janick Horticulture Garden this week. The article can be read online at: A little haven: Hort garden provides education and relaxation. NASA’s Veg-05 experiment, in which Dr. Cary Mitchell is a co-collaborator, has sent the first tomato seeds to be grown in the Space Station…Read more about HLA In the Media[Read More]
The Purdue Hort Club gathered this week for their holiday party at Dr. Dana’s home for the first time since 2019, COVID having prevented such gatherings over the intervening years. The Dr. Leslie Hafen Memorial Scholarship Award for the Outstanding Senior Hort Club Member was presented to Megan Rach. Club members enjoyed dinner and socializing,…Read more about Purdue Hort Club Held Holiday Party[Read More]
Professor Avtar Handa delivered an invited lecture at the XVII International Conference on the Plant Family of Solanaceae held at Proto Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece on November 5, 2022. The Tittle of his presentation was “Potential and Stability of Tomato Crop-improvement by Transgenic Research: Field evaluation of Isogenic lines Homozygous for the Introduced Transgene”.
The special issue on “Horticultural plant specialized metabolism,” guest edited by Josh Widhalm and Kranthi Varala, was published in Horticulture Research this week. https://academic.oup.com/hr/pages/horticultural-plant-specialized-secondary-metabolism#.Y2_F0MsC_80.twitter
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]
