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]
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]