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Nemali Lab Co-Hosted Home Hydroponics Workshop

June 24, 2022 - From Issue: 22-24

The Nemali lab in collaboration with Marion county extension started the first workshop on ‘Home Hydroponics’ at the Artisan Market Place inside 16-Tech Innovation District, Indianapolis on June 23, 2022. The workshops will be conducted on a monthly basis for 20-30 people at a time. Their focus is to train attendees on how to grow [Read More…]

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HLA in the News Round Up

June 24, 2022 - From Issue: 22-24

Lori Hoagland was featured in an article in Phys.Org about the potential benefit of leaf mold compost in degraded urban soils: Leaf mold compost shows benefit for tomato plants in degraded urban soils

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Peter Hirst Published New Paper

June 24, 2022 - From Issue: 22-24

Peter Hirst published a paper over the last week: Chen, Y.; Wang, K.; Zhang, Z.; Ou, L.; Luo, X.; Zhu, F.; Hirst, P.M.; Ao, Y. Phenotypic Variation in Seed Morphochemical and Seedling Traits in Four Chinese Provenances of Xanthoceras sorbifolium. Forests 2022, 13,959. https://doi.org/10.3390/ f13060959

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HLA’s 4-H Round-Up Activities

June 24, 2022 - From Issue: 22-24

On June 21, youth in the 4-H Round-Up program took part in plant science activities with Kathryn Orvis and Vicki Stirm. Activities included strawberry DNA extraction and flower dissection.

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Jeanine Arana, Stephen Meyers, Wenjing Guan, and William G. Johnson Publishes Article in Weed Science Journal

June 17, 2022 - From Issue: 22-23

Jeanine Arana, Stephen L. Meyers, Wenjing Guan and William G. Johnson published an article titled “Interference of Morningglories (Ipomoea spp.) with ‘Fascination’ Triploid Watermelon” in the Weed Science journal. https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2022.35

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Krishna Nemali Presented at Borlaug Mentors Fellowship Group

June 17, 2022 - From Issue: 22-23

Krisha Nemali presented this week at the Borlaug Mentors Fellowship Group Meeting organized by USDA FAS and NC State CALS. He also visited a new ‘Venlo-style’ greenhouse on top of the newly constructed Plant Sciences Building at NC State during the meeting.

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HLA In the News Roundup

June 10, 2022 - From Issue: 22-22

Paul Siciliano & Purdue Arboretum was featured in a Purdue news release on Purdue University receiving the Tree Campus USA Award for the 13th consecutive year: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2022/Q2/purdue-presented-with-tree-campus-usa-award-for-13th-consecutive-yearadline.html

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Lori Hoagland and Karen Mitchell Co-hosted “Get the Dirt: Urban Soil Health Conference”

June 10, 2022 - From Issue: 22-22

On Thursday, June 2, Lori Hoagland, Karen Mitchell with Nathan Shoaf (Purdue Extension/Urban Agriculture Program) partnered with SWCD’s Urban Soil Health Director, Elli Blaine, to host the “Get the Dirt: Urban Soil Health Conference” for over 100 participants. The conference was followed by a farm tour and dinner at Maple Hill Farm in West Point.

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Welcome Josué Cerritos, New Visiting Scholar

June 10, 2022 - From Issue: 22-22

Josué Cerritos is from Tegucigalpa, Honduras and graduated from Zamorano University with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science and production. He is interested in weed management and entomology, focusing on horticultural crops. In the near future, he would like to support agriculture development in Honduras. On June 6th, he joined the HLA weed science lab [Read More…]

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HLA in the News Roundup

June 3, 2022 - From Issue: 22-21

High Plains Journal highlighted the research of Dr. Lori Hoagland and Dr. Philipp Simon of the ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit in Madison, Wisconsin on endophytes that help carrots fight disease and promote growth: https://www.hpj.com/ag_news/fungi-and-bacteria-team-up-with-carrots-for-better-health/article_fae27978-df03-11ec-a0b8-275aaf1a15a4.html.

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Nemali Lab Co-Hosted Home Hydroponics Workshop

HLA in the News Round Up

Peter Hirst Published New Paper

HLA’s 4-H Round-Up Activities

Jeanine Arana, Stephen Meyers, Wenjing Guan, and William G. Johnson Publishes Article in Weed Science Journal

Krishna Nemali Presented at Borlaug Mentors Fellowship Group

HLA In the News Roundup

Lori Hoagland and Karen Mitchell Co-hosted “Get the Dirt: Urban Soil Health Conference”

Welcome Josué Cerritos, New Visiting Scholar

HLA in the News Roundup

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