Horticulture




Dr. Mearaj Shaikh (postdoctoral researcher, Widhalm lab) won first place in the postdoc poster competition at the 2022 Purdue Center for Plant Biology Symposium for his talk titled: “Novel Approaches of Increasing vitamin K1 pathway metabolite pool size in Camelina (Camelina sativa)”



Cary Mitchell and Fatemeh Sheibani are in Tucson, Arizona this week giving three presentations on their Indoor Agriculture work at the NCERA-101 international meeting on Controlled Environment Technology and Use and also at the OptimIA annual advisory board and stakeholder/partner meeting.


On Tuesday Kathleen Zapf (MS Student, Hoagland Lab) attended the “STEM Careers and Student Programs at the U.S. Department of State – A Conversation with Secretary Antony J. Blinken.”  This was a unique opportunity to network with high-ranking professionals in the Department of State as well as other Purdue STEM students, and to attend a…Read more about Kathleen Zapf Attended Conversation with Secretary Antony Blinken[Read More]




Celina Gómez and co-authors recently published a new paper in HortTechnology entitled “Effect of Container Volume and Planting Density on Ginger and Turmeric Growth and Yield,” now available online. Retana-Cordero, M., Flores, S. J., Fisher, P. R., Freyre, R., & Gómez, C. (2022). Effect of Container Volume and Planting Density on Ginger and Turmeric Growth…Read more about New Publication from Celina Gómez[Read More]



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