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Dr. Celina Gómez and co-authors recently published a research article in HortScience, now available online: Retana-Cordero, M., Humphrey, S., and Gómez, C. (2022). Effect of Radiation Quality and Relative Humidity on Intumescence Injury and Growth of Tomato Seedlings. HortScience 57, 10, 1257-1266, available from: < https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI16712-22>


The HLA Weed Science team attended the YCC Career Development Symposium hosted by the Younger Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society Indiana Local Section at the Corteva Agriscience headquarters in Indianapolis. They were able to learn about financial literacy in grad school, industry hiring practices, interview tips, soft skills, and CV building. They also had the…Read more about HLA Weed Science Team Attended the YCC Career Development Symposium[Read More]



Last Saturday, the students in Mike Dana’s “Flowers for Color” class spent the day in “The Gardens at Ball” at Ball Horticulture in West Chicago, IL, studying annual ornamental plants.  Special thanks to Ball for allowing us to come on a Saturday to their world-class display garden and for providing beautiful weather!  


Kathryn Orvis presented two posters at IHC 2002 in Angers France. Role of urban horticulture youth programs in promoting identify exploration among inner city youth: A case study for Felege Hiywot Center (FHC) Authors: T. Nzaranyimana, K. Orvis and M. Russell Three Dimensional Models for Teaching in Introductory Horticulture Courses.  Author: K. Orvis


The Hoagland Lab is excited to host and start collaborating with Fulbright Scholar Dr. Sherlyn Tipayno to unravel the secrets of soil microbiomes and their connections with sustainable crop production. Say hello to Sherlyn who arrived in West Lafayette this week for her fall term in HLA. Read more about Dr. Tipayno: https://www.fulbright.org.ph/index.php/sherlyn-tipayno



The HLA Weed Science Lab has a new journal article available ahead-of-print in Weed Science. The article is co-authored by current and former members of the lab and features research conducted in collaboration with Red Gold: Dicamba Residue Persistence in Processing Tomato by Stephen L. Meyers, Jeanine Arana, Brandi C. Woolam, Nathaly Vargas, Laura Rodriguez,…Read more about HLA Weed Science Lab Published New Journal Article[Read More]



Widhalm laboratory undergraduate student Libby Sorenson presents at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. Libby spent the summer working in the Widhalm laboratory as part of the Purdue Undergraduate Research Experiences for Plant Biology and Data Science (PURE-PD) program. She was mentored by HLA graduate student George Meyer to investigate plant resistance mechanisms to the allelochemical juglone.


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