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 about Nemali Lab Co-Hosted Home Hydroponics Workshop[Read More]
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
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
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.
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 about Welcome Josué Cerritos, New Visiting Scholar[Read More]
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.