Members of Stephen Meyers’ HLA Specialty Crops Weed Science Lab authored and co-authored a total of five presentations given at the 2022 joint virtual meeting of the Weed Science Society of American and Canadian Weed Science Society (February 22-24). Jeanine Arana won second place in the MS level three-minute thesis (3MT) competition for her presentation…Read more about Presentations Made at the 2022 WSSA/CWSS Annual Meeting[Read More]
Emerson Alejandro Luna Espinoza is joining the Wenjing Guan lab at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center in Vincennes. He is here from February 23, 2022 through August 22, 2022.
Reham MOHAMED, a senior researcher at the Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre in Egypt and an affiliate at the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) is visiting HLA for three months to work with Dr. Krishna Nemali on research related to “Developing Affordable Hydroponics/ Aeroponics Systems for Egypt” funded by USDA/FAS. The purpose of…Read more about Welcome Reham Mohamed![Read More]
Thursday, February 17 at 3:30pm via Zoom. Dr. Laura Wayne – Washington State University. “Improving Nutrition and Health through Enhancing Seed Composition.”
Undergraduate student Ian Kelly (HORT) is currently on study abroad in Dublin, Ireland this semester and will be sending up updates throughout his stay. He sent us this update this week: Classes have been going in full swing and in my plant biotechnology course we got to see a tour of their facilities! They showed…Read more about Undergraduate Student Ian Kelly on Study Abroad This Semester[Read More]
Thursday, February 10 at 3:30pm via Zoom. Dr. Shinsuke Agehara – University of Florida; Assistant Professor of Horticulture.
Congratulations to Michael Mickelbart, Kathryn Orvis, and Joshua Widhalm for receiving 2022 AgSEED grants. Michael Mickelbart’s project is “Improving maize water-use efficiency via stomatal traits.” Kathryn Orvis’s project is “Urban Farming Entrepreneurship Program: Providing minority youth entrepreneurship training to increase employment and food access.” Joshua Widhalm’s project is “Investigating chloroplast thievery in photosynthetic sea slugs…Read more about HLA Faculty Received 2022 AgSEED Grants[Read More]