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.
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.
Congratulations to Thiti Suttiyut (Widhalm Lab) for receiving the Best Paper Award at the Purdue Center for Plant Biology Retreat earlier this week!
