Emerson Alejandro Luna Espinoza majored in Agricultural Sciences at Zamorano University from the class of 2019. He likes to learn more about Horticulture and Plant Sciences and wants to get more involved in the research area. Emerson will work on a watermelon irrigation and fertilization project within Wenjing Guan’s research and extension program. Emerson locates…Read more about Emerson Alejandro Luna Espinoza joins Wenjing Guan’s program[Read More]
Thiti Suttiyut, Manoj Ghaste, and Joshua Widhalm along with others from the Purdue Center for Plant Biology published a paper in Horticulture Research entitled “Integrative analysis of the shikonin metabolic network identifies new gene connections and reveals evolutionary insight into shikonin biosynthesis. The paper is available online: https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhab087.
The Langenhoven Lab is welcoming two visiting scholars, Lian Durón and Eduardo Miranda. They are both from Honduras. While at Purdue, they will be participating in research aimed at improving the long-term potential and sustainability of agriculture and food systems by improving the links between economics, production, and food safety that lead to profitable small-…Read more about Langenhoven Lab Welcomes Two Visiting Scholars[Read More]
The facility in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture was opened to students this semester. It will be used by multiple courses in the department to provide hands-on production and research experience to students. Students in HORT 31900 (Controlled Environment Production of Horticultural Crops) are currently utilizing the facility to conduct research projects.
Ariana Torres and Ben Van Dyke are co-leading a Spring Break Study Abroad program to Southern Spain. They and 18 students will visit the largest greenhouse fruit and vegetable production (13,000 hectares) in El Ejido. Other production systems included in the program are: olive oil, manchego cheese, bullfighting breeding, horse breeding, citrus production.
Thursday, March 3 at 3:30pm via Zoom. Dr. Tracie Matsumoto – USDA Tropical Research Center Hawaii.
Stephen Meyers will present a mini-symposium and poster at the 10th International IPM Symposium in Denver, Colorado February 28 to March 3: Integrated Weed Management in Pumpkins- Opportunities and Challenges (Part of the mini-symposium: Minimizing Disease and Weed Impacts on Pumpkin and Squash). Stephen Meyers. Peppermint response to mesotrione and S-metolachlor applied post-harvest (poster). Stephen…Read more about Meyers to Present Weed Science Research at the 10th International IPM Symposium Next Week[Read More]
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.