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]
Ariana Torres and Wenjing Guan are part of a $3.7M project that explores high-tunnel pest management, rural-urban variations in high-tunnel pest management, and creates an online tool for farmers to calculate whether an investment in an integrated pest management strategy or crop diversification will be profitable. This project is led by Elizabeth Barnes in Entomology. …Read more about Ariana Torres and Wenjing Guan Part of $3.7M Project[Read More]
Former ESE-HLA graduate Kyle Richardville published the first article from his MS thesis titled ‘Leaf mold compost reduces waste, improves soil and microbial properties and increases tomato productivity’ in the journal Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20022. Co-authors include Lori Hoagland, Amit Jaiswal, Aaron Thompson (HLA), Andrew Flachs (ANTH), Dan Egel (BPP) and Dan…Read more about Former ESE-HLA Graduate Published Article from MS Thesis[Read More]