Drs. Jada Powlen and Cale Bigelow received an Award at the annual Crop Science Society of America (CANVAS) meeting in Portland Oregon this week for “Outstanding Paper in Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management Journal” for the manuscript entitled “Seeded bermudagrass establishment as affected by nitrogen source, rate, and application frequency” Each year the Editorial Board…Read more about Drs. Powlen and Bigelow Receive Outstanding Paper Award[Read More]
On June 10 – 12, the HLA department hosted 16 high school students for the 4-H Academy. They participated in several activities: Landscape Architecture, student farm tour, Ross-Ade tour, baseball stadium tour, turf center activities, Exploring Plant Natural Product Chemistry, extraction of pigments from leaves, and a tour of the HLA greenhouses. These activities were…Read more about HLA Hosts 4-H Academy “Living Landscapes”[Read More]
Dr. Cale Bigelow partnered with Citizens Energy Group to encourage Indianapolis residents to conserve water through smarter lawn care practices. The video segment aired on WISH-TV on June 19th: Citizens Energy Group promotes water conservation efforts. Dr. Bigelow advises watering lawns no more than twice a week, noting that Indiana’s 40 inches of annual rainfall…Read more about Dr. Bigelow and Citizens Energy Urge Smarter Lawn Watering to Conserve Water[Read More]
Dr. Jada Powlen and Dr. Cale Bigelow recently published a research article highlighted in the turfgrass industry trade publication Golfdom, entitled “How much nitrogen is needed to establish seeded bermudagrass?“.
Vera Vuković, Ph.D. student in the Patton lab, placed 1st in the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Turfgrass Science Division (C-5), graduate student research poster presentation contest and 3rd in the CSSA, Turfgrass Science Division (C-5), graduate student research oral presentation contest last week in San Antonio, TX. These presentations focused on her recently published work…Read more about Vera Vuković Places in Grad Research Presentations; Dr. Jada Powell and Dr. Cale Bigelow Presented at CSSA[Read More]
Several HLA faculty members were recently featured in the media. Purdue’s College of Agriculture highlighted the recent grant for Dr. Lori. Hoagland’s TOMI Project: Purdue-led TOMI project receives $3.5M grant to turn a decade of data into new tools and strategies for tomato farmers Purdue’s College of Agriculture also featured Dr. Ariana Torres’s work on…Read more about HLA Members Recently Featured in the Media[Read More]
Dr. Cale Bigelow, Dr. Jada Powlen and Dr. Aaron Patton are co-authors on recently published open access publication: “Management strategies for preventing and recovering from bermudagrass winter-kill” in Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management.
The Purdue Turf and Landscape Field Day was held on July 16 at the W. H. Daniel Turfgrass Research and Diagnostic Center. Over 400 turf and landscape professionals attended to learn more about the latest research. Thank you to the HLA faculty and staff, as well as colleagues and volunteers from across the College of…Read more about 2024 Purdue Turf and Landscape Field Day[Read More]