The Community Standards Committee wrapped up this year’s lunch and learn series with a vibrant celebration of Central American culture, cuisine, and community. The well-attended event featured presentations from several graduate students and visiting scholars who shared insights about their home countries and traditional foods. Attendees had the opportunity to sample authentic Central American cuisine,[Read More…]
The HLA Spring Fest Tent experienced tremendous success last Saturday, overcoming a slow start due to the chilly morning. By 1:00 PM, volunteers had distributed an impressive 800 plant necklaces to eager visitors! This year’s featured plant, the Rattail Crassula, was expertly propagated by Alexandra Jewell, whose exceptional work ensured high-quality plant material for all[Read More…]
HLA was well-represented at the Indiana Small Farm Conference this year. Petrus Langenhoven presented a session during the Resilient Ag track titled “Impact of Soil Fertility Amendments and Cover Cropping on Soil Health” with Nathan Shoaf. Chris Adair presented a session during the Vegetables track titled “Efficiency Hacks Part II” alongside Roger and Mary Winstead[Read More…]
Four members of the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab (Meyers Lab) presented their research at the 79th Annual Meeting of the North Central Weed Science Society in Kansas City, MO on December 10, 2024: Lidysce Mata – Evaluation of Tolerance in Jack O’Lantern Pumpkin to Group 15 Herbicides (poster presentation) Celia Corado – Potential of[Read More…]
Research conducted as Celia Corado‘s 2023 visiting scholar project in the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab has now been published in HortTechnology: Jack o’lantern pumpkin response to carfentrazone, glufosinate, and glyphosate applied to the distal portion of the vine. 2024. Stephen Meyers, Celia Corado, Jeanine Arana, Carlos Lopez, Lidysce Mata, Emmanuel Cooper, and Josue Cerritos.[Read More…]
The 7th annual Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day took place at Meigs Horticulture Research Facility took place Wednesday, September 11th. Welcoming about 250 participants from as far away as Quebec and Tennessee, the event showcased mechanical weed control tools and techniques for all scales of farming, ranging from tarps and hand tools to camera-guided cultivators[Read More…]
Ashley Adair, Chris Adair, Moriah Bilenky, Emmanuel Cooper, Celia Corado, Josué Cerritos García, Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven, Liz Maynard, Steve Meyers, Karen Mitchell, Jean Zavala and Linda Prokopy all attended the Indiana Small Farm Conference, which took place 2/29 and 3/1 last week. Ashley Adair presented a cover crops demonstration on 2/29 and facilitated the[Read More…]
The Pinney Purdue Vegetable Twilight Meeting on August 24 featured presentations by HLA members Celia Corado, Steve Meyers, Lori Hoagland, Petrus Langenhoven and Liz Maynard, in addition to other speakers. Wenjing Guan hosted tasting evaluations of tomatoes and watermelon and the evening wrapped up with dinner and community taste test of sweet corn from local[Read More…]
Celia Corado is a new visiting scholar in the Meyers’ weed science lab. She was born and raised in Honduras, where she obtained her bachelor’s in Agronomy from the National University of Agriculture UNAG. Her main interest is in Horticulture production. Her short-term goal is to learn everything related to weed management as well as[Read More…]