The 2025 Indiana Horticulture Conference welcomed 200+ attendees and 19 vendors to the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, IN on January 14-15th. It was great to catch up with old friends and meet some new faces. Speakers traveled from as far as Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. Anderson Orchard took home the gold…Read more about 2025 Indiana Horticulture Conference Draws Over 200 Attendees and 19 Vendors[Read More]
Celina Gómez and Cary Mitchell were in Seoul Korea May 19-22 for the LightSym2024 international conference where they presented their light-related research with plants. Celina also moderated a session at LightSym.
Celina Gómez and Cary Mitchell along with OptimIA project colleagues from around the USA are in the Tokyo suburb of Kashiwa May 15-19 to visit the Japan Plant Factory Association, give papers about their indoor agriculture research, and to visit several progressive plant factories in that area.
Celina Gómez, Cary Mitchell, Lian Durón, Sofia Gómez, Michael Fidler, and Sungeun Lim presented at the North Central Extension & Research Activity–101 (NCERA-101) meeting in Ames, Iowa. Drs. Celina Gómez and Cary Mitchell gave an oral presentation highlighting their group’s research. Lian Durón, Sofia Gómez, Michael Fidler, and Sungeun Lim received travel awards to present…Read more about HLA Members Presented at NCERA-101 Meeting[Read More]
Purdue Agriculture’s Envision Magazine most recent issue included a spotlight on Celina Gómez and Sofía Gómez and their Zamorano-Purdue Connection: Then and Now. Envision Magazine also published a video that spotlights the Zamorano Alumni Community at Purdue, which includes Celina Gómez, Sofía Gómez, and many HLA graduate students and visiting scholars.
Celina Gomez and co-authors recently published two papers. ‘Intumescence Response by Tomato Plants Grown in a Greenhouse or Indoors Using Two Types of Soilless Culture Systems’ is published in HortScience: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17415-23 ‘Using Citizen Science to Evaluate Home Gardeners’ Experiences with Compact Tomato Plants’ is published in HortTechnology: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH05312-23