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 about Weed Science Lab Publishes New Research[Read More]
Several HLA folks traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii this week for the annual meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science. A few of us went a day early to tour local farms and we visited a plumeria farm and a fruit farm where we sampled passion fruit, guava, bananas, papaya, dragon fruit, and much more…Read more about HLA Members Attend ASHS[Read More]
Stephen Meyers and PhD student Jeanine Arana published “Adding cover crops into integrated weed management program” in the Veg Connections section of the July/August 2024 issue of Vegetable Growers News. To read the article, visit page 24 of VGN or click this link: July/August 2024 – Vegetable Growers News.
The first chapter of Emmanuel Cooper’s MS thesis entitled “Evaluation of critical weed-free period for three sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) cultivars,” was recently accepted and published by Weed Science. The journal article is co-authored by HLA members Stephen Meyers, Ashley Adair, and Jeanine Arana as well as Katie Jennings from North Carolina State University and Kevin…Read more about Emmanuel Cooper and Colleagues Publish Sweetpotato Research[Read More]
Congratulations to Jeanine Arana (Ph.D./Meyer’s Lab) who won the “People’s Choice” Award at the Purdue Graduate School’s 3MT Finals held April 9 with her presentation “Cover Crops in the War Against Weeds. The 3MT Competition is a research communication competition that develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills by explaining their research to an intelligent,…Read more about Jeanine Arana Wins “People’s Choice” in 3MT Finals[Read More]
Members of the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab and the Specialty Crops IPM Lab published their collaborative research in HortTechnology this month. The team investigated the ability of black soldier fly larvae to reduce weed seed emergence in composts created from various substrates. Thank you to all those who helped with this project, including the…Read more about Meyers and Ingwell Labs Publish New Research Article[Read More]
Carlos López and Jeanine Arana (Meyers’ Lab) and Lais McCartney (Purdue ANR Educator, Hancock County), presented about “Horticulture careers” to fifth graders at Eastern Hancock Elementary School. The 5th graders learned about horticulture crops grown in Indiana and the importance of horticulture. All the students took home a peppermint plant thanks to the Meyers’ lab research.
Jeanine Arana (Ph.D., Meyer’s Lab) is one of ten finalists in Purdue’s 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Competition. The 3MT Competition is a research communication competition that develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills while developing the skills to explain their research to an intelligent, non-specialist audience in three minutes using only one slide. Jeanine is…Read more about Jeanine Arana Finalist in 3MT Competition[Read More]
Emmanuel Cooper and Jeanine Arana from the Meyers’ lab participated in the 11th Annual ABE Graduate Industry Research Symposium: “Advancing technology: From models to molecules, machines and more”. Emmanuel obtained 3rd place for his 3MT oral presentation and Jeanine obtained 2nd place for her oral presentation! Congratulations!