Recently, representatives from the Meyers’ Weed Science Lab, Jeanine Arana, Emmanuel Cooper, and Josue Cerritos, showcased their work at the 64th Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS) Joint meeting in San Antonio, TX. During the event, Jeanine presented a 3-minutes single slide talk titled “Cover crops: a weed management[Read More…]
The Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab published the results of a field-based research trial from 2022 investigating the tolerance of plasticulture banana pepper to clomazone herbicide. The work was supported by an Indiana State Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant, and the results were used to secure a 24(c) special local need label for[Read More…]
Jeanine Arana from the Meyers’ lab was awarded one out of the five 2023 Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Travel Enrichment Experience (TEE) awards. The TEE allows the selected graduate students to spend a week visiting a weed science host organization anywhere in the United States depending on their interests. The WSSA supports graduate[Read More…]
The Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day, held on June 20 at Meigs Farm, was a success. Seventy attendees came out to learn more about the latest research on weed and pest management in horticultural crops. Ashley Adair, Jeanine Arana, Josué Cerritos, Emmanuel Cooper, Petrus Langenhoven, Steve Meyers, and Dennis Gustavo Toc Mo all participated[Read More…]
The Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab published “Simulated dormant peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) response to mesotrione: a greenhouse study” by Emmanuel G. Cooper, Jeanine Arana, and Stephen L. Meyers in Weed Technology. To read the “ahead-of-print” article visit: https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2023.27 “Thank you” to Nathaly Vargas, Laura Rodríguez, Luz Cardona, Julie Young, and Nathan Deppe for[Read More…]
