HLA was well-represented among speakers at the Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day afternoon and evening programs on August 9. There were many great learning opportunities, plus a chance to taste sweet corn from local growers. HLA presenters included: Ashley Adair, Jeanine Arana, Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven, Liz Maynard, and Stephen Meyers.
Four members of HLA competed in the 2022 North Central Weed Science Society Weed Contest. Participants included Jeanine Arana, Emmanuel Cooper, and Josué Cerritos from the Meyers Lab and Vera Vukovic from the Patton Lab. The event was hosted by Corteva in Johnston, Iowa. Participants competed in written and hands-on sprayer calibration, weed identification, herbicide…Read more about HLA Graduate Students Competed in the 2022 North Central Weed Science Society Weed Contest[Read More]
On Thursday, July 21, Purdue Horticulture Extension hosted the 2022 Purdue Fruit, Vegetable, and Hemp Field Day at Meigs Purdue Ag Center. Presenters from HLA included Petrus Langehoven, Miranda Purcell, Stephen Meyers, Peter Hirst, Jeanine Arana, Emmanuel Cooper, Luis Medina, Eduardo Miranda, Lian Durón, and Josué Cerritos. Other presenters included Nathan Shoaf (Purdue Extension Urban…Read more about 2022 Purdue Fruit, Veg, and Hemp Field Day[Read More]
A research article from the HLA Specialty Crop Weed Science Lab is available ahead-of-print in Weed Technology. The article features work from Jeanine Arana’s masters thesis with HLA co-authors Stephen Meyers and Wenjing Guan, as well as Bill Johnson (Botany and Plant Pathology). Dose-response of two Jack O’Lantern pumpkin cultivars to fomesafen applied preemergence….Read more about New Research Article from Jeanine Arana, Stephen Meyers, and Wenjing Guan[Read More]
Petrus Langenhoven is leading a farmer-to-farmer peppermint tour to the Pacific Northwest from June 27 to July 1, 2022. Indiana mint farmers, ANR Extension Educators, an Extension specialist, and HLA graduate student will be traveling to Washington State and Oregon to visit growers, researchers, and industry partners. They will visit growers around Yakima and Sunnyside…Read more about Petrus Langenhoven to Lead Farmer-to-Farmer Peppermint Tour of the Pacific Northwest[Read More]
Dr. Krishna Nemali and Jeanine Arana were featured in Purdue Agriculture’s article on the Unsung Diversity Hero Awards: Unsung Diversity Hero Awards honor those who’ve gone above and beyond Yiwei Huang’s LA 482 temporary art installation was featured in Purdue Agriculture’s article: From space to place: how landscape architecture students are rethinking Purdue’s campus
On a windy, chilly Saturday HLA’s Spring Fest tent was abuzzed with excited attendees. Children and adults were lined up to get our famous plant necklaces. Our Purdue Extension Master Gardener Volunteers from Tippecanoe County recorded 350 educational contacts and 134 people taking the “Lawn Weed Challenge.” Children of all ages learned about landscape architecture…Read more about HLA’s Spring Fest[Read More]