Dr. Krishna Nemali, Associate Professor Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University Thursday February 15th, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or via Zoom. “Crop Monitoring and Growth-based Automation Using Low-cost Digital Sensors in Controlled Environment Agriculture” Abstract: Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) involves crop production inside protected structures such as greenhouses and indoor farms. These systems enable year-round…Read more about HLA Spring 2024 Seminar Series: Dr. Krishna Nemali[Read More]
Dr. Krishna Nemali’s lab is collaborating with many home growers in Indianapolis, Lafayette, and Gary to provide hands-on experience with growing leafy greens using hydroponics in their homes. The project aims to increase the availability and consumption of fresh produce in Indiana communities. Participants collaborate for a period of one year with Nemali’s lab and…Read more about Home Hydroponics: Giving Back to Community[Read More]
Dr. Krishna Nemali was invited by Pure Green Farms-a large greenhouse-based hydroponics facility in South Bend, Indiana, to assess their production protocols and help them improve their practices and crop yields. Nemali and his student, Sangrak Son, are seen inspecting plants. Thanks to Gaby Lin, a Purdue graduate student from ABE currently interning at the…Read more about Nemali Visits Pure Green Farms, Indiana[Read More]
Nemali’s lab was invited to present at the Digital Ag Showcase organized by Purdue College of Agriculture at the Beck Center. Krishna Nemali and his graduate student, Sangrak Son, presented and demonstrated low-cost smart (IoT) sensors and mobile apps for plant monitoring in agriculture to a group of farmers, educators, faculty, and industry professionals.
Krishna Nemali and Sangrak Son (Ph.D. student in Nemali’s lab) are continuing their outreach and engagement work at Otterbein Elementary School, Indiana. The goal of their project is to shift the attitudes in schoolchildren towards healthy eating by providing both hands on and curriculum-based training. They installed indoor hydroponic systems to enable schoolchildren produce leafy…Read more about Krishna Nemali Continues Outreach in Otterbein[Read More]
Editor’s Note: One of our HLA Presenters was inadvertently missing from the previous version of this story. Antonio Verzotto will also present at the Indiana Green Expo. HLA Happenings regrets this error. Fourteen of HLA’s Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students will speak at the Indiana Green Expo, January 30 – February 1 at the Indiana…Read more about HLA Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students Will Present at the Indiana Green Expo[Read More]
Krishna Nemali and others hosted a tour for 19 visitors that included ag advisory members and farmers from Hungary to showcase HLA’s Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) program. This included a short presentation about CEA faculty and research, teaching, and extension activities and several graduate and undergraduate students shared research activities. The group visited the greenhouses…Read more about Visitors from Hungary Toured Controlled Environment Agriculture Program[Read More]