The Nemali Lab has published a new article in Frontiers in Plant Science. The research was conducted by graduate student, Sangrak Son, with Drs. Lori Hoagland, Amanda Deering, and Jin Wei-Kocsis as committee members. Nutrient release and yield comparison between customized organic and conventional fertilizers in hydroponic lettuce production.
Dr. Lori Hoagland has received the 2025 Seed for Success Acorn Award, which honors Purdue researchers who secure external grants of $1 million or more. She and co-investigator Dr. Ankita Raturi (ABE) earned a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for their project, TOMI3: Bringing Our Insights to the Farm…Read more about Dr. Lori Hoagland Recognized with 2025 Seed for Success Acorn Award[Read More]
“Tomato Seedling Performance in Five Commercial Organic Growing Media with and without Supplemental Fertilizer” co-authored by Liz Maynard, Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven and Lori Hoagland was published in HortTechnology on June 18.
2025 HLA Impact Award Winners were announced at the HLA Research and Design Retreat on May 15. Congratulations to all the winners! Early Career Impact Award: Moriah Bilenky Extension Impact Award: Lori Jolly-Brown Staff Impact Award: Becky Stevenson Teaching Impact Award: Vicki Stirm Department Hero Impact Award: Liz Maynard Research Impact Award: Lori Hoagland
Dr. Lori Hoagland, Brenton Smith, Miné van der Berg, and Rosa Cossio from Purdue travelled to the Colca Valley in Peru with three professors from Universidad Nacional de San Agustín (UNSA) Dr. Dennis Macedo, Dr. Victor Hugo Casa Coila, and Dr. René Gonzalo Quispe Castro. The team visited their research plots in three different communities…Read more about Hoagland Lab Arequipa Nexus Institute Trip to Colca Valley[Read More]
HLA Professor Lori Hoagland published a paper with collaborators in the Carrot Improvement for Organic Agriculture (CIOA) project (https://eorganic.info/group/7645). The paper titled ‘Influence of Organic and Conventional Management Systems on Carrot Performance and Implications for Organic Plant Breeding‘ was published in the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science https://journals.ashs.org/jashs/view/journals/jashs/150/2/article-p65.xml
Former visiting scholar Leilei Zhang published the first paper from the research she conducted as an intern in the Hoagland Lab investigating how nanoplastic contamination in soils can influence plant-soil-microbial feedbacks. Results of this study will help scientists develop solutions to this growing problem. “The combination of hyperspectral imaging, untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics highlights a…Read more about Former Visiting Scholar Publishes Research Paper[Read More]
Members of the Hoagland Lab attended the ASA, CSSA & SSSA Tri Society Meeting 2024 in San Antonio, Texas: Henrique Petry presented his talk “Understanding the impact of tomato domestication on rhizosphere metabolites and root microbiomes”, and his poster “Impact of nanoplastics on rhizosphere microbiomes and rhizosphere metabolites in tomato and lettuce.” Lily Berry Presented…Read more about Hoagland Lab Attends ASA, CSSA & SSSA Meeting[Read More]
Several HLA faculty members were recently featured in the media. Purdue’s College of Agriculture highlighted the recent grant for Dr. Lori. Hoagland’s TOMI Project: Purdue-led TOMI project receives $3.5M grant to turn a decade of data into new tools and strategies for tomato farmers Purdue’s College of Agriculture also featured Dr. Ariana Torres’s work on…Read more about HLA Members Recently Featured in the Media[Read More]
HLA Professor Lori Hoagland and her team received $3.5M from the NIFA OREI program to continue working on their Tomato Organic Management and Improvement (TOMI) project. This is the third round of funding the team has received for their project aimed at developing new ways to control foliar diseases in tomato. In TOMI3, they will…Read more about Dr. Lori Hoagland and Team Receives Additional Funding for TOMI Project[Read More]