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]
HLA professor Lori Hoagland traveled to Chivay, Peru to meet with the advisory panel for the Arequipa Nexus Institute’s Phase 3 research and engagement projects. The goal of the projects is to help the people of the Colca Canyon become more productive and sustainable by transitioning to organic agriculture, improving alpaca fiber quality, and developing…Read more about Dr. Lori Hoagland Traveled to Peru to Meet with Arequipa Nexus Institute Advisory Panel[Read More]
HLA Professor Lori Hoagland participated in a multidisciplinary workshop on Climate Change Policy and Research in Nicosia, Cyprus. The workshop was jointly hosted by The Arava Institute and The Cyprus Institute. The goal of the workshop was to build teams and develop new projects aimed at addressing food security and water availability.
HLA Professor and Co-Director of the Arequipa Nexus Institute, Dr. Lori Hoagland, traveled to Peru with Drs. Karen Plaut (Executive Vice President for Research), Juan Diego Velazquez (Director of Latin American Programs), Daniel Leon-Salas (Associate Prof. in the Polytechnic Institute and Nexus Co-Director), and Rosa Cossio (Nexus Program Manager). The team started in Lima where…Read more about Dr. Lori Hoagland, Dr. Ada Martinez, and Henrique Feiler Travel to Peru[Read More]
The Pinney Purdue Vegetable Twilight Meeting on August 24 featured presentations by HLA members Celia Corado, Steve Meyers, Lori Hoagland, Petrus Langenhoven and Liz Maynard, in addition to other speakers. Wenjing Guan hosted tasting evaluations of tomatoes and watermelon and the evening wrapped up with dinner and community taste test of sweet corn from local…Read more about Pinney Purdue Vegetable Twilight Meeting[Read More]
A news release from Purdue University highlights recent funding for the Arequipa Nexus Institute’s Phase 3 project. Dr. Lori Hoagland is co-director of the institute, a unique collaboration between Universidad Nacional de San Agustín and Purdue University with a focus on key challenges to create a sustainable future for the people of Arequipa, Peru.
ESE/HLA Graduate student Cristian Salinas and HLA Professor Lori Hoagland attended the 4th Plant Microbiome Symposium in Quito, Ecuador. Salinas received a scholarship to help defray the cost of his attendance at the event, and presented a poster titled ‘The role of seed transmitted endophytes in quinoa tolerance to cadmium stress’.
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