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…]
Six members of the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab presented research at the 77th Annual North Central Weed Science Society Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri December 5-8. Poster Presentations: Evaluation of Weed Removal Timing for Three Sweetpotato Cultivars. Emmanuel G. Cooper*, Stephen L. Meyers, Jeanine Arana. Combinations of PRE and Layby Herbicides in Watermelon. Josue[Read More…]
The HLA Weed Science team attended the YCC Career Development Symposium hosted by the Younger Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society Indiana Local Section at the Corteva Agriscience headquarters in Indianapolis. They were able to learn about financial literacy in grad school, industry hiring practices, interview tips, soft skills, and CV building. They also had the[Read More…]
The 2022 Small Farm Education Field Day was held earlier today, Friday, July 29, at the Purdue Student Farm. Participants from HLA included Ashley Adair, Chris Adair, Miranda Purcell, Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard, Emerson Espinoza, Petrus Langenhoven, Lian Durón, Eduardo Miranda, Stephen Meyers, Luis Medina, and Lori Jolly-Brown. Other participants included Amanda Deering, Scott Monroe,[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…]
Luis Medina is a visiting scholar from Honduras who joined the Meyers’ weed science lab. He obtained his B.Sc. in Agronomy from Universidad Nacional de Agricultura (UNAG), Honduras. ” This opportunity has awakened in me a great interest in weeds, which are of great agricultural importance. It is definitely an area in which I would[Read More…]