Peter Hirst, along with colleagues Amanda Dickson and Mark Russell, are welcoming a delegation from The University of Duhok in Northern Iraq for a 2 week visit to Indiana. This is part of an ongoing project to restore traditional cultural (including agricultural) practices. There are many opportunities to interact with the group including an opening[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…]
Peter Hirst co-authored a paper in Industrial Crops and Products on “Suitable pollen source for the improvement of fruit and seed traits in Xanthoceras sorbifolium.” Zhu, F, Y. Ao, P.M. Hirst, Y. Niu, F. Luo, Y-G. Jiang, S-X. Liu, Y-Q. Zheng, X. Wang and N. Zhang. 2022. Suitable pollen source for the improvement of fruit and[Read More…]