Extension professionals from the Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department and the Diversified Farming and Food Systems Team hosted the first-ever combined Indiana Horticulture and Small Farm Conference at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds and Conference Complex, March 3-5, 2026. With a total of 64 educational sessions, 22 research posters, and several demonstrations to choose from over…Read more about Purdue Hosts First‑Ever Combined Indiana Horticulture and Small Farm Conference, Bringing Nearly 200 Participants Together for Three Days of Learning and Collaboration[Read More]
The Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab published pumpkin research in the December issue of HortTechnology, available online now. The research investigated the potential of currently unregistered herbicides to control marestail in no-till jack o’lantern pumpkin production. The findings will be used to support expanded herbicide registrations to help pumpkin farmers better manage this glyphosate-resistant weed….Read more about Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab Publishes More Pumpkin Research[Read More]
Between the goldenrod and grasses, the wetland is absolutely alive with color this week. Monet would be impressed. I noticed it yesterday while doing some deer fence repairs and snapped a few pictures for the email (these are included). My phone camera can never quite capture the vibrance and detail correctly, so as you drive…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
Just in time for Halloween, new jack-o-lantern pumpkin research has been published in the ASHS journal HortTechnology. The research, led by Stephen Meyers, was conducted at 11 locations in 10 different states in 2021. The authors demonstrate that a currently registered pumpkin herbicide can be applied safety in an alternative way, resulting in extended weed…Read more about Meyers and Colleagues Publish Multi-State Pumpkin Research[Read More]
On October 9, Maci Tetrick with WRTV News (ABC Indianapolis) visited the Meigs Horticulture Research Farm to learn about pumpkins and ongoing pumpkin research. She filmed Horticulture Crops Weed Science lab members harvesting pumpkins in Helen Nocito‘s MS thesis research plots. Check the 1:08-1:19 mark for cameos by Celia Corado and Helen Nocito. The full…Read more about Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab in the News[Read More]
Southwest Purdue Agriculture Center hosted Pumpkin Field Day on Sep. 17, 2025. HLA Extension specialists Liz Maynard, Steve Meyers and Wenjing Guan; HLA graduate student Helen Angelina Nocito; and Extension specialists Laura Ingwell from Entomology Department and Cesar Escalante from Botany and Plant Pathology Department presented at the event.
Three research articles by the HLA Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab have been published in the most recent issue of HortTechnology. Two articles feature the thesis research of former HLA MS student Josué Cerritos: Utilizing Silage Tarps, S-metolachlor, and Hand-Weeding for Weed Management in Transplanted Onions. Josué Cerritos, Stephen L. Meyers, Petrus Langenhoven, Moriah Bilenky,…Read more about HLA Weed Science Lab Publishes Three Articles[Read More]
Two members of the HLA Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab attended and presented research at the Black Soldier Fly Conference (BSF CON) September 8-10, 2025, in Cambridge, England. MS Student Celia Corado presented a poster entitled “Exploring the Potential of Black Soldier Fly Compost Tea for Weed Suppression”. Stephen Meyers presented a poster entitled “Effect…Read more about Purdue Well-Represented at BSF CON 2025[Read More]
Stephen Meyers is a co-author of a newly published journal article entitled “Herbicide programs for control of a five-way herbicide resistant waterhemp population in Xtendflex or Enlist E3 soybean.” The article, published in Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management, features thesis research of former Purdue University Department of Botany and Plant Pathology MS student Claudia Bland….Read more about New waterhemp research published[Read More]