Purdue University received a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA for the Developing a Novel Multi-Year Production System for Strawberries Grown on Plastic Mulch in Indiana project. Stephen Meyers and Wenjing Guan are leaders on this project. Purdue University will address two of the greatest barriers to the profitability and sustainability of multi-year plasticulture…Read more about Purdue University Awarded Grant for Research on Multi-Year Plasticulture Strawberry Production[Read More]
Jeanine Arana, Stephen Meyers, Bill Johnson (BTNY), and Wenjing Guan published a new article, now available “ahead-of-print” in WeedTechnology: Dose-response of plasticulture summer squash and triploid watermelon to fomesafen applied pre-transplanting. Jeanine Arana, Stephen L. Meyers, William G. Johnson, and Wenjing Guan.
Stephen Meyers and Wenjing Guan received $123,700 for a USDA- Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Specialty Crop Block Grant via the Indiana State Department of Agriculture for a project entitled Developing a Novel Multi-Year Production System for Strawberries Grown on Plastic Mulch in Indiana. With the project, the team at Purdue will investigate strawberry runner and…Read more about Meyers and Guan Receive USDA/ISDA Grant[Read More]
The 2022 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide website, book and online app received a national award from the American Society of Horticultural Science in the multimedia category of the Extension Division 2022 Educational Materials Awards. The executive editor is Ben Phillips from Michigan State and lead editors are Purdue Extension Specialists Dan Egel, Laura Ingwell, Liz…Read more about 2022 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide Received National Award[Read More]
Strawberry Chat is a virtual discussion about strawberry production at small and diversified farms in Indiana and neighboring states. Drs. Wenjing Guan and Miranda Purcell are the program’s hosts. We invite guests to discuss various topics in strawberry production. We post the discussion as a podcast. The project has six episodes now. You can access…Read more about Strawberry Chat podcast[Read More]
HLA was well-represented among speakers at the Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day afternoon and evening programs on August 9. There were many great learning opportunities, plus a chance to taste sweet corn from local growers. HLA presenters included: Ashley Adair, Jeanine Arana, Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven, Liz Maynard, and Stephen Meyers.
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 about 2022 Small Farm Education Field Day[Read More]
A research article from the HLA Specialty Crop Weed Science Lab is available ahead-of-print in Weed Technology. The article features work from Jeanine Arana’s masters thesis with HLA co-authors Stephen Meyers and Wenjing Guan, as well as Bill Johnson (Botany and Plant Pathology). Dose-response of two Jack O’Lantern pumpkin cultivars to fomesafen applied preemergence….Read more about New Research Article from Jeanine Arana, Stephen Meyers, and Wenjing Guan[Read More]
Department Head Dr. Linda Prokopy has been busy this month! June 1-3, she and other HLA faculty, staff and graduate students (Camila Ulloa Gómez, Steve Hallett, Liz Maynard, Michael O’Donnell, Katherine Pivaral, Aaron Thompson, Ariana Torres, Emily Usher) traveled to Davenport, Iowa for the annual meeting of the Diverse Corn Belt project. Members of this…Read more about A Busy Month for Dr. Linda Prokopy[Read More]
At Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center (SWPAC), we welcomed a tour of about 20 people from Illinois Jasper County Farm Bureau on June 7, 2022, and a tour of about 35 people from WIN Energy on June 23, 2022. SWPAC superintendent Dennis Nowaskie, and specialists Wenjing Guan and Dan Egel introduced the farm and research projects…Read more about SWPAC Welcomed Tours of Research Farm[Read More]
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