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]
Janna Beckerman and Austin Pearson are special guests for this episode. They talked about spring disease management and frost/freeze guidance. Visit https://anchor.fm/strawberrychat to listen to this and previous episodes Strawberry Chat is a virtual program about strawberry production at small and diversified farms in Indiana. This program is hosted by Wenjing Guan and Miranda Purcell….Read more about Strawberry Chat Episode 3[Read More]
Wenjing Guan is invited by AeroFarms to present at AeroFarms Café on April 19, 2022. AeroFarms is an indoor vertical farming company. AeroFarms Café is a forum where scientists from the company discuss ideas and technologies. Wenjing is invited to share her research about growing strawberries in high tunnel conditions.
The next strawberry Chat will be on April 6, 12:00-1:00 pm EST. Dr. Bruce Bordelon will be our guest for the April 6 strawberry chat. We will discuss spring activities for the traditional way of growing strawberries, the matted-row system. Dr. Bruce Bordelon will share practical advice on growing strawberries in the matted-row system. You…Read more about Virtual Strawberry Chat[Read More]
Emerson Alejandro Luna Espinoza majored in Agricultural Sciences at Zamorano University from the class of 2019. He likes to learn more about Horticulture and Plant Sciences and wants to get more involved in the research area. Emerson will work on a watermelon irrigation and fertilization project within Wenjing Guan’s research and extension program. Emerson locates…Read more about Emerson Alejandro Luna Espinoza joins Wenjing Guan’s program[Read More]
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