Ashley Adair and northeast Indiana ANR Educators hosted the NE IN Organic Field Day at Northeast Purdue Ag Center. The event attracted 32 participants and featured equipment demonstrations, knowledge-building for beginner organic grain growers, an update on disease management in organic grain, and an introduction to Purdue organic field research funded by OREI.
ESE/HLA Graduate student Cristian Salinas and HLA Professor Lori Hoagland attended the 4th Plant Microbiome Symposium in Quito, Ecuador. Salinas received a scholarship to help defray the cost of his attendance at the event, and presented a poster titled ‘The role of seed transmitted endophytes in quinoa tolerance to cadmium stress’.
Indiana is one of the major watermelon and cantaloupe producing states. Variety selection based on yield, disease resistance, fruit quality is one of the critical decisions in production. Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center conducts watermelon and melon variety trials every year. We have 73 varieties in the trials this year. The trial results will be summarized…Read more about Southwest Purdue Agriculture Center Hosted Melon Trial Open House[Read More]
Fatemeh Sheibani, Cary Mitchell, and industry collaborators published an article entitled “Close-canopy lighting, an effective energy-saving strategy for overhead sole-source LED lighting in indoor farming” in the journal Frontiers in Plant Science.
John Orick, Karen Mitchell, and Pam Fisher traveled to Indianapolis to set up the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Plant Info to Go Booth at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Master Gardener Volunteers will be on hand to answer lawn and garden questions, provide information about the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Program, and challenge fair attendees with…Read more about Visit the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Booth at the Indiana State Fair[Read More]
Dr. Krishna Nemali was invited by Pure Green Farms-a large greenhouse-based hydroponics facility in South Bend, Indiana, to assess their production protocols and help them improve their practices and crop yields. Nemali and his student, Sangrak Son, are seen inspecting plants. Thanks to Gaby Lin, a Purdue graduate student from ABE currently interning at the…Read more about Nemali Visits Pure Green Farms, Indiana[Read More]
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