Yiwei Huang had guided her previous student, Luyu Zeng, on constructing an interview article with a landscape architecture professor, Brett Milligan, to advocate for more climate resilient design in China. The piece is now published. Brett MILLIGAN, Luyu ZENG, Yiwei HUANG. A Call for Innovative, Multidisciplinary Adaptive Landscape Design in the Age of Climate Change: Interview With Brett…Read more about Yiwei Huang Coauthored Interview Article[Read More]
Cale Bigelow and Jada Powlen attended the 49th Virginia Tech Turf Field Day in Blacksburg, Virginia. Jada presented on a collaborative field research project related to her Ph.D. dissertation examining the effects of planting cool-season grass blends and mixtures with superior resistance to the summer lawn disease, brown patch. The results of these studies demonstrate a…Read more about Cale Bigelow and Jada Powlen Presented at Virginia Tech Turf Field Day[Read More]
Krishna Nemali and others hosted a tour for 19 visitors that included ag advisory members and farmers from Hungary to showcase HLA’s Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) program. This included a short presentation about CEA faculty and research, teaching, and extension activities and several graduate and undergraduate students shared research activities. The group visited the greenhouses…Read more about Visitors from Hungary Toured Controlled Environment Agriculture Program[Read More]
The HLA Department participated in the Rainbow Callout on September 6 at the Co-Rec. The booth handed out carnations and other HLA swag to attendees. A special thank you to the Widhalm Lab, especially George Meyer, Thiti Suttiyut, and Mearaj Shaikh for preparing the flowers and being at the booth. Thanks also goes out to…Read more about HLA at the Rainbow Callout[Read More]
Thursday, September at 3:30pm in PFEN 241 and via Zoom. Dr. Jeongim Kim – Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida. “Metabolic Networks Linking Plant Growth and Stress Adaption” Abstract: Plants produce various metabolites derived from amino acids. Many of them, including plant hormones and defense compounds, play crucial roles in plant growth and development, and…Read more about HLA Fall Seminar: Dr. Jeongim Kim[Read More]
Dr. Celina Gómez and co-authors recently published a research article in HortScience, now available online: Retana-Cordero, M., Humphrey, S., and Gómez, C. (2022). Effect of Radiation Quality and Relative Humidity on Intumescence Injury and Growth of Tomato Seedlings. HortScience 57, 10, 1257-1266, available from: < https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI16712-22>
The HLA Weed Science team attended the YCC Career Development Symposium hosted by the Younger Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society Indiana Local Section at the Corteva Agriscience headquarters in Indianapolis. They were able to learn about financial literacy in grad school, industry hiring practices, interview tips, soft skills, and CV building. They also had the…Read more about HLA Weed Science Team Attended the YCC Career Development Symposium[Read More]
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