Former ESE-HLA graduate Kyle Richardville published the first article from his MS thesis titled ‘Leaf mold compost reduces waste, improves soil and microbial properties and increases tomato productivity’ in the journal Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20022. Co-authors include Lori Hoagland, Amit Jaiswal, Aaron Thompson (HLA), Andrew Flachs (ANTH), Dan Egel (BPP) and Dan…Read more about Former ESE-HLA Graduate Published Article from MS Thesis[Read More]
George Meyer, PhD student in Dr. Josh Widhalm’s laboratory, received a USDA-NIFA predoctoral fellowship award. George will study the metabolic mechanisms evolved by the black walnut tree to resist the phytotoxic effects of its produced allelochemical juglone. George’s proposal is titled “Investigation of metabolic mechanisms underlying juglone resistance.”
Ross Braun and Aaron Patton published a research article now available: Braun, R. C., Braithwaite, E. T., Kowalewski. A. R., Watkins, E., Hollman, A. B., & Patton, A. J. (2022). Nitrogen fertilizer and clover-inclusion effects on the establishment of fine fescue taxa. Crop Science, in press. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20704
Facts for Fancy Fruits: https://fff.hort.purdue.edu Vegetable Crops Hotline: https://vegcropshotline.org/ Purdue Landscape Report: https://www.purduelandscapereport.org Greenhouse and Indoor Production of Speciality Crops (Editor: Krishna Nemali): https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/newsearch.asp?subCatID=425%20&CatID=10
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Thursday, February 3 at 3:30pm via Zoom. Dr. Denise Tieman – University of Florida; Plant Physiologist will present “Improving Tomato Flavor using Biochemistry, Genomics and Breeding Tools”.
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