Dr. Krishna Nemali, Associate Professor Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University Thursday February 15th, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or via Zoom. “Crop Monitoring and Growth-based Automation Using Low-cost Digital Sensors in Controlled Environment Agriculture” Abstract: Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) involves crop production inside protected structures such as greenhouses and indoor farms. These systems enable year-round[Read More…]
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Register here: Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day Please join us again this year for the Purdue Fruit & Vegetable Field Day, presented on July 18, 2024, at the Purdue Meigs Ag Center, 9101 S 100 E, Lafayette, IN 47909. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and educational tracks are scheduled between 9[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against English-OWL Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 19 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We lost all points, bringing the team down to 5th place. No placements this week. Come out and bowl with us! We bowl 3 games on Monday nights starting at[Read More…]
Dr. Craig Schenck, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biochemistry, University of Missouri Thursday February 1st, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or Via Zoom. “Evolution of plant chemical diversity: gene co-option, enzyme promiscuity, and pathway sequestration” Abstract: To cope with environmental pressures, plants produce an arsenal of structurally diverse chemicals, often called specialized metabolites, which have various industrial and[Read More…]
Petrus Langenhoven and Meredith Cobb are working with the Indiana Mint Market Development and Research Council (IMMDC) to plan the 2024 Midwest Mint Growers Conference. This year, the conference will be held in South Bend, IN, and we expect to see growers from Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin attend the conference. For more information, visit https://ag.purdue.edu/department/hla/extension/mint.html. Look[Read More…]
Recently, representatives from the Meyers’ Weed Science Lab, Jeanine Arana, Emmanuel Cooper, and Josue Cerritos, showcased their work at the 64th Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS) Joint meeting in San Antonio, TX. During the event, Jeanine presented a 3-minutes single slide talk titled “Cover crops: a weed management[Read More…]
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