Last week the USDA-NIFA funded and HLA-led Diverse Corn Belt and IMPACT2 projects held their annual meetings in Davenport IA.
The early season has been very kind to the farm with nice temperatures and lots of rain! This has led to quick crop growth around the whole site with the onions looking particularly good this year. Many other crops including the kales, swiss chard, and collards have grown well enough to begin some early light…Read more about Update from the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
Drs. Mearaj Shaikh and Josh Widhalm published a paper with Dr. Mike Mickelbart and HLA alum Dr. Chan Yul Yoo in Plant Direct titled “Transcriptional repression of GTL1 under water-deficit stress promotes anthocyanin biosynthesis to enhance drought tolerance.” Dr. Yoo received his PhD in 2011 working with Dr. Mike Hasegawa. He is currently an assistant professor of biology…Read more about New Publication from Drs. Shaikh, Widhalm, Mickelbart and Colleagues[Read More]
Dr. Ying Li and Dr. Jing Gao’s (associate professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering) project “Decoding the Intergenic Regulatory Information in Crop Genomes to Enhance Genetic Improvement of Agricultural Traits” was one of seven to be awarded the Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence (IPAI) Postdoctoral…Read more about Dr. Ying Li’s Project Awarded IPAI Postdoctoral Research Award[Read More]
Celina Gómez and Cary Mitchell were in Seoul Korea May 19-22 for the LightSym2024 international conference where they presented their light-related research with plants. Celina also moderated a session at LightSym.
Purdue Agriculture Communication featured a story on the Varala Lab’s recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Purdue-USDA team develops fast-track process for genetic improvement of plant traits. The story has also been featured in the US Department of Energy’s University and Stakeholder News.
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