Dr. Yiwei Huang has been honored with Purdue University’s Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award, marking a significant milestone for both Dr. Huang and the entire HLA department. This prestigious recognition represents Purdue’s highest teaching accolade for faculty members in the early stages of their careers. The award acknowledges Dr. Huang’s outstanding teaching abilities and unwavering[Read More…]
The Purdue Horticulture Society embarked on the annual spring trip on March 28-30. This year the club picked Louisville to explore a botanical garden and arboretum. This annual trip provided members with an opportunity to expand their knowledge of horticulture and appreciate the beauty of diverse plant collections. On March 29, the group visited the[Read More…]
The HLA Social Committee hosted an evening of pottery painting at All Fired Up! In Lafayette on Wednesday night. It was a resounding success. Some of the items painted included sunflower ladle rest (x2), cactus ring holder, corn ear holder, bird, penguin, rabbit, conch shell, ramen noodle bowl, boilermarker express, cowboy boot, and various mugs. [Read More…]
New paper from the Hoagland lab co-led by former post-docs Marian Luis and Amit Jaiswal. The paper titled ‘Deciphering the mechanisms regulating variability in induced systemic resistance among tomato genotypes’ was published in the journal Phythopathology https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTO-07-24-0240-R. The team used RNA-seq to determine the molecular basis for these differential responses. Results of this study will[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Spoilermakers II Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 27 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 4 of 8 points, maintaining 7th place. In the Team Category: Good Thyme Gang placed 3rd with Team Handicap Game scoring a 959. In the Women’s Category: Alexandra Jewell placed 1st with scratch game scoring a 245, with[Read More…]
Josué Cerritos Major Professor: Dr. Stephen Meyers MS DEFENSE SEMINAR April 9 @ 1:00 PM HORT 217 or via Zoom “Silage tarping for stale seedbed, early-season weed management, and cover crop termination” Abstract: Silage tarping involves covering the soil with opaque plastic to block light for extended periods, helping to keep fields weed-free early in[Read More…]
Brian Schundler Associate, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects Thursday April 10th, at 3:30pm HORT 117 or via Zoom. Conservation Agriculture: Integrating Ecology, Farming, and Design Brian Schundler, an Associate at Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW), will discuss the Conservation Agriculture Studio (ConAg), a specialized practice within NBW that applies contemporary design principles and restoration[Read More…]
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