Heejin Yoo, First Place award for her Outstanding Oral Presentation at the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Midwestern Section Annual Meeting at Ohio State University for her talk: “An alternative pathway contributes to phenylalanine biosynthesis in plants via a cytosolic tyrosine:phenylpyruvate aminotransferase.” Also received 2014 Student Publication of the Year Award from the Purdue[Read More…]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University has received a $2 million federal grant to lead multi-institution research on breeding new varieties of organic tomatoes that would resist foliar diseases and still have the delicious taste that consumers want. The grant, awarded by the Organic Research and Extension Initiative of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National[Read More…]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers received $6 million in grants to automate one of the most laborious and costly jobs in vineyards and apple orchards. Each year, fruit growers spend about 20 percent of their labor costs on pruning vines and trees. Peter Hirst, an associate professor of horticulture, is leading a program[Read More…]
Purdue awarded $10 million for #DiverseCornBelt project A $10 million project seeks to make Midwestern agriculture more resilient by diversifying farms, marketing and the agricultural landscape. We’ve all heard of hedging a bet or diversifying a portfolio to be able to weather ups and downs, and this is the same concept, said Linda Prokopy department head and[Read More…]
Amid rising economic insecurity and heightened uncertainty, the Purdue Student Farm is doing all it can to keep its local community healthy and well-fed. The usual outlets the farm sells to, mainly campus dining venues, are closed due to the COVID-19 virus, but the farm is still active and producing. Currently, the farm supplies Food Finders Food[Read More…]
Reham Mohamed grew up in Egypt where she studied Integrated Pest Management to assist with her father’s farm. News of an imminent disruption to the River Nile’s water supply inspired Mohamed to research new methods in preparation for the future. “We may start suffering from the limiting of water in Egypt very soon, so I[Read More…]
Purdue research reveals plant volatiles released more deliberately than once thought WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University team of scientists upended a long-held assumption about how plant volatile compounds, the chemicals that are responsible for scent, move to the outside of the cells to attract pollinators, defend the plant and perform other key functions. [Read More…]
Jules Janick founded Horticulture Reviews (green books in photo) in 1979 and Plant Breeding Review (blue books) in 1983 and edits every volume. By the time he hands over the editing chores to successors next year, he will have edited a combined 84 volumes. Janick is 84. Photos by Tom Campbell An[Read More…]
Beer probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about farming. But there’s a particular crop, crucial to the brewing process, that has recently increased in demand and piqued the interest of Indiana farmers. Hops is a plant that hasn’t been grown consistently in the Midwest for over a century, however[Read More…]
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — A Lafayette business owner is trying to add on to his property not only for his customers, but for the rest of the community as well. Some Purdue students may help the Spot Tavern’s owner Paul Baldwin with a concept for a community green space. As News 18 reported last week,[Read More…]
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