“A lot of people don’t know this, actually, but tomatoes originated in the Andes Mountains,” Lori Hoagland, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture said. “For that reason, understanding soil biodiversity there has major breeding implications for tomatoes.” This research is the basis for the Fulbright Scholar Award Hoagland recently received to study soil biodiversity. She…Read more about Horticulture professor one of eight faculty Fulbright Scholars[Read More]
Decades after the last human set foot on the moon, NASA is contemplating setting up a permanent base there or sending astronauts to Mars. Accomplishing those goals, however, will require a few green thumbs. The cost to send a pound of anything into low Earth orbit is estimated at about $10,000, and much more than…Read more about Mission to Mars[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 about Purdue helps Egypt go with the flow[Read More]
Purdue University plant molecular biochemist Natalia Dudareva and colleagues have described a complete second pathway used by plants to produce phenylalanine, a compound important for all living organisms. Phenylalanine is a building block of proteins and the precursor to thousands of compounds. Plants use these compounds as aromatics to attract pollinators, for defense, reproduction, growth…Read more about Purdue scientists nail down important plant compound pathway[Read More]
Carol Michel (BS ’81, horticulture and landscape architecture), was awarded a 2018 Media Awards Gold Medal of Achievement for Best Overall Book from GWA: The Association of Garden Communicators. Michel writes humorous and lighthearted essays about her lifelong avocation in Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life (her award-winning first book) and Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a…Read more about Alumna cultivates gardening gold[Read More]
Early-Career Award The Early-Career Award recognizes an Extension Specialist with less than 10 years of service. Recipients must demonstrate Extension leadership; excellence in delivering public education programs; innovative approaches to program development and delivery; outreach efforts to county Extension Educators; research that benefits Extension clientele through practical application; or through demonstrated collaboration with county Educators,…Read more about John Orick received the Purdue Cooperative Extension Specialists’ Association Early Career Award[Read More]
Dr. Tamara Benjamin received the Purdue Cooperative Extension Specialists’ Association Leadership Award. Leadership Award The Leadership Award recognizes an individual’s leadership and contribution to a specific and highly effective Extension pprogram. Note: Special Award nominees do not need to be PUCESA members. External Link:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The enigmatic Voynich manuscript, undecipherable to scholars for more than a century, is a 16th century Mexican manuscript, according to a new book written by Purdue University and Delaware State University professors. The discovery, which also identifies the manuscript’s author and illustrator, is a collaboration between Jules Janick, distinguished professor of horticulture…Read more about Purdue and Delaware State professors unravel century-old mystery[Read More]
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