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…]
Aaron Patton, professor of horticulture and landscape architecture (HLA), was recently awarded a fellowship by the American Society of Agronomy (ASA). Fellow is the highest honor conferred by the ASA and recognizes Patton’s contributions in agronomy through Extension and research. Patton develops and delivers educational material for the turf grass industry throughout the Midwest. His[Read More…]
Jules Janick, the James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture, recently received The American Botanical Council (ABC) James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award for his 2019 book “Flora of the Voynich Codex: An Exploration of Aztec Plants.” Janick shares the award with his co-author, the late Arthur Tucker, emeritus herbarium director at Delaware State University. The Voynich[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…]
Please Join Us! Informational Meeting of The Purdue Bee Lab & Friends of the Purdue Bee Farm Wed. March 8, 2017, 6:30 – 7:30 pm Daniel Turf Center1340 Cherry Ln.West Lafayette, IN 47907 Learn how you can help build he althy environments for pollinators Friends of Purdue Bee Farm-Volunteer Opportunities-Educaitonal Opportunities-Plant pollinatory synergy-Build community around healthy pollinators More info: Asst. Prof.[Read More…]
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Oct. 23, 2015 – The American Floral Endowment (AFE) awarded seventeen students this year with scholarships totaling more than $37,000. “The quality of the applicants this year was outstanding, and we only wish we could help even more young people as they begin their rewarding careers. These deserving students show great[Read More…]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Faculty and students at the horticulture department at Purdue University hit the ground running with a list of goals, projects and research prospects for the new year. Hazel Wetzstein, formerly a horticulture professor at the University of Georgia, was appointed professor and head of Purdue’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture[Read More…]
The American Society for Horticultural Sciences (ASHS) meeting in Orlando was a great success with exciting presentations made by a large contingent of Purdue faculty, graduate students and staff. It was gratifying to see the quality of scholarly activity presented by our department. Congratulations are in order for members of the department who were recognized[Read More…]
Vision Robotics is well along in developing a robotic pruner for grapes, shown at work above, and the robotic shears pictured in the inset photo. Apple tree canopies are more three-dimensional than grapes and pruning decisions harder to make, a problem that will be addressed by experimenting on the tall spindle system, which uses a[Read More…]
Many people are involved in the remarkable range of programs, services and facilities that undergird research in the College of Agriculture. Collectively they’re integral to the college fulfilling its research mission. “Behind the Research” explores their individual roles. Each academic year, we profile six people whose work supports the College of Agriculture’s global reputation for[Read More…]
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