The Biological Approaches to Sustainable Mint Production SARE project team will host its final workshop at Fair Oaks Farm on January 19, 2023. The workshop will focus on presenting our research findings to the project Advisory Committee, the Indiana Mint Market Development & Research Council (IMMDC) board, and Indiana mint growers and industry stakeholders. Presentations…Read more about Final Workshop from the Biological Approaches to Sustainable Mint Production SARE Project Team[Read More]
Editor’s Note: One of our HLA Presenters was inadvertently missing from the previous version of this story. Antonio Verzotto will also present at the Indiana Green Expo. HLA Happenings regrets this error. Fourteen of HLA’s Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students will speak at the Indiana Green Expo, January 30 – February 1 at the Indiana…Read more about HLA Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students Will Present at the Indiana Green Expo[Read More]
Ariana Torres will give a talk on Jan 19th at the Specialty Crops Marketing and Finance Webinar series titled “Adding value: Connecting to consumers and appealing to their preferences” from 12 to 1 PM EST. You can register for the webinars at https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/thinking-ahead-about-specialty-crop-marketing-and-finance.
Congratulations to Camila Ulloa (MS/Torres’ lab) for receiving the Frederick N. Andrews Environmental Travel Award ($1,500). This travel award was created by the Fellowship Office in the Graduate School for students whose research focuses on improving the global environment. With this grant, Camila hopes to share her research focusing on segmenting salad consumers based on…Read more about Camila Ulloa Receives Travel Award[Read More]
Stephen Meyers co-authored a newly published research article: Taduri S, Bheemanahalli R, Wijewardana C, Lone AA, Meyers SL, Shankle M, Gao W and Reddy KR. 2023. Sweetpotato cultivars responses to interactive effects of warming, drought, and elevated carbon dioxide. Front. Genet. 13:1080125. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1080125
Josh Widhalm and Natalia Dudareva published an article in Molecular Plant with collaborators in the School of Chemical Engineering titled: “Two-way communication: Volatile emission and uptake occur through the same barriers.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674205222004063
Dr. Richard Hayden, Professor Emeritus of Purdue Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at the age of 94. Deepest condolences to Mary Lou Hayden and family. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, January 6, 2023 at Soller-Baker West Lafayette Chapel, 1184 Sagamore Parkway West. Service…Read more about The Passing of Dr. Richard Hayden[Read More]
The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture welcomes Dr. Moriah Bilenky, Assistant Professor. Bilenky’s research program is centered on three broad questions 1) can low-input agriculture systems be sustainable; 2) can they reduce off farm inputs; and 3) can they help build resilient food systems? Bilenky aims to explore cropping systems that employ cover cropping,…Read more about Welcome Dr. Moriah Bilenky![Read More]
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