George Meyer, PhD student in Dr. Josh Widhalm’s laboratory, received a USDA-NIFA predoctoral fellowship award. George will study the metabolic mechanisms evolved by the black walnut tree to resist the phytotoxic effects of its produced allelochemical juglone. George’s proposal is titled “Investigation of metabolic mechanisms underlying juglone resistance.”
Ross Braun and Aaron Patton published a research article now available: Braun, R. C., Braithwaite, E. T., Kowalewski. A. R., Watkins, E., Hollman, A. B., & Patton, A. J. (2022). Nitrogen fertilizer and clover-inclusion effects on the establishment of fine fescue taxa. Crop Science, in press. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20704
Facts for Fancy Fruits: https://fff.hort.purdue.edu Vegetable Crops Hotline: https://vegcropshotline.org/ Purdue Landscape Report: https://www.purduelandscapereport.org Greenhouse and Indoor Production of Speciality Crops (Editor: Krishna Nemali): https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/newsearch.asp?subCatID=425%20&CatID=10
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Thursday, February 3 at 3:30pm via Zoom. Dr. Denise Tieman – University of Florida; Plant Physiologist will present “Improving Tomato Flavor using Biochemistry, Genomics and Breeding Tools”.
Students in Ariana Torres’ lab presented at the 2022 Indiana Green Expo on Feb 25-26. Camila Ulloa presented Economic Tools for Tall Fescue Production (Spanish), Enrique Velasco presented Key drivers for landscape services in the U.S. (Spanish), and Sanchez Philocles gave 2 presentations (English and Spanish) Profitability in the sod in the sod industry: What…Read more about Ariana Torres’ Lab Students Presented at 2022 Indiana Green Expo[Read More]
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