The Midwest Mint Growers Conference successfully concluded today after two days of productive sessions, demonstrations, and networking opportunities for mint producers across the region. Hosted by Petrus Langenhoven, HLA liaison to the Indiana Mint Market Research and Development Council, and Meredith Cobb of Ag Research, the conference attracted growers from Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as[Read More…]
On October 4, the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (HLA) paid tribute to the remarkable contributions of Dr. Cary Mitchell with a symposium titled “Celebrating the Research Legacy of Dr. Cary Mitchell.” The event gathered an esteemed group of speakers, many of whom have been directly influenced by Dr. Mitchell’s pioneering work. The symposium[Read More…]
Celina Gómez, Cary Mitchell, Lian Durón, Sofia Gómez, Michael Fidler, and Sungeun Lim presented at the North Central Extension & Research Activity–101 (NCERA-101) meeting in Ames, Iowa. Drs. Celina Gómez and Cary Mitchell gave an oral presentation highlighting their group’s research. Lian Durón, Sofia Gómez, Michael Fidler, and Sungeun Lim received travel awards to present[Read More…]
Two open-access articles involving Mitchell lab participation in the NASA-sponsored ILSRA project directed by former Purdue HLA post doc Gioia Massa, PI, have just become available online: An article entitled “Pick-and-eat space crop production flight testing on the International Space Station” appears in the Journal of Plant interactions, and can be linked to via https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2023.2292220[Read More…]