Wenjing Guan’s team published the research ‘Effects of Irrigation and Fertigation on Seedless Watermelon Yield in Southern Indiana’. This project is financially supported by an ISDA Specialty Crop Block Grant, and supports from National Watermelon Association, Illiana Watermelon Association and Indiana Vegetable Growers Association. This publication is highlighted in National Watermelon Association E-mail Magazine On[Read More…]
The Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day was held July 27 at the Purdue Student Farm. Around a hundred participants came out to learn about the latest research from Purdue Extension specialists and researchers to help small farmers in Indiana. Petrus Langenhoven and Dennis Gustavo Toc Mo (“High Tunnel Pepper Production and Variety Selection”), Miranda[Read More…]
Several HLA grad students are involved in the planning of the 2022 Graduate Student Plant Science Symposium, including George Meyer, Vera Vukovic, Cristian Salinas, Emerson Luna, Emmanuel Cooper, Sofia Gomez, Xiaojing Wang, Frederick Mildenhall, Scott Benzinger, and Jeanine Arana. Students from other departments in the College of Ag include Rebecca Leuschen-Kohl, Nathan Smith, Juan Diego[Read More…]