WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Indiana Extension Educators Association presented annual awards Thursday (Oct. 16) to county educators during a luncheon at Purdue Extension’s Professional Development Conference. Awards and recipients: Agriculture and Natural Resources * Individual: Valerie Clingerman, Extension director and ANR educator, Knox County, for a 2013 Irrigation Workshop. * Career: Larry Caplan, horticulture[Read More…]
The Purdue Arboretum has created an all-encompassing technology for students, faculty and visitors to learn about the varied plants on Purdue’s campus. Paul Siciliano Jr., a horticulture and landscape architecture professor and the arboretum’s director, described an arboretum as “a collection of woody plant materials like trees and shrubs,” and said the “Purdue arboretum is[Read More…]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University is rolling out a comprehensive online interactive database of the campuswide Purdue Arboretum for students and visitors to enhance their learning and appreciation for plants and the environment. The Purdue Arboretum Explorer allows mobile device users to quickly locate and learn about the nearly 779 types of trees, shrubs[Read More…]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University has received a $2 million federal grant to lead multi-institution research on breeding new varieties of organic tomatoes that would resist foliar diseases and still have the delicious taste that consumers want. The grant, awarded by the Organic Research and Extension Initiative of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National[Read More…]
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — A Lafayette business owner is trying to add on to his property not only for his customers, but for the rest of the community as well. Some Purdue students may help the Spot Tavern’s owner Paul Baldwin with a concept for a community green space. As News 18 reported last week,[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…]
EST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Residential trees have been taking a beating during the recent outbreak of summer storms across Indiana. Homeowners will need to determine if they can take care of the damage themselves or if they will need the help of a professional tree service, says Purdue Extension’s consumer horticulturist. “There are trees with[Read More…]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Farmers interested in learning in-depth information on how to protect their hops from weeds, diseases and insects can find information on integrated pest management in a new Purdue Extension guide. The Integrated Pest Management Guide for Hops in Indiana 2014 lists pesticides registered for hops in Indiana as well as seven[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…]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University student team has won a national contest for designing a “Biowall” of living plants integrated into a building’s heating and ventilation system. The system could improve indoor air quality and reduce energy use by decreasing the need for outdoor ventilation air. The team last October was selected by[Read More…]
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