2025 Indiana Horticulture Conference Draws Over 200 Attendees and 19 Vendors – HLA Happenings

2025 Indiana Horticulture Conference Draws Over 200 Attendees and 19 Vendors

Speaker presenting.

Petrus Langenhoven presenting at the Indiana Horticulture Conference and Expo at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, Ind. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

The 2025 Indiana Horticulture Conference welcomed 200+ attendees and 19 vendors to the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, IN on January 14-15th. It was great to catch up with old friends and meet some new faces. Speakers traveled from as far as Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. Anderson Orchard took home the gold in the much anticipated annual Cider Contest!

HLA presenters included:

  • Scotch Bonnet Production: Bringing Spiciness to the Midwest, Petrus Langenhoven
  • Weed Management for Vegetable Farms, Stephen Meyers
  • Two System Approach to Soil Health and Nutrient Management in Pepper Production, Petrus Langenhoven & Nathan Shoaf
  • Future Climate-Related Challenges for Vegetable Production in Indiana: Panel Discussion with Specialists, Laura Ingwell, Stephen Meyers, Cesar Escalante, Liz Maynard, Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven
  • From Field to Fork: What Your Buyers Really Want, Ariana Torres
  • Can Beneficial Insects Pay Their Way? Cost-Benefit Analysis for High Tunnel Spinach, Jean Pierre Zavala
  • Herbicide Application Technologies, Stephen Meyers
  • Apple Rootstock Update, Peter Hirst
  • Trellising and High Density Production Systems, Peter Hirst
  • Growing Grapes in Indiana, Miranda Purcell
  • Addressing Plant Parasitic Nematodes Challenges in High Tunnels. Wenjing Guan & Lei Zhang
  • High Tunnel Tomato Irrigation Management, Wenjing Guan & Liz Maynard
  • Managing Environment for Strawberry and Greens over Winter, Liz Maynard and Wenjing Guan
  • Vertical Indoor Propagation, Celina Gomez
  • Organic Crop Production in Greenhouses, Krishna Nemali
  • Greenhouse Strawberry Production, Krishna Nemali

Poster Presenters can be found here: https://indianahortconference.org/poster-session/

Photos (courtesy of Joshua Clark/Purdue Agricultural Communications) from the event may be viewed in the gallery: https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/hla-happenings/rl_gallery/2025-indiana-hort-conference/.

Student presenting poster.

Visiting scholar Uzma Gulzar (Nemali Lab) presenting her research poster at Indiana Horticulture Conference and Expo at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, Ind. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Speaker presenting.

Jean Pierre Zavala (Torres Lab) presenting at the Indiana Horticulture Conference and Expo at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, Ind. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Student presenting poster.

Sangrak Son (Nemali Lab) presenting his research poster at the Indiana Horticulture Conference and Expo at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, Ind. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Student presenting poster.

Md. Moyeed Hasan Talukder (Bilenky Lab) presenting his research poster at the Indiana Horticulture Conference and Expo at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, Ind. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

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