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🚀 Ever wondered how we’ll grow food in space? 🌱 At the Purdue College Roadshow, Professor Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi shares her exciting collaboration with NASA on cultivating crops beyond Earth! 🌍✨ Watch the full story: youtube.com/watch?v=SJ-SWw…

Dr. Cruz is leading collaborative efforts to combat tar spot disease in corn. His transdisciplinary approach involves departmental, national, and international partnerships, cutting-edge research, and innovative solutions. @cruzepidemiolab ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/08/p…

Insignum AgTech has begun a collaboration with researchers in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture and College of Engineering to create tools for farmers to identify early stages of tar spot disease outbreaks in their corn plants. @cruzepidemiolab purdue.edu/newsroom/relea…

I am pleased to share that my latest research article about Tar Spot colonization in maize leaves has been published in Phytopathology! @Anjali_IP @mattdhelm19 @PlantDocBonk @roccodasilva_c @AG__McCoy @MartinChilvers1 @DTelenko apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.10…

The @PurduePPDL in the news! wthr.com/article/money/…

Congratulations to these @PurdueAg graduate award winners! Leslie Aviles Lopez @PurdueInsects Maha Mohamed Us Abdelhaseib @PurdueANSC Oluwatosin ‘Benjamin” Fakunle @PurdueASEC Mariela Fernandez Campos @PurdueBPP (award titles in comments)

Congratulations to our Graduate Students! @PurdueAg @PurdueExtension

.@PurdueFNR's Songlin Fei and @PurdueBPP's Tesfaye Mengiste were named fellows by @aaas, composed of distinguished scientists, engineers and innovators who are recognized for their achievements. ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/04/p…

Hey BPP Undergrads! Come on over to the Botany conference room for a Holiday Brain Break today! Cocoa and cookies and other surprises until 4pm!

We have found that abscisic acid biosynthesis is deactivated under long-term drought in species that have evolved highly embolism resistant xylem, this causes the peaking-type ABA dynamic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pc… Congratulations @joelmrcdo11!!

As #Boilermakers, space calls out to us. But how will we sustain ourselves on years-long flights or in living on another planet? @PurdueBPP's Denise Caldwell is working on the next giant leap for human (and plant) kind: growing tomatoes in space. ag.purdue.edu/news/2023/11/t…

Tal Theodorakos (@PurdueEEE), Morgan Murff (@PurdueBPP) and Shreya Gandham (@PurdueANSC) placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Elevator Speech Contest.

Purdue University is looking for two (2) Assistant Professors of Plant Biology. Come join us! careers.purdue.edu/job-invite/285…

We are so proud of Junior Morgan Murff for being recognized as a 2023 Undergraduate Fellow with Black In Genetics, an organization dedicated to amplifying voices and work by Black-identifying geneticists across the U.S. and beyond. Congratulations, Morgan!! #BlackInGenetics

@bppgso, don't forget about the welcoming and network event this Friday in Marriott. I will be there, ready to discuss the Purdue Herbaria, its history and important figures, #fungi, #mycology, and #chytrids, for anyone willing to listen. See you there! @PurdueBPP @PurdueAg

"I speak science. Let’s see how I can teach it to you better." -- Denise Caldwell, @PurdueBPP @PurdueAg Read more about Denise and her research in the Grad Spotlight! purdue.ag/3P3cSUM

The #Purdue Digital Ag Showcase will feature demonstrations on both leading-edge research and practical applications related to data-driven agriculture. Register for this free event today! purdue.ag/digitalagshowc…

On Tuesday our Purdue Weed Science group held their annual Weed Science Field Day. Our leading weed science researchers and graduate students presented the latest data and discovery to farmers and industry professionals.@BillJohnson53 @PurdueAg @PurdueExtension

Time to start scouting for tar spot in Indiana, especially after recent rains. Send leaf samples to @PurduePPDL free of charge courtesy of our project with @INCornFarmers