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Botany & Plant Pathology at Purdue University. Opinions expressed on this site may not represent the official views of Purdue University.
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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 Indiana Corn


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.Bill Johnson Purdue Agriculture Purdue Extension


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

Purdue Botany and Plant Pathology - GSO, 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! Purdue BPP Purdue Agriculture



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



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 Joel A. Mercado Reyes!!

As #Boilermakers, space calls out to us. But how will we sustain ourselves on years-long flights or in living on another planet? Purdue BPP'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…


.Purdue Forestry & Natural Resources's Songlin Fei and Purdue BPP'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…

Congratulations to these Purdue Agriculture graduate award winners! Leslie Aviles Lopez Purdue Entomology Maha Mohamed Us Abdelhaseib Purdue Animal Sciences Oluwatosin ‘Benjamin” Fakunle Purdue ASEC Mariela Fernandez Campos Purdue BPP (award titles in comments)




I am pleased to share that my latest research article about Tar Spot colonization in maize leaves has been published in Phytopathology! Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi Helm Lab John Bonkowski Camila Rocco da Silva Austin McCoy Martin Chilvers Darcy Telenko apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.10…

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. C. D. Cruz purdue.edu/newsroom/relea…

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. C. D. Cruz ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/08/p…
