Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue Agriculture’s 20 most-read stories of 2020
Monday, January 4th, 2021
“2020 was a year unlike any other, with numerous challenges, opportunities and accomplishments across our college,” said Karen Plaut, the Glenn W. Sample Dean of the College of Agriculture. “Through it all we were proud to share Purdue Agriculture’s stories with the incredible community of faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors and so many other supporters.”
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Purdue Improved Crop Storage makes inroads in Peru with extensive survey study
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
Read MoreSARE grants to support Purdue’s sustainable agriculture programs
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 • University News Story
Faculty, staff and graduate students from the Purdue College of Agriculture and Purdue Extension were recently awarded eight North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) Program grants, accounting for over 20% of the $…
Read MorePurdue awarded $2.3 million NSF grant to improve cotton fiber engineering
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 • University News Story
The U.S. grows high-yielding types of cotton that have fibers that are thicker and shorter than their luxury pima cotton relative from Egypt. Improving the shape and mechanical properties of cotton cells would make this already $25 billion industry mor…
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Student embraces research opportunities in America, plant pathology
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Agriculture was supposed to be a quick detour for Tiffanna Ross. Just one semester while she waited for space to open in the University of Guyana’s undergraduate biology program.
“But I developed a liking for agriculture and it worked out for the best,” said Ross, now a doctoral student in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue.
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Center for Plant Biology boosts Purdue’s plant sciences profile
Monday, September 21st, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many aspects of life on the Purdue campus to change. Faculty and graduate students are rising to the challenge, redesigning lab courses in creative and innovative ways.
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College of Agriculture’s freshman class reveals its resilience
Thursday, September 17th, 2020
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Ag labs rise to COVID challenge
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many aspects of life on the Purdue campus to change. Faculty and graduate students are rising to the challenge, redesigning lab courses in creative and innovative ways.
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Six agriculture students named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
Six student-athletes from Purdue University’s College of Agriculture have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award for the 2019-2020 academic year. Each year, the honor is given to students on varsity rosters who maintain a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher.
Among the honorees, Tessa Sheets ranked in the top 16.5% of Big Ten Distinguished Scholars by achieving a 4.0 GPA.
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Plant scientists maintain critical research to save data and irreplaceable plants
Thursday, July 9th, 2020
The College of Agriculture accounted for more than a third of Purdue researchers who asked for access and support to continue critical research when facilities closed this spring.
With about 15 wiliwili trees in the Lilly Greenhouses, and only 150 left in the wild after an insect pest decimated its population, Purdue oversees an important concentration of this deciduous tree native to Hawaii. Scott McAdam, assistant professor of botany and plant pathology, has been growing the trees for three years.
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NSF fellowship allowing Purdue postdoc to expand possibilities for others
Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
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What do Purdue Agriculture faculty recommend for your summer reading list?
Tuesday, June 16th, 2020
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Slivers of land could power cheaper, greener nitrogen fertilizers
Monday, May 11th, 2020 • University News Story
Nitrogen-based fertilizer contributes to the high yields expected from crops in the developed world, but its high use also damages nearby waters and ecosystems. Conversely, developing countries that most need yield improvements face bottlenecks in gett…
Read MoreExpanding opportunities, access, support key parts of graduate partnership
Monday, May 11th, 2020 • University News Story
When Kyle Dahlin started his master’s degree at Purdue University in August 2013, he knew he would need a network to help support him far away from his home in Hawaii.
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Award-winning College of Agriculture mentors follow in others’ footsteps — and leave imprints of their own
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
The College of Agriculture’s outstanding student mentors and teaching assistant have one thing in common: Each benefited from impactful mentoring along their own paths to academic and personal success.
MS student Liz Alexander and PhD student Samira Fatemi are recipients of the 2020 Pathmaker Awards, sponsored by the Purdue Agricultural Alumni Association to recognize effective mentoring of undergraduate researchers-in-training and fellow graduate students. PhD candidate Jon Knott has been named the College of Agriculture’s 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant. Here, each award winner shares insights into the benefits of mentoring, both to their mentees and to themselves.
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When teachers become the students: Four takeaways from the virtual classroom
Friday, April 24th, 2020
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The College of Agriculture names five new University Faculty Scholars
Friday, April 17th, 2020
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From the lab to the laptop: How College of Agriculture professors are pivoting to virtual classrooms
Thursday, March 26th, 2020
In many ways, attending in-person university lectures is a great equalizer, John “Barny” Dunning, Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) professor observed.
“In the face-to-face format, I get three chances a week to remind students of critical deadlines, upcoming activities and impart crucial information. Of course, students don’t get that information if they don’t come to class, but then it is their fault,” Dunning said.
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