Entomology
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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“Education is multidimensional”: How agriculture staff and students are reaching grades PK-12 during a pandemic
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
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Purdue Improved Crop Storage makes inroads in Peru with extensive survey study
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
Read MorePICS receives national award for exemplary community engagement
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 • University News Story
In recognition of its extraordinary community engagement initiatives, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has named Purdue University and Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) an exemplary designee.
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 $…
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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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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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Virtual field days present challenges and benefits
Friday, August 21st, 2020
Hundreds of green industry professionals gather every summer for Purdue’s Turf and Landscape Field Day. As COVID-19 spread, so did the realization that 2020’s event would look different.
Read MoreEntomology professor receives USDA grant to work with Hoosier beekeepers
Thursday, July 30th, 2020 • University News Story
Beekeepers have many options available to them when deciding on where to purchase their colonies. They can buy locally, import from large out-of-state producers or buy specially-bred stocks. This decision could impact their businesses in the long run.
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Entomology professor receives major grant to work with Hoosier beekeepers
Wednesday, July 29th, 2020
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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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What you need to know to start your own pollinator garden
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
Bats, beetles, flies, moths, birds, butterflies and bees: can you guess what all these have in common?
They can all be pollinators and, in many parts of the country, including the Midwest, their populations are under threat. Increased urbanization, use of pesticides, global warming and many other factors have severely diminished pollinator populations throughout North America.
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Graduate researcher tracks billbugs
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
Marian Rodriguez-Soto remembers visiting her aunt’s garden as a young girl and being puzzled by the cabbages. Some looked different, so she asked her aunt for an explanation. “She told me they were sick,” Rodriguez-Soto recalled. “I was little, so my mind was blown – I didn’t believe that plants got sick.”
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The Asian giant hornet isn’t coming to Indiana but other invasive species pose a risk
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
Read MorePurdue seeking citizen scientists with time to track down ticks
Monday, May 11th, 2020 • University News Story
Hoosiers and residents of neighboring states looking for something to do while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic could consider becoming citizen scientists.
Read MoreIt’s extremely unlikely mosquitoes can transmit COVID-19 Purdue professor says
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 • University News Story
There is currently no evidence that COVID-19 can be transmitted by mosquitoes, a Purdue University professor says.
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A Bug Bowl History: Where did cricket spitting come from and how fast can a cockroach run?
Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
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