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 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…

Tal Theodorakos (Purdue EEE), 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

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

'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

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.Bill Johnson Purdue Agriculture Purdue Extension

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

So Your Plant Is Sick? Here’s How to Get a Diagnosis. Welcome to the ‘disease garden’: It’s not pretty, but it’s full of answers nytimes.com/2023/06/21/rea…

It's not pretty, but it's full of answers. Purdue BPP professor Janna Beckerman and Purdue Entomology professor Clif Sadof's 'disease garden' on Purdue University's campus serves as a living example of what #PurdueAg students learn in textbooks.

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Learn about the newest data in weed science research from #PurdueAg researchers and graduate students at the Weed Science Field Day on Tuesday, June 27, at the Throckmorton Purdue Agricultural Center. Learn more and pre-register:
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Register today for the #weedscience field day!
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Congratulations to #PurdueISF faculty affiliate Christian D. Cruz of Purdue BPP for receiving funding from USDA NIFA!

Cathie Aime was recently awarded the Josef Adolf von Arx Award from the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, reserved for individuals who has made an outstanding contribution to taxonomic research of fungal biodiversity, marking a distinguished career in mycology. Congrats!

Assistant Professor Christian Cruz and Purdue Agriculture joins $30.8 million USDA Food for Progress project to address root causes of migration in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras ag.purdue.edu/news/2023/05/i…

Excited to announce that I have received a Spring 2023 Graduate Student Travel Award from the Botany and Plant Pathology Department at Purdue University -Purdue BPP. Looking forward to attending both the IS-MPMI 19th Congress and Plant Health 2023 later this summer!