Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Sweet Corn Variety Trial Results for 2019- Liz Maynard Excerpt: This poster will present yield, plant, and ear characteristics for 20 supersweet (sh2) sweet corn cultivars evaluated in northern Indiana in 2019. >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Introduction to Fresh Market Pepper Production in High Tunnels- Petrus Langenhoven and Chris Adair Excerpt: High Tunnels provide an excellent environment for the production of high quality sweet bell and tapered peppers. Very little regional specific information is available in terms of variety selection and performance, production procedures. >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Zucchini production in west-central Indiana- Petrus Langenhoven Excerpt: Zucchini is a very popular crop and it can earn the grower cash in a very short amount of time. We will look at the production practices and the performance of several zucchini varieties. >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Intro to Growing Triploid Watermelon- Wenjing Guan Excerpt: If you are considering growing seedless watermelon for sale, stop by this poster to get a handle on common production practices and where to go for more information. >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Drivers and Barriers to Crop Diversification- Sanchez Philocles Excerpt: Many challenges faced in the fruit and vegetable industry push U.S farmers to go through crop diversification as a farm adjustment alternative to change their situation in different ways. This paper examines what are those drivers, that incite those farmers to rotate their crops. It is found access to markets and technologies are major drivers >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Energy-Use-Efficiency Differences Between LED Supplemental Lights under Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) and Constant Flood Table (CFT) Systems- Alex Miller, Krishna Nemali, Petrus Langenhoven Excerpt: Using energy efficient light emitting diodes (LED) and heated nutrient solution (21°C) (HNS) in suboptimal greenhouse air temperatures (16°C), electrical energy use efficiency (EUE) (g·KWh-1) can be optimized to reduce production costs. Our objective was to compare EUE differences between nutrient film technique (NFT) and constant flood table (CFT) systems under LED lighting treatments with >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Integration of transgenic plants into alternative cover crop mulch systems illustrates a paradigm and a platform for sustainable agriculture- Tahira Fatima*, Anatoly P. Sobolev, John R. Teasdale, Matthew Kramer, Jim Bunce, Avtar K. Handa, and Autar K. Mattoo Excerpt: Metabolomics provides a view of endogenous metabolic patterns not only during plant growth and development but also in response to genetic events, environment and disease. We evaluated the influence of genetic background (high polyamine lines; low methyl jasmonate line; low ethylene line; and isogenic genotypes carrying double transgenic events) and environments (hairy vetch, rye, plastic >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Tomato Grafting Technique- Wenjing Guan Excerpt: Are you interested in grafting tomato plants? This poster and demonstration introduce a step-by-step technique for grafting tomato plants in a small scale. You will see the grafting process, and have an opportunity to graft the plants by yourself. >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Test, Don’t Guess: Using the Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab- Tom Creswell and John Bonkowski Excerpt: Accurate insect and weed identification and plant disease diagnosis are crucial to making informed management decisions. Clients using the Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab (PPDL) receive rapid turnaround on samples, coupled with management recommendations from on-campus Extension Specialists. The PPDL is a partner lab in the National Plant Diagnostic Network, a national consortium of >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium A Novel Smartphone-based Technology for Measuring Nitrogen (N) Status in Floriculture Crops- Ranjeeta Adhikari1, Cheng Li2 and Krishna Nemali1* Excerpt: Optimal tissue nitrogen (N) is crucial for growth and quality of plants. Currently, laboratory analysis is the only direct method available to accurately measure tissue N. However, this method is time-consuming. Other equipment like chlorophyll meter are expensive. The objective of this study is to develop affordable and non-destructive technology for measuring N status of >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Hemp-Arthropod Interactions Excerpt: Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L) is an important crop globally for textile, food, and medicinal/nutraceutical purposed. Although the same plant species, hemp is genetically dissimilar from marijuana, and is different in use and chemical profiles. In most of the United States, industrial hemp must have Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels <0.3%. While hemp has the potential to >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Purdue Extension Food Safety Training Hub: A Space for Hands-On Produce Safety Training- Tari Gary, Amanda Deering, James Scott Monroe, Rhonda Taylor, Joanna Beck, Jennifer Coleman and William Tuley Excerpt: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule ushered in a new era in fresh fruit and vegetable production. The science-based regulation mandates new requirements for growing, harvesting, handling, and storage of fresh produce. When Safe Produce Indiana began offering classroom-based courses to educate produce growers on the Rule, the team did not have >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Detection of Culturable Bacteria in Greenhouse Grown Romaine Lettuce Using the Light Scattering Technology (BEAM)- Hansel Mina and Amanda Deering Excerpt: Technologies for rapid detection and identification of bacterial communities, especially for pathogens, are crucial for securing a safe food supply. The light-scattering technology (BEAM) incorporates the traditional culture-based approach as a part of the detection procedure and is an easier and faster method for detection and identification of bacteria based on the morphological characteristics of >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Cucumber Grafting technique- Wenjing Guan Excerpt: Are you interested in grafting cucumber plants? This poster and demonstration introduce cucumber grafting technique in a small scale. You will see the grafting process and have an opportunity to graft the plants by yourself. >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Impact of the Growing Location on the Microbial Load of Different Varieties of Cantaloupes- Hansel Mina, Amanda Deering, Petrus Langenhoven Excerpt: Cantaloupes are perishable and susceptible to microbiological contamination during production, harvest, and distribution. Since cantaloupes are grown on the ground, preharvest safety concerns come from the bacterial load that they can harbor from the soil and the contamination with foodborne pathogens carried by irrigation water, manure-based fertilizers and wild animals. The study examined the microbial >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Evolution of embolism and drought resistance in the biofuel species Silphium perfoliatum- Josh Randall Excerpt: The Genus Silphium is composed of two subgenera, Silphium and Composita, which are distinguished by growth habit: as either tall sunflower-like or geophytic herbs, respectively. Both groups have scleramorphic leaves as well as high densities of trichomes. Species in Composita are found in drier habitats, and the biofuel species Silphium perfoliatum is a member. The >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Purdue Extension Food Safety Training Hub: A Space for Hands-On Produce Safety Training- Tari Gary, Amanda Deering, James Scott Monroe, Rhonda Taylor, Joanna Beck, Jennifer Coleman, William Tuley Excerpt: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule ushered in a new era in fresh fruit and vegetable production. The science-based regulation mandates new requirements for growing, harvesting, handling, and storage of fresh produce. When Safe Produce Indiana began offering classroom-based courses to educate produce growers on the Rule, the team did not have >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Find Pest Solutions Online Using the Newly Searchable Midwest Vegetable Production Guide- Daniel S. Egel and Ben Phillips Excerpt: he Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers is an 8-state annually updated publication that includes soil, fertility, pesticide safety and food safety information as well as disease, insect and weed management recommendations. The Guide is available as a hard copy that may be purchased from the Purdue University Education Store or is free online >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Why a Propagation Standard for Hemp Clones and Seedlings will Improve Crop Yield- Petrus Langenhoven and Robert Colangelo Excerpt: The 2019 Indiana hemp experience was not great for many of the first-time farmers. Growers experienced a wetter than normal spring which delayed planting in many areas. There was also a lot of poor quality plant material sold to growers. In some cases the plant material was accompanied with questionable certificates of analysis. Plant material >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Functional Family Businesses Make more Money- Maria Marshall and Renee Wiatt Excerpt: Income and perceived success are both positively affected by defining fairness according to contribution, fostering a culture that values differences of opinions, having a business that has lasted for generations, and having more employees. Family businesses that want higher perceived success can achieve it by: defining fairness by treating all family members the same, having >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Evaluation of Flour Handling Behaviors in Egg Noodle Online Video Streaming and Blog Recipes- Tressie Barrett and Yaohua Feng Excerpt: The internet, an important communication platform, enables consumers to share recipes and food preparation techniques. Unscreened videos and blogs could promote improper food handling techniques of high-risk ingredients, like flour. Flour has been recalled 15 times since 2018 for containing pathogens. The objective of this study was to evaluate food safety information and flour handling >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Introducing the Purdue Institute for Family Business- Maria Marshall and Renee Wiatt Excerpt: The Purdue Institute for Family Business (PIFB) provides multi-generational family businesses with research-based business management resources aimed at improving personal leadership performance and driving operational growth. We prepare family business owners, managers, and stakeholders (including non-owner spouses and future owners) to be effective stewards of their family enterprises. PIFB offers educational programs that address the >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Keeping the Farm Business in the Family: Examining Succession Planning among Small and Medium-sized Farm and Non-Farm Family Businesses in the Midwestern United States- Maria Marshall and Renee Wiatt Excerpt: We hypothesized that the influence of factors including owner, business, and family characteristics will differ based on the primary purpose of the business. The results show that farm businesses are more likely to be kept within the family in the next generation. Based on this finding, we carry out an industry-specific analysis by dividing the >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Evaluate Food Safety Education among Indiana Veteran Farmers- Han Chen and Yaohua Feng Excerpt: Veteran farmers are identified by the USDA as socially disadvantaged. Many of them practice small-scale farming, and they are struggling to balance the profits and the increasing food safety regulation. The objectives of this study were to assess the needs of veteran farmers in food safety education and evaluate the effectiveness of three different education >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Is grafting worth it for my operation? A Partial Cost Benefit Analysis of Early-Season Production of Grafted Seedless Cucumber in High Tunnels Orlando Rodriguez, Ariana Torres, and Wenjing Guan Excerpt: We conducted a study to analyze the economic benefit of grafting seedless cucumber grown in high tunnels. A comparison of partial costs and returns between grafted and nongrafted cucumber was developed. Data included production costs, yield, and price of cucumber at different market channels. This data was used to develop a partial budget analyses and >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Potential crops for marine aquaponics- Yu-Ting Chu and Paul Brown Excerpt: Land and water are critical resources for food production; thus, we need innovative technology to generate food with higher resources use efficiency so as to produce enough food for the increasing population without compromising the environment. Aquaponic systems are used to produce fish and plants with less resource input and less waste output; yet, they >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium The Human Endocannabinoid System and Hemp- Amy Nichols Excerpt: The endocannabinoid system is a newly discovered body system that is the master regulator in the human body. The phytocannabinoids in the hemp plant interact synergistically with the receptors in the human endocannabinoid system to create homeostasis in the human body so it can heal itself. >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Aquaponics and Hydroponics- Peng Chen, Gaotian Zhu, Hye-Ji Kim, Paul Brown, Jen-yi Huang Excerpt: The study compare the environmental impacts of producing food with aquaponics and hydroponics. In the case of this study, hydroponics has about twice as much impacts on fossil fuel depletion, global warming potential, acidification and eutrophication. >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Using the Online ID-56- Dan Egel Excerpt: The Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers has a new mobile-friendly online version. Visit this poster to see where to find it and how to navigate through the site. Learn how to look up control recommenations on your smart phone from the field in no time! >>> Read More.
Poster Track 1:00 pm-3:00 pm - Room: Atrium Intro to Growing Sweet Corn- Liz Maynard Excerpt: If you’re considering growing sweet corn for sale, stop by this poster to get a handle on common production practices and where to go for more information. >>> Read More.