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Horticultural Physiology

Optimizing production practices for controlled environment agriculture.

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  • Alem Peter’s work on growth regulation using controlled drought stres published in HortScience

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    Former PhD student Alem peter’s work on using a mild drought stress to control the height of poinsettias was published in the latest issue of HortScience: https://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/50/4/565.full. Here’s the abstract: Production of poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) often involves intensive use of plant growth retardants (PGRs) to regulate height. Height control is necessary for visual appeal and postharvest…

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  • Alem Peter hosts UGA Hort club on spring trip to California

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    Former lab member and current Syngenta employee hosted the UGA horticulture club on their spring trip to California. The visit to Syngenta Flowers was co-hosted by fellow UGA grad Amanda Hershberger. Thank you for your hospitality and a great tour!

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  • Alem Peter’s work on non-chemical growth regulation in the news

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    Former graduate student Alem Peter’s (and current Syngenta employee) research on using controlled water deficits for height control of poinsettias was in the news recently. See the post from phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2015-04-poinsettia-height.html

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  • Mandy Bayer’s research on gardenia irrigation in the news

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    Research by former PhD student (and current faculty member at UMass) was described phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2015-03-content-thresholds-gardenia-jasminoides.html

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  • Two of our research projects highlighted in SouthScapes

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    The latest issue of our college’s newsletter ‘SouthScapes’ features two research projects we are involved in. Our smart LED lighting research with PhytoSynthetix and our precision irrigation research was highlighted. Read more at the link below. https://www.caes.uga.edu/alumni/news/southscapes/spring15/the-future-is-now.html    

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  • Our blog is now live!

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    Welcome to the brand new blog from UGA’s Horticultural Physiology laboratory. To learn more about our lab, please visit https://hortphys.uga.edu.

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  • Shuyang Zhen awarded GA Harris fellowship by Decagon Devices

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    Shuyang Zhen, PhD student in the lab, was recently awarded a GA Harris research instrumentation fellowship by Decagon Devices. This fellowship will support her research project titled ‘Using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a Proxy for Plant Size in Predictive Water Use Models to Facilitate Precision Irrigation’   Precise irrigation based on plant water…

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