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Gebisa Ejeta (born 1950 [1]) is an Ethiopian American plant breeder, geneticist and Professor at Purdue University. [2] In 2009, he won the World Food Prize for his major contributions in the production of sorghum .
Common leaf spot on alfalfa is a foliar disease caused by the pathogen Pseudopeziza medicaginis. P. medicaginis is an ascomycete and can also cause leaf spot in crops like red clover.
From 1974 to 1982, he was with the Purdue Agronomy Department as Extension/research specialist in corn production for Indiana. [4] He joined the staff of the Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI) in 1982 and has been involved with a number of innovative agronomic research and education programs in the Midwest region.
Over the course of his career, Beard was named a fellow of the Crop Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [3] He retired in 1992, [2] and left his writings to Michigan State's Turfgrass Information Center in 2003. [4]
At Purdue University, Caldwell worked closely with Leroy Compton to study wheat leaf rust and expanded Purdue's breeding program for disease-resistant plants. They organized a three-crop per year rotation with two crops in the greenhouse and one in the field, including fall planting of grains such as winter wheat, barley, and oats.
Melba M. Crawford is the Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and a professor of agronomy, Civil Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Purdue University. [1] As the Nancy Uridil and Francis Bossu Professor in Civil Engineering, her specialty is Geomatics Engineering.
In agronomy, the BBCH-scale for cereals describes the phenological development of cereals using the BBCH-scale.. Critical stages according to BBCH (Lancashire et al., 1991) and their deviations from the Zadok's scale (in brackets).
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. [7] The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture; [8] the first classes were held on September 16, 1874.