by Osmar Lopez | Mar 31, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
The Purdue Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center (HTIRC) is partnering with Tree Pro to distribute select hardwood seedlings from its breeding program beginning in March 2025. The partnership, which will mark the HTIRC’s first commercial release of...
by Osmar Lopez | Mar 31, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
Purdue University Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy and contributions from HTIRC staff, has produced an online collection of publications and videos to help landowners and managers identify and manage the impacts of...
by Osmar Lopez | Mar 31, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
Canadian and US researchers working to conserve American butternut, Juglans cinerea, gathered both virtually and in-person at the Purdue University John S. Wright Center on September 25, 2024, to share results from projects around the region. Butternut, a close...
by Osmar Lopez | Mar 31, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
Olivia Bigham, a PhD student in the Ginzel Lab at Purdue University recently presented on Sassafras Wilt in Indiana on the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) University webinar series, a national webinar series highlighting forest insect, disease, and health research and...
by Osmar Lopez | Mar 31, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
A webinar series covering some core considerations for tree improvement, plus additional webinars on specific topics like black walnut seed orchard management and best practices for seed handling, is available from the U.S. Forest Service Reforestation, Nurseries and...
by Osmar Lopez | Mar 31, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
Purdue’s Harrold Woodland property in Whitley County has a large acreage of 30-year-old mixed hardwood plantations. A recent tour there, hosted by Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue Extension, Indiana Walnut Council and Indiana Forestry & Woodland...
