Merrill-Cazier Library and Graduate Researcher Team Up to Highlight Hydroponics Research at USU
Utah State University’s Merrill-Cazier Library is inviting patrons to engage with a living hydroponics exhibit.
Featuring a variety of plants grown hydroponically, this exhibit showcases the potential of hydroponic crop production and provides information on how to grow your own plants hydroponically. It is on display through March 14 in the library’s second-floor New Books Lounge.
An interdisciplinary exhibit with contributions from students in three colleges, this project was developed by Noah J. Langenfeld, a doctoral student at the Crop Physiology Laboratory, undergraduate library student worker Emily Daems, and graduate student and library employee Aurora Wallis Durfee.
Hydroponics involves cultivating plants in nutrient-rich water solutions without soil, which offers benefits such as improved yield, stabilized root-zone nutrition, and reduced incidence of pests and diseases. Research for this exhibit was conducted in the Merrill-Cazier Library archives, and hydroponics are utilized at USU for conducting precise plant nutrition studies across various crop species.
Students and visitors are invited to attend a lecture accompanying the exhibit at 1 p.m. Feb. 26. Langenfeld will discuss “Hydroponics: Historical Principles and Current Practices” in the library’s New Books Lounge, exploring the use of hydroponics from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to current applications in modern agriculture.
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