Crop Seminar Series, Spring 2008
Seminars are at 3:10pm, Johnson Hall 204, unless otherwise noted.
January 7 (joint w/Soils @ 3:10pm)
John Gardner, Vice President, Economic Development and Extension, WSU
The influence of place and scale in shaping agriculture
January 14
No seminar - plant genome meetings. However, there will be a student organizational meeting.
January 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (all university holiday- no class)
January 28 (joint w/Soils @ 1:10pm)
Todd Lupkes, Superintendent, Palouse Ridge Golf Course, WSU
The construction of Palouse Ridge Golf Club at WSU
January 28 (joint w/Soils @ 3:10pm)
Ian Burke, Assistant Professor of Weed Science, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, WSU
Current status of and future prospects for herbicide-resistant weeds in the Pacific Northwest
February 4
Katie Dodson, Crop Science M.S. Candidate, WSU Pullman
What's happening down below affects what's happening above: how soil ecology is correlated to plant productivity
February 11
Lesley Murphy, Biological Science Technician, Wheat Genetics, Quality Physiology and Disease Research, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA
Physiological and biochemical analysis of transgenic rice over-expressing C4 genes from maize
February 18
President's Day (class holiday)
February 25
Gopesh Saha, Crop Science Ph.D. Candidate, WSU Pullman
Mechanisms of salt tolerance in plants
March 3
Jennifer Moran, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Winter Wheat Program, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, WSU
What a little fly taught me about speciation: From Drosophila to wheat
March 10
Spring Break
March 17
Tom Drader, Crop Science Ph.D. Candidate, WSU Pullman
Spot blotch resistance in barley; not your ordinary resistance story
March 24
Janet Matanguihan, Crop Science Ph.D. Candidate, WSU Pullman
Out of sight, out of mind? Neglected diseases of the small grains
March 31
Matt Williams, Crop Science M.S. Candidate, WSU Pullman
Tenacity: A new herbicide for turfgrass establishment
April 7 -- two joint seminars
(joint w/Soils @ 1:10pm)
Martin Entz, Professor, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba,
Natural systems agriculture: Is it relevant in the modern world?
(joint w/Soils @ 3:10pm)
Julie Dawson, Crop Science Ph.D. Candidate, WSU Pullman
Breeding wheat for low-input and organic systems in the US and France
April 14
Sindhu Nair, Crop Science Ph.D. Candidate, WSU Pullman
Functional foods: Is barley the next big thing?
April 21
Robert Brueggeman, Crop Science Ph.D. Candidate, WSU Pullman
Stem rust, Ug99, the return of the cereal killer
April 28
Final Exam Week
Heading using the h3tag
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