Seminar Series
Alison O'Connorwill be coordinating the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture seminar series for the Spring 2013 semester. Current graduate level students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Credit may be earned by registering for HORT 792 - Seminar.
Spring 2013
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| Jan 23 | Introduction and class discussion | |
| Jan 30 | Dr. Whitney Cranshaw, Professor and Extension Entomologist, BSPM | Nightmare on Walnut Street: Thousand Cankers Disease as an Emergent Threat to North Amican Juglans |
| Feb 6 | Dr. Jean Reeder, USDA-ARS, retired | Soils: What Every Hort Graduate Student Needs to Know |
| Feb 13 | Dr. Mickey McGuire, USDA-ARS, Northern Plains Area | An Overview of the In-house Research Arm of the USDA |
| Feb 20 | David Whiting, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist | Teaching via Distance Education |
| Feb 27 | TBD | No class |
| Mar 6 | Dave Barnard, Horticulture Ph.D. Candidate | An Analysis of the Physiology and Environmental Interactions That Influence Species Specific Transpiration Estimates |
| Mar 13 | Dr. Tony Koski, Professor and Extension Turfgrass Specialist, HLA | So You Want a Job in Academia? |
| Mar 20 | Spring Break | |
| Mar 27 | Rip Winkel, Agricultural Sciences M.S. Candidate | Peace Corps Masters International Program: Ecuador and Cacao |
| Apr 3 | Andrew Houser, Horticulture Ph.D. Candidate | Determining the Source and Timing of Blackleg Outbreaks and the Development of Management Strategies in Seed Potato Operations in the San Luis Valley |
| Apr 10 | Katie Larson, Horticulture M.S. Candidate | Color Carotenoid Content and Sensory Perceptions of Potato Germplasm |
| Apr 17 | Seminar Cancelled due to weather | |
| Apr 24 | Brittany Barnett, Horticulture M.S. Candidate | Root-associated 'bacteriome' contributes to potato tuber yield and quality |
| May 1 | Dr. Azeddine Driouich, Visiting Scientist, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Rouen, France | The Biology of Root Border Cells |
| May 8 | Rita Jokerst, Horticulture M.S. Candidate | Brassica Biofumigation of High Tunnel Seed Potatoes |
| May 16* | Heather Hammack, Horticulture M.S. Candidate | Increased Chlorophyll Efficiency of Dark-Adapted Camellia Foliage When Treated with Chlorine Dioxide or Hydrogen Dioxide and Blended with a Non-Ionic Surfactant |