Department Seminars

CSS/HRT Seminar
February 23, 2012, 4:00p - 5:00p
A149 Plant and Soil Sciences
Dr. Nancy Creamer, North Carolina State University. Building a Local Food Economy in North Carolina.

Plant Pathology Seminar
February 27, 2012, 1:30p - 2:30p
247 Plant Biology Lab
Dr. Quan Zeng. Small RNAs with big roles: Genetic regulations of virulence by small RNAs in phytopathogenic bacteria.

CSS/HRT Seminar
March 15, 2012, 4:00p - 5:00p
A149 Plant and Soil Sciences
Dr. Mary Hausbeck. The Top Five Misunderstood Vegetable Pathogens.

CSS/HRT Seminar
March 22, 2012, 4:00p - 5:00p
A149 Plant and Soil Sciences
Dr. Jeffrey White, ARS - USDA. Field-based high-throughput phenotyping for yield potential and abiotic stress tolerance.

CSS/HRT Seminar
March 29, 2012, 4:00p - 5:00p
A149 Plant and Soil Sciences
Dr. Sanjaya. Increasing the Energy Density of Plant Biomass as Feedstock for the Production of Biodiesel.

CSS/HRT Seminar
April 5, 2012, 4:00p - 5:00p
A149 Plant and Soil Sciences
Dr. Clint Chapple, Purdue University. Mediators of phenylpropanoid metabolic homeostasis in Arabidopsis.

CSS/HRT Seminar
April 12, 2012, 4:00p - 5:00p
A149 Plant and Soil Sciences
Dr. David Wolfe, Cornell University. Transforming Farm Management for a Changing Climate.

CSS/HRT Seminar
April 19, 2012, 4:00p - 5:00p
A149 Plant and Soil Sciences
Dr. Allen van Deynze, UC Davis. Leveraging the pepper genome to decipher what makes peppers hotter.

CSS/HRT Seminar
April 26, 2012, 4:00p - 5:00p
A149 Plant and Soil Sciences
Dr. Jiming Jiang, University of Wisconsin. Biotech and breeding approaches to tackle the acrylamide problem associated with potato chips and french fries.