Monday, 02 Mar 2015
Entomology Seminar
"Engineering Cry4Aa for activity against soybean aphids," Benjamin Deist, ISU entomology.
Wednesday, 04 Mar 2015
R.F. Baker Plant Breeding Symposium
Germplasm History: The Foundation of Plant Breeding Sponsors: DuPont Pioneer and ISU Department of Agronomy Website: http://www.plantbreeding.iastate.edu/Current_Symposium/2015_Symposium_Main.html
MS Defense Seminar
MS Defense Seminar Assessing fungicide in-furrow applications in soybean Presenter: Tim Hampton
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Applying Modern Breeding Approaches to Underutilized Crops and Proto-Crops Presenter: Steven Cannon, USDA/ARS Research Geneticist and Adjunt Assitant Professor, Agronomy, ISU
Soil Science Seminar
Presenter:Lara Schenck, Heidi Dittmer
Friday, 06 Mar 2015
NREM Graduate Seminar
"Antarctica: A 2014 NREM Study Abroad Adventure," Steve Dinsmore and Julie Blanchong, Iowa State.
Monday, 09 Mar 2015
PhD Defense Seminar
MS Defense Seminar Sensible heat balance method to determine rates of soil freezing and thawing Presenter: Yuki Kojima, Soil Science and Environmental Science
Entomology Seminar
"Piecing together patterns of western corn rootworm movement," Joseph Spencer, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute.
Tuesday, 10 Mar 2015
Plant Breeding Seminar
Student Presentations Race Higgins: Determining physiological growth parameters for yield response to planting density in the diverse soybean NAM population Tara Moellers: Genome-Wide Association Study of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Resistance in Soybean
Wednesday, 11 Mar 2015
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Regulations of Pesticides in the US: Risks, Benefits, and Sustainability Presenter: Steven Bradbury, Visiting Professor, Entomology, ISU
Soil Science Seminar
Presenter:Andrew Stammer
Monday, 23 Mar 2015
Entomology Seminar
"Monarch butterfly recovery plan," Chip Taylor, ecology and evolutionary biology department, University of Kansas.
Tuesday, 24 Mar 2015
Plant Breeding Seminar
TBD - Hybridization of bioenergy crops Presenter:Erik Sacks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wednesday, 25 Mar 2015
Agronomy Department Seminar
Rethinking Biotechnology Communication - A Toolbox to Change Hearts and Minds Presenter: Dr. Kevin Folta, University of Florida, Gainsville
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Communicating Science: Beyond Just the Facts Presenter: Michael Dahlstrom, Associate Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, ISU
Soil Science Seminar
Presenter:Dr. Monday Mbila, Alabama A&M University
Thursday, 26 Mar 2015
MS Non-thesis Defense Seminar
Segregation distortion in transgenes Presenter: Rusty Rueckert Rusty will be remotely accessing in from Hawaii
Friday, 27 Mar 2015
NREM Graduate Seminar
"Conservation in the Deep Sea: Saving a Living Fossil, the Chambered Nautilus," Gregory Barord, Central Campus High School, Des Moines.
Monday, 30 Mar 2015
Entomology Seminar
"Effects of cover crop and extended rotation on beneficial arthropod communities and pest insects," Mike Dunbar, ISU entomology.
Tuesday, 31 Mar 2015
MS Defense Seminar
MS Defense Seminar Presenter: Garrett Gilcrease
Plant Breeding Seminar
Utilization of Ex-PVP maize lines Presenter:Jason Morales, Dow AgroSciences