Wednesday, 01 Apr 2015
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Iowa's Farm-to-School Program: Challenges and Rewards in Ag Education Presenter: Tammy Stotts, Iowa Farm-to-School Coordinator
Soil Science Seminar
Presenter:Dr. Matt Ruark, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Friday, 03 Apr 2015
MS Defense Seminar
Evaluating the effects of plant growth regulators and biostimulants in corn to improve germination and yield Presenter: Adam Owens
Monday, 06 Apr 2015
Entomology Seminar
"Paradox of the proboscis: How butterflies feed," Peter Adler, entomology, soils and plant sciences department, Clemson University.
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Foraging: Eating Wildly Presenter: Ava Chin, Author and New York Times Columnist
Tuesday, 07 Apr 2015
MS Defense Seminar
MS Defense Seminar Presenter: Ryan Pape
Plant Breeding Seminar
Causes and consequences of genome elimination leading to haploid induction Presenter:Luca Comai, University of California at Davis
Wednesday, 08 Apr 2015
Soil Science Seminar
Presenter:Suroso Rahutomo
Thursday, 09 Apr 2015
MS Defense Seminar
Genetic and physiologic analyses of soybean grain yields in water limited environments Presenter: Dawn Gibson
MS Defense Seminar
Portable Canopy Chamber Measurements of Evapotranspiration in Corn, Soybean and Reconstructed Prairie Presenter: Chenyi Luo, Master of Science student, Soil Physics
Monday, 13 Apr 2015
Entomology Seminar
"Detection and bioactivity of Cry1Ab fragments: Implications on risk assessments," Vurtice Albright, ISU entomology.
Special Plant Breeding Seminar
Vegetable Breeding Challenges at Seminis Vegetable Seeds Dr. Terry Berke Lunch for students to follow from noon-1pm
Tuesday, 14 Apr 2015
Symposium: Interlocking the Pieces for Global Food Security
"Interlocking The Pieces For Global Food Security." Three sessions are planned to include topics on nutrition; capacity building/education; private/public partnerships and entrepreneurship; and production environments -- seeds, soil and water.
David W. Staniforth Memorial Lecture
Managing Pests in the Transgenic Era: Is the Integration in IPM an All But Forgotten Consideration? Presenter: Dr. Michael E. Gray, Professor & Assistant Dean ANR Extension, University of Illinois
Plant Breeding Seminar
Student Presentations Andreomar Kurek: Bringing the optimization concepts to a self-pollinated breeding program Matt Dzievit: High throughput phenotyping and genotyping to dissect canopy architecture in maize inbred lines
Welcome reception: CALS Student Services
Meet Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky, undergraduate retention specialist in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' student services office. She will act as the CALS multicultural liaison officer and provide programming for a broad range of student interests including undergraduate multicultural, adult, LGBT, veteran and military students.
Wednesday, 15 Apr 2015
Symposium: Interlocking the Pieces for Global Food Security
"Interlocking The Pieces For Global Food Security." Three sessions are planned to include topics on nutrition; capacity building/education; private/public partnerships and entrepreneurship; and production environments -- seeds, soil and water.
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Food Hub Start-Up Presenter: Nick McCann, Iowa Food Hub Value Chain Coordinator
Soil Science Seminar
Evaluation of Requate® Decomposing Agent Presenter:Omar De Kok-Mercado
Friday, 17 Apr 2015
MS Defense Seminar
MS Defense Seminar Presenter: Mason Neal
MS Defense Seminar
Resource optimization and the Pedagogy of Team Based Learning: Creating a lesson module for a short course in advanced plant breeding topics Presenter: Erin Jones
Monday, 20 Apr 2015
Entomology Seminar: Dahm Memorial Lecture
"The formulation makes the poison," Chris Mullin, Pennsylvania State University.
Tuesday, 21 Apr 2015
Plant Breeding Seminar
Student Presentations Ryan Huffman: Diallel Cross Analysis for Methionine in Maize Marianne Emery: Gametophytic Incompatibility in Maize
Wednesday, 22 Apr 2015
GPSA Research Symposium
Agroecology, farmer livelihoods and ecosystem services in Brazil's Atlantic Forest Keynote Speaker: Joshua Farley
Friday, 24 Apr 2015
MS Defense Seminar
Presenter: Ariele Daniel | Changes in extreme precipitation events over the central United States in AOGCM-driven regional climate model simulations
NREM Graduate Seminar
"Bear Ecology," Dave Garshelis, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Tuesday, 28 Apr 2015
Plant Breeding Seminar
April 28th Bill Rooney Texas A&M Using Genetic Resources to Enhance Sorghum Presenter:Bill Rooney, Texas A&M
Wednesday, 29 Apr 2015
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America Presenter: Liz Carlisle, Author and Fellow at UC Berkeley's Center for Diversified Farming Systems
Soil Science Seminar
Presenter:Llewin Froome