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
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
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
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
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