Monday, 01 Apr 2019
MS Agronomy Defense Seminar
"Waging war against seedling diseases of corn caused by Pythium species," Rebecca Vittetoe. Creative Component type: Research; Major Professor: Alison Robertson.
Wednesday, 03 Apr 2019
MS Agronomy Defense Seminar
Effects of coal derived humic substances on soil quality and plant growth; Speaker: Mike Salman; Creative Component type: Research Major Professor: David Laird
Crop growth model simulation of common hybrids in the G2F Initiative
Cassie Winn, ISU - Edwards Lab
Heterosis and inbreeding depression for grain yield in maize
Fernando Silva Aguilar, ISU - Edwards Lab
Thursday, 04 Apr 2019
MS Agronomy Defense
Collaborative development of agricultural curriculum with Betty Memorial Institute, a rural high school in Liberia; Speaker: Corey Hartbecke; Creative Component type: Educational; Major Professor: Mark Westgate
MS Agronomy Defense
Cereal rye impact on soybean yield on a Ziegenfuss series soil in southeast Michigan; Speaker: David Gust; Creative Component type: Research; Major Professor: Mark Licht
Friday, 05 Apr 2019
Distance Plant Breeding Seminar
Identification of Genetic Sources and Pollen Sterility Thresholds of Arkansas Male Sterile Rice Lines by Dustin North
Monday, 08 Apr 2019
MS Agronomy Defense
A comparison of March and April soybean planting dates in south-central Illinois; Speaker: Nicholas Marley; Creative Component type: Research; Major Professor: Mark Licht
MS Distance Plant Breeding Defense
Scientific Communication and CRISPR by Sarah Fleischmann
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2019
MS Distance Plant Breeding Defense
Harvest Timing Effect on the Germination Rate of Cultivated Northern Wild Rice (Zizania palustris) by Jacques Duquette
MS Agronomy Defense
The influence of plant growth regulators on flowering, pod set, seed size, and seed yield in soybean; Speaker: Matthew Wetterling; Creative Component type: Research; Major Professor: Allen Knapp
Plant breeding at Corteva Agriscience
Matt Smally, Research director NA Corn Breeding at Corteva Agriscience
Economics of soil and water conservation decisions
Wendong Zhang
MS Agronomy Defense
Title TBA; Speaker: Matthew Wetterling; Creative Component type: Research Major Professor: Allen Knapp
Thursday, 11 Apr 2019
Graduate Student Defense Seminar
"Phenotypic and molecular characterization of root system architecture traits in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]" by Kevin Falk, Plant Breeding PhD candidate. Major professor - Asheesh Singh
Tuesday, 16 Apr 2019
Graduate Student Defense Seminar
"The Effects of Road Surface Concrete Grinding Residue (CGR) on Selected Soil Properties and Plant Growth" by Chenyi Luo, Soil Science PhD candidate. Major professor - Robert Horton
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2019
GWAS analysis for kernel abortion during haploid induction in maize inbred lines
Arthur Pereira da Silva, ISU - Lubberstedt Lab
Study and improvement of maize maternal inducers
Henrique Uliana Trentin - ISU, Lubberstedt Lab
Thursday, 18 Apr 2019
MS Agronomy Defense
Corn (Zea mays L.) yield response to tillage radish (Raphanus sativus L.) when planted with annual and winter hardy cover crops; Speaker: Emily Evans; Creative Component type: Research; Major Professor: Mary Wiedenhoeft
Graduate Student Defense Seminar
"Delineation of NDVI-based Soil Management Zones: From Applications of UAS Technology" by Daniel Brummel, Soil Science (Soil Morphology and Genesis specialization) MS candidate. Major professor - Andrew Manu
Friday, 19 Apr 2019
Graduate Student Defense Seminar
"UHF Band Attenuation Through a Corn Canopy with Crop Growth" by Richard Cirone, Agricultural Meteorology MS candidate. Major professor - Brian Hornbuckle
Wednesday, 24 Apr 2019
Artificial selection and genetic dissection of complex traits in maize
Natalia de Leon, University of Wisconsin