Soil Seminar Series, Spring 2008
Seminars are at 1:10pm, Johnson Hall 204, unless otherwise noted.
January 7 (joint w/Crops @ 3:10pm)
John Gardner, Vice President, Economic Development and Extension, WSU
The influence of place and scale in shaping agriculture
January 14
Steve Albrecht, Microbiologist, USDA-ARS, Pendleton, Oregon
Carbon and nitrogen transformations by soil bacteria
January 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (all university holiday- no class)
January 28 (joint w/Crops @ 1:10pm)
Todd Lupkes, Superintendent, Palouse Ridge Golf Course, WSU
The construction of Palouse Ridge Golf Club at WSU
January 28 (joint w/Crops @ 3:10pm)
Ian Burke, Assistant Professor of Soil Science, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, WSU
Current status of and future prospects for herbicide-resistant weeds in the Pacific Northwest
February 4
Nikolla Qafoku, PNNL Scientist
Geochemical and transport controls on U(VI): solid phase interactions in contaminated sediments
February 11
Jennifer Strause, Soil Science M.S. candidate, WSU Pullman
Investigating field-scale water, soil, landscape, and vegetation interactions at the Cook Agronomy Farm
February 18
President's Day (class holiday)
February 25
Susan E. Childers, Assistant Professor of Geomicrobiology, University of Idaho
Microbiology of arsenic oxidation in geothermal hot springs
March 3
Doug Collins, Soil Science Ph.D. candidate, WSU Puyallup
Cover crop, amendment, and tillage effects on collembolan, nematode, and decomposer communities in an organic vegetable system
March 10
Spring Break
March 17
Ross Bricklemyer, Soil Science Ph.D. candidate, WSU Pullman
Techniques for measuring soil C change: Down to earth and out of this world
March 24
Caitlin Price, Soil Science M.S. candidate, WSU Pullman
On-farm composting of large animal mortalities
March 31
Ashok Alva, Research Leader, Vegetable and Forage Crops Research Laboratory, USDA/ARS, IAREC, WSU Prosser
Overview of ARS research in irrigated Pacific Northwest
April 7 -- two joint seminars
(joint w/Crops @ 1:10pm)
Martin Entz, Professor, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba,
Natural systems agriculture: Is it relevant in the modern world?
(joint wiCrops @ 3:10pm)
Julie Dawson, Crop Science Ph.D. Candidate, WSU Pullman
Breeding wheat for low-input and organic systems in the US and France
April 14
Oumarou Badini, Research Associate, International Programs Development Cooperation, WSU
Contribution to soil protection and rehabilitation through low cost soil fertility and water conservation techniques in Burkina Faso (West Africa)
April 21
CeCe Crosby, Soil Science M.S. candidate, WSU Pullman
The effects of compost tea microbial communities on pheromone production in Xanthomonas campestris pv campestris
April 28
Final Exam Week
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