August 28, 2017

Awards

Cornelius Adewale (Environmental Natural Resource Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences program) has been awarded the Bullitt Foundation Environmental Fellowship. One award is made annually to a graduate student in Washington, Oregon, or British Columbia. The fellowship funds a 2-year post-doc. Value $100,000.

Holly Lane and Carmen Swannack, undergraduate students in the Integrated Plant Sciences Ag Biotech, both received the Golden Opportunity Scholarship from the Crop Science Society of America. This will allow them to travel to the ASA/CSSA/SSSA annual meeting in Tampa, FL, be paired with a mentor/scientist, and experience the meetings and network with other scientists. Holly works as an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Michael Neff’s lab, and Carmen works as an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Arron Carter’s lab. These two students were selected from a national search, and represent the best undergraduate students in the agricultural field.

 

Recent Publications

Boehm, Jr., J.D., Ibba, M.I., Kiszonas, A.M., and Morris, C.F. 2017. End-use quality of CIMMYT-derived soft kernel durum wheat germplasm: I. Grain, milling and soft wheat quality. Crop Sci. 57:1475-1484.

Boehm, Jr., J.D., Ibba, M.I., Kiszonas, A.M., and Morris, C.F. 2017. End-use quality of CIMMYT-derived soft kernel durum wheat germplasm: II. Dough strength and pan bread quality. Crop Sci. 57:1485-1494.

Ibba, M.I., Kiszonas, A.M., Guzman, C., and Morris, C.F. 2017. Definition of the low-molecular-weight glutenin subunit gene family members in a set of standard bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties. J. Cereal Sci. 74:263-271.

Ibba, M.I., Kiszonas, A.M., and Morris, C.F. 2017. Evidence of intralocus recombination at the Glu-3 loci in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theor. Appl. Genet. 130:891-902.

Kiszonas, A.M., Boehm, Jr., J.D., See, D., and Morris, C.F. 2017. Identification of SNPs, QTLs, and dominant markers associated with wheat grain flavor preference using genotyping-by-sequencing. J. Cereal Sci. 76:140-147.

Murray, J.C., Kiszonas, A.M., and Morris, C.F. 2017. Influence of soft kernel texture on the flour, water absorption, rheology, and baking quality of durum wheat. Cereal Chem. 94:215-222.

Wu, G., Ross, C.F., Morris, C.F., and Murphy, K.M. 2017. Lexicon development, consumer acceptance, and drivers of liking of quinoa varieties. J. Food Sci. 82:993-1005.

 

Events

Crop and Soil Science Seminars
Johnson Hall 343, 1:10-3:00 p.m.

August 28 – Dr. Lori Carris, Associate Dean, Graduate School, and Professor, Department of Plant Pathology
“Navigating Your Graduate Program at WSU”

September 4 – no seminar, Labor Day

September 11 – Ryan Higginbotham, Director, WSU Cereal Variety Testing Program
“WSU Cereal Variety Testing Program”

 

CSS Graduate Student Association Meeting
August 30 – 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Johnson Hall 272

 

“An Overview of Grains Research and Development in Australia”
Dr. Steve Jefferies, Managing Director Grains Research & Development Corporation, Kingston, Australia
Thursday, August 31
11:00-noon
Johnson Hall 204

 

Welcome Back BBQ
Thursday, August 31
4:30-7:00 p.m.
Kruegel Park

 

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