Crops 510
Monday, 3:10-4:00 PM in Johnson Hall Room 204 and via WECN
Organized by Ian Burke, icburke@wsu.edu
Joint CSS/HORT Seminar
August 19 – Dr. Bradley Hanson, Extension Weed Scientist, Dept. of Crop Sciences, U. C. Davis
“Addressing Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds in California Orchards and Vineyard Cropping Systems”
August 26 – Organizational meeting for those enrolled in Crop Science 510
3:10, Johnson Hall 204 (videoconference arranged for Mt. Vernon, Prosser, Puyallup)
Organizer: Dr. Ian Burke, icburke@wsu.edu; view the semester schedule here
September 2 – Labor Day – no seminar
September 9 – no seminar
Joint seminar CSANR
September 16 – Chuck Benbrook, Ph.D., M2M Program Leader
“Safer? Healthier? More Sustainable? — Evidence-Based Systems vs. Opinions”
September 23 – Craig Morris, Ph.D., Director, Western Wheat Quality Lab
“Quality Characteristics of Soft Kernel Durum – A New Cereal Crop”
September 30 – Amita Mohan, Crop Science, Postdoctoral Research Associate
“Wheat Seedling Emergence and its Relation with Coleoptile Length and Dwarfing Genes”
October 7 – Lav R. Khot, PhD., Assistant Research Professor
“Overview of Applied Sensor Technologies in Agriculture Production Systems and Food Safety”
October 14 – Kendra Jernigan, Crop Science Ph.D. Student
“Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Important End-Use Quality Parameters in Soft White Winter Wheat”
October 21 – Camille Steber, Ph.D., USDA-ARS Pullman
“Germinating Ideas: Exploiting Hormone Signaling for Improved Wheat Preharvest Sprouting Tolerance”
Joint seminar
October 28 – CSS State Tour Students
Crop and Soil Sciences / Horticulture 2013 Statewide Tour Participants
“From Apples to Biosolids: Student Presentations from the 2013 Statewide Tour”
November 4 – ASA – CSSA – SSSA Annual Meetings, no seminar
November 11 – Veteran’s Day – no seminar
November 18 – Benjamin Brimlow, Crop Science Ph.D. Student
“Fungicide Material and Timing Strategies for Managing Stripe Rust in Winter Wheat”
November 25 – Surya Shrestha, Crop Science Ph.D. Student
“Improving Drought Tolerance in Wheat with Physiological and Molecular Tools”
December 2 – Hao Peng, Crop Science Ph.D. Student
“Arabidopsis NAC Transcription Factor ATAF2: An Integrator of Brassinosteroid Catabolism, Photomorphogenesis, and Disease Resistance”