January 21, 2020

Awards

Two WSU Crop Science PhD students recently placed in the “Seed the Future” Student Poster Contest at the American Seed Trade Association’s CSS & Seed Expo 2019 in Chicago. The poster contest was sponsored by Peterson Genetics. Julianne Kellogg came in first with a poster titled, ‘Human Health from Soil to Society: Barley Beta-Glucan, Glycemic Control, and Appetite’. Samuel Prather came in third with a poster titled, ‘Breeder Friendly Markers for Hessian Fly Resistance in Wheat’. Congratulations Julianne and Samuel!

Events

CSS Seminars

Johnson Hall 343
1:10-2:00 p.m.

January 23

Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University
“Soil and Global Issues: Solutions Under Foot”
3 p.m., Room VBR 305
Reception to follow in the 2nd Floor Vogel Atrium

January 27

Jim Moran, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
“Spatial Evaluation of Carbon Flow and Microbial Function through the Root-Rhizosphere-Soil Continuum”

 

CSS Faculty Meetings

3:00-5:00 p.m., 104E Johnson Hall
Join Zoom Meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android.
Zoom Meeting ID# 449 674 0570

• Thursday, February 13
• Wednesday, March 11
• Thursday, April 9
• Wednesday, May 13

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