Crops 510
Monday, 2:30 PM in Johnson Hall Room 204 and via WECN
Organized by Kulvinder Gill, ksgill@wsu.edu
August 24 – Organizational Meeting
August 31 – Kulvinder Gill
“The Ph1 Gene of Wheat and its Application in Alien Introgression”
September 7 – no seminar, Labor Day
September 14 – Arron Carter
“Plant Breeding: A Serendipitous Adventure”
September 21 – Michael Neff
“Fundamental Research on Seedling Development Leads to Surprising Applications in Crops”
Fall 2015 Student Choice Seminar
September 28 – Jeremy Bunch, Shepherd’s Grain
“Through New Eyes: Shepherd’s Grain and a Fresh Look at Ag Economics and Sustainable Agriculture”
October 5 – Ragupati Nagarajan
“Rubisco Activase: A Potential Target for Crop Improvement”
October 12 – Kanwardeep Singh
“Understanding Mechanism and Evolution of Chromosome Pairing Control in Wheat”
October 19 – Eva Erdayani
“Understanding the Role of Heat Shock Protein 101 (HSP101) in Heat Tolerance in Wheat”
October 26 – Colin Curwen-McAdams
“Regional Plant Breeding”
November 2 – Louisa Winkler
“Reviving Oats for Western Washington: Why and How?”
November 9 – Kendra Jernigan
“Genetic Analysis of End-Use Quality Traits in Soft White Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)”
November 16 – Thiel Lehman
“Determining the Missing Link Between Cell Wall Morphogenesis and Hormone Crosstalk”
November 23 – no seminar, Thanksgiving break
November 30 – Kelsey Highet
“Optimizing Seeding Rates for Chickpeas and Lentils in the Pacific Northwest”
December 7 – Leorardo Hinojosa
“Heat Tolerance in Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)”