Seminars are held Mondays at 1:10pm and originate at WSU-Pullman in Johnson Hall 204 (unless otherwise noted). Arrangements have been made to broadcast to Mt. Vernon, Prosser, Puyallup and Wenatchee stations. Organized by Richard Koenig, richk@wsu.edu.
January 7
Organizational meeting for those enrolled in Soil Science 501
1:10, Johnson Hall 204 (videoconference arranged for Mt. Vernon, Prosser, Puyallup, Wenatchee)Contact/Organizer: Dr. Richard Koenig, richk@wsu.edu; view the semester schedule here
Janaury 14 – No seminar
January 21 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no seminar
Janaury 28 – Dr. Paul Porter, Univ. of Minnesota, “Global Food Production”
Student Choice: Joint Crop & Soil Sciences Seminar
February 4
Dr. Michelle Wander, “Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture”
Student Choice: Joint Crop & Soil Sciences Seminar
February 11 – TBD
Note starting time is 3:10 pm
Dr. Jane Payumo: Adjunct CSS Faculty nominee
“Crop Improvement in Emerging Economies: Harnessing Global Plant Science Innovations for Food Security”
February 18 – President’s Day, no seminar
February 25 – Maninder Chahal, Soil Science PhD. Candidate
“Modeling the Spatial Temporal Variability of Field-Scale Soil Moisture Using Geo-Statistical Techniques on the Palouse”
March 4–Margaret McCoy, Soil Science M.S. Candidate
“Differences in how Late Season Soil Versus Foliar Nitrogen Fertilizer Supplements Affect Vitis inifera Riesling Berry YAN and Canopy Growth”
March 11 Sping break, no seminar
March 18 – Zhenqing Shi, WSU Assistant Research Professor
“Plant Uptake of Cations under Various Nutrient Stress Conditions”
March 25 – Robert E. Allan Symposium
April 1 – TBD
April 8 – Dual Seminar
Alex Crump, Soil Science M.S. Candidate
“CO2 emission and N-mineralization of Two Eastern Washington Soils Amended with Biochar and Brassica Seed Meals”
Taylor Beard, Soil Science M.S. Candidate
“The Role of Silica from Canola and Wheat Residue in Soil Crusting”
April 15 – Ziru “Steven” Liu, Soil Science Ph.D. Candidate
“Colloid and Colloid-Facilitated Radionuclide Transport at the US DOE Hanford Site”
April 22 – Cornelius Adewale, Soil Science M.S. Candidate