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Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Tel: (859) 257-5020
Fax: (859) 257-2185
Dr. Michael Barrett, Chairman

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SEMINAR SCHEDULES

CROP SCIENCE | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | SOIL SCIENCE | KTRDC


CROP SCIENCE

Crop Science Seminar Series, Fall 2006. Fridays at 2pm in the Cameron Williams Lecture Hall.

September 1 - Open

September 8 - Grains Extension Programs in Kentucky: A four year review -
Dr. Chad Lee, Assist. Ext. Prof.

September 12* (3pm Tuesday)- International Opportunities for Agriculture Faculty and Staff - Dr. Mike Reed, Dir., International Programs *rescheduled date

September 15 - No seminar – Ag Roundup

September 22 - Departmental Seminar (3pm) – Invited by Plant Phys

September 29 - Tobacco Extension Programs in Western Kentucky: A four year review - Dr. Andy Bailey, Assist. Ext. Prof., Princeton, KY

October 6 - Fall Break - no seminar

October 13 - Open

October 20 - Departmental Seminar (3pm) - S. H. Phillips No-Tillage – Experiences with No-Tillage Farming and Equipment in Western KY - Howard Martin, Farmer, Todd County, KY

October 27 - Tall Fescue Removal from Kentucky Bluegrass and Orchardgrass Horse Pastures - Dr. Bill Witt, Prof

November 3 - Departmental Seminar (3pm) – Nutrigenomics ­ Alltech’s new initiatives bridging genomics and animal nutrition - Dr. Karl Dawson, Alltech Biotech Center Nicholasville, KY

November 10 - ALS inhibiting herbicides and turfgrass establishment - Sara Carter, Grad Student

November 17 - Open

November 24 - Thanksgiving Holiday - no seminar

December 1 - The Footing for Kentucky's Billion Dollar Horse Industry: UK's Pasture Evaluation Program - Dr. Ray Smith, Forage Extension Specialist

December 8 - Inoculation – How important for maximum soybean yield? - Dr. Joe Omielan, Post Doctoral Res. Assoc.


PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Plant Physiology Seminar Series, Fall 2006. Fridays at 9 am, Cameron Williams Lecture Hall

September 8 - Open

September 15 - Nicotine-Containing Tobacco: An Unlikely Coincidence? - Balazs Siminszky

September 22 - Departmental Seminar (3pm) - Dr. Guo-liang Wang, Ohio State University

September 29 - Glucosyltransferases in plant metabolism - Lahoucine Achnine GenApps

October 6 - Adventures in gene expression - Arthur Hunt

October 13 - Studies of mRNA polyadenylation in plants - Lavanya Dampanaboina, Graduate student, Hunt lab

October 20 - Departmental Seminar (3pm) - invited by Crop Science

October 27 - tba - Brian Hilker

November 3 - Departmental Seminar (3pm)– Nutrigenomics ­ Alltech’s new initiatives bridging genomics and animal nutrition - Dr. Karl Dawson, Alltech Biotech Center Nicholasville, KY

November 10 - Mapping Binding Sites for the MADS-factor AGL15: a Custom ChIP-chip Approach - Yumei Zheng, Graduate student, Perry lab

November 17 - Departmental Seminar (3pm)

November 24 - Thanksgiving Holiday - no seminar

December 1 - Building more useful plant oils - Dave Hildebrand

December 8 - Functional domains of the bHLH transcription factors - Ling Yuan


SOIL SCIENCES

Soils Science Seminar Series, Fall 2006. Fridays at 3:15 pm except as noted below, Cameron Williams Lecture Hall.

September 1 - International Opportunities for Agriculture Faculty and Staff - Dr. Mike Reed, Director of International Programs for Agriculture

September 15 - No seminar – Ag Roundup

September 22 - Departmental Seminar (3pm)

September 29 - Application of Metal Speciation to Risk, Remediation, and Bioavailability- Dr. Kirk Scheckel, US EPA, Cincinnati, OH

October 6 - Fall Break - no seminar

October 13 - Interactions between N and P Cycles and Microbial Communities in Northern Hardwood Forests - Matt Weand, Ph.D. Student

October 20 - Departmental Seminar (3pm) - S. H. Phillips No-Tillage – Experiences with No-Tillage Farming and Equipment in Western KY - Howard Martin, Farmer, Todd County, KY

October 27 - Soils Extension Programs: A four year review - Dr. Greg Schwab, Extension Soils Specialist

November 3 - Carbon Sequestration Processes in Agricultural and Forest Soils of KY - Caitlin KovzeloveM.S. student

November 10 - Proposal seminar - Paul Shumaker, M.S. student

November 17 - Open

November 24 - Thanksgiving Holiday - no seminar

December 1 - An Interactive Approach to Teaching and Program Evaluation -
Amanda Abnee Gumbert, Doug McClaren, Department of Forestry, Stephanie Jenkins, KWRRI

December 8 - TBA - Soraya Alvarado, Ph.D. student


KTRDC

KTRDC Biotech Lab-meeting schedule for the Fall 2006. Day and Time: Wednesday, 12-1 PM. Meeting Place: KTRDC Conference Room


August 23 - TBA

September 6 - Dr. Robert Houtz, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, UK.

September 20 - Dr. David Zaitlin, KTRDC, College of Agriculture, UK

October 4 - Dr. Bruce Webb, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, UK

October 18 - Dr. Jan Smalle, Dept. Plant & Soil Sciences, KTRDC, College of Agriculture, UK

November 1 - Dr. Hongyan Zhu, Dept. Plant & Soil Sciences, KTRDC, College of Agriculture, UK

November 15 - Dr. Baochun Li, KTRDC, College of Agriculture, UK

November 29 - Dr. Arthur Hunt, Dept. Plant & Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, UK

December 13 - Dr. John Littleton Naprogenix, KTRDC, Dept. Pharmacology, UK