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CROP SCIENCE | PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | SOIL SCIENCE | KTRDC
Crop Science Seminar Series, Spring 2005. Fridays at 2pm in the Cameron Williams Lecture Hall.
Crop Science Seminar, Friday, January 14, 2005, 1 p.m. “Biology and Carbohydrate Fluctuations of Trumpetcreeper [Campsis radicans (L.) Seem.] and its Control in No-Tillage and Tillage Production Environment” Mike Marshall
Departmental Seminar, Friday January 21, 2005, 3 p.m.
S.H. Phillips Distinguished Lecture in No-till Agriculture “No-tillage becomes Conventional Tillage: Thoughts and Observations”
Donald Tyler, Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee
Crop Science Seminar, Friday January 28, 2005, 2 p.m.
“Linking Migration to Deforestation and Environmental Change: A Case from Zambia, Central Africa” Lisa Cliggett, Asst. Professor, Anthropology Dept. Univ. of Kentucky
Crop Science Seminar, Friday February 4, 2 p.m.
“Instructional Enhancement Activities in Three PLS Courses:
PLS 104 – On-line Pre-class Quizzes,
PLS 502 – Simulating Environment Effects Using Crop Growth Modeling Software
PLS 664 – 'Fast plants' for Hands-on In-class Plant Breeding”
Todd Pfeiffer, Professor, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Kentucky
Plant Physiology Departmental Seminar, Friday February 18, 2 p.m.
“Metabolomics: A tool for gene validation, gene discovery, hypothesis building, and mechanistic understanding”
Reception immediately following seminar
Dr. Lloyd W. Sumner, http://www.noble.org/plantbio/MS/index.html
Crop Science Seminar, Friday February 25, 2 p.m.
“Overview of U. S. Dairy Forage Research Center - Emphasis on Legume Plant Improvement”
Neal Martin, Director of the Dairy Forage, Research Center, University of Wisconsin
Crop Science Seminar, Friday March 4, 2005, 2 p.m.
“Resistance in Nicotiana Species to the Major Tobacco Diseases Blue Mold and Black Shank”
Baochun Li, PhD, Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center
Crop Science Departmental Seminar, Friday March 25, 2005, 3 p.m.
“Integrating Remote Sensing into Precision Agriculture” Jim Schepers, Supervisory Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE 68583-0915
Crop Science Seminar, Friday April 8, 2 p.m.
To be announced
Michael Akhwale
Soil Science Departmental Seminar, Friday April 15, 3 p.m.
Crop Science Seminar, Friday April 21, 2 p.m.
To be announced
Sladana Bec
Crop Science Seminar, Friday April 29, 2 p.m.
To be announced
Matthijs Tollenaar, Professor, Dept. of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Canada
Plant Physiology Seminar Spring 2005, 9 am, Cameron Williams Lecture Hall
January 28 David Hildebrand
February 4 Baochun Li
February 11 Lowell Bush
February 18 Departmental seminar – Lloyd Sumner
February 25 Cong Zhu Exit seminar – “Gene regulatory network of AGL15, a MADS transcription factor”
March 4 open
March 11 Schardl lab
March 25 Departmental seminar
April 1 Balasubrahmanyam Addepalli
April 8 Wagner lab
April 15 Departmental seminar
April 22 Srinivasa Rao
April 29 Jurgen Rohr
May 6 Archbold/Marta Nosarzewski
May 13 Sungbeom Lee
May 20 Departmental seminar - tba
Spring 2005 Soils Science Seminars , Cameron Williams Lecture Hall, 3:00 pm except as noted below.
January 14 Organizational meeting
January 21 Dr. Don Tyler, Univ. Tennessee (Soils Departmental Seminar) No-tillage Becomes Conventional Tillage:Thoughts and Observations
January 28 Available
February 4 Available
February 11 Drs. John Grove and Eugenia Pena-Yewtukhiw TBA
February 18 Plant Biology Departmental Seminar TBA
February 25 Mr. Dan Kischnik, M.S. student The Rhizosphere Effect: Lone Vs. Paired Plantings
March 4 Mr. Brandon Sears, M.S. student TBA
March 11 Mr. Riley J. Walton, M.S. student Poultry Litter Contribution to Soil Water Retention for Soils under No-till Management
March 18 Spring Break, no seminar
March 25 Crops Departmental Seminar TBA
April 1 Mr. Blazan Mijatovic, M.S. student Topsoil Depth Variability: Estimation with Electrical Conductivity and Terrain Attributes
April 8 Ms. Katie Wagner, M.S. student Kinetics of Nitrate Reduction by Metallic Iron
April 15 Soils Departmental Seminar TBA
April 22 Ms. Megan Poulette, M.S. student Predicting Spatial Response to N with Precision Agriculture Technologies
April 29 Ms. Bunjirtluk Jintaridth, Ph.D. student Mr. Luo Wensui, Ph.D. student Influence of Hydrology on C Export from Riparian Wetland Plants
KTRDC Biotech Lab-meeting schedule for the year 2005 Meeting Place: KTRDC Conference Room Day and Time: Wednesday, 12-1 PM
January 19, 2005 Indu B. Maiti
January 26, 2005 Bruce Downie
February 2, 2005 David Zaitlin
February 16, 2005 Richard Mundell (Chambers group)
March 2, 2005 Narayan Das (Maiti group)
March 16, 2004 George Wagner & Toni Mihaylova-Kroumova
April 20, 2005 Baochun Li
April 27, 2005 Jan Smalle
May 11, 2005 David Zaitlin
May 25, 2005 Patrick Lawless & John Littleton
June 15, 2005 Hongyan Zhu
June 22, 2005 Sumita Raha (Maiti Group)
July 13, 2005 Maelor Davies
July 27, 2005 Ling Yuan & Sitakanta Pattanaik
August 10, 2005 Joshua Werkman (Yuan Group)
August 24, 2005 Que Kong (Yuan Group)
September 7, 2005 Shouan Zhang (Zaitlin Group)
Sptember 21, 2005 Orlando Chambers
October 5, 2005 George Wagner
October 19, 2005 John littleton
November 2, 2005 Baochun Li
November 16, 2005 Jan Smalle
December 8, 2005 Hongyan Zhu
December 15, 2005 Orlando Chambers