Plant Breeding Seminar

Spring 1995 Schedule

Time:

• 3:45 - 4:45 pm (refreshments at 3:30 - 3:45 pm)

Contact:

• Todd Wehner (515-5363, todd_wehner@ncsu.edu)

The seminars will usually include discussion time - PLAN to CONTRIBUTE!

Date

Subject

Speaker

Department

Location

January

18

Breeding for multiple disease resistance in tomato

Randy Gardner

Horticultural Science

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

25

An epigenetic theory of quantitative genetics

Bill Atchley

Genetics

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

February

1

Peach breeding and biotechnology

Dennis Werner

Horticultural Science

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

8

Glossy15 of maize: a homeotic flower gene goes vegetative

Paul Sisco

Crop Science

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

15

Molecular biology of oil quality in soybean

Ralph Dewey

Crop Science

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

22

Genotype x environment in simulating seed weight in crop models

Ron Heiniger

Crop Science

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

March

1

QTL mapping in mice

Gene Eisen

Animal Science

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

22

Molecular markers for fusiform rust resistance in Loblolly pine

Henry Amerson

Forestry

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

29

Impact of biotechnology on breeding strategies in trees

Hans Van Buijtenen

Texas A & M University

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

April

5

Small grains breeding

Paul Murphy

Crop Science

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

12

Scaffold attachment sequence in plant gene expression

Bill Thompson

Botany

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

19

Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMST) in maize

Charles Levings

Genetics

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams