| Date |
Seminar
Title |
Speaker
/ Position |
Department |
Time
/ Loc. |
|
September |
| 8 |
Future
directions for plant breeding at NC State |
Dr.
Johnny Wynne, Professor and Interim
Dean |
College
of Agric. & Life Sci., NC State |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
| 15 |
The
tobacco genome initiative |
Dr.
Steve Lommel, Professor and Asst.
Vice Chanc., Research |
Department
of Plant Pathology |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
| 22 |
Watermelon
breeding overview; Posters: 1)
Screening watermelon for virus resistance;
2) Gummy stem blight resistance in watermelon |
Dr.
Todd Wehner, Professor; Posters:
1) Nihat Guner, PhD candidate;
2) Gabriele Gusmini,
PhD candidate |
Department
of Horticultural Science |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
| 29 |
Sweetpotato
breeding overview; Poster: Developing
a genetic linkage map in sweetpotato |
Dr.
Craig Yencho, Associate Professor;
Poster: Jim Cervantes,
PhD candidate |
Department
of Horticultural Science |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
|
October |
| 6 |
Soybean
breeding overview; Poster: Molecular
markers for internal heat necrosis in
potato |
Dr.
Andrea Cardinal, Assistant Professor;
Poster: Per McCord, MS
candidate |
Department
of Crop Science |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
| 13 |
open |
- |
- |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
| 20 |
Redbud
(Cercis) breeding overview; Posters:
1) Genetics and biochemistry of flower
color in stokes aster; 2) Chitalpa - the
next generation |
Dr.
Dennis Werner, Professor; Posters:
1) Jessica Gaus, PhD
candidate; 2) Richard Olsen,
PhD candidate |
Department
of Horticultural Science |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
| 27 |
Peanut
breeding overview |
Dr.
Tom Isleib, Professor |
Department
of Crop Science |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
|
November |
| 3 |
open |
Crop
Science annual meeting |
- |
- |
| 10 |
Maize
breeding overview |
Dr.
Major Goodman, WNR Professor |
Department
of Crop Science |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
| 17 |
Cotton
breeding overview |
Dr.
Daryl Bowman, Professor |
Department
of Crop Science |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
| 24 |
open |
Thanksgiving
vacation |
- |
- |
|
December |
| 1 |
Tomato
breeding overview |
Dr.
Randy Gardner, Professor |
Department
of Horticultural Science |
3:45-4:45
/ 2405 Williams |
