| Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
Institute |
Time
/ Loc |
| September |
15 |
Muscadine Breeding in NC: The Past, Present and Future (joint seminar with Horticultural Science department) |
Jim Ballington, Professor |
Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
3:00-4:00
/ 159 Kilgore Hall |
24 |
Divergent selection in sweet corn, creating novel phenotypes (Plant Breeding Center invited lecturer); General reception to follow seminar (video of seminar, Quicktime) |
Bill Tracy, Professor and Chair |
Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
3:50-4:50
/ 2405 Williams Hall |
October |
1 |
Opportunities for breeding with polyploid nursery crops (joint seminar with Horticultural Science department) |
Tom Ranney, Professor |
Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
3:50-4:50
/ 2405 Williams Hall |
8 |
no seminar (CSSA meeting) |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
Improvement of forest tree species (joint seminar with Forestry department) |
Steven McKeand, Director |
Cooperative Tree Improvement Program, Dept. Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
3:50-4:50
/ 2405 Williams Hall |
22 |
open |
- |
- |
- |
29 |
Dominance variation in soybean: can it be useful in breeding? (joint seminar with Crop Science department) |
Joe Burton, Research Geneticist |
USDA-ARS, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
3:50-4:50
/ 2405 Williams Hall |
| November |
5 |
The aflatoxin problem in corn (joint seminar with Crop Science department) |
Matt Krakowski, Maize Geneticist |
Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
3:50-4:50
/ 2405 Williams Hall |
12 |
Plant breeding to restore a species: the case of the American chestnut tree (joint seminar with Forestry department) |
Paul Sisco, Regional Science Coordinator |
The American Chestnut Foundation |
3:50-4:50
/ 2405 Williams Hall |
19 |
Tomato improvement for flavor: Challenges and opportunities (joint seminar with Horticultural Science department) |
Dilip Panthee, Assistant Professor |
Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC |
3:50-4:50
/ 2405 Williams Hall |
