Seminar Schedule, Spring 2009
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HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE SEMINARS SPRING SEMESTER, 2009 Mondays, 3:00 pm, 159 Kilgore Hall
January 5, 2009 - FACULTY MEETING
January 12, 2009 - Anna Davenport, Food Resources Manager, Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, "Behind the Torn Curtain: An Industry Insider's View into the Operations of the Food Bank"
January 19, 2009 - University Closed, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 26, 2009 - Speaker Canceled
February 2, 2009 - Dr. Rob Richardson, NCSU Crop Science Department, "Aquatic Weed Issues and Management Strategies in North Carolina"
February 9, 2009 - FACULTY MEETING
February 16, 2009 - Khalil AL Maarri (visiting professor from Syria), "Date Palm Propagation through Embryogenesis and Organogenesis"
February 23, 2009 - Mr. Mahendra Dia, "Environmental Stability for Yield in a Diverse Set of Watermelon Cultivars", Advisor Dr. Todd Wehner
March 2, 2009 - Spring Break
March 9, 2009 - FACULTY MEETING
March 16, 2009 - Dr. Mark Abney, NCSU Department of Entomology, "The white grub that ate Chadburn: Developing a pest management program during crisis"
March 23, 2009 - Dr. Gina Fernandez, NCSU Department of Horticultural Science, "Will there ever be Ravishing Raspberries and Bountiful Blackberries in North Carolina?"
March 30, 2009 - Mr. Steven Todd, "Analysis of the Genetic Basis of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) Starch Composition", Advisor Dr. Craig Yencho
April 6, 2009 - Dr. Raul Villanueva, NCSU Department of Plant Pathology, "How do leafhoppers and a bacterium limit the expansion of vinifera grapes in NC?"
April 13, 2009 - FACULTY MEETING
April 20, 2009 - Dr. Frank Louws and Cary Rivard, NCSU Department of Plant Pathology, "Tomato Grafting in High Tunnel Production: Pathology Problems and Horticultural Solutions"
April 27, 2009 - Dr. Mary Peet, NCSU Department of Horticultural Science, (Title TBA)
Graduate Students, Please include your name, the title of your presentation, and the name(s) of your advisor(s)
Committee Assignments: http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/Task_List%2C_Seminar_Committee_-_Spring_2009