Date

Subject

Speaker

Department

Time / Location

September

10

Overview of Small Fruit Extension and Research Programs Based at the Vernon James Center

Gina Fernandez, Assistant Professor

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

17

Creating a Dynamic Butterfly Garden

John Dole, Associate Professor

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

24

Travels to the Orient of Old and New: Horticulture and Plant Diversity in Japan and Georgia

Todd Lasseigne, Assistant Director, JC Raulston Arboretum

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

October

8

Responses of Selected Herbaceous Perennials to Components of Temperature, and its Implications

Jean-Jacques Dubois, Ph.D. Candidate

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

22

Allelopathic Chemicals in Rye (Secale cerale) that Suppress Weed Growth

Jim Burton, Associate Professor

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

29

Improving Stem Length, Defoliation, and Postharvest Life of Woody Cuts

Lane Greer, Ph.D. Candidate

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

November

12

Development of a New Herbicide for Nursery Crops

Joe Neal, Professor

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

19

Establishing a Fertilization Protocol for Stock Plants and Vegetative Cuttings to Maximize Rooting and Shoot Growth

James Gibson, Ph.D. Candidate

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

26

To Moldova (wherever that is!) and Back Again - NCSU Faculty Odysseys

Mary Peet, George Wilson, Dee Shore, John Richardson, David Beasley, Bob Wells

Hort. Sci., Internat. Prog., Com. Services, Agric. Exten. Ed., Biol. Agric. Eng., Crop Sci.

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

December

10

Creating Custom Colored Flowers

Rob Griesbach, Research Geneticist

US National Arboretum

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore