Date

Subject

Speaker

Department

Time / Location

January

14

What Soils Do

Dr. Stanley Buol, WNR Professor

Soil Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

28

Irrigation Timing Affects Plant Growth and Water-Use Efficiency

Dr. Stuart Warren, Professor

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

February

4

Development of a Molecular Genetic Map of Sweetpotato and its Applications

Mr. Jim Cervantes, Ph.D. Candidate

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

18

Leaping the Ha Ha: A Contemporary Model for Landscape Horticulture Education

Dr. Pat Lindsey, Assistant Professor

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

25

Design for Natural Learning: An Interdisciplinary Challenge

Robin Moore, Professor

Landscape Architecture

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

March

18

Research, Teaching and Extension Programs at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems

Dr. Nancy Creamer and Dr. Mary Barbercheck, Associate Professors

Horticultural Science; Entomology

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

25

Breaking Sex Barriers: Pushing the Limit on Wide Hybridization

Dr. Tom Ranney, Professor

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

April

3*

Watermelon Breeding at NC State

Dr. Todd Wehner, Professor

Horticultural Science

3:45-4:45 / 2405 Williams

8

Pine Stem Cuttings--Recalcitrant to Rooting or Just Misunderstood?

Dr. Barry Goldfarb, Associate Professor

Forestry

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

15

Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars for a Container Garden? You've Got to be Kidding!

Mr. Jim Wilson

Victory Garden TV show co-host

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore

22

Integration of Limestone Properties, Organic Matter Content, Fertilizer Reactions, and Water Alkalinity for Control of Media pH

Ms. Janet Miles, Ph.D. Candidate

Horticultural Science

2:00-3:00 pm / 159 Kilgore