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Next six weeks' schedule
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| Jan. 22 |
"The role of the USDA Agricultural Research Service at NCSU."
Dr. David Marshall,
Research Leader, USDA-ARS Plant Sciences Research Unit
USDA-Professor, NCSU -
Dept. of Plant Pathology |
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| Jan. 29 |
"The evolutionary and population dynamics of fungal-virus interactions and their potential utility for managing Rhizoctonia diseases."
Dr. Marc Cubeta, Associate Professor
NCSU -
Dept. of Plant Pathology |
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| Feb. 5 |
"NCSU: Teaching for success in the 21st Century. "
Dr. Robert Bruck, Professor
NCSU -
Dept. of Plant Pathology |
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| Feb. 12 |
"Three major fungal diseases and integrated pathogen management of Cacao."
Dr. Prakash Hebbar
Masterfoods USA / USDA-ARS
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Dr. Bob Lumsden
World Cocoa Foundation
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| Feb. 19 |
"The Role of a Plant Pathologist in Argentina"
Dr. Ana Romero, Visiting Scholar; NCSU -
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Lecturer, Facultad de Agronomia,
Universidad de Buenos Aires
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| Feb. 26 |
"Dominating Plant Cell Biology: The Nicotiana benthamiana genomics and functional proteomics project."
Dr. Michael Goodin
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Kentucky |
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| March 5 |
"Can Oklahoma's prehistoric prairies yield secrets about the most important disease of bermudagrass, spring dead spot caused by Ophiosphaerella herpotricha?"
Dr. Nathan Walker, Associate Professor
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Oklahoma State University |
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Thursday,
March 15
2 - 4 p.m. |
"Everything you always wanted to know about grape powdery mildew, and several things you really need to forget."
Dr. David Gadoury,
Senior Research Associate
Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (Geneva Campus)
Ruby McSwain Education Center
JC Raulston Arboretum
2 - 4 p.m.
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| March 19 |
"Genetic Dissection of Quantitative Disease Resistance in Maize"
Mr. John Zwonitzer,
Ph.D. Student
NCSU -
Dept. of Plant Pathology |
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| March 26 |
"Xylella fastidiosa in the South: Strain Specificity and Biological Control of Pierce's disease of Grapevine"
Dr. Don Hopkins
Professor of Plant Pathology and Center Director
Mid-Florida Research & Extension Center
University of Florida |
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| April 2 |
"Biology of Two Bacterial Species of Xanthomonas and Epidemiology of the Diseases They Cause on Peaches and Peppers"
Dr. David Ritchie, Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
NCSU - Dept. of Plant Pathology |
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| April 9 |
"Genetic architecture of plant controls on phyllosphere diversity"
Dr. Ann E. Stapleton, Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biology and Marine Biology
UNC-Wilmington
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NOTE: VENUE CHANGE - April 16 Seminar
will be held in Scott Hall 216 |
| April 16 |
"Exploring the role of Tomato spotted wilt virus in Yellowing Syndrome of peanut."
Ms. Amanda Kaye, Ph.D. Candidate
NCSU - Dept. of Plant Pathology
Scott Hall, Room 216 |
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| April 23 |
"Identification of predisposing field conditions and postharvest handling practices that increase susceptibility of sweetpotatoes to Rhizopus stolonifer"
Ms. Brooke Edmunds, Ph.D. Candidate
NCSU -
Dept. of Plant Pathology |
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| April 30 |
"Beet cyst nematode (BCN) and Arabidopsis thaliana as model systems for understanding Soybean cyst nematode (SCN)-host interactions"
Ms. Nrupali Patel,
Ph.D. Candidate
NCSU - Dept. of Plant Pathology |
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| May 7 |
"Characterization of Potato virus X cis-acting elements and their interaction with host factors."
Dr. Kook-Hyung Kim (Visiting Scholar)
Associate Professor, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University |
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