NC STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department of Plant Pathology
Seminars

Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule

Mondays, 4:00 PM
Stephens Room, Gardner 3503
 

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Aug. 24 "Welcome Seminar and Social"
Dr. James Moyer
Professor and Department Head
Dr. Rick Davis
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
NCSU-Dept. of Plant Pathology
   
Aug. 31 "Impact of Sexual Recombination on Mycotoxin Production in Worldwide Populations of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus"
Mr. Geromy Moore
PhD Candidate
NCSU-Dept. of Plant Pathology
   
Sep. 7 NO SEMINAR--Labor Day
   
Sep. 14 "Federal Opportunities and Challenges - A conversation with NCSU"
Mr. Matt Peterson
Director of Federal Relations
NCSU
   
Sep. 21 "MPUR - Improving health of planting stocks for North Carolina and beyond"
Dr. Zvezdana Pesic-VanEsbroeck
Director of the Micropropagation Unit
NCSU-Dept. of Plant Pathology
   
Sep. 28 "Bridging Research and Extension with Phytophthora"
Dr. Kelly Ivors
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
NCSU-Dept. of Plant Pathology
   
Oct. 5 "Two cell cycle paths during geminivirus infection"
Dr. Linda Hanley-Bowdoin
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor
NCSU-Biochemistry
   
Oct. 12 "Spontaneous combustion: a genetic glimpse into how Erwinia amylovora puts the fire in fire blight"
Dr. George Sundin
Associate Professor
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Michigan State University
   
Oct. 19 "Vegetable Seed Production in the Pacific Northwest: Developing Integrated Disease Management Programs"
Dr. Lindsey Du Toit
Associate Professor/Extension Plant/Vegetable Seed Pathologist
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Washington State University
   
Oct. 26 "Manifestations of maize's interaction with Cochliobolus carbonum: The best is yet to come"
Dr. Gurmukh Johal
Associate Professor
Dept. of Plant Pathology
Purdue University
   
Nov. 2 "Reformation of Promotion and Tenure Guidelines at NC State -- 2000-2009"
Dr. Ellis Cowling
University Distinguished Professor At-Large Emeritus
NCSU-Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources
   
Nov. 9 "Grafting and High Tunnels for Organic Tomato Production"
Mr. Cary Rivard
PhD Candidate
NCSU-Dept. of Plant Pathology
   
Nov. 16 "Analyses of selected parasitism genes of the root knot nematode"
Miss Adrienne Smith
PhD Candidate
NCSU-Dept. of Plant Pathology
   
Nov. 23 "Characterization of Phytophthoras from North Carolina greenhouse floriculture crops"
Miss Heather Olson
PhD Candidate
NCSU-Dept. of Plant Pathology
   
Nov. 30 "Receptor kinase action in plant development and response to pathogens"
Dr. Steve Clouse
Professor
Horticultural Science
NCSU-Dept. of Plant Pathology
   
Dec. 7 "Transcripton factors involved in virulence and proteins secreted during intial infection in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae"
Mr. Gregory Bernard
PhD Candidate
NCSU-Dept. of Plant Pathology
updated September 8, 2009 by MPLEE