Seminars
Soil and Crop Sciences
Spring 2014 Seminar Schedule
12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. – W9 Plant Sciences
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Topic/Location |
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January 30th |
Dr. Pat Byrne, Professor Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University
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Changing Landscapes in Asia: Reflections on a Sabbatical in Nepal, India, and China
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February 6th |
Dr. Jay Ham, Professor Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University
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Using 3D Printers and Low-cost Microprocessors to Build Environmental Sensors and Other Lab Gadgets
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February 13th |
Dr. Raj Khosla, Professor Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University
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Global Food Security and Precision Agriculture
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February 20st |
Dr. Adam Heuberger Research Scientist and Joint Assistant Professor Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility Colorado State University
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Metabolomics in Crop Science: Potential for Improved Varietal Selection, Food Processing, and Understanding of Complex Phenotypes
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February 27th |
Dr. Keith Paustian, Professor Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University |
Beetlejuice – Researching Sustainable Biofuels From Beetle-Kill Wood in the Rockies |
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March 6th |
Johannes Lehmann Cornell University (Speaker selected by the Graduate Student Committee) |
Pyrogenic Carbon in Soil: What Can We Learn for Biochar Management |
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March 13th |
Dr. Arathi Seshadri, Assistant Professor Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
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Influence of Environmental Stress on Plant Reproductive Strategies and Plant-Pollinator Interactions |
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March 20th |
No Seminar – Spring Break |
No Seminar
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March 27th |
Dr. Jim Ippolito USDA-ARS
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Biochar’s Benefits for Intermountain Western US Soils
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April 3th |
Harkamal Walia – Cargill UNL |
Drought Adaptive Traits in Wheat
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April 10th |
Rafael Telles Tenorio de Siqueira, MS Student Hung Dao, PhD Student Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University |
Rafael deSiqueira : Fluorescence and Reflectance Sensing: Detecting Nitrogen Variability at Early Growth Stage in Maize Hung Dao: Validation of Quantitative Trait Loci for Grain Quality Traits in Wheat
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April 17th |
Sarah Grogan, PhD Student Kris Nichols, MS Student Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University |
Sarah Grogan: Mega-Analysis of Heading Date in 300 Winter Wheat Lines Grown Across the US Great Plains Kris Nichols: Trace Gas Emissions from Cow Excrement on Cool-season Pasture and Native Rangeland of the Shortgrass Steppe
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April 24th |
Ashton Dilka, MS Student Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University (Note: Will start at 12:15) |
Determining Groundwater Nitrate Contamination Sources in Colorado using δ15N and δ18O Isotopes |
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May 1st |
Dr. Jan Leach, Professor Department of Bioagricultural Sciences &Pest Mgmt Colorado State University
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Impacts of Rising Temperatures on R-gene-mediated Resistance in Rice |
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May 8th |
Nick Carpita Purdue University (Speaker selected by the Graduate Student Committee)
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Genetically Tailoring Biomass for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts |