College of Agriculture & Natural ResourcesDepartment of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Seminars

• Feb 4

  Brian Pearson, University of Florida

  February 4, 2019 - February 15, 2019 4:00 PM Room A149 Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  Hops in Florida? An Unexpected Journey into a New Academic Program

• Feb 21

  Allen Van Deynze, UC Davis

  February 21, 2019 4:00 PM Room A149 Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  Nitrogen fixation in a landrace of maize is supported by a mucilage-associated diazotrophic microbiota

• Feb 22

  Bob VanBuren, MSU-Horticulture

  February 22, 2019 4:00PM - 12:00AM 4:00 PM Room A149 Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  Leveraging resurrection plants to improve crop resilience

• Feb 28

  Guo-qing Song, Michigan State University

  February 28, 2019 Room A149 Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  New Developments in Manipulation ofFlowering Pathway Genes for Increasing Blueberry Yield

• Mar 11

  Suzanne Slack - Michigan State University

  March 11, 2019 1:30PM - 2:30PM 1:30 Room 247 Plant Biology Lab

  “Biological control of fire blight: Evaluation of a contact sterilant as a niche-clearing method to enhance the colonization and efficacy of Aureobasidium pullulans”

• Mar 14

  Irwin Goldman, University of Wisconsin

  March 14, 2019 Room A149 Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  The Slowest of the Performing Arts: Breeding Biennial Root Vegetables for Improved Color, Flavor, and Nutrition

• Mar 15

  Intercultural CANR: Exploring our Spirit Panel Discussion

  March 15, 2019 10:00AM - 12:00PM Teaching Greenhouse Conservatory in the Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  Intercultural CANR: Exploring our Spirit explores the variety of religions, faiths and spiritual practices that make up the tapestry of our spiritual lives and communities.

• Mar 18

  David Perla, Michigan State University

  March 18, 2019 1:30PM - 2:30PM 1:30 Room 247 Plant Biology Building

  “Evaluation of two strategies for management of Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans) in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”

• Mar 21

  Tom Sharkey, MSU

  March 21, 2019 Room A149 Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  Recent Insights into the Calvin-Benson Cycle and Related Metabolism of Photosynthesis

• Mar 25

  Nikki Lukasko, Michigan State University

  March 25, 2019 1:30 Room 247 Plant Biology Building

  “Leaves of Umbellularia californica and Artemisia californica contain broad-spectrum antimicrobials”

• Mar 28

  Peter Davies, Cornell University

  March 28, 2019 Room A149 Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  The Garden Pea Returns to its Place as a Model Plant.

• Apr 1

  Julian Bello, Michigan State University

  April 1, 2019 1:30PM - 2:30PM 1:30

  “Early detection of the Cucurbit Downy Mildew pathogen using spore traps coupled to qPCR”

• Apr 4

  Bridget Behe, MSU

  April 4, 2019 Room A149 Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  The Eyes Don’t Lie: Using Eye-tracking Technology to Understand Consumer Choice

• Apr 8

  Roshni Kharadi, Michigan State University

  April 8, 2019 1:30PM - 1:59PM 1:30 Room 247 Plant Biology Building

  “Cyclic-di-GMP mediated regulation of auto-aggregation in Erwinia amylovora."

• Apr 15

  Karan Chahal, Michigan State University

  April 15, 2019 12:00AM - 2:30PM 1:30 Room 247 Plant Biology Building

  “Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD): Virulence of Geosmithia morbida isolates and potential alternative vectors of the fungus”

• Apr 18

  Julie Tarara, Ste Michelle Wine Estates; Formerly USDA-ARS

  April 18, 2019 Room A149 Plant and Soil Sciences Building

  I Wanted to be a Farmer When I Grew Up but Didn’t Have the Cash Flow, so I Meandered into Another Career

• Apr 22

  Sunil Shrestha, Michigan State University

  April 22, 2019 12:00AM - 2:06PM 1:30 PM Room 247 Plant Biology Building

  “Evaluation of Susceptibility of Geranium Cultivars to Botrytis cinereal”