Plant Science/NCARL Seminar Series

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Fall 2009 Seminar Series

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September 21

Gregg Carlson

Professor/Extension Specialist, Geospatial Statistics

Plant Science Department

South Dakota State University

Part One

Part Two

 

(requires Windows Media Player)

September 28

Joe LaForest

Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health (Bugwood Network)
University of Georgia (Tifton, GA)

“The Bugwood Network and Invasive Species-Citizen Scientist Mapping”

 

(requires Windows Media Player)

October 5

Jixiang Wu

Professor, Quantitative Genetics & Biostatistics

Plant Science Department

South Dakota State University

“GenMod--A Computer Tool for Quantitative Genetics Study”

 

Abstract download (.pdf)

October 12

Native American Day

No seminar

October 19

James Strange

Research Entomologist

USDA-ARS-Pollinating Insects - Biology, Management and Systematics Research Unit

(Logan, UT)

“Bumble bee declines: integrating methods to understand population changes”

October 26

Tamra Jackson

Assistant Professor / Extension Plant Pathologist

Plant Pathology Department

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

"What's New with Corn Diseases and Their Management in the Great Plains"

November 2

Steve Shirtliffe

Associate Professor, Dept of Plant Sciences

(Field crop agronomy, weed ecology)

University of Saskatchewan

“Weed Control Without Herbicides: Panacea or Pipe Dream?”

November 9

Pavel Saska

Entomologist, Crop Research Institute

Czech Republic

“Weed seed predation by carabid beetles”

November 16

Ronald Alverson

Wentworth, South Dakota

“Corn ethanol- Realities and Myths”

November 23

Peter Sexton

Professor, Alternative Agricultural Systems

Plant Science Department

South Dakota State University

“Comparison of soybean, canola, and mustard meals as organic sources of N for potatoes”

November 30

Carmen Fernholz

University of Minnesota

 “The Challenges for Producers in Organic Food Production Systems”