Plant Pathology Seminar Schedule for Spring 2022
The Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology is pleased to present the Departmental Seminar series for the Spring 2022 semester. Seminars feature a series of speakers presenting topics related to the plant and crop sciences.
Seminars take place every Wednesday at 3:30 PM in Room A465 Life Science Annex and is open to the everyone who would like to attend. For more information, contact Dr. Jong Hyun Ham, jham@agcenter.lsu.edu.
| Date | Semianr Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 19 | Dr. Vijay Nandula National Program Leader, USDA NIFA |
Competitive Grant Programs in the Plant Sciences at NIFA |
| January 26 |
Dr. Luis da Cunha |
The Long Road of Pesticide Development: from Discovery to Farm |
| February 2 | Dr. Jeniffer Nicolson Coordinator, USDA APHIS National Clean Plant Network |
The National Clean Plant Network: Providing Healthy Plant Stock for U.S. Agriculture |
| February 9 | Dr. Douglas W. Miano Associate Professor, University of Nairobi |
Development of Cassava with resistance to cassava brown streak disease using siRNA technology" |
| February 16 | Dr. Marco Gama Associate Professor, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco |
Onion scale rot: etiology, epidemiology, and management in north-east Brazil |
| February 23 | Dr. Christopher Clark Professor, PPCP |
Unfinished Business of a Dinosaur |
| March 2 | Caleb Hamm MS Student, PPCP |
Evaluating potential soil health benefits of non-fumigant nematicides in Louisiana sweetpotato production |
| March 9 | Dr. Rodrigo Valverde Professor, PPCP |
Discovering Novel Plant Viruses |
| March 16 | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| March 23 | Dr. Everlyne Nafula, Researcher, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
The cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci: Genetic diversity and IPM options |
| March 30 | Andrew Mann PhD Student, University of Minnesota |
The role of symbiotic microbes in the invasion process of tree-killing beetles |
| April 6 | Jose Cortes PhD Student, PPCP |
Resistance mechanisms to brown rust in sugarcane and development of markers for resistance to smut |
| April 13 | Jonas Padilla MS Student, PPCP |
Building Artificial Worlds for Sustainable Crop Production |
| April 20 | Gabriel Herrera MS Student, PPCP |
Genetic and histochemical characterization of resistance to frogeye leaf spot in soybean |
| April 27 | Kezia Reis MS Student, PPCP |
Seed-treatment chemical effects on red rot severity, expression of disease resistance and plant growth in sugarcane |