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DATE |
SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
| January 8
*4:00pm |
Wayne Wilcox
Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University |
Research on Powdery Mildew and Botrytis in Grape |
| January 23
*2:15pm |
Dongxiu Zhang
Exit Seminar |
Loline Alkaloid Biosynthesis Gene Expression in Epichloë Endophyte of Grasses |
| February 4 |
Aardra Kachroo
Assistant Professor |
An Oleic Acid-Mediated Pathway Induces Constitutive Defense Signaling and Enhanced Resistance to Multiple Pathogens in Soybean |
| February 11 |
Annamalai Padmanaban
Postdoctoral Associate |
Replication-Controlled Packaging of Brome Mosaic Virus Genome |
| February 18 |
Departmental "Town Hall" Meeting |
Molecular and Cellular Analyses of Biotrophic Invasion of Rice Cells by the Blast Fungus |
| February 25 |
Uljana Hesse
Postdoctoral Associate |
The Genome of Epichloë festucae |
| March 3 |
Barbara Valent
Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University |
Molecular and Cellular Analyses of Biotrophic Invasion of Rice Cells by the Blast Fungus |
| March 10 |
Jack Morris
Distinguished Professor, School of Biological Sciences
University of Nebraska |
How Do Plants Defend Themselves against Virus Infection? |
| March 17 |
Qingming Gao
Graduate Student |
Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) in Plant Defense |
| March 24 |
Bidisha Chanda
Graduate Student |
Plant Metabolomics - Understanding the Cellular Responses in Plants |
| March 31 |
Eunjung Lee
Graduate Student |
Control of Citrus Blue Mold and Chili Pepper Anthracnose by Ligustilide, an Antifungal Compound from Cnidium officinale Makino |
| April 7 |
Mohamed El-Habbak
Graduate Student |
Genes from Mycoparasitic Fungi as a Source for Enhancing Resistance to Plant Pathogenic Fungi |
| April 14 |
Melanie Heist
Graduate Student |
Delivery of Fungal Effector Molecules into the Plant |
April 21 |
Thomas Wolpert
Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University |
Analysis of Victoria Blight: The Dark Side of Plant Disease Resistance |
April 28 *9:00am |
Claudia Nischwitz University of Georgia |
From Melons of Arizona and Poplars of the Pacific Northwest to Onions of Georgia |
