Entomology/Plant and Environmental Sciences Graduate Program Seminar Series

Entomology
Dr. Merle Shepard Entomology
Date SpeakerAffiliation/SponsorTitle/topic

Jan.16

 No seminar

Holiday/MLK

No seminar

Jan. 23

Graduate students

Graduate students only

Introduction

Jan. 30

Dr. Gene Kritsky

Department of Biology.  College of Mount St. Joseph

The Quest for the Perfect Hive

Feb. 6

Dr. Walker Miller

Professor Emeritus Clemson University

Carbon Hunters:  Future of Food

Feb. 13

Graduate student proposals

1.  Brad Shaver

2.  Shane Reighard

3.  Daniel Drechsler

1.  Pathogenicity and management of Trichodorus proximus and Belonolaimus longicaudatus on turfgrass in South Carolina

2. Functional Characterization of a Jacalin-Related Lectin in Arabidopsis thaliana

3.  Phytophthora Foliage Blight on Garden Phlox

Feb. 20

 

 

Feb. 27

Ms. Bindu Poudel

Virology, Dr. Simon Scott Lab Blackberry yellow vein disease: An emerging threat to fresh-blackberry production in the southeast

Mar. 5

Graduate student proposals

1.  Xinpeng (Simon) Li

2.  Russell Henderson

3.  Jason Sweeney

1.  A new Botrytis species causing gray mold of small fruits and its sensitivity to registered botryticides

2. Solar-assisted curing in flue-cured tobacco

3.  Simulating Hail Damage in Cotton: The Effect of Stalk Cutoffs on Cotton Growth and Development

Mar. 12

Mr. Will Henderson

Edisto REC, Blackville, SC/Precison Agriculture

Mar. 19

No seminar

Spring Break

 

Mar. 26

 

April 2

Graduate student proposals

1.  Claudia Holguín

2.  Anja Grabke

3.  Ernesto Robayo

1.  Ecology and genetic variability of Hoplolaimus columbus and Rotylenchulus reniformis on cotton

2. Fungicide resistance management in Botrytis cinerea

3. Integrated Management of Oak Lecanium Scale Parthenolecanium quercifex (Fitch)

April 9

Dr. Ben Matthews

USDA-ARS Soybean and Alfalfa Research Lab

 

April 16

Dr. Bob Nichols

Cotton Incorporated

April 23

Dr. Lane Tredway

Dept. of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University

April 30

No seminar

 Exams

Spring 2012

Seminars begin at 11:15 a.m. on the campus of Clemson University, G-22 Lehotsky Hall (auditorium in the basement of Lehotsky)

(Entomology 809/Plant Pathology 807/PES 825)