Seminar Schedule--Fall Semester 2009

Fridays, 9:05 am-10:00 am

E-146 P&A Bldg.

(Polycom connection will be available for off-campus faculty/staff by request)

NOTE: Schedule is subject to change. Refreshments Provided.

Date	Speaker	Topic
September 4	Dr. Ellen A. Vincent Environmental Landscape Specialist/Extension Associate Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	Effects of Nature Images on Pain in a Simulated Hospital Patient Room

September 11	Dr. Sergio Jimenez Tarodo Visiting Scholar Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	Peach DAM5 and DAM6 Expression Correlates with Chilling Fulfillment for Bud Break

September 18	Mr. Cory Tanner County Extension Agent Greenville County Greenville, SC	Extension Horticulture in Greenville County

September 25	Mr. Kevin Parris Ph.D. Candidate, PES Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	Chasing Magnolias to China

October 2	Dr. Desmond Layne Associate Professor of Pomology Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	Observations and Experiences from a Recent Trip to China

October 9	Mr. Jim Daly Vice President of Research Floralife Inc./Smithers-Oasis Co. Walterboro, SC	Floralife: The Business and Science of Postharvest Floriculture

October 16	Mr. Sean Markovic M.S. Candidate, PES Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	Genetic Analysis of the Peach Skin Color Trait Using Simple Sequence Repeats

October 23	Miss Amanda Cihlar HORT 271/471 Intern (Horticulture) Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	A Blueberry Summer
	Mr. Eric Shealy HORT 271/471 Intern (Horticulture) Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	A Summer in the Mountains: Highlands Botanical Garden Internship
	Mr. Alex Kinnaird HORT 271/471 Intern (Turfgrass) Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	Summer Internship at Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, MD
	and Mr. Scott Steiner HORT 271/471 Intern (Turfgrass) Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	Summer Internship at Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA

October 30	Dr. Guido Schnabel Associate Professor of Fruit Pathology Department of Entomology, Soil, and Plant Science Clemson University	A New Web-Supported Extension Program for Precision Brown Rot Management

November 6	Mr. Jenks Farmer Director Moore Farms Garden Lake City, SC	Eroticism of Competence: Making Gardens with Teams of the BEST Benchmakers, Masons, Artist, Architects and, of course, Plantsmen

November 13 G-100 BRC (New Location)	Dr. Patrick McMillan Host, Expeditions with Patrick McMillan, and Director, Campbell Museum of Natural History Clemson University	Against the Grain--Hope and Crisis in Our Grasslands

November 20	Mr. Brandon Stiglbauer M.S. Candidate, PES Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	Establishment and Management Practices of Two New Warm Season Turfgrasses in the Southern Transition Zone
	and Mr. John McIntyre M.S. Candidate, PES Department of Environmental Horticulture Clemson University	M.S. Thesis Proposal: Promoting Tree/Root Growth in Highly Compacted Urban Soils

November 20 BRC Seminar Room, 1 pm (New Location and Time) (Last Seminar of the Semester)	Dr. Stan Flasinski Researcher Monsanto Company St. Louis, MO	Monsanto Biotechnology Pipeline: Resistance to Dicamba Herbicide

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