College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences

Department of Plant Pathology

Seminar Series

 

Unless otherwise listed, seminar is held Monday afternoon at 4:10 pm in Johnson Hall 343 during the academic semester (WECN Dial-up #: 1012)


Spring 2008

Jan 7 Hanu Pappu “Managing Thrips and Tospovirus Epidemics in Diverse Cropping Systems: Progress and Challenges”
Jan 14 Sanford Eigenbrode (Host Dr. Hanu Pappu) "Host Manipulation by Plant Viruses: Evidence from Chemical Ecology"
Jan 21 Martin Luther King Jr Day - No Class
Jan 28 Jeremiah Dung (Graduate Student, MS) "You Are What You Eat: Mycoparasitism in the Cultivated Mushroom Industry"
Feb 4

Mr. Grant Poole (Graduate Student, PhD)Parasitic Nematodes in Wheat: From Cortex to QTLs”

Feb 11 Mr. Dan Villamor (Graduate Student, PhD): “Viroids and Gene Silencing”
Feb 18 Presidents Day - No Class
Feb 25 Ms. Hongyan Sheng (Graduate Student, PhD) “Molecular Characterization and Mapping of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat”
Mar 3 Ms. Sahar Eid (Graduate Student, PhD) Bacterial Phytotoxins: Characteristics and Mechanism of Action of Coronatine produced by Pseudomonas syringae”
Mar 10 Spring Break - No Class
Mar 17 Mr. Younsig Kwak (Graduate Student, PhD) “Green means “GO”, Red means “STOP”: Photo Sensing and Signaling in Fungi”
Mar 24 Ms. Renuka Kithul-Pelage (MS exit seminar)
Mar 31 Ms. Peng Cheng (MS exit seminar)
Apr 7 Dr. Sam Smith, President Emeritus, WSU (Host: Dr. Hanu Pappu) “The Changing Environment for Higher Education in the State of Washington"
Apr 14

Dr. Tristan Coram, Postdoctoral Research Associate/Research Plant Pathologist/Geneticist, USDA-ARS. ”Understanding Stripe Rust Resistance in Wheat Using Microarrays”

Apr 21 Dr. Dimitri Mavrodi, Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, WSU. "Molecular determinants of biological control of soilborne pathogens by Pseudomonas spp."
Apr 28 Dr. James Trappe, Special seminar speaker  (Host: Dr. Tim Paulitz). Title: TBA

 

 

 

 


Previous Semesters

Fall 2007

Spring 2007

Fall 2006

Spring 2006

Fall 2005

Spring 2005

Fall 2004

Spring 2004

 

 

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