Student-Invited Speaker: Dr. Peter Henry Research Plant Pathologist, USDA ARS Crop Improvement and Protection Research. Salinas, CA Peter.Henry@usda.gov Tentative Seminar Title: The Origins and Evolution of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae, Cause of Fusarium Wilt of Strawberry

Speaker: Alex Batson, PhD exit seminar alex.batson@wsu.edu Tentative Seminar Title: Characterization, Detection, and Genetics of the Spinach Fusarium Wilt Pathogen

Speaker: Joseph K Mellow, MS student joseph.mellow@wsu.edu Tentative Seminar Title: Understanding Botrytis Gray Mold on Strawberry and its Fungicide Resistance Mechanisms

Speaker: Ninh Khuu, PhD student ninh.khuu@wsu.edu Tentative Seminar Title: Mistletoe: Merging of Myth and Science

Speaker: Dr. Richard Sniezko, Geneticist, US Forest Service Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Dorena, OR richard.sniezko@usda.gov Tentative Seminar Title: Developing Resistant Populations of Trees to Non-Native Pathogens

Speaker: Kristen Bullough, PhD student kristen.bullough@wsu.edu Tentative Seminar Title: Cordyceps: From Zombie Ants to Chinese Medicine

Speaker: Marilen Nampijja, PhD student marilen.nampijja@wsu.edu Tentative Seminar Title: RNA Interference Technology, Opportunities, and Challenges in the Management of Plant Diseases

Speaker: Dr. Jane Stewart, Associate Professor of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO Jane.Stewart@colostate.edu Tentative Seminar Title: TBD

Speaker: Dr. Mustafa O. Jibrin, Post Doc, WSU TFREC mustafa.jibrin@wsu.edu Tentative Seminar Title: Clonality and Recombination in the Globally Spread Bacterial Spot of Tomato and Pepper Pathogens

Speaker: Dr. Marianne Elliott, Research Associate, WSU PREC melliott2@wsu.edu Tentative Seminar Title: Phytophthora ramorum in Washington State: Management Successes, Failures, and Challenges

Speaker: Dr. Joey Hulbert, Post Doc, WSU PREC hulbe@wsu.edu Tentative Seminar Title: Research needs for mitigating the emergence of Sooty Bark Disease in the Pacific Northwest

Review of seminar guidelines and expectations with students enrolled in Pl P 515.