Thursdays, 2:50 – 3:40 PM
This seminar series is open to the public.
Locations
(transmitted across campuses via AMS)
- WSU Pullman – 204 Johnson Hall
- WSU Mt. Vernon – Conference Room 115
- WSU Prosser – Multipurpose Building Conference Room
- WSU Puyallup – Conference Room K103A
- WSU TriCities – Wine Science Center Small Conference Room
- WSU Wenatchee – Large Conference Room
More information
Questions? Contact Dr. Rick Knowles or Dr. Pat Moore
Syllabus: Check Blackboard Course Space
Archived seminars: Archived videos are available in Blackboard.
Seminar Schedule – Spring 2019
Dates and Speakers
Abstracts, when available, are accessible by PDF by clicking on the talk title.
January 10 – First Day of Class. Introduction to course, using Blackboard, Expectations
January 17 – Effective Use of Google / Google Scholar & Plagiarism Issues – Betty Galbraith, Professor, Owen Science Library, WSU
January 24 – Global Scale Genomic Prediction of Horticultural Performance in Apple, Cherry & Peach – Craig Hardner, Senior Research Fellow, Ctr for Horticultural Research, The University of Queensland, Australia
January 31 – Remote Sensing / Phenotyping Technology – Sindhuja Sankaran, Assistant Professor, Biological Systems Engineering, WSU
February 7 – Graduate Student Meeting: Horticulture Graduate Student Governance – Margaret McCoy, Sarah Kostick, Francisco Gonzalez, Horticulture Graduate Students, WSU
February 14 – Cyberinfrastructure for Horticulture – Stephen Ficklin, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, WSU
February 21 – Extension at the Edge of the Pacific: Shellfish, Cranberries and Invasives – Kim Patten, Professor, Long Beach Res & Ext Unit, WSU
February 28 – Student Speaker: Alejandro Cruz – Developing Cultural Management Recommendations for Two New Potato Cultivars Relative to the Industry Standard – Russet Burbank
Online Student Evaluation Survey
March 7 – Moving Ideas to Market – Phytelligence – Amit Dhingra, Professor, Department of Horticulture, WSU
March 14 – Spring Break. No class.
March 21 – Student Speaker: Graham Ellis – Respiration and Cold-Sweetening Responses of Minimally Processed Potato Tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.) to Low Oxygen
Online Student Evaluation Survey
March 28 – Student Speaker: Weixin Gan – Potential strategies that can improve highbush blueberry pollination in western Washington
Online Student Evaluation Survey
April 4 – Student Speaker: Abigail Attavar – Evaluation of Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae rootstocks for resistance to Verticillium dahliae
Online Student Evaluation Survey
April 11 – Student Speaker: Michelle Reid – Timely Deficit Irrigation as a Tool to Improve Fruit Quality and Bitter Pit Incidence in ‘Honeycrisp’ Apple
Online Student Evaluation Survey
April 18 – Student Speaker: Joelle Martinez – Isohydric and anisohydric varieties in winegrapes and water relations during drought
Online Student Evaluation Survey
April 25 – Student Speaker: Katherine East – Life cycle and management for the northern root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla in Washington state wine grapes
Online Student Evaluation Survey