Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule
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Department of Agronomy & Horticulture seminars are held Fridays at 3:30pm, with refreshments served 30 minutes before the lecture, at the UNL East Campus Union unless otherwise noted (check kiosk for room). |
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| September 18 |
Jasmonates and Auxins: Surprising New Discoveries About How Plant Hormones Work! Paul Staswick, Professor – Agronomy & Horticulture |
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| September 25 |
Leaf Re-greening vs. Leaf Senescence in Swedish Ivy Ellen Paparozzi, Professor – Agronomy & Horticulture |
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| October 2 |
Nutritional Benefits of Grain Sorghum Lipids
Curtis Weller, Professor – Biological Systems Engineering |
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| October 9 |
Algal Biofuels: The Essential Role of the CO2-concentrating Mechanism
Don Weeks, Professor – Biochemistry |
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| October 16 |
Limited Irrigation of Conventional Bio-fuel & Alternative Crops
Gary Hergert, Professor – Panhandle Research & Extension Center |
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| October 23 |
A New National Drought Atlas from the National Drought Mitigation Center
Brian Fuchs, Research Technologist III Climatologist – School of Natural Resources |
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| October 30 |
Grazing Systems Research in the Nebraska Sandhills
Walt Schacht, Professor – Agronomy & Horticulture |
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November 6 |
Adventures into Inquiry: Developing Laboratory Activities that Promote Critical Thinking
Eric Malina, Assistant Professor of Practice – Chemistry |
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| November 13 |
Cytoplasmic Variation of Agronomic Value in Higher Plants
Sally Mackenzie, Professor – Center for Plant Science Innovation |
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| November 20 |
Cellulose: A Staple of the Southern US?
Todd Campbell, Research Geneticist USDA–ARS – Florence, SC |
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| December 4 |
Avatar Alfisol Goes to Soils Class
Martha Mamo, Associate Professor – Agronomy & Horticulture |
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| December 11 |
The Molecular Genetics of Kernel Maturation and Protein Quality in Maize
David Holding, Assistant Professor – Agronomy & Horticulture |
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