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Horticulture Seminar Series Announced
Sept. 2, 2009
Contact: Dr. Fred Davies, 979-845-4524, f-davies@tamu.edu
Texas A&M University’s Department of Horticultural Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will host eight horticultural seminars this fall.
The seminar series meets the first and third Thursdays of each month through Dec. 3. All sessions will be held in the Horticulture and Forest Sciences Building (HFSB), Room 102, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Seminar topics and presenters include:
Sept. 3 “One year at Texas A&M: What Became of my Plans to Change the Face of the Vegetable Industry in Texas?”
--Dr. Joe Masabni, Vegetable Extension Specialist, Department of Horticultural Sciences
Sept. 17 “Managed Landscapes: Are They The Key to Future Water Security?”
--Dr. Rolston St. Hilaire, Professor, Plant & Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University
Oct. 1 “Plants in Space: A Horticultural Perspective”
--Dr. Gary Stutte, Senior Scientist/Plant Physiologist, Dynamac Corp., Kennedy Space Center
Oct 15 “Micro-budded Citrus: A New Commercial Citrus Production System for Profitability and Disease Management”
--Dr. Mani Skaria, Professor of Plant Pathology, Texas A&M Research & Extension Center, Weslaco, Texas
Oct. 29 “Commercial Vegetable Breeding in the New Century: Challenges and Opportunities”
--Dr. Rick Jones, NAFTA Onion Breeding Lead, Monsanto (Seminis) Vegetable Seeds, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences
Nov 5 “The Basye-Moore Rose Legacies"
--Dr. Dave Byrne, Professor, Basye Chair in Rose Genetics, Associate Head , Deparptment of Horticultural Sciences”
Nov. 19 “Vigilance for Plant Health: The Role of the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab at the University, System, State, and Federal Level”
--Dr. Kevin Ong, Associate Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist, Director - Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Dec 3 “Studying Urban Ecology, Climate Change, and the Rhizosphere Using Physiological Methods”
--Dr. Astrid Volder, Assistant Professor Horticultural Landscape Ecology, Department of Horticultural Sciences
The seminar series is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served prior to each presentation. For more information, contact Dr. Fred Davies at 979-845-4524 or f-davies@tamu.edu.
About the college:
With an enrollment of almost 6,700 students in 14 academic departments, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees and has a faculty of nearly 400 members, including two Nobel laureates. Research programs include food sustainability and safety, human and animal health, genetics, renewable natural resources and bioenergy. Mark Hussey is Vice Chancellor and Dean.
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