Horticulture Seminar
- September 3
- Dr. Joe Masabni, Extension Vegetable Specialist, Assistant Extension Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, TAMU
"One Year at Texas A&M: What Became of My Plans to Change the Face of the Vegetable Industry in Texas?"
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- September 17
- Dr. Rolston St. Hilaire, Professor, Dept. Plant & Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, NM
"Managed Landscapes: Are They The Key to Future Water Security?"
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- October 1
- Dr. Gary Stutte, Senior Scientist/Plant Physiologist, Dynamac Corp., Kennedy Space Center, FL
"Plants in Space: A Horticultural Perspective "
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- October 15
- Dr. Mani Skaria, Professor of Plant Pathology, Texas A&M Research & Extension Center, Weslaco, TX
"Micro-budded Citrus: A New Commercial Citrus Production System for Profitability and Disease Management"
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- October 29
- Dr. Rick Jones, NAFTA Onion Breeding Lead, Monsanto (Seminis) Vegetable Seeds, and Adjunct Professor of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
"Commercial Vegetable Breeding in the New Century: Challenges and Opportunities"
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- November 5
- Dr. Dave Byrne, Professor, Basye Chair in Rose Genetics, Assoc. Dept. Head , Dept of Horticultural Sciences, TAMU
"The Basye-Moore Rose Legacies"
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- November 19
- Dr. Kevin Ong, Associate Professor & Extension Plant Pathologist Director - Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, College Station, TX
"Vigilance for Plant Health: The Role of the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab at The University System, State and Federal-Level"
- December 3
- Dr. Astrid Volder, Asst. Professor Horticultural Landscape Ecology, Dept. Horticultural Sciences, TAMU
"Studying Urban Ecology, Climate Change, and the Rhizosphere Using Physiological Methods"
* Seminars will be held in HFSB 102, at 4 p.m.
* Refreshments provided by HGC at 3:45, before Seminar!!!
If you have questions or comments about the Horticulture Seminar Program, or if you would like to set up a meeting with any of the speakers, contact Fred Davies (by phone at 845-4524 or by email at f-davies@tamu.edu).
Video archive of seminars from previous semesters.