Department of Horticultural Sciences

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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?"
Watch the seminar (Windows Media video)
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?"
Watch the seminar (Windows Media video)
October 1
Dr. Gary Stutte, Senior Scientist/Plant Physiologist, Dynamac Corp., Kennedy Space Center, FL
"Plants in Space: A Horticultural Perspective "
Watch the seminar (Windows Media video)
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"
Watch the seminar (Windows Media video)
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"
Watch the seminar (Windows Media video)
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.