Below is the schedule for the Spring 2025 Plant Sciences Seminar:
Meeting Location: Plant Biotech Building, Room 160, Zoom by Request Only
| Date | Time | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 01/27/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | Introduction to Seminar |
| 02/03/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | No seminar |
| 02/10/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | Ben Pritchard: Impacts of the Relationship Between Soil-Type and Moisture on Tetflupyrolimet Efficacy |
| 02/17/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | Sarah Graham: Effects of Plant Spacing on Yield and Leaf Quality of Modern Burley Tobacco Sally Ann Reed: Maximizing Corn Grain Potential: The Power of Water, Hybrids, & Nitrogen |
| 02/24/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | |
| 03/03/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | Maureen Kahiu: Poa Annua Control in Golf Course Putting Green Collars via Fraise Mowing Rachel Hefton: Evaluating Nitrogen Optimization and the Effects on Growth and Physiology of Fiber Hemp |
| 03/10/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | |
| 03/17/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | No seminar – Spring Break |
| 03/24/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | Bailey Burns: Assessing the Viability of Pennycress and Camelina for Double-Cropping Systems in Tennessee: A Study of Planting Dates, Varietal Performance, and Biofuel Potential Felipe Nassar: Use of PGPB Potential in Bermudagrass Forage Systems in the Southeastern United States |
| 03/31/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | UGA Seminar Exchange Greta Gallina: Advancing Hardy Hibiscus Through Breeding and Genetics Emilio Suarez Romero: Biochar: New Gold for Sustainability? |
| 04/02/2025 | 10:00 AM | Special 2025 Spring Seminar Dr. Bing Stacey: Facilitating Gene Discovery in Soybean Through Fast Neutron and CRISPR/cas Mutagenesis |
| 04/07/2025 | 12:30 PM | Poster Competition: Located in ANRB 101 |
| 04/14/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | Zoe Haub Hinton: Evaluating Soil Surfactant Programs on Preemergence Herbicide Efficacy and Persistence in Warm-Season Turfgrass Greeshma Geetha: Effects of Alley Cropping on Temperature Dynamics and Crop Yield in Southeastern US Organic Vegetable Production |
| 04/21/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | Roger Furlan Jr.: Optimizing alfalfa establishment in the presence of glyphosate-resistant Palmer Amaranth: Boron and Glyphosate interactions Claire Pouncey: The Green Roof as an Outdoor Teaching Resource |
| 04/28/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM | Distinguished Alumni: Jody Emerson (VP of Agriculture for The Pictsweet Company) |
| 05/05/2025 | 12:40 – 1:30 PM |