Plant Pathology: News & Events
Seminar
Fall Semester 2008
12:20 to 1:10 p.m., Room 2401 Miller Plant Sciences Building, Athens, GA
| Aug 18 | "Factors contributing to resistance of tea varieties against Exobasidium vexans, the blister blight pathogen." Kamalpreet Kaur, PhD Student, Major Professor: James Buck |
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| Aug 25 | Post-Tenure Review Seminar - Title TBA
Jean Williams-Woodward, Associate Professor, UGA Plant Pathology |
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| Sept 1 | No Seminar -- Labor Day | ||
| Sept 8 | Graduate Student Invited Speaker - Title TBA | ||
| Sept 15 | "Elucidation of host pathogen interactions between Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli and watermelon during seed germination and seedling development. " Kameka Johnson, PhD Student, Major Professor: Ron Walcott |
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| Sept 22 | "Going bananas: use of biological control methods for managing banana diseases." Erika Scocco, PhD Student, Major Professor: James Buck & Ron Walcott |
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| Sept 29 | "Control of tomato bacterial spot with bacteriophages." Jia Qiu, M.S. Student, Major Professor: Albert Culbreath & Katy Stevenson |
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| Oct 6 | "Development of rapid in vitro and molecular assays for fungicide sensitivity and current status of fungicide sensitivity in the pecan scab pathogen Fusicladium effusum." Murat Seyran, M.S. Student, Major Professor: Katy Stevenson |
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| Oct 13 | "Insight into gummy stem blight resistance to strobilurins in the gummy stem blight fungus Didymella bryoniae." Jeff Garton, M.S. Student, Major Professor: David Langston |
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| Oct 20 | " Panspermia: is there a biological risk to earth’s biosphere from sample return missions to mars?" Andrew C. Schuerger, Plant Pathology, University of Florida, IFAS |
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| Oct 21 | "Hubbert’s peak: the effects of peak oil on agriculture and the emergence of novel pathogens." Andrew C. Schuerger, Plant Pathology, University of Florida, IFAS |
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Oct 27 Cancelled |
"TTKST: Identification of a new race of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici and the implication for increased vulnerability in wheat to stem rust." Lorna Nissen, M.S. Student, Major Professor: C.J. Chang |
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| Nov 3 | "Pathogens associated with blueberry cutting failure in south Georgia nurseries and their control." Jeremy Haralson, M.S. Student, Major Professor: Phil Brannen & Harald Scherm |
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| Nov 10 | "A barcoding system for identification of potential plant pathogenic dark-spored Aspergillus species." Edwin Palencia, PhD Student, Major Professor: Charles Bacon |
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| Nov 17 | "Factors affecting the efficacy of yeasts as biological control agents on the phylloplane." Kimberly Jackson, M.S. Student, Major Professor: Pingsheng Ji & Alex Csinos |
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| Nov 24 | No Seminar -- Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| Dec 1 | Dr. Gopal (Scott Gold Visitor) - Title TBA | ||
| Dec 5 2:00 p.m. |
Seminar will be held in Room 2104 Miller Plant Science Bldg "Biological and epidemiological significance of the disease transmission threshold of Bacterial Fruit Blotch of watermelon, caused by Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli." Bhabesh Dutta, Proposal Seminar (switching from M.S. to Ph.D. program), Major Professor: Ron Walcott |
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| Dec 8 | "Spatial distribution of brown rot symptom types within and among tree canopies and fine-scale genetic structure of populations of Monilinia spp. in stone fruit orchards." Sydney Everhart, Ph.D. Proposal Seminar, Major Professor: Harald Scherm |
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| SEMINAR CHAIRPERSON | |
| 2007 | Spring: Scott Gold Fall: Charles Mims |
| 2008 | Spring: Jean Woodward Fall: Phil Brannen |
| 2009 | Spring: Ron Walcott Fall: Tim Denny |