Plant Pathology: News & Events
Seminar
Spring Semester 2007
12:20 to 1:10 p.m., Room 2401 Miller Plant Sciences Building, Athens, GA
| Jan 8 | "Microbes and Madness - Terror by Design or Accident? A Review of Emerging Diseases in Agriculture and the Threat of Agroterror"
Corrie Brown, Professor, Veterinary Pathology, University of Georgia |
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| Jan 22 | "Systemin: A defense hormone unique to Solanaceous crops" Brijesh Karakkat , UGA Plant Pathology, Ph.D. Topic Seminar |
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| Jan 29 | "Will the giant return to the forest? Progress with American chestnut restoration" |
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| Feb 5 | "Microfungal symbiosis: From life in forest canopies to life in slime" Julia Kerrigan, Mycologist, Plant Pathology & Physiology Dept., Clemson University |
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| Feb 12 | "Role of autophagy in plant immunity and programmed cell death" Nadia Chacko, UGA Plant Pathology Ph.D. Topic Seminar |
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| Feb 19 | "From the lab to the field: engineering novel nematode resistant crops" Richard Hussey, UGA Plant Pathology, Athens |
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| Feb 26 | "Defending Georgia's turf: implementing disease management strategies, research and technology transfer" Alfredo Martinez, UGA Plant Pathology, Griffin |
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| Mar 5 | "Dissecting geminivirus disease in Arabidopsis" Linda Hanley-Bowdoin, Molecular & Structural Biochemistry and Genetics, N. C. State Univ. ( PATH Graduate Student Invited Speaker) |
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| Mar 19 CANCELED |
"Plant virus transmission mechanisms of Olpidium spp." Murat Seyran, UGA Plant Pathology, M.S. Topic Seminar |
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| Mar 26 CANCELED |
"Isolation and identification of Phytophthora species from forest and nursery water sources" Stephanie Adams, UGA Plant Pathology, M.S. Defense |
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| Apr 2 | "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it: Public Policy and Plant Pathology" John Sherwood, UGA Plant Pathology |
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| Apr 9 CANCELED |
"Tip blight of pine in south Georgia caused by Diplodia and Lasiodiplodia ssp." Emily House, UGA Plant Pathology, M.S. Defense |
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| Apr 16 | "Identification of Ralstonia solanacearum exoproteins secreted by the type two secretion system" Carolina Zuleta, UGA Plant Pathology, M.S. Defense |
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| Apr 23 | "Determining the action and function of the Geminivirus C4 protein" Katherine Mills, UGA Plant Pathology, Ph.D. Proposal Seminar |
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| Apr 30 | "Contributions to management of diseases of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) through Bolivian-derived host resistance, integrated disease management and knowledge of pathogen variability" Sara Gremillion, UGA Plant Pathology, Ph.D. Defense |
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| SEMINAR CHAIRPERSON | |
| 2007 | Spring: Scott Gold Fall: John Sherwood |
| 2008 | Spring: Jean Woodward Fall: Ron Walcott |
| 2009 | Spring: Phil Brannen Fall: Tim Denny |