Department of Horticulture Seminar Series

Department of Horticulture Seminar Series

The Department of Horticulture provides students the opportunity to present scientific material as a learning experience in the Horticulture 407, 507 and 607 Seminar Series. Department of Horticulture Faculty and industry leaders are often also featured as speakers and present on current topics of concern in horticulture research. All seminars are free and open to the public, and, unless otherwise specified, take place in Agricultural Life Sciences Building, Room 4001. The Seminars are recorded using Zoom and are accessible for live participation via the 'Live Feed' link if it is available for that seminar. To join the meeting, you need to have a Zoom account set up and/or download the Zoom application. Please note that the quality/transmission of video/sound may be dependent on the end-users internet connection and/or computer/viewing device. Access presentations from 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and upcoming 2023 seminars from side bar menu.

 

Spring 2023 Seminar Series 

Join us for the Spring Seminar Series in ALS 4001 or via Zoom at 12 PM, NOON, on Tuesdays. Recorded Seminar presentations will be posted on the 2023 Horticulture Seminar Series webpage as they become available. Please see the seminar series schedule link and below for upcoming seminars. Zoom information is at the bottom of the page.

 

For an idea of what to expect in the series, check out the Fall 2020 Horticulture Seminar Video to the right.

 

Spring 2023 Horticulture Seminar Series Schedule

APR 4

Filling the Gaps in Weed and Sucker Management in Hazelnut with Tiafenacil and Florpyrauxifen-benzyl

Joshua Miranda, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Breeding for Heat tolerance in Northern Highbush Blueberry

Todd Anderson, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

APR 11

Characterizing Willamette Valley Soils and Evaluating their Effects on Grapevine Performance

Mat Lange, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Plant Stem Hydraulics - Methods and Applications

Sadie Keller, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

APR 18

An Overview of Improvements in the Use of Entomopathogenic Fungi for Pest Management

Ryssa Parks, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Not So Dysfunctional Traits: Functional Traits as Indicators of Drought Responses

Scout Dahms-May, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

APR 25

Aspects of horticultural crops production in Brazil

Luisa Baccin, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Understanding Pacific Northwest Turfgrass Plant-Parasitic Nematode Communities

Emily Braithwaite, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

MAY 2

Beyond Hemp: Potential Medicinal Herb Crops for the Willamette Valley

Rachel Cross, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Effect of Soil Potassium Enrichment on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi

Santosh Kalauni, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

MAY 9

Pesticide hazard to honey bees: There is insufficent power to detect changes in across cropping systems

Emily Carlson, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Insights in Dynamics Between Wild Apple (Malus sieversii) and Valsa canker Disease Using Full-length Transcriptomics.

Rion Mooneyham, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

MAY 16

Parasitoid Biocontrol in Spotted-Wing Drosophila

Abigail Greenhalgh, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

 

MAY 23

How chemical cues affect physiology and behaviors of Drosophila suzukii

Hojung Yoon, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

A Peek Under the Hood: Differential Gene Expression Analysis

Brianna Heilsnis, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

 

MAY 30

How can we use growing degree days in agriculture

Joussy Hidrobo, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Detecting SWD with Deep Learning

Michael Getz, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

JUNE 6

Electric Weed Control (EWC); Dose Response and Crop Safety

James Wirth, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Big City Bees: Assessing specialist bee communities in urban gardens

Nicole Bell, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

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