2023 Horticulture Seminar Series

Grow Your Understanding

Delve into topics presented by Department of Horticulture faculty, researchers and graduate students. Click the links below to view videos of the 2020 presentations given in the Horticulture Seminar Series. Double-click on each video to view the video full-screen.

WINTER 2023

FEB 6, 2023

Strategies to limit environmental impact of pest management practices

Serhan Mermer, Faculty Research Assistant, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University

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FEB 13, 2023

Indigo Tomatoes: How they came to be and future prospects

Jim Myers, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University

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FEB 20, 2023

Are newer insecticides (in a post-chlorpyrifos world) safe for bees?

Andony Melathopoulos, Faculty, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University

 

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MAR 6, 2023

Agriculture across borders: Challenges and lessons from field trials in the US and Japan

Hannah Velazquez, MS Candidate, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University

 

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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

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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

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APR 18

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

Ryssa Parks, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Title TBD

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

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APR 25

Aspects of horticultural crops production in Brazil

Luisa Baccin, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Beyond Hemp: Potential Medicinal Herb Crops for the Willamette Valley

Rachel Cross, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

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MAY 2

Understanding Pacific Northwest Turfgrass Plant-Parasitic Nematode Communities

Emily Braithwaite, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Effect of Soil Potassium Enrichment on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi

Santosh Kalauni, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

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MAY 9

A Peek Under the Hood: Differential Gene Expression Analysis

Brianna Heilsnis, 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

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MAY 16

Parasitoid Biocontrol in Spotted-Wing Drosophila

Abigail Greenhalgh, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

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

Emily Carlson, PhD Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

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MAY 23

How chemical cues affect physiology and behaviors of Drosophila suzukii

Hojung Yoon, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Title TBD

Nicole Bell, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

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MAY 30

Title TBD

Joussy Hidrobo, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

and

Detecting SWD with Deep Learning

Michael Getz, MS Graduate Student, OSU, Horticulture

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