ENTOMOLOGY & PLANT PATHOLOGY SEMINAR- FALL 2009

August

17 Dr. Arthur Appel- fall orientation presentation (students only)

24 Dr. Russell Mizell, University of Florida (Title: TBD) Host: Henry Fadamiro; Sponsored by Alabama IPM Program

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Sept.

7 Labor Day- no class

14 Alicia Phillips, M.S. student in the Appel program. Exit seminar title: “The toxicity and repellency of essential oils to the German cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)”.

21 Scott Hutchins, former President of the Entomological Society of America, currently Leader of Dow AgroSciences Global Crop Protection R&D Host: Kathy Flanders

Noon seminar for graduate students: Effectiveness beyond Technical Knowledge - Skills that Matter

Departmental seminar: IPM and the Private-sector: Compatible or Contentious?

28 Dustin Herring, M. S. student in the Lawrence program. Proposal seminar title: Improving Cotton Management Systems In Reniform Nematod Fields Using A Holistic Sustainable Approach.

Oct.

5 Samuel Addison Barden, M.S. student in the Held program. Proposal seminar title: "White Grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) an Increasing Pest of Turfgrass in the South”.

12 Dr. Thomas Baker, Penn State University (Title: TBD) Host: Henry Fadamiro19 Krystal W. McDuff, Ph.D. student in the Held program. Proposal seminar title: “Feeding ecology of two pest mole crickets (Scapteriscus spp.) with implications for management”.

26 Ting Li, Ph.D. student in the Liu program. Proposal seminar title: "The roles of G-protein coupled receptors and their association with insecticide resistance in the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus”.

Nov.

2 Juan David Castillo, M.S. student in the Lawrence program. Exit seminar title: “Biological control studies on Reniform nematode Rotylenchulus reniformis.”

9 Scott Moore, M.S. student in the Lawrence program. Exit seminar title: “Dimensional Movement of Rotylenchulus reniformis Through a Silt Loam: Observations of Movement and Population Growth from an Initial Point of Inoculation”.

16 Jongkit Masiri, Ph.D. student in the Murphy program. Exit seminar title: “The nature of Cucumber mosaic virus induced symptoms in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)”.

23 Thanksgiving break- no class

30 Buyung Asmara Ratna Hadi, Ph.D. student in the Flanders program. Exit seminar title: “Survey of vectors and summer hosts of BYDV in Alabama and the panhandle of Florida”.