Department of Plant and Soil Science
Plant and Soil Science Spring 2013 Seminar Series |
PSS 393 Spring 2013 Seminars
Coordinating committee: Sid Bosworth, Lily Calderwood, Ryan Melnichuk, Annie White.
For more information contact Sid.Bosworth@uvm.edu or Lily.Calderwood@uvm.edu
Fridays, 1:30-2:30 pm
Location:
Jeffords 112
Seminars are free and open to the public. Refreshments available.
Appreciation is due to the William T. Raymond Memorial Fund for making
this series possible.
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18
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Friends or foes? Distance to shade trees affect coffee fruit loads in commercial plantations. |
Sebastian Castro Advisor Ernesto Mendez
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| January 25 |
Building a Beer |
Mark Magiera, Brewmaster Bobcat Cafe and Brewery
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January 29 DC Livak Ball room, 419 12:00-1:00
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Agroecology: world‐wide interpretations and applications in France |
Alexander Wezel, Professor and agroecologist, ISARA-Lyon, Poster |
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| February 1 | Biodiversity in tropical agroecosystems: implications for natural pest control and productivity |
Katja Poveda, Assistant Professor, Cornell Department of Entomology |
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February 8
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BREAD: Nutrition, Famine, Disease, Poison | Jeffrey Hamelman, Certified master baker and bakery director, King Arthur Flour Company
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| February 15 | Consequences of climate change for biotic disturbances in forests
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Dr Aaron S. Weed Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Program Dartmouth College |
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| February 22 |
Nitrogen Mineralization Variation Along Altitudinal Gradient at Kaz Mountains
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H. Barış TECİMEN Orhan SEVGİ Ernaz ALTUNDAĞ | |
March 1 |
Innovations on Vermont Vegetable Farms
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Vernon Grubinger |
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March 15 |
Composting for the 21st Century | Nancy Hayden, Associate Professor School of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UVM | |
| March 22 | Agricultural Issues in Africa from Kenya |
Grace Matiru, PSS Graduate Student Advisor, Leonard Perry |
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March 29
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The Effect of Shale-Gas Development on North-Central Appalachian Landscapes
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Patrick Drohan, Assistant Professor of Pedology Penn State University |
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April 5
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Developing a Pasture and Agroecology Program in Brazil |
Abdon Schmitt, Professor of Agroecology, University of Santa Catarina Brazil |
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April 12
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The Significance of Soil Health |
PSS Professor Emeritus Fred Magdoff |
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| April 19
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Pollination Ecology of a Crop/Wild Plant Agroecosystem | Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology, University of Maine |
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April 26 |
Plant Propagation Workshop, Jeffords Lab room 101 |
Mark Starrett, Associate Professor, UVM, Plant & Soil Science |
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