1/15

Peter Sikkema
University of Guelph
Host: Christy Sprague

"Weed Management in Roundup Ready Corn and Soybean" (Sponsored jointly with CSS)

1/22

Harry Klee
University of Florida

"Identifying genes influencing flavor in tomato" (Sponsored jointly with PRL)

1/29

Amy Iezzoni
MSU Horticulture

"Genetic improvement in tart cherry: Beginning where domestication left off."

2/5

Steve Rall & Laura Delind
MSU Anthropology

"Food and Farming in Cuba: Some Recent Impressions."

2/12

Rufus Isaacs
MSU Entomology

"Integrating approaches to battle beetles in berries"

2/19

Paul Gepts
UC-Davis
Host: Pat O'Boyle

"Fingerprinting common bean cultivars: implications for intellectual property rights"
(Sponsored by Plant Breeding and Genetics Program)

2/26

Jim Flore
MSU Horticulture

TBA

3/4

Wen-Fei Uva
Cornell University
Host: Jennifer Dennis

TBA

3/15

Monday

Claude dePamphilis
PennState

"Evolutionary genomics of the floral developmental program"

(Sponsored jointly with PRL)

3/25

John Clark
University of Arkansas
Host: Chrislyn Drake

TBA

4/1

Phil Forsline
Cornell-Geneva

"Twenty years of apple/grape/cherry germplasm management: Geneva, New York to the forests of Central Asia, China, Russia and Turkey"

4/8

Theo Brom
University of Guelph
Host: Art Cameron

TBA

(Sponsored jointly with the Floriculture Group)

4/15

Peggy Lemaux
UC-Berkeley

Hosts: Ken Sink and Ken Keegstra

"A Contemporary Food Fight: The Role of the Public Sector in Biotechnology Education"

(Sponsored jointly with the Plant Transformation Center, Plant Breeding and Genetics Program, and PRL)

4/22

Eran Pichersky

University of Michigan

"Biosynthesis of plant scents"

4/29

Larry Mellichamp
UNC-Charlotte
Host: HOGS

"Breeding and behavior of carniverous plants"
(Sponsored by HOGS)

5/6

Ken Poff and Norm Lownds
MSU Horticulture

TBA