Plant Breeding and Genetics Seminars
HRT 892


Prior to each semester PBG students meet and determine a topic of interest and a faculty member to be mentor for the selected topic.  The format of the seminar is group discussion oriented of the research papers suggested by the faculty mentor.


SEMESTER

TOPIC

INSTRUCTOR

Winter 1990

Polyploidy

J. Hancock/S. Krebs

Spring 1990

Heterosis

R. Ward

Fall 1990

Genetics/Breeding for disease resistance

R. Grumet

Winter 1990

Three dimensional genome organization

J. Whallon

Spring 1991

Plant reproductive biology

S. Krebs

Fall 1991

Gene expression

M. Sticklen

Winter 1991

Quantitative genetics

A. Iezzoni/J. Hancock

Fall 1992

Plant responses to abiotic stress

S. Gilmour/S. Baker

Spring 1993

Mechanisms of non-mendelian inheritance

B. Sears

Fall 1993

Genetics of plant-insect interactions

J. Smith/R. Grumet/M. Sticklen

Spring 1994

Polyploidy

D. Douches/A. Iezzoni

Fall 1994

Qualitative traits

J. Kelly/J. Kelly/ B. Diers

Fall 1995

Chromosome Structure and Function

J. Whallon

Spring 1996

Genetics of Flowering

R. Grummet

Fall 1996

Germplasm Diversity and Conservation

J. Hancock

Fall 1997

Genetics of Environmental Stress Tolerance

M. Thomaslow

Spring 1998

Classical Papers in Plant Genetics

A. Iezzoni

Fall 1998

Plant-microbe interactions

R. Allison

Spring 1999

Non-Mendelian Genetics

B. Sears

Fall 1999

Future Trends in Plant Breeding

J. Kelly

Spring 2000

Polyploidy

D. Douches

Fall 2000

Genomics

M. McGrath

Spring 2001

Quantitative Traits

A. Iezzoni/D. Wang

Fall 2001

Disease Resistance & Breeding

R. Freed/S. Hazen

Spring 2002

Applications of Molecular Techniques in Plant Breeding

S. vanNocker/S. Hazen

Fall 2002

Genetic Approaches to Understanding Plant Stress tolerance

W. Loescher

Spring 2003

Traditional breeding and future trends

J. Kelly

Fall 2003

Plant Reproductive Development

R. Grumet/S. vanNocker

Spring 2004

History of Plant Breeding

R. Freed

Fall 2004

Structural and Functional Genomics

A. Iezzoni/M. McGrath

Spring 2005

Who Will Train Future Plant Breeders?

J. Hancock

Fall 2005

Plant Improvement for Human Health

R. Grumet

Spring 2006

Intellectual Property Issues in PBG

J. Kelly/K. Maredia

Fall 2006

Transposable elements and genome evolution

N. Jiang