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Welcome to the Crop and Soil Sciences Seminar Series. Following is a list of the seminars scheduled for the Spring of 2001. Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are on Tuesdays, from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM in 135 Emerson Hall.
Crop and Soil Sciences
1/30/01 - The System of Rice Intensification in Madagascar: Background and Results of Factorial Trials (Norman Uphoff, Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD))
2/6/01 - Africa (camera) Safari (Ralph Obendorf, Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University)
2/13/01 - No Seminar
2/20/01 - Molecular Approaches to Understanding Soil Microbial Communities (Janice Thies, Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University)
2/27/01 - No Seminar
3/6/01 - No Seminar
3/13/01 - Constraints to Productivity in the Rice-Wheat Cropping System of S. Asia (John Duxbury, Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University)
3/20/01 - No Seminar - Spring Break
3/27/01 - New Techniques in Crop Sciences: From Proteomics to Tailor-Made Antibodies (Alfio Comis, Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University)
4/3/01 - Quantitative Effects of Crop Residue on Weed Seedling Emergence (Charles Mohler, Senior Research Associate, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University)
4/10/01 - Geographic Data Acquisition and Distribution (John Antalovich, Jr., PE, President, Kucera International Inc)
4/17/01 - Altering the Bioavailability of Residual Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Soil after Bioremediation (Wei-Chih Tang, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences, Cornell University)
4/24/01 - How Many Mouths Could New York Keep Well Fed? A Look at the Productive Capacity of the State's Land Base in Light of the Food Pyramid Recommendations (Christian Peters, Graduate Student, Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences, Cornell University)
5/1/01 - From Model to Natural Soil Systems The Speciation and Dynamics of Trace Elements (Carmen Martinez, Research Associate, Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences, Cornell University)
5/8/01 - Effect of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) on the Uptake of PAHs by Worms (Antonio Quinones-Rivera, Graduate Student, Dept. of Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University)
Special Seminars
2/19/01 - The Role of Models in the Evaluation of Environmental Problems: PCBs in the Upper Hudson River as a Case Study (John P. Connolly, PhD., P.E., President, Quantitative Environmental Analysis, LLC), 4:30 PM, McManus Lounge, Hollister Hall Room 166
3/14/01 - Agroecological Challenges in the Humid Tropics & Financial Incentives for Carbon Sequestration, (Dr. Paulo T. Alvim, Brazilian agronomist and plant physiologist), 4:00 PM, 135 Emerson Hall
3/26/01 - Institutional Failure in Agro-Environmental Management, (Dr. Steven Wolf, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy), 2:30 - 4:00 PM, 135 Emerson Hall
5/7/01 - NRCS Conservation Programs in New York Challenges and Future Directions (Wayne Maresch, NRCS State Conservationist), 2:00 PM, 135 Emerson Hall
5/9/01 - Tripling Rice Yields in Madagascar Smallholder Farmers Redesign Traditional Rice Cultivation - (Erick Fernandes, Assistant Professor of Tropical Cropping Systems, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences), 12:20- 1:10 PM, 135 Emerson Hall, MOIST / CAWG Seminar Series
Conferences
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