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Department of Horticultural Science

Seminars

Wednesday seminars are held every Wednesday in Alderman Hall Room 310 from 3:30 - 4:30 PM during the fall and spring semesters. They are free and open to all students interested in learning more about a variety of topics in horticulture. Watch this page for an updated list of upcoming seminars.

Also check out upcoming Monday seminars (.pdf) hosted by Applied Plant Sciences, a graduate program administered jointly by the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics and the Department of Horticultural Science. Several seminars feature faculty and students from our department.

Horticulture Seminars Spring 2012

January 18
 "Welcome to the Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University," Dr. Aizhan Zhussupova, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. 
January 25 No seminar this week.
February 1 "Horticulture in the Czech Republic," Dr. Neil Anderson, Professor, University of Minnesota.
February 8
 No seminar this week.
February 15 "A Conversation with CFANS Dean Al Levine," Dean of the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota.
February 22
 "International agricultural training and regulatory services: a small business perspective," Susan D. Cohen, President, Center for Regulatory Research, LLC.
February 29
 "Ecological Restoration in Australia," Dr. Sue Galatowitsch, Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota.
March 7
 "Investigating the Transport and Metabolic Regulation of Auxin by Isotope Dilution," Xing Liu, PhD Candidate in Plant Biological Sciences. Advised by Professors Jerry Cohen and Gary Gardner.
March 13
 "Control of DNA recombination in plants" Holger Puchta, Professor and Chair, Plant Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Botanical Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. Please note day change (Tuesday) for this week only.
March 21
 "Sustainability and Horticulture," Professor David Granatstein, Washington State University. Kermit Olson Annual Scholarship Ceremony, Lecture and Reception, Continuing Education and Conference Center, St. Paul Campus.
March 28
 "Maroon and Lupulin: Hop research at the University of Minnesota," Dr. Charlie Rohwer, Research Associate, University of Minnesota - SROC.
April 4
 CANCELED
April 11
 "Opportunities and challenges of using LEDs in floriculture crop production," Dr. Erik Runkle, Associate Professor, Michigan State University. Harold Wilkins Lecture Series.
April 18
 Dr. Alan Smith, Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota.
April 25 "Agricultural Biotechnology: Increasing Complexity in an Already Complicated World," Gregory Jaffe, Director, Biotechnology Project, Center for Science in the Public Interest.
May 2

Master's of Agriculture Final Presentations. Please note the seminar will begin at 3:00pm to accommodate the presentations.

  • "A Landscape Design for Merrick, Inc: Creating a Horticultural Therapy Courtyard Garden for People with Developmental Disabilities," Karyn Vidmar.
  • "Reevaluating the cold hardiness of Lespedeza thunbergii, Kerria japonica and Chaenomeles in Minnesota," Sayuki Sugimura.
  • “Growing Herbs for Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Potential Niche Crop for Minnesota," Joanna George.
May 9 "Science and Politics... Their Intersection in Park System Management," Dr. John Erwin, Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota.
May 29 "Wetlands Research in the Czech Republic and Czech-U.S. Cooperation in the Study of Invasive Plants," featuring Visiting Professor Jan Květ. Special Seminar, start time: 12:00pm, 310 Alderman Hall.