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| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title and Abstract | Zoom Recording | Time & Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.27.2021 | Dr. Javier Ceja-Navarro | The Complex Microbial Life and Interactions in Lilliputian Landscapes: Examples from the Guts of Insects and the Soil Rhizosphere | Dr. Javier Ceja-Navarro | 11:30am - 1:00pm PBB 156/157 |
| 9.03.2021 | Dr. Christopher Smallwood | Managing Thousand Cankers Disease in high-value planting of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) in Washington state | Dr. C. Smallwood | 10:30am Zoom |
| 9.17.2021 | Dr. Heather Kelly | Extension Field Crops Pathology Program | Dr. H. Kelly | 10:30am Zoom |
| 9.24.2021 | Dr. Jaydeep Kolape | UT Advanced Microscopy and Imaging Center | Dr. J. Kolape | 10:30am Zoom |
| 10.08.2021 | Dr. Denita Hadziabdic Guerry | Some Days, I think: "I've Got This"! (A Story of Those Days, Plus the Other 1820 Days of my Tenure-Track Life) | Dr. D. Hadziabdic Guerry | 10:30am Zoom |
| 10.15.2021 | Dr. Kevin Moulton | Pursuit of a Phylogenomically Informed Higher Classification and DNA Fingerprint Resources for the Meniscus Midges (Diptera: Dixidae) | Dr. K. Moulton | 10:30am Zoom |
| 10.22.2021 | Elias Zuchelli (Advisor: Dr. Kelly) | Fungicide Sensitivity and Spore Trapping of Cercospora sojina (M.S. exit seminar) | E. Zuchelli | 10:30am Zoom |
| 10.29.2021 | Peter Tandy (Advisor: Dr. Jurat-Fuentes, Dr. Kelly, & Dr. Lamour) Wilson Ouma (Advisor: Dr. Ownley) | Developing Novel Genomic Tools for Insects and Fungi (M.S. exit seminar) Impact of various agronomic practices on pests and pathogens in organic soybean, corn, wheat, and strawberry cropping systems | P. Tandy W. Ouma | 10:30am Zoom |
| 11.05.2021 | Matthew Longmire (Advisor: Dr. Grant) Tara Barnette (Advisor: Dr. M. Windham) | Ecological Impacts of Laurel Wilt on Sassafras and Nothernn Spicebush (Ph.D. proposal seminar) Evaluation of Eriophyid Mite Collection Methods and Environmental Parameters that Affect Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Populations (M.S. proposal seminar) | M. Longmire T. Barnette | 10:30am Zoom |
| 11.12.2021 | Shelly Pate (Advisor: Dr. Kelly) Corey Day (Advisor: Dr. M. Windham) | A Tale of Multiple Interactions in Soybean: Worms and Dead Man's Fingers (Ph.D. proposal seminar) Investigating the Fine-Scale Environmental Drivers of Focal La Crosse Virus Persistence in East Tennessee (Ph.D. proposal seminar) | S. Pate C. Day | 10:30am Zoom |
| 11.19.2021 | Professional Experiences Summaries | 10:30am Zoom |