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Seminar Series 2011
We welcome local and international speakers from diverse backgrounds to participate in our series. For more information, please contact our Seminar Coordinators, Livinus Emebiri or Leslie Weston.
Unless otherwise indicated, seminars are held from 3:30-4.30pm (45 mins seminar, 15 mins question time) in the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Conference Room of the Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Pine Gully Road, Wagga Wagga. Specific changes to the time or venue will be noted below.
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2011 Seminars
| Date | Title/Presenter |
| 7 Dec | The Plant Accelerator®. High-throughput non-destructive phenotyping services, Dr Mark Crowe, 2:30 pm, DPI Conference Room, Wagga Wagga, leweston@csu.edu.au |
| 27 Oct | Endophyte alkaloids – discovery and quantification. Dr. Wade Mace, Endophyte research group, AgResearch, Palmerston North, NZ. 3:30 pm DPI Conference Room. leweston@csu.edu.au |
| 13 Oct | Global food security – challenges and opportunities for animal science. Prof Alan Bell Chief CSIRO Livestock Industries. NB. Seminar to be held at 3.30pm at the CSU Convention Centre |
| 6 Oct | CANCELLED - Harvest Weed Seed Mgt: An opportunity for NSW grain farmers. Professor Stephen Powles, 3.30pm DPI Conference Room leweston@csu.edu.au |
| 8 Sept | Developing national soil test calibrations for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur for cereals, pulses and oilseeds in Australia. Dr Simon Speirs, NSW DPI |
| 27 Jul | AIAST International Seminar - “The Importance of Irrigated Agriculture to Global Food Security”. Professor Kenneth G. Cassman, Heuermann Professor of Agronomy and Chair of the Independent Science and Partnership Council of the CGIAR, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, US. NB. Seminar to be held at 8.30 am at the Conference Room, DPI Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Agriculture Precinct, CSU Wagga Wagga. |
| 21 Jul | Food protein-derived peptidesas potential anthihypertensive agents in vivo potency & mechanism of action. Prof Rotimi Aluko, Centre for Functional foods and Nutriceutics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada |
| 14 Jul | Detection and identification of allelochemicals in the rhizosphere using novel protocols. Prof Jeff Weidenhamer, Ashland University, Ohio USA. |
| 16 Jun | The pilot NSW sheep health monitoring program. Dr Ian Links, NSW DPI |
| 12 May | Key issues associated with livestock reproduction research in Australia. Dr Peter Chenoweth, Charles Sturt University |
| 5 May | Crop production and weed management systems in Cambodian cropping systems. Dr Thida Hing, visiting agronomist, Cambodia. |
| 1 Apr | Compost as a replacement for synthetic fertilisers. David Gale. NB This seminar will be held at 10am in the DPI Conference Room. |
| 7-8 Mar | ARC Grant Writing, Prof Alan Johnson, Research Management Services International, CSU Convention Centre & DPI Conference Room |
| 14 Feb | Herbicide resistance, Professor Steve Powles, University of Western Australia: NB This seminar will be held at 11 am in the I & I Conference Room. |
| 8 Feb | The University's Role in a Changing World, Prof Frank Garry from Colorado State University. NB This seminar will be held in the Green Room in the Graham Building (School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences) at 1:30 pm. |
Past Seminars
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