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| 2009 Seminars | |
| 18 Feb (Wed) |
Gene expression and proteomix of Haemonchus contortus (Kwan Yun, University of Sydney) |
| 19 Feb | Opportunities for perennial wheat in Australia Nicole Hyde, PhD Student |
| 26 Feb | Linkages between early growth and development in cereals Felicity Gummer, PhD Student |
| 5 March | Soil nutrient retention under biochar amended broadacre cropping soils in southern NSW David Waters, PhD Student |
| 19 March | Native plants, natural products, neoplasia … and diabetes too! Dr Phil Kerr |
| 25 March (Wed) |
Improving dairy production in Pakistan through improved extension services (NB: This special seminar commences at 8.00pm at Charles Sturt University - click on the seminar title for full details) |
| 26 March | Cattle, mice and trypanosomes: some genetic epidemiology Associate Prof Peter Thomson, University of Sydney |
| 27 March (Friday) |
Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Assessment Tool (CCASAT) Dr De Li Liu |
| 14 May | Native parasitic wasps: a new tool for fruit fly management in Australia Jennifer Spinner, PhD Student |
| 28 May | Investigations into improving the efficiency of the pasture phase to sequester carbon to depth Susan Orgill, PhD Student |
| 2 June (Tue) |
The molecular genetics of cyanobacterial toxicity as a basis for monitoring water quality and public health risk Prof Brett Neilan NB: this seminar will be held at 12 noon |
| 11 June | Fetal Programming of Livestock, Francoise McPherson, PhD Student |
| 25 June (2.00 pm) |
Forage Research in India, Dr Devendra Malaviya, Visiting Professor |
| 25 June (3.00 pm) |
How does chicory affect the nitrogen cycling of pasture systems? Matthew Gardner, PhD Student |
| 8 July (Wed) |
Maximising water capture and use in a no-till controllled traffic system (NB: this seminar commences at 12 noon) |
| 10 July (Friday) |
Solutes accumulated during leaf osmotic adjustment as related to duration and severity of water deficit for wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) at the reproductive stage, Nio Song, PhD Student (NB: this seminar will be held at the special time of 3.30pm and will be followed by refreshments) |
| 6 Aug | Summer dormancy, perennial wheat and climate change research: Highlights of a trip to USA and France, Mark Norton |
| 19 Aug (Wed) | Managing business risk on dryland farms in south-eastern Australia, Tim Hutchings, Agricultural Consultant NB: This seminar will commence at 10.00am |
| 20 Aug | Mot, Hi, Ba, Yo! – a Vietnamese experience Enquiries: Alison Southwell |
| 27 Aug | Effect of antibiotics in extender on bacterial and spermatozoal quality of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bull semen, Dr Murtaza Andrabi, National Agriculture Research Institute of Pakistan |
| 3 Sep | Factors involved in the successful establishment of invasive, non-native weed species in the US and Australia - is allelopathy involved? Prof Leslie Weston |
| 4 Sep (Friday) |
Demystifying PAs , Roger Mandel, 12pm - 1pm, Tea Room, School of Agricultural & Wine Sciences, CSU. Enquiries G Krebs (NB: special time and venue) |
| 18 Sep (Friday) |
Green control of plant diseases: theory and practices, Professor Xie Lianhui, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Plant Pathologist NB: This seminar will commence at 2.00pm. |
| 23 Sep (Wed) |
Allelopathic potential of Eucalyptus on weeds: bioactivity and chemical analysis, Dr Jinbiao Zhang, Visiting Fellow Enquiries: Dr Hanwen Wu |
| 8 Oct | Biostats, Prof Terry Bossomaier, School of Accounting, CSU |
| 14 Oct (Wed) |
Tips and tricks to use Word and Excel more efficiently, Dr Guangdi Li (NB: This will be a 3-hour workshop from 9:00 - 12:00 in the WWAI Conference Room) |
| 15 Oct | The Principles and Guidelines for Designing Long-term Agronomic Experiments, Dr Guangdi Li |
| 12 Nov | Australian water policy and planning: a personal reflection on the state of the art Prof Kathleen Bowmer, School of Agricultural & Wine Sciences, CSU |
| 13 Nov (Friday) |
Three cases of gene flow between crops and wild relatives: oilseed rape, sugar beet, foxtail millet (Henri Darmency, Weed Ecologist, INRA, Dijon, France); and National Programs for Noxious Weed Research and Management in the USA ( Alan V Tasker, National Noxious Weed Program Manager, APHIS/USDA) (NB: 12 noon in the WWAI Conference Room) |
| 24 Nov (Tues) |
Using many genes for selection and cross prediction in plant breeding Dr Howard Eagles, Senior Research Fellow, University of Adelaide. (NB: Time is 10.30 am in the WWAI Conference Room) |
| 26 Nov | Australian native foods and their functional properties Dr Samson Agboola, School of Agricultural & Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University |
| 3 Dec | The long march to a schistosome vaccine Prof Alan Wilson, Department of Biology, University of York, UK |
| 7 Dec | When Fathers and Mothers are Unequal: Epigenetic Studies in Cattle Dr Ikhide Imumorin, Assistant Professor of Animal Molecular and Quantitative Genetics, Cornell University , Ithaca , NY, USA |