HORTICULTURE NEWS

Department of Horticulture
Purdue University
No. 8
September 27, 1996

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Oct. 1 & 2 Indiana Flower Growers Conference Embassy Suites Hotel, Indianapolis Horticulture Department staff and students may attend the conference at no cost. See Allen Hammer for details.

SEMINARS

Brown Bag Seminars for Faculty and Staff Oct. 1, 12:00 pm, ARB 116 Peter Dunn and Larry Pherson For all faculty: "Update on Sponsored Program Services"

Oct. 2, 12:00 pm, ARB 116 A/P Staff, APSAC and Dean Lechtenberg

Oct. 9, 12:00 pm, FORS 216 Theresa Ashman and Eric Bymaster Ag Business Office "Submitting Proposals and Getting Awards-Evolution in Action"

Oct. 11, 12:00 pm, ABE 204 Peter Dunn and Larry Pherson For all faculty: "Update on Sponsored Program Services"

Oct. 14, 12:00 pm, FORS 216 Vic Lechtenberg and Bill Baumgardt "New Conflict of Interest and Outside Activity Policies"

Horticulture

Oct. 3, 3:30 pm, HORT 117 Douglas A. Bailey Dept. of Hort. Science North Carolina State Univ. "Using Modern Computer Technology in the Classroom"

Biological Sciences

Oct. 2, 4:00 pm, LILY G-126 J.S. Parkinson University of Utah "Dissecting the three-protein brain of Escherichia coli"

Oct. 9, 4:00 pm, LILY G-126 Roger Innes Indiana University "Genetic analysis of disease resistance in Arabidopsis and soybean"

Botany & Plant Pathology

Oct. 2, ARB 116, 3:30 pm Clay Salisbury Texas A&M University "The Evolutionary and Taxonomic Development of Xanthium (Cocklebur)"

Entomology

Oct. 3, 4:00 pm, ARB 116 Mike Sinsko Indiana Dept. of Health "Arthropod-borne diseases, with a focus on encephalitis, Lyme Disease, and (newly emerging) Ehrlichiosis"

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Bruno Moser has returned from a productive sabbatical in the Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California-Davis and Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University. Welcome back, Bruno!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Jim Simon, M. Benady, Denys Charles, and G.E. Miles received the 1996 Superior American Society of Agricultural Engineers Paper Award for their paper entitled "Fruit Ripeness Determination by Electronic Sensing of Aromatic Volatiles" in Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 38, No. 1.

GRANTS RECEIVED

Allen Hammer received $2,365 from Paul Ecke Ranch to support poinsettia research.

Randy Woodson received a Value-Added Grant in the amount of $20,000 for support of his project entitled "Postharvest and Field Performance of Genetically Engineered Flowers with Improved Floral Longevity".

Ragu Raghothama received an Undergraduate/Honors Research Grant for $500 in support of the research project of Eric Biddinger on "Phosphorus Starvation Indicated Changes in Gene Expression and Mineral Nutrient Accumulation in Tomato".

Randy Woodson received $5,000 from Yoder Brothers, Inc. in support of research of flower crop transformation.

Bruno Moser received $83,832 from The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program in support of a project entitled "Multiple-Use Borderlands: An Educational and Demonstration Project".

PUBLICATIONS

Duncan Yerkes, Carla N. and Stephen C. Weller. 1996. Diluent Volume Influences Susceptibility of Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) Biotypes to Glyphosate. Weed Technology 10:565-569.

Maxson, Julie M. and William R. Woodson. 1996. Cloning of a DNA-binding protein that interacts with the ethylene-responsive enhancer element of the carnation GST1 gene. Plant Molecular Biology 31:751-759.

Prieto, Rafael, Jose M. Pardo, Xiaomu Niu, Ray A. Bressan, and Paul M. Hasegawa. 1996. Salt-Sensitive Mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Isolated after Insertional Tagging. Plant Physiol. 112:99-104.

TRAVEL/PRESENTATIONS

Bonnie McClain was in Denver, CO September 23-27 speaking at an elementary school in Aurora, CO, middle school in Colorado Springs, and consulting with Colorado Space Education Initiative.

GRADUATE STUDENT NEWS

Ana Gomes passed her PhD examination September 26, 1996. Congratulations Ana!

UNDERGRADUATE NEWS

Congratulations to the following undergraduate students on receiving scholarships from The Garden Club of Indiana, Inc.:

Sweetest Day Rose Sale
October 18 Lobby of Lilly Stewart Center under the mural $3 each, discounts for 1/2 doz or dozens No deliveries

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT DATES AND DEADLINES

October 5 - October Break begins October 9 - Classes resume October 23 - Last day a course assignment may be cancelled (with passing or failing grade)

PARENTS DAY - Saturday, Sept. 28, 9:30 - 11:00 am, in the Hort Gardens

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

(See the Job Opportunities bulletin board on the 2nd floor for additional information about these positions.)

County Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent, Horticulture and Marketing. BS in horticulture or related field, with emphasis in fruit; advanced degree preferred. Berrien County, Michigan State University. Application deadline: October 1, 1996 or until suitable candidate is selected.

Assistant or Associate Professor (Weed Scientist - Cropping Systems Specialist). PhD in agronomy, weed science, or related area. Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University, Ontario, OR. Application deadline: November 15, 1996.

Assistant, Associate or Professor - Turfgrass Management. PhD in horticulture, agronomy or plant science. Dept. of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville. Application deadline: November 1, 1996.

Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist and Weed Ecologist. PhD. Dept. of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis. Application deadline: December 1, 1996.

LAST CHANCE

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