HORTICULTURE NEWS

Department of Horticulture
Purdue University
No. 10
October 25, 1996

Seminars

Horticulture
Oct 31, 3:30 pm, HORT 117
Jill Deikman
Penn State University
"Molecular Biology of Plant Response to Ethylene and Phosphorus Starvation"

Nov 7, 3:30 pm, HORT 117
Susan K. Brown
NYSAES, Cornell University
"Genetic Improvement of Apple Using Classical and Molecular Techniques"

Brown Bag Seminar for Faculty and Staff
Oct 28, 3:30 pm, ARB 116
Peter Dunn and Larry Pherson
For all Faculty: "Update on Sponsored Program Services"

Nov 5, 12 noon, ARB 116
David King
"Ag Communication Service"

Plant Cell & Molecular Biology
Oct 29, 4 pm, ARB 116
Randy Shoemaker
Iowa State
"Cloning all Soybean Genes for R loci"

Nov 5, 4 pm, ARB 116
Martha Hawes
University of Arizona
"Root Boundary Layer Gene Expression"

Entomology
Oct 31, 4 pm, ARB 116
Philip Boeve
Purdue
"Biology and management of cereal aphids attacking spring wheat in the northern Great Plains"

Botany & Plant Pathology
Oct 30, 3:30 pm, ARB 116
Bruce Maxwell
Montana State University
"Abiotic and biotic environmental impacts on wild oat seed mortality, germination, and dormancy"

Nov 6, 3:30 pm, ARB 116
Marilyn Roossinck
Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK
"Mechanisms of virus evolution: Lessons from the Cucumoviruses"

Biological Sciences
Nov 6, 4 pm, LILY G-126
Ken Blumer
Washington University School of Medicine
"G protein signaling: new turn-ons and turn-offs"

New Staff Orientation Brown Bag Lunch
Oct 29, noon, ARB 116
Dave King
Agricultural Communications
"Everything you wanted to know about communications"

PUBLICATIONS

Tang, Xiaoyan and William R. Woodson. 1996. Temporal and Spatial Expression of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Oxidase mRNA following Pollination of Immature and Mature Petunia Flowers. Plant Physiol. 112:503-511.

TRAVEL/PRESENTATIONS

Allen Hammer was in Sturbridge, MA October 21-27, 1996 to participate in New England Greenhouse Conference and present talk on "Poinsettia Production" and "Bedding Plant Problems".

Mike Dana, Paul Hammond, Mary Welch-Keesey, and Lisa Barry were in Chicago, IL October 23 & 26, 1996 to attend the National Prairie Conference.

Cary Mitchell, Changhoo Chun, and Bonnie McClain were in Charlotte, NC October 23-27, 1996 to attend the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology Conference. Cary chaired the Legislative and Congressional Affairs Committee and was co-author on two papers. Changhoo presented oral and poster presentations.

Don Molnar was in Los Angeles, CA October 16-22, 1996 to attend the National American Society of Landscape Architects meeting and visit co-op offices.

Ragu Raghothama was in Urbana-Champaign, IL October 16, 1996 to present a seminar in the Plant Molecular Biology Department, University of Illinois.

Bernie Dahl was in St. Charles, IL October 24-26, 1996 to attend Natural Areas Conference.

Rene Heynssens and Kent Schuette were in Chicago, IL October 11, 1996 for LA 325 and LA 416 project jury and exhibitions.

Randy Woodson was in East Lansing, MI October 23-24, 1996 to present a seminar at the Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University.

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT DATES AND DEADLINES

November 12 - Deadline for pending incomplete grades to become failing grades

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

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

Assistant Professor - Organic Horticulture/Agronomic and Alternative Crops. PhD. Dept. of Horticulture, Iowa State University. Application deadline: January 1, 1997.

Manager/Research Associate, Plant Growth Facilities. MS with greenhouse management or 5 yrs of comparable experience. Colorado State University. Application deadline: January 1, 1997.

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture. MLA or MSLA OR undergraduate degree in landscape architecture and a PhD in environmental science, plant science, natural resources, geography, or closely related area. Dept. of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Washington State University. Application deadline: December 20, 1996.

Out of My Way

I can take no more
Your petty little gripes are no more than a bother
Take your squeaky tones away
Can't you see, I'm full to the core

I have larger stones to move
There are mountains to climb
You are just a hill in comparison
Nothing is all that you can prove

Get out of my way cause forward I shall go
Stop me you may try, but I will achieve
Once I'm gone, my trail is all that you will know

If you want to come along you must follow
For on this trek I am the leader
You don't have the strength in your body, that which is hollow
Try to keep up, the trip will be tough

The Plant Poet