The Horticulture Newsletter will be published bi-weekly beginning September 12. If you have information to be included, please give it to Colleen Martin the Wednesday before publication.

Biological Sciences, 4:00 pm, G126 Lilly

September 3

Eva Sevick-Muraca

School of Chemical Engineering

Purdue University

ëBiomedical optical imaging with measurements of photon migrationí

September 10

Michael Koonce

Wadsworth Center

New York State Department of Health

ëHeads or tails, determining structure-function relationships in a dynein motor proteiní

Botany & Plant Pathology, 3:30 pm,

ARB 116

September 3

Art Trese

Environmental Plant Biology

Ohio University

ëInduction of defense enzymes in bean nodules by ethylene and woundingí

Entomology, 4:00 pm, ARB 116

September 4

Dr. Alberto Fereres

Spanish Council for Scientific Research

Department of Plant Protection

Madrid, Spain

ëTransmission of non-persistent viruses by aphids: mechanisms and controlí

September 11

Harald E. Esch

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Notre Dame

ëHow honeybees find feeding sites: Enegy expenor optic flow?í

Natalia Dudareva arrived August 18, 1997. Natalia is the departmentís new Assistant Professor. Her office is room 315, telephone 41325. Be sure to stop in and welcome her.

Jon Lindstrom has joined the department as a visiting professor. Jon will teach HORT 217 this fall semester. His office will remain ARB 138C and he can be reached at 4-1337. Please welcome Jon to the department.

Karen Cooper has joined the departmentís clerical staff, replacing Colleen Martin who assumed the position of head secretary August 1, 1997. Karen brings a wealth of experience to the department and has been clocked typing faster than a speeding bullet.

Cary Mitchell will be on off-site assignment for 15 months beginning August 25 at the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, CA on an IPA (Intergovernmental Personnel Act). His professional mailing address will be: Cary A. Mitchell, NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 19-20, Moffett Field, CA 94035, phone: 650-604-3000, email: mitchell@hort.purdue.edu OR

cmitchell@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Housing for short-term visiting scientists is available at the International Center, 525 Russell Street. See bulletin board for complete details.

Life Sciences Library hours for the semester will be: Monday-Thursday 8:00 am - 11:00 pm, Friday 8:00 am - 6:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm, Sunday 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm.

Connie Holderfield has been selected to participate in the Accomplished Clerical Excellence (ACE) program. Congratulations Connie!

Congratulations to Becky Fagan on her promotion to an administrative/professional position!

Congratulations to Sumana Islam and Enamul Huq on the arrival of a baby boy on August 5 at 5:31 am.

Bernie Dahl received $2,000 from Rieth-Riley Construction Co. to support his project entitled Mine Reclamation.

Jim Simon and Steve Weller received $2,440 from Indiana Mint Money to support their mint research.

Jim Simon received $10,060 from Indiana Mint Market Development Council in support of his project entitled Cultural Management of Wind Erosion in Mint Production.

Jim Simon received $12,500 from Indiana Mint Market Development Council in support of his project entitled Cultural Management of Wind Erosion in Mint Production.

Steve Weller received $61,000 from Mint Industry Research Council in support of his project entitled Mint Council.

Diana Lange received $500 from Rogers Seed Co. to support her research.

Steve Weller received $3,000 from Dupont, E.I. Denemours and Company in support of his research.

Douglas A. Gage, David Rhodes, Kurt D. Nolte, Wayne A. Hicks, Thomas Leustek, Arthur J. L. Cooper, and Andrew D. Hanson. 1997. A new route for synthesis of dimethylsulphoniopropionate in marine algae. letters to nature 387:891-894.

K.G. Raghothama, Albino Maggio, Meena Narasimhan, Andrezej K. Kononowicz, Guangli Wang, Matilde Paino DíUrzo, Paul M. Hasegawa, and Ray Bressan. 1997. Tissue-specific activation of the osmotin gene by ABA, C2H4 and NaCl involves the same promoter region. Plant Molecular Biology 34:393-402.

Joel Gaffe, Martin E. Tiznado, and Avtar K. Handa. 1997. Characterization and functional expression of a ubiquitously expressed tomato pectin methylesterase. Plant Physiol. 114:1547-1556.

Jennifer Rushman attended the North Central Collegiate Weed Science contest on July 16-18 in Webster City, IA at the Land Oí Lakes Research Farm.

Bruce Bordelon was in Tallahassee, FL and Griffin, GA August 14-17 attending the Biennial North American Grape Breedersí Conference.

Avtar Handa was in Pune, India June 8-Aug. 1 to present seminars and discuss research collaboration with scientists.

Jules Janick was in Mexico City August 17-24 to present a paper and attend the Heterosis conference hosted by CIMMTT.

Glenn Sullivan was in San Jose, CA July 26-Aug. 4 to attend California Tomato Growers Industry meetings.

Diana Lange was in Davis and San Francisco, CA, Logan, UT, Idaho Falls, ID, and Alta, WY July 12-27 to attend International Controlled Atmosphere Research Conference and to visit industries and growers.

Zhigang Hao was in Iowa City, IA July 26-31 to attend the American Society of Pharmacognosy meeting.

Albino Maggio was in Rome, Italy July 8-29 to attend a Mini-Symposium in Naples.

The following people attended the American Society for Horticultural Science meeting in Salt Lake City UT, July 23-27: Roberto Vieira, Jonathan Frantz, Diana Lange, Bruno Moser, Win Phippen.

The following people attended the American Society of Plant Physiologists annual meeting in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 4-6: Peter Goldsbrough, Hisashi Koiwa, Krishna Mishra, Xiaomu Niu, David Rhodes, Ron Salzman, Martin Tiznado, Weenun Bundithya, Mike Hasegawa, Robert Joly, Michelle Jones, Kanogwan Kerdnaimongkol, Iulia Kovari, Hyeseung Lee, Tracie Matsuto, Imelda Mendoza, Jose Pardo, K.G. Raghothama, Waclaw Orczyk, Jeremy Xu.

Michelle Jones successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation entitled ëRegulation of Ethylene Biosynthesis and Interorgan Signaling Following Pollination in Dianthus caryophyllus L. cv. ëWhite Simí.í She will remain in the Woodson lab as a postdoc working on the molecular biology of pollination-induced ethylene biosynthesis. Congratulations!

Welcome to our new graduate students!

James Baldwin - major professor:

K.G. Raghothama

Natalie Bennett - major professor:

Natalia Dudareva

Zhiping Deng - major professor:

Avtar Handa

Jerson Dominguez - major professor:

Avtar Handa

Peter Lamport - major professor:

Steve Weller

Ali Sari - major professor:

Jim Simon

Aaron Smith - major professor:

Peter Goldsbrough

Yi-Cheng Tu - major professor:

Peter Hirst

Yan Zeng - major professor:

Ed Ashworth

Lois Welch, Mark Bingamon, Seth Borne, Jane Cooper, John Swarens, and Lisa Richey were selected to receive an Elsie L. Gruel Scholarship for the 1997/98 school year. Congratulations to all!

Brook Hiner, Tenille Eckelman, and Tanya Oertel were selected to receive a Rex Hall memorial Scholarship for the 1997/98 school year. Congratulations to all!

Dropping a Class

Aug. 25-Sept. 8

Course is not recorded

(Advisor signature is needed)

Sept. 9-22

Course is recorded with a grade of W (Advisor signature needed)

Sept 23-Oct. 29

Grades of W, WF, or WN will be recorded (Advisor & Instructor signatures needed for students who are classified as a 3 or higher. Students classified as a 0, 1, or 2 do not need instructor signature-grade will be W).

Adding a Class

Aug. 25-29

(Advisor signature needed)

Aug. 30-Sept. 22

(Advisor & Instructor signature needed)

Sept. 23-Oct. 29

(Advisor, Instructor, & Dept. Head signature needed)

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

Director. Ph.D. University of Nebraska South Central Research and Extension Center, Clay Center, Nebraska. Application deadline: September 8, 1997.

Dean. College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Application deadline: October 1, 1997.

Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University & Agricultural Center. Application deadline: September 1, 1997.

Assistant Professor - Pecan Breeding and Genetics. Ph.D. Department of Horticulture, Tifton Campus. Application deadline: November 1, 1997.

Assistant Professor - Vegetable Crops Research. Ph.D. Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia. Application deadline: November 1, 1997.

Head. Department of Horticulture, The University of Georgia. Application deadline: October 24, 1997.

CuraGen Corporation, New Haven, CT has research scientist, software engineer, and project leader positions available. See bulletin board for details.

Research Analyst I or II - Horticulture. A.B.S. in Horticulture. Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Virgin Islands. Application deadline: September 1, 1997.

Assistant/Associate Professor - Plant Biology. The University of California, Davis. Application deadline: September 30, 1997.

Curatorial positions available at the Chicago Botanic Garden. See bulletin board for details.

Research Horticulturist - Pawpaw. Ph.D. The Community Research Service of the Land-Grant Program, Kentucky State University. Application deadline: September 1, 1997.

Faculty Position - Turf Management. M.S. Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Application deadline: September 1, 1997.