Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, 3:30 pm, WSLR 116

April 1

Maurice Moloney

Department of Biology

University of Calgary

ìOil-body proteins as carriers in the production of recombinant proteins in oilseedsî

April 8

Bruce Hemming

President and CEO

Microbe Inotech Labs

St. Louis, MO

ìEmerging trends in microbial identificationî

April 15

Zheng-Hua Ye

Department of Botany

University of Georgia

ìVascular differentiation and pattern formation in arabidopsisî

April 22

John Ohlrogge

Department of Botany & Plant Pathology

Michigan State University

ìPlants as chemical factories: Engineering the quality and quantity of plant oilsî

**this seminar will be held in LILY 1-410

April 29

Morgan Vis-Chiasson

Department of Environmental and Plant Biology

Ohio University

ìIntegrating molecular and ecological approaches in phycological researchî

Biological Sciences, 4:00 pm,

G-126 Lilly Hall

April 1

Stan Rane

Department of Biological Sciences

Purdue University

ìIon channels as effectors for growth regulatory signaling networksî

April 8

Elisabeth Gantt

Department of Botany

University of Maryland

ìPerspectives on light harvesting complexes in algae and plantsî

April 15

John Alcock

Department of Zoology

Arizona State University

ìBehavioral ecology of insectsî

April 22

Nicola Clayton

Section of Neurobiology

Physiology & Behavior

University of California, Davis

ìMemories of a flying seahorse; of spaces, places and the avian hippocampusî

Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, 3:30 pm, HORT 117

April 9

Park Nobel

Department of Biology

UCLA

ìEnvironmental responses of certain agaves and cacti, CAM plants with potentially high productivitiesî

April 16

Carroll Vance

USDA ARS

St. Paul, MN

ìProteoid roots: Adaptation for survival under stressful environmentsî

April 23

Mary Eubanks

Department of Botany

Duke University

ìResistance to corn rootwormî

April 30

Ragai Ibrahim

Department of Biology

Concordia University

Montreal, Canada

ìThe treasure-chest of plant o-methyl-transferases: from metabolites to genesî

Plant Biology, 4:00 pm,

WSLR 116

April 7

Jian-Kang Zhu

Plant Sciences

University of Arizona

April 14

Curt Hannah

Vegetable Crops

University of Florida

April 21

Jack Preiss

Biochemistry

Michigan State University

A ìGet Well Soonî goes out to Dale Karlson who recently had an appendectomy.

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Congratulations to Ray Bressan, K.G. Raghothama, and Mike Hasegawa on receiving 1998 PRF grants!

Congratulations to Randy Woodson on his election as Vice President-Research Division of the American Society for Horticultural Science!

Randy Woodson received $4,000 from the Danish Inst. of Ag. Fisheries Economics to support his project entitled ìPost-Harvest Researchî.

Don Molnar received $500 from Hitchcock Design Group in support of his teaching projects.

Umesh S. Muchhal, Chunming Liu, and K.G. Raghothama. Ca2+-ATPase is expressed differentially in phosphate-starved roots of tomato. Physiologia Plantarum 101:540-544.

Chunming Liu, Umesh S. Muchhal, Mukatira Uthappa, Andrzej K. Kononowicz, and Kaschandra G. Raghothama. 1998. Tomato phosphate transporter genes are differentially regulated in plant tissues by phosphorus. Plant Physiol. 116:91-99.

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.

Reid D. Frederick, Jiliang Chiu, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, and Avtar K. Handa. 1997. Identification of a pathogenicity Locus, rpfA, in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora that encodes a two-component sensor-regulator protein. MPMI 10(3):407-415.

Chaim Frenkel, Jeanne S. Peters, Denise M. Tieman, Martin E. Tiznado, and Avtar K. Handa. 1997. Pectin methylesterase regulates methanol and ethanol accumulation in ripening tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruit. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 273(8):4293-4295.

X. Niu, K. Lin, P.M. Hasegawa, R.A. Bressan, and S.C. Weller. 1998. Transgenic peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) plants obtained by cocultivation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Cell Reports 17:165-171.

Elizabeth T. Maynard and W. Dennis Scott. Plant spacing affects yield of ësuperstarí muskmelon. HortScience 33(1):52-54.

Brian E. Whipker and P. Allen Hammer. 1998. Nutrient uptake in vegetative poinsettias grown with two fertilizer concentrations and two pinching dates. Journal of Plant Nutrition 21(3):545-559.

Brian E. Whipker and P. Allen Hammer. 1998. Comparison of hydroponic solutions for poinsettia nutritional studies. Journal of Plant Nutrition 21(3):531-543.

Brian E. Whipker, P. Allen Hammer, and John Connell. 1997. Vegetatively propagated geranium response to single and multiple applications of chemical growth retardants. PGRSA Quarterly 25(3):130-133.

C. Chun and C.A. Mitchell. 1997. Dynamic optimization of CELSS crop photosynthetic rate by computer-assisted feedback control. Adv. Space Res. 20(10):1855-1860.

Steve Weller attended the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Mint Growers Association in Madison, WI on March 1 and 2.

Glenn Sullivan and Steve Weller was in Guatemala City from March 7 - 14 to meet with USAID IPM CRSP collaborators on existing research, new research, and Year 6 workplans.

Jim Simon was in San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 25-29 to participate in the First Puerto Rico Symposium on Drug Discovery, Commercialization and Economic Development.

Jim Simon was in Saskatoon, Canada from March 4-7 to give two lectures at the Prairie Provinces Aromatic and Medicinal Plant Conference.

Cary Mitchell was at the University of Maryland from March 23-24 attending the NCR-101 meeting.

Mike Dana was in Denver, CO, Phoenix, AZ and Tucson, AZ from March 11-15 to participate in WCC-58 Committee and to also visit an internship employer.

Jill Hubertz was in Bloomington, IN from March 14-15 attending the Wine Grape Symposium.

Jim Simon was in Bloomington and New Albany, IN from March 10-12 to meet with growers and speak at the Tri-State Vegetable School.

Glenn Sullivan was in San Jose, CA from March 23-29 to attend a meeting with Ciba Geigy and University of California Davis researchers on the IPM CRSP Guatemalan leaf miner/IR-4 policy issues.

Randy Woodson was in Washington, D.C. from March 27-29 to attend the Society of American Florists Spring meeting.

Spring í98 Deadlines

April 25, 1998 - Last day for students to pass the final examination.

May 1, 1998 - One bound copy of the doctoral thesis must be deposited in the Library Thesis Deposit Office, Room 279, Stewart Center. Only one bound copy of a masterís thesis is to be deposited in the Library Thesis Deposit Office. Appointments can be made by calling 42905.

May 4, 1998 - Thesis Receipt must be delivered to the Graduate School, Room 170, YONG.

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

STUDENT INTERNSHIP - North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Aurora, OR. Beginning June 1998 and continuing for 10 weeks. Application deadline: April 17, 1998.

Postdoctoral Position. Ohio University, Athens, OH. Starting April 1, 1998

County Extension Agent- Horticulture. B.S. Kansas State University, Hutchinson, KS. Application deadline: April 2, 1998.

Vegetable Post-Harvest Physiologist. Ph.D. Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Application deadline: September 1, 1998.

Extension Educator - Consumer and Family Sciences. M.S. Wells County, Bluffton, IN. Application deadline: April 3, 1998

Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Application deadline: May 31, 1998.

Extension Specialist Vegetable Crops. Ph.D. Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH. Application deadline: May 15, 1998.

Tomato Geneticist/Breeder. Ph.D. Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH. Application deadline: May 15, 1998.

Extension Specialist - Seed Biology/Technology. Ph.D. Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH. Application deadline: May 15, 1998.

Weed Ecologist. Ph.D. Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH. Application deadline: May 15, 1998.

Assistant Professor of Horticulture. Ph.D. Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. Application deadline: March 30, 1998.

County Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent, Berrien County (Horticulture and Marketing). B.S. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Application deadline: April 6, 1998.

Assistant Professor of Environmental/Landscape Horticulture. Ph.D. Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. Application deadline: July 1, 1998.

Assistant Professor/State Vegetable Specialist. Ph.D. Department of Horticulture, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. Application deadline: May 31, 1998.

Romance of the Rain

The romance of the rain

Itís simple and plain

Soft and gentle sound

As the drops kiss the ground

The romance of the rain

Some are blind to it and complain

Others appreciate its mystery

And can see all the history

Couples walk closer together

Attempting to shield themselves from the weather

Feeling the warmth from their mate

Recapturing the love they appreciate

In puddles lovers see their reflection

Seeing the unbreakable connection

Finding what they canít explain

Through the romance of the rain

óThe Plant Poet