Imtiyaz Khanday is an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Sciences specializing in agronomy. Reagan Reed is a graduate student working with Khanday. The topic of their talk is, "Seed development and quality acquisition: Engineering seeds for the future."
He will be presenting “A new paradigm for photosynthesis and respiration in vascular plants." Arnold Bloom is a distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
She will be presenting "Epigenomic-targeted DNA repair in plants." Daniela Quiroz is a graduate student in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. She is in the integrative genetics and genomics graduate group. Her PI is Grey Monroe, an assistant professor in the department.
She will be presenting "Genetic and phenomic dissection of chloride exclusion and rooting ability in grapevines." Sharma is a Ph.D. student in the horticulture and agronomy graduate group.
She is presenting "Work from the research group on social issues in agriculture.” Amanda Crump is an associate professor of teaching in international agricultural development in the UC Davis Department of
He will be presenting "Whole plant physiology as a lens to observe the world: beans, bark, trigonometry, historical photography, ghosts on Aconcagua, flowers, crow’s nests, coffee, hydrogels and rethinking trees in cities."
He will be presenting "The origins of adaptive genetic variation in plants." Grey Monroe is an assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. This is his merit/promotion seminar.
Giancarlo Colelli will be presenting “Improving postharvest handling of pomegranate fruit: recent results at UniFG and future perspectives.” He is a professor in the Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering at the University of Foggia, Italy.
Justin Valliere will discuss how agriculture, urban development and invasive species have affected California's rich biodiversity. Valliere is an assistant professor of Cooperative Extension in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
He will be presenting "Pathways towards sustainable crop production." Cameron Pittelkow is an associate professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
He will be presenting "The promise of regenerative agriculture: Lessons learned from 1,000 farms." Jonathan Lundgren is the founder and director of Ecdysis Foundation and Blue Dasher Farm.
He will be presenting "Ten years of using CRISPR to improve tropical crops… and I'm about to retire.” Paul Chavarriaga is a guest speaker from the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT.
