David Mitchell will discuss, "Organic amendments & soil inoculum effects on Phytophthora cactorum disease in oak seedlings." He's a Ph.D. candidate in the ecology graduate group and works with Valerie Eviner in the landscape restoration field.
Yiduo Wei is a Ph.D. student and Bárbara Blanco-Ulate is an associate professor with the department and co-director of the UC Davis Postharvest Research and Extension Center.
Colleen Mills and Troy Williams are Ph.D. students in the lab of Tom Buckley, a professor in the department researching how plants interact with their biophysical environment.
Anna Joe is a research specialist and Maria Rottersman is a doctoral student, in the lab of Jorge Dubcovsky, a distinguished professor in the department focused on the development of small grains.
Amber Jolly is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Tom Buckley, a professor in the department. Buckley also will discuss his research, which focuses on physiology, ecology and biophysics of plant responses to environmental stress.
Kyle Rizzo will talk about, "Linking Structure and Function in Optimal Plant Water Economy." He's a Ph.D. student with the horticulture and agronomy graduate group and studying with Brian Bailey in the UC Davis Plant Simulation Laboratory.
Paul Skillin will discuss, "Shared and Tissue-Specific Genetic Resistance to Neopestalotiopsis in Strawberry." He is a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Mitchell Feldmann, director of the UC Davis Strawberry Breeding Program.
