Date

Name

Subject

Jan. 16

Holiday

Jan. 23

Awoke Dollisso

Ag. Education & Studies

Using Threaded Discussions

Jan. 30

Victoria LeBeaux

Horticulture

Lead Farmer Model of Agricultural Development:

Case Study Research from Eastern Guatemala

Feb. 6

Marcus Jones

Horticulture

Accuracy of the iStimp

for Evaluating Putting Green Speed

Feb. 15*

Please note WEDNESDAY

Trent Preszler

Bedell Wineries

Sustainable Viticulture:

Lessons from Bedell Cellars

Feb. 20

Chuck Morris

Youth and 4H

What is 4-H and

Why Would I Want to Work with Them?

Feb. 27

Randall Vos

Horticulture

Viticulture Research

March 5

Nick Howell/Mark Honeyman Iowa State Research Farms

Update from the Horticulture Farm

March12

Spring Break

March 19

Karl Glasener

Director of Science Policy,

American Society of Agronomy

Promoting Science on a National Level:

How D.C. Views Our Work

March 26

Amanda Snodgrass

Horticulture

Assessing impacts of school gardens on agriculture learning

by primary school children in Uganda.

April 2

Dennis Katuuramu

Horticulture

Crop Load Management in Apple Production: Evaluation of the Effects on Plant Growth

and Development and Fruit Quality

April 9

Aaron J. Steil

Reiman Gardens

Reiman Gardens: a University Garden

April 16

Andrew Hoiberg

Horticulture

Seed banking potential & nitrogen-based establishment of perennial ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass: Research Update

April 23

Shui-zhang Fei

Horticulture

Self-incompatibility in Miscanthus

April 30

 Adah Leshem-Ackerman

Plant Genomics Outreach

Involving the K-12 Community into

NSF Broader Impacts