Agronomy Seminar Series

Purdue University Department of Agronomy

Join our friends and colleagues as they discuss the latest in Agronomy and other related topics.

All seminars take place Mondays at 2:30pm and are in-person unless noted otherwise.

In-person seminars will meet in LILY 2-425.

Zoom links for virtual attendance and online-only seminars will be shared closer to their scheduled date.

January 27th

Dr. Bruno Basso

Michigan State University
Invited by Dr. Bruce Erickson

"Understanding drivers of spatial and temporal variability of the soil-plant-atmosphere system"

NOTE: This seminar is online only

FLYER RECORDING

February 3rd

Dr. Darrell Schulze

Purdue University Department of Agronomy
Invited by Dr. Cindy Nakatsu

"Soil Explorer - Visualizing and Understanding the Soil Landscapeds We Live In"

FLYER RECORDING

February 10th

Dr. Gary Steinhardt

Purdue University Department of Agronomy
Invited by Dr. Eileen Kladivko

"A 48-year soils journey in a Land Grant University"

FLYER RECORDING

February 17th

Dr. Chad Penn

USDA ARS National Soil Erosion Research Lab
Invited by Dr. Yichao Rui

"Phosphorus management: feast and famine"

FLYER RECORDING

February 24th

Dr. Elizabeth Rieke

Soil Health Institute
Invited by Dr. Roli Wilhelm

"Moving beyond Land Use Change: Agricultural Management Impacts on the Soil Microbiome"

FLYER RECORDING SLIDES

March 3rd

Dr. Mitch Tuinstra

Purdue University Department of Agronomy

Named Professor Review - Wickersham Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Research

Seminar: 3:30-4:30 PM | Reception 4:30-5:00 PM
Deans Auditorium, Pfendler Hall

March 10th

Dr. Ling Li

Mississippi State University
Invited by Dr. Cankui Zhang

"From Arabidopsis to crops: a molecular tool to increase protein content and disease resistance"

FLYER RECORDING

March 24th

Dr. Joyce Van Eck

Boyce Thompson Institute / Cornell
Invited by Dr. Cankui Zhang
Joint seminar by Agronomy and Center for Plant Biology

"Leveraging Genome Editing for Pre-Breeding of Physalis Species"

FLYER RECORDING

April 7th

Dr. Keith Johnson

Purdue University Department of Agronomy
Invited by Dr. Eileen Kladivko

"Story Telling has Value at Educational Events"

Flyer RECORDING

April 21st

Dr. Kateryna Zhalnina

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Invited by Dr. Roli Wilhelm

"Metabolic Handshakes: How Plant -Exuded Metabolites Shape the Rhizosphere Microbiome"

FLYER RECORDING

April 28th

Dr. Jean-Michel Ané

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Invited by Dr. Jianxin Ma

"Biological Nitrogen Fixation on the Aerial Roots of Maize and Sorghum for Sustainable Agriculture"

FLYER RECORDING