Plant Pest Diagnostics Center
Seminar Series
Scheduled presentations are at 3:00pm on Thursdays
at 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California
- Dr. Samantha Thomas (Syngenta Seed Laboratory) 21 August 2008
Title: To be announced - Dr. Suzanne Rooney Latham (PPDB) 18 September 2008
Title: “Fungi: the good, the bad and the ugly”
- Dr. Riad Baalbaki (PPDB) 23 October 2008
Title: “Plants, pests, energy budgets and global warming.” - Dr. Martin Hauser (PPDB) 20 November 2008
Title: “Desert diversity - arthropod inventory in the United Arab Emirates” - Mark Stirling (CDFA Pest Exclusion) 18 December 2008
Title: “Antiquarian books.” - 22 January 2009
Title & Speaker: To be announced - Dr Elaine Backus (USDA/ARS Research Entomologist) 12 February 2009
Title: “Transmission Mechanisms of Xylella fastidiosa by the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, and Implications for Disease Epidemiology” - 19 March 2009
Title & Speaker: To be announced - Dr. Barry Hill (PPDB) 16 April 2009
Title: “Developments in the epidemiology of Pierce’s Disease” - 14 May 2009
Title & Speaker: To be announced - 18 June 2009
Title & Speaker: To be announced
Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
For more information contact Dr. Gillian Watson, phone: (916) 262-1155, email: gwatson@cdfa.ca.gov