Seminar Series

The Seminar Series supports Horticulture's graduate research program. Graduate students fill much of the schedule with research proposals and exit seminars. The Horticulture Seminar Committee and Hortiuclture Graduate Student Association (HGSA) strive to support professional development with academic and industry guest speakers as well.

UGA faculty, students, staff and their guests are welcome to join each week. Zoom links are provided through the weekly seminar distribution lists. For security purposes, zoom information is not provided to non-UGA individuals without a professional or personal connection.

Join us on Wednesdays from 3pm – 4pm. In-person meeting locations are noted below.

  • 1205 Miller Plant Sciences (MPS), Athens campus
  • 102 Student Learning Center (SLC), Griffin campus

Thanks everyone for another great seminar series! Congratulations to all of our Horticulture Graduates!

The Fall Seminar Series is slated to begin on Wednesday, August 23. A full schedule will be provided on this page in early August.

COMPLETED SPRING SEMINARS


Tuesday, April 25 - GUEST SPEAKER, host: Dr. Rhuanito Ferrarezi

10:30am: Coffee and light refreshments

11:00am - 12:00pm: Seminar

High Throughput, High Precision, and Affordable Plant Phenotyping

Dr. Lukáš Spíchal, Group Leader

Research Group, Phenotyping at CATRIN
Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute
Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic

location: room 128 CAGT, 111 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602

Wednesday, April 26

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Spatial and Temporal Regulation of Early Fruit Growth in Apple

Yanyu Yao, PhD Exit Seminar
presenting from Athens campus

Wednesday, April 19     

No scheduled seminar this week

Wednesday, April 12

3:00pm - 4:00pm

SmartIrrigation Peach App: Irrigation Scheduling for Peach Production in Georgia

Srijana Thapa Magar, PhD Exit Seminar
presenting from Griffin campus

Wednesday, April 5      

No scheduled seminar this week

Wednesday, March 29  - GUEST SPEAKER

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Studying Novel Postharvest Practices for Georgia-grown Fruits and Vegetables

Dr. Angelos Deltsidis
UGA Department of Horticulture
Assistant Professor & Post-Harvest Extension Specialist

presenting from Athens campus

Wednesday, March 22     

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Detection and Identification of Gummy Stem Blight (Stagonosporopsis spp.) in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Using Isothermal DNA Amplification and Multispectral Imaging Technologies

Jorge Reyes, PhD Exit Seminar
presenting from Athens campus

Wednesday, March 15     

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Manipulating Horticultural Lighting to Optimize Crop Production in Controlled Environmental Agriculture

TC Jayalath, PhD Exit Seminar
presenting from Athens campus

Wednesday, March 8  - GUEST SPEAKER

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Molecular Breeding for Environmentally-friendly Landscaping Plants

Dr. Dayton Wilde
UGA Department of Horticulture
Professor & Graduate Coordinator
presenting from Athens campus

Wednesday, March 1      

3:00pm - 3:30pm

no scheduled seminar at 3:30pm. Please note delayed start time.

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Hydroponic Fertigation Management Strategies
Chris Nieters, MS research proposal
presenting from Athens campus

Wednesday, February 22    

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Pre-harvest Food Safety Tomatoes & Peppers
Autumn Burnett, MS Research Proposal
presenting from Athens campus

3:30pm - 4:00pm

no scheduled seminar at 3:30pm.

Wednesday, February 1   

No scheduled seminar this week

Wednesday, February 8

3:00pm - 3:30pm

no scheduled seminar at 3pm. Please note delayed start time.

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Biomass Prediction Platform Using Multiple Remote Sensing Technologies
Jonathan S. Cardenas, MS Research Proposal
presenting from Athens campus

Wednesday, February 15

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Poultry Litter and Cover Crops in Organic Kale Production

Johnathan Pulliam, MS Research Proposal
presenting from Athens campus

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Sap Analysis in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Husnain Rauf, PhD Research Proposal
presenting from Athens campus

Wednesday, January 25      

3:30pm - 4:00pm

System Comparison and Water Management for Hydroponics
George Hutchinson, MS Research Proposal
presenting from Athens campus