Plant Pest Diagnostics Center
Seminar Series
Scheduled presentations are at 3:00pm on Thursdays
at 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California
- 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.” - Dr. Stephen Gaimari (PPDB) 22 January 2009
Title: “A dipterist's trek through Western Australia” - 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” - Dr Gillian Watson (PPDB) 19 March 2009
Title: “Scales and whiteflies: the challenges of a sedentary lifestyle” - Dr. Barry Hill (PPDB) 16 April 2009
Title: “Developments in the epidemiology of Pierce’s Disease” - Dr Matthew Buffington (USDA, ARS, SEL) 14 May 2009
Provisional Title: “Parasitic Hymenoptera”
- Dr Richard Hoenisch (WPDN/UC Davis, Plant Pathology) 18 June 2009
Title: “The NPDN First Detector Network and pest awareness” - 16 July 2009
Title & Speaker: To be announced - 20 August 2009
Title & Speaker: To be announced - Dr. Peter Kerr (PPDB) 17 September 2009
Title: “What is so exciting about fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea)? Funny you'd ask...”
Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
For more information contact Dr. Gillian Watson, phone: (916) 262-1155, email: gwatson@cdfa.ca.gov