Course Description
Senior seminar intended to instruct students on proper techniques for presentation of scientific material. Each student is expected to prepare and present a scientific seminar and to submit written documentation supporting that seminar.
Objectives and Student Learning Outcomes:
Students are expected to:
Seminar Outline
Climate Change: Implications for Agricultural Production
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Date |
Topic |
Name |
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September 30 |
Introduction
|
Tom Chastain |
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October 7 |
Seminar Principles
|
Tom Chastain |
|
October 14 |
Global Climate Change - Paleoclimates and the Present
|
Hillary Gunn |
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October 21 |
Factors Influencing Climate Change - Natural and Human-induced
|
Emery Collins |
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October 28 |
Climate Change and Crop Growth and Development
|
Jake Tilden-Browning |
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November 4 |
Effect of Climate Change on Yield and Stability
|
Mark Beitel |
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November 11 |
Effect of Climate Change on Soil and Soil Processes
|
Thomas Wanzek |
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November 18 |
Climate Change and Water Resource Use in Agriculture
|
Mark Vanasche |
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November 25 |
Pest Management and Climate Change |
Sean Collins
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December 2 |
Agriculture and Carbon Sequestration |
Sabrina Beske |
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Thomas G. Chastain, Ph.D.
Head Advisor and Agronomist
Department of Crop and Soil Science
3005A Agriculture and Life Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7306
Phone 541-737-5730
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