Name: Mandana Askarizadeh Title: Investigating the efficacy of Bacillus velezensis BAC03 in promoting plant growth and enhancing defense against powdery scab in potato plants Advisors: Jianjun Hao Location: Roger's Hall 202 Date: April 3, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM
Name: Elijah Bradshaw Title: Investigating the Spatiotemporal patterns of Asimina trilby since the Last Glacial Maximum Advisors: Jacquelyn Gill Location: Bryand Hall 300 Date: April 4, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM
Name: Nahida Kabir Title: Impact of Mummy Berry and Red Leaf Diseases on Physiology of Wild Blueberry in Maine Advisors: Co-advisor Dr. Seanna L. Annis and Co-advisor Dr. YongJiang (John) Zhang Location: Conference Room 101, Norman Smith Hall Date: April 4, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/81052672725?pwd=CeqgRoJ2uE4D0PIsbpJtDyQMThCLC5.1
TITLE: Tangled up in blue: Understanding carbon movement in trees during water stress ABSTRACT: Plants take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and convert it into sugars through photosynthesis. Once carbon dioxide is in the form of sugar, it is then transported all throughout the plant through the “sugar highway” known as the phloem to […]
Shehnaz Munnaf Chowdhury MS Thesis Defense Title: Assessing the overwintering and impact of augmentorium on populations of the Samba Wasp (Ganaspis Kimorum) in Maine Date: April 14 Location: Nutting Hall 204 Time: 2-4PM Advisor: Dr. Philip Fanning Zoom: : https://maine.zoom.us/j/83876656215?pwd=hPEw2R7VjwXWfuKIMOM6q3rxoQIxAx.1 Password: 857446
Title: Exploring the Impacts of Repeated or Successive Fumigation with Metam Sodium on Verticillium Wilt of Potato and Soil Microbial Community Date: April 17 Location: Rogers Hall 202 Time: 10AM Advisor: Dr. Jianjun (Jay) Hao Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/2239538421 Zoom meeting ID: 223 953 8421
Title: Exploring Concentrations, Exposure Routes, and Trophic Transfer of Per-and Polyfluoroalkl Substances (PFAS) in Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in an Impacted Area of Maine Date: April 18 Location: Williams Hall 211 Time: 8:30am Advisor: Matthew Chatfield
Title: Investigating wildlife hosts and tick densities across an urban to rural gradient Date: April 18 Location: Norman Smith Hall 107 Time: 11AM Advisor: Dr. Thomas Rounsville Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/87492998112. Meeting ID: 874 9299 8112
Title: Investigating Cross Disciplinary Tools for Improved Mosquito Detection, Control and Management Date: April 21 Location: 107 Norman Smith Hall Time: 10AM Advisor: Allie Gardner