Current research discussions are presented by Graduate level students and NMSU faculty. Graduate Enrichment Seminar's are only held throughout Spring and Fall Semesters.
Date/Time: Fridays, 3:30 PM, Gerald Thomas Hall, Room 200, unless otherwise indicated.
Zoom Info: Click here for the PES Webinar Link.
Contact Info
Dr. Curtis Monger
Email: cmonger@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-915-8289
Fall 2023
| Speaker | Presentation Title |
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| Sep. 1 - Colby Brungard, Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences and Extension Plant Sciences | A digital soil map update for the Upper Rio Puerco Watershed, NM |
| Sep. 8 - Dr. Calvin Trostle, Professor & Extension Agronomist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension | Lessons learned in legume nodulation and nitrogen contribution research |
| Sep. 15 - Jude Odhambio, Fulbright Scholar and soil scientist, University of Venda, South Africa | Soil fertility constraints faced by smallholder farmers in southern Africa and potential strategies to improve productivity |
| Sep. 22 - Robert Horton, Professor of Soil Physics, Iowa State University | Mentoring Graduate Students to Help Them Grow Academically and Personally |
| Sep. 29 - Ibukunoluwa Fademi, Ph.D. Candidate | Impacts of management practices on soil health and crop production in an irrigated arid agroecosystem |
| Oct. 6 - Prakirti Bista, Research Scientist, Agricultural Science Center at Clovis | Measuring and modeling soil carbon, nitrogen, and water dynamics in semi-arid agroecosystems |
| Oct. 13 - Deb Raj Aryal, Research Scientist and visiting scholar, Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico | Carbon sequestration in forests and agricultural lands: experiences from Mexico and New Mexico |
| Oct. 27 - McKenzie Stock, M.S. Candidate | Surveying fungal biodiversity in pecan orchard soils of the Southwestern United States |
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Nov. 10 - Anthony Schaefer, M.S. Candidate Claudia Galvan, M.S. Candidate |
Linking Biological Soil Crust Cover and Composition to Structure and Function within Ecological Sites and States at the Jornada Experimental Range In field in situ UV mutagenesis for Strain Improvement |
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Nov. 17 - Suman Sharma, Ph.D. Candidate Anthony Schaefer, M.S. Candidate |
Breeding for Fusarium Basal Rot Resistance in Onion (Allium cepa L.) Linking Biological Soil Crust Cover and Composition to Structure and Function within Ecological Sites and States at the Jornada Experimental Range |
Spring 2023
| Speaker | Presentation Title |
|---|---|
| Feb. 3 - Dr. Bill Lindemann, Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences and Extension Plant Science | When and how the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science Degree was developed. |
| Feb. 10 - Dylan Burrus, Ph.D. Candidate | Environmental change modifies predator-prey interactions in shrub-encroached grasslands. |
| Feb. 17 - Ehtisham Khokhar, Ph.D. Candidate | High-throughput characterization of fruit phenotypic diversity among New Mexican chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) using the tomato analyzer software. |
| Feb. 24 - Navdeep Kaur, M.S. Candidate |
Genomic Breeding for Phytophthora resistance in Capsicum annuum. |
| Mar. 3 - Seth Burruss, M.S. Candidate | Remote sensing of biological soil crust in the Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem using a hyperspectral sensor on a UAS. |
| Mar. 10 - Stephanie Torres, M.S. Candidate | Selection in onions for thrips non preference. |
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Mar. 24 - Trevor Roberts, M.S. Candidate Gurpreet Kaur Nagi, Ph. D. Candidate |
Water-constrained thinning relationships at regional and global scales. Wastewater bioremediation using microalgae. |
| Mar. 31 - Abid Nazir, Ph. D. Candidate | Global ecosystem dynamics investigation (GEDI) product validation with field data in arid, semi-arid, and Himalayan regions. |
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Apr. 14 - Dikshya Sapkota, M.S. Candidate Sumeet Sharma, M.S. Candidate |
Jujube Germplasm in New Mexico and the Southwestern Corner of Texas. Hydrological modeling using SWAT at lower Rio Grande watershed, New Mexico. |
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Apr. 21 - Bhimsen Shrestha, M.S. Candidate Harjot Sidhu, M.S. Candidate |
Effect of irrigation and nitrogen management on potato (S. tuberosum) growth, yield and quality and water use efficiency. Effect of different irrigation and fertility on guar performance. |
| Apr. 28 - Skyler Roe, M.S. Candidate | Post fire reforestation: nursery and post-planting management for pinus ponderosa seedlings. |
| May 5 - Pramod Acharya, Ph.D. Candidate | Linking soil health with crop production and other ecosystem services. |
