PBG 431 - Recitation Schedule

138 Crop Science Building, or as listed

Thursdays 1:00 - 1:50

 

Recitation is optional and it is intended to expand horizons and stimulate curiosity.

  • Recitation grade will be based on attendance and write-ups. Write-up assignment prompts will be posted by noon on Friday after each recitation.
    • Write-ups are due, in hard copy format, the following Thursday at recitation.
  • Every missed recitation drops one letter grade. If you have a valid excuse for missing recitation, there is an alternative. Please follow these instructions for missing assignments.
Week 1 (Jan 10) Overview of plant breeding and genetics at OSU. Online. Write-up assignment.
Week 2 (Jan 17) Barley crossing, selfing, and doubled haploids. Meet at Crops 138 and then walk to site. Write-up assignment.
Week 3 (Jan 24) Breeding system diversity and the herbarium. Aaron Liston. Meet at Cordley 1041. Write-up assignment.
Week 4 (Jan 31) Polyploidy and ornamentals. Ryan Contreras. Meet at ALS 4031. Write-up assignment.
Week 5 (Feb 7) Sex determination in hops. Shaun Townsend. Meet at Crops 138 and then walk to site. Write-up assignment.
Week 6 (Feb 14)

Genetics of self incompatibility and much more - in hazelnut. Shawn Mehlenbacher, David Smith and Jacob Snelling. Meet at ALS 4020. Write-up assignment.

Week 7 (Feb 21) Transgenic trees and genome editing. Steve Strauss. Meet at Richardson 383Write-up assignment.
Week 8 (Feb 28) Genomics, mints, and the CGRB CSL.  Kelly Vining. Meet at ALS 3006. Write-up assignment.
Week 9 (Mar 7) Linkage mapping in bean. Jim Myers. Meet at Crops 138 and then walk to site. Write-up assignment.
Week 10 (Mar 14)

Putting it all together: quantitative inheritance and gene editing in an allopolyploid. Bob Zemetra. Meet at Crops 138.  Write-up assignment.