Seminars
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 3 p.m.
Topic: The IFAS Center for Tropical Agriculture is pleased to announce the seminar: “Residue Management for Soil Carbon Storage and Sustained Maize Production in a Savanna-forest Farming Zone of Ghana”
Location: Room G001, McCarty Hall
and by Polycom at TREC teaching building
SPEAKER: Samuel GK Adiku
Research Scholar/Post-Doctoral Associate
Dept. Agricultural & Biological Engineering
University of Florida
APRIL 9th 2008 3PM:
Location: UF/IFAS/TREC confrence room (18905 SW 280 St, Homestead, FL) google map - click here
Speaker: Dr. Raymond J Schnell
Topic: Disease disruption of the cocoa bean supply chain: A molecular genetics based breeding solution.
Biography: Dr. Schnell is the lead scientist for an international genetic improvement program for Theobroma cacao located at the Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, Miami, FL. The program is a collaborative project between USDA-ARS and Mars Inc., and includes breeding trials in South and Central America, West Africa, and South Asia. Dr. Schnell received his Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics in 1984 from North Carolina State University. He then worked with the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association in sugarcane and coffee genetics and breeding. Since 1987 he has been a research geneticist working on tropical/subtropical fruit crops breeding and has extensive experience with cacao, mango, avocado, and many miscellaneous tropical fruit crop species. His work has resulted in over 100 scientific publications and numerous speaking invitations both nationally and internationally.