BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250730T170549EDT-7908wrPW0j@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250730T210549Z DESCRIPTION:You are invited to attend three seminars in the Plant Science G raduate Seminar Series.\n\nPRESENTERS:\n\nGABRIEL LAMBERT-RIVESTBrachypodi um sylvaticum: Developing a new model to study freezing tolerance in peren nial grasses\n\nThe interest in perennial crops is increasing. In temperat e climates\, perennial grasses may be exposed to freezing stress\, an impo rtant cause of crop damages and subsequent economic losses in Quebec. Our results suggest that some accessions of B. sylvaticum\, a model plant and perennial grass\, can cold-acclimate and subsequently acquire tolerance to freezing. B. sylvaticum is a powerful tool for the study these mechanisms in perennial grasses.\n\nSHANE WOODPredictive equations of forage nutriti ve value for use under Québec’s environmental conditions\n\nThe objective of my project has been to provide agricultural producers in Québec with a simple tool to help them determine the optimal time to harvest their forag e crops. We tested the suitability of predictive equations developed in th e United States for predicting forage nutritive value of alfalfa-grass mix tures in the Province of Québec. We found that some of the equations were directly applicable to Quebec\, while others had to be modified to meet re gional needs.\n\nHONGLIANG SU\n The effect of plant defense phytohormones o n caterpillar herbivores\n\nTo protect themselves against caterpillar herb ivory\, plants activate the jasmonate (JA) biosynthetic pathway leading to the induction of defense compounds. My research focuses on determining th e effect of defense phytohormones in the JA pathway on the development\, m ortality and pupal weight of the cabbage looper\, Trichopluia ni\, a facul tative specialist on plants in the Brassicaceae family\, and the beet army worm\, Spodoptera exigua\, a generalist.\n\nEVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND \n\n \n DTSTART:20170330T140000Z DTEND:20170330T140000Z LOCATION:R4-047\, Raymond Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellevue\, H9X 3V 9\, 21111 Lakeshore Road SUMMARY:Freezing tolerance - Forage nutrtitive values - Plant defense phyto hormones URL:/macdonald/channels/event/freezing-tolerance-forag e-nutrtitive-values-plant-defense-phytohormones-267360 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR