From drkjroberts from gmail.com Sun Mar 1 13:45:42 2009 From: drkjroberts from gmail.com (Karl Roberts) Date: Sun Mar 1 13:50:32 2009 Subject: [Maize] International Science and Engineering Fair - Call for Judges Message-ID: Hi, I am the Plant Sciences Grand Awards Co-Chair for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to be held May 10-15, 2009 in Reno, Nevada. I am actively seeking individuals to serve as Grand Awards Judges for the upcoming event. The ISEF is the premier world-wide showcase for student researchers from grades 9-12. This year students from 45 different countries compete for over $4 million dollars in cash awards, scholarships and special awards. In order to assure the quality of our winners, we need your help. As professionals in the biological sciences, you provide the knowledge and expertise necessary to choose the absolute best student finalists from among the many excellent research projects at this year's Fair. If you or your collegues are interested in becoming a Grand Awards judge this year, please visit the official ISEF website: http://www.sciserv.org/isef/judges/index.asp or feel to contact me via e-mail at kroberts@pgcc.edu or by phone at (301) 386-7544. Thanks for your consideration, and I hope to hear from you. Karl J. Roberts, Ph.D. Plant Sciences Grand Awards Co-Chair Intel ISEF From macchih from gmail.com Mon Mar 23 12:56:37 2009 From: macchih from gmail.com (chi chih) Date: Mon Mar 23 13:17:05 2009 Subject: [Maize] necrosis syndrome at the base of leaf Message-ID: <28FB78A3-EB9A-4E9C-8C2E-42E481E04F88@gmail.com> Hi, I grew teosinte and corn in the greenhouse, CU at Boulder, and got a problem. Recently, I found necrosis at the base of leaf of teosinte and corn. Does any have any thought about this problem. I post a picture on Picasea. Please look at it and give me some suggestion. Thanks in advance. CHI-CHIH WU Teosinte http://picasaweb.google.com/macchih/Teosinte_in_greenhouse?feat=directlink Growing condition: 1. Growing in 4-gallon plastic pot 2. Dirt- Fafard Canadian Growing Mix-2 3. Fertilizer: Hoagland's solution 4. Pesticide: spray to treat mite and aphid 5. Elevation: 5430 feet 6. From peter_balintkurti from ncsu.edu Mon Mar 23 21:28:50 2009 From: peter_balintkurti from ncsu.edu (Peter Balint-Kurti) Date: Mon Mar 23 22:02:31 2009 Subject: [Maize] Post-doctoral position available Message-ID: POSTDOCTORAL POSITION available at NC State Univ. from September 2009 for NSF-funded project using natural variation in maize to identify interaction networks among genes involved in disease response. Project combines phenotyping in the field with marker analysis and QTL and association mapping methods. Applicants should send an email including CV and list of references to Peter Balint-Kurti (peter_balintkurti@ncsu.edu) Peter Balint-Kurti USDA-ARS 3418 Gardner Hall Dept. of Plant Pathology, NC State University Raleigh NC 27695-7616 Tel 919 515 3516 Fax 919 856 4816 peter_balintkurti@ncsu.edu http://www4.ncsu.edu/~pjbalint/peter.htm