PSS Student Research Symposium

The 2023 Plant & Soil Science Student Research Symposium will be held from 9:00am to 3:30pm on Wednesday, April 19th in the TTU Dairy Barn!
This annual symposium provides an invaluable opportunity for students at all stages of their programs to present their research and receive feedback from peers, faculty, staff, and external experts. It is particularly beneficial to graduate and undergraduate PSS students or collaborators who are conducting research and are planning to present their work at major conferences.
Lunch will be provided for participants and attendees.
Have questions about your abstracts and posters? Check out the presenter guidelines for requirements, parameters, and advice.
Presenter Guidelines
2023 Symposium Details
Date: April 19, 2023 Time: 9:00am — 3:30pm Location: TTU Dairy Barn Contact: Dr. Lindsey Slaughter Volunteer: As always, we need judges for the morning (oral) and afternoon (poster) student competitions! If you would like to volunteer or if you have any questions about the symposium, please contact Dr. Lindsey Slaughter or another member of the symposium planning committee (Drs. Rosalyn Shim, Matthew Siebecker, Scott Longing, and Sanjit Deb). |
2023 Schedule & Abstracts Presenter Guidelines |
2023 Schedule
Download printable schedule here
9:00am - 9:30am | Coffee Social |
9:30am | Opening Remarks & Introductions |
Session 1 — Oral Session | Moderator: Shaida Rumi | ||||
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9:35am | Novel genetic variation for reduced glanding identified in the cotton landrace Hopi | Avinash Shrestha | PhD | Plant Breeding & Genetics |
9:50am | Increasing vitamin C in arugula and broccoli microgreens | Shivani Kathi | PhD | Horticulture |
10:05am | Influence of legume inclusion on greenhouse gas emissions from pasture systems in the Southern High Plains of Texas | Raavi Arora | PhD | Soil Science |
10:20am | Axant™ Flex cotton response to Topramezone in the Texas High Plains | Megan Mills | MS | Weed Science |
Session 2 — Oral Session | Moderator: Vaishnavi Varikuti | ||||
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10:50am | Crop rotation and cover crop effects on soil moisture in a transitional organic system | Lauren Selph | PhD | Soil Science |
11:05am | An improved method for protoplast isolation and gene-editing from soybean root, callus and transgenic hairy-roots | Lois Nwoko | MS | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
11:20am | Evaluating community garden signage and elements | Jonah Trevino | PhD | Horticulture |
11:35am | Investigating adsorption capacities of WWTP products and their potential use as fertilizer | Katherine Coyle | MS | Soil Science |
Lunch Break | 11:50am - 1:00pm |
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Session 3 — Poster Session | 1:00pm - 3:00pm | |||
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Investigating a putative immune receptor specific to grapevine fanleaf virus strain GHu infection and symptom development | Cary Hicks | BS | Crop Science |
Marker-assisted introgression of QTLs regulating number of grains and primary branching in rice towards yield improvement | Christian Stephens | BS | Plant Breeding & Genetics |
Temperature and flooding impacts on nutrient release from soils treated with swine waste | Koy Stanley, Victoria Winkler, Aliah Cardenas |
BS | Crop Science / Soil Science |
Genetic variation of stomatal density in corn | Madeline Jordan | BS | Horticulture |
Soil physical quality indicators as affected by long-term pasture management practices | Mei Gill | BS | Soil Science |
Effects of seed technology and microbial inoculums on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization in cotton | Nick Wilson | BS | Crop Science |
Impact of cold stress on sphingolipid and glycerol lipid profile of upland cotton during seed germination (Gossypium hirsutum L.) | Bandana Osti | MS | Plant Breeding & Genetics |
Palmer amaranth control with Isoxaflutole applied preplant incorporated or preemergence in cotton | Megan Mills | MS | Weed Science |
Effect of planting dates and seeding densities on growth and yield of Industrial hemp in West Texas. | Preetaman Bajwa | MS | Crop Science |
Nutrient niches of orchid mycorrhizal fungi (OMF) | Sharandeep Chahal | MS | Plant Ecology & Conservation |
Transcriptome analysis of high-temperature stress in sorghum seed development | Adil Khan | PhD | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
Green microalgae as a source of biopesticides to improve agricultural practices | Alethia Brito-Bello | PhD | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
Efficacy of neonicotinoid seed treatment under water-stress in cotton seedlings | Aqeela Sehrish | PhD | Horticulture |
Effect of deficit irrigation and biochar application on growth, physiology, yield, and water productivity of cucumber in West Texas | Arjun Kafle | PhD | Horticulture |
Tissue-culture-free genetic transformation and gene-editing in plants | Arjun Ojha Kshetry | PhD | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
Deciphering the dynamics of sugarcane aphid resistance mechanism in sorghum | FNU Pallavi | PhD | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
Development of a chemical switch to improve phosphorus assimilation and usage efficiency in plants | Hector-Rogelio Najera-Gonzalez | PhD | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
Allelopathic cover crops for palmer amaranth control in a semi-arid organic system | Lauren Selph | PhD | Soil Science |
Developing single nucleus transcriptome technology for the study of soybean root nodulation | Leonidas D'Agostino | PhD | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
Synthetic tetraploidization as a strategy to face abiotic stresses in crops | Mylea Lovell | PhD | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
Exogenous salicylic acid helps to mitigate saline stress in cotton | Sanjida Keya | PhD | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
Develop PACE markers for waxy-sorghum Marker-Assisted Selection | Zhiyuan Liu | PhD | Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance |
Awards Ceremony | 3:30pm |
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