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The retreat committee, chaired by Ph.D. student Kyle Daniel, aspired to improve the overall graduate student experience by bringing the H&CS research community together to share their work. HCS Ph.D. Candidate Luis da Cunha chaired the Poster Judging Committee. Other goals were to provide a forum to practice formal skills in scientific communication, and invite prospective students to learn about graduate opportunities.
 Over 100 faculty, graduate students and guests where hosted by the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science’s (HCS) graduate program at the third annual Graduate Research Retreat and Open House October 3-4 at The Ohio State University.
The retreat committee, chaired by Ph.D. student Kyle Daniel, aspired to improve the overall graduate student experience by bringing the H&CS research community together to share their work. HCS Ph.D. Candidate Luis da Cunha chaired the Poster Judging Committee. Other goals were to provide a forum to practice formal skills in scientific communication, and invite prospective students to learn about graduate opportunities.
The retreat began Friday afternoon with a tour led by committee members and MS students Giovani Fae and Peter Zale. Students and guests visited labs, greenhouses and Ohio Stadium on the Columbus OSU campus. The tour returned to Kottman Hall where graduate students, prospective students and faculty gathered for an informal cookout. Included in the 26 guests were representives from several Ohio Universities schools and 4 countries.
 Research was the highlight on Saturday with presentations on Breeding and Genetics (Dr. David Francis), Crop Management and Production (Dr. Joe Scheerens), Environmental Horticulture (Dr. Jim Metzger), Physiology and Molecular Biology (Dr. Dave Mackey), Seed Biology (Dr. Mark Bennett), Turf Science and Management (Dr. Dave Gardner), Weed Science (Dr. John Cardina). Dispersed between talks, the research retreat committee conducted the poster competition. Drs. Dave Barker, Karl Danneberger, John Finer, Jim Meztger, Emmy Regnier, Steve St. Martin , Eric Stockinger and Mark Sulc assisted the student committee with judging 20 posters submitted by H&CS graduate students. Graduate students on the retreat and judging committee were Gladys Anguti Andiru, Natalie Bumgarner, Valdir Correa, Giovani Fae, Fernanda Ferraro, Trudi Grant, Upender Somireddy, Nicole Waterland, Shan Wu and Peter Zale. The competition resulted with 12 awards in three classifications as follows.
PhD Poster Classification 
| First Place ~ Linjian Jiang Advisor: Dr. Doug Doohan
Poster: Simazine-treated Mulches Improve Weed Control and Management of Triazine Resistant Common Lambsquarters in Vineyards
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Second Place ~ Marcelo Pomeranz (not pictured) Advisor: Dr. Jyan-Chyun Jang
Poster: P-bodies localized AtTZF1 is critical for plant growth, development, and environmental responses
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Second Place ~ Tsai-chi Li (not pictured) Advisor: Dr. Jim Metzger
Poster: The blue light photoreceptor: cryptochrome1 (CRY1) is critical for sensing changes in irradiance and may be involved in photoprotection in tobacco.
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Third Place ~ Valdir Correa (not pictured) Advisor: Dr. Rich Pratt
Poster: The second type III secretion system (TTSS-2) of Pantoea stewartii is required for persistence in its flea beetle vector
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Third Place ~ Na Zhang Advisor: Dr. Esther van der Knaap
Poster: Fine-mapping of a QTL controlling fruit size and shape in tomato |
Masters Poster Classification 
| First Place ~ Giovani Fae Advisor: Dr. Mark Sulc
Poster: Changes in Soil Properties from Grazed Winter Cover Crops
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Second Place ~ Antonio Cabrera Advisor: Dr. Esther van der Knaap
Poster: Development and bin mapping of a Rosaceae Conserved Orthologous Set (COS) of markers
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Third Place ~ Gladys Anguti Andiru Advisor: Dr. Claudio Pasian
Poster: Effects of controlled release fertilizer on the performance of Impatiens Wallerana
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Third Place ~ Srimathi Bogamuwa (not pictured) Advisor: Dr. Jyan-Chyun Jang
Poster: The Roles of Three Unique Tandem Zinc Finger (TZF) Genes in Seed Development and Environmental Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana |
Masters or PhD Proposal
Poster Classification 
| First Place ~ Taniya Dhillon Advisor: Dr. Eric Stockinger
Poster: CBF auto-regulation may be an important mechanism for cold tolerance in barley (Hordeum vulgare)
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Second Place ~ Shan Wu Advisor: Dr. Esther van der Knaap
Poster: Does SUN, a gene that controls elongated fruit shape, affect auxin-related phenotypes?
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Third Place ~ Jie Qu Advisor: Dr. Jyan-Chyun Jang
Poster: The role of a novel hormone pathway in plant growth and development |
Photos and story by Regina Vann Hickok
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