2007 Annual Report - Central Queensland University

2007 Centre for Plant & Water Science Annual ReportThe monthly CPWS seminar series provides an opportunity for all staff and postgraduates to speak(Table 5), while all visitors are invited to present an ‘ad-hoc’ seminar during their visit.Table 5. Centre for Plant & Water Science Seminar Series 20072007 CPWS SEMINAR SCHEDULEFEBRUARY 12.00pm Monday 26 February 2007Topic 1: ‘Non-invasive firmness measurement of fresh fruits.’Presenter: Tek GotameTopic 2: ‘Fun with wastewater’Presenter: Ben KeleMARCH 21.00pm Tuesday 27 March 2007Topic 1:‘QR Project/Native vegetation on clay soil sites in Central Queensland’Presenter: Ajay SharmaTopic 2:‘Wasabi Research at CQU’Presenter: A/P N AshwathAPRIL 12.00pm Monday 30 April 2007Topic:“'Principles of Tropical Horticulture' – Publication in progress”Presenter: Prof David MidmoreTopic 2:‘NIR Work’Presenter: A/P Kerry WalshMAY 12.00pm Monday 28 May 2007Topic:‘Effects of oxygation with respect to emitter depths on pumpkin and soybean in aheavy clay soil.’Presenter: Dr Surya BhattaraiTopic 2:'Introduction of Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Multan - Pakistan.'Presenter: Dr Din ZahidAUGUST 12.00pm Monday 27 August 2007Topic 1:‘Some snippets from recent plant and water conferences’Presenter: Prof David MidmoreSEPTEMBER 12.00pm Monday 24 September 2007Topic 1:‘Stevia: Introduction and Potential Research Areas’Presenter: Ria ReyesTopic 2:‘A novel study of the microfungal population of the Rockhampton Municipal WaterSupply’Presenter: Noel SammonOCTOBER 12.00pm Monday 29 October 2007Topic 1:‘Seed biology of native grasses’Presenter: Sam FesukNOVEMBER 12.00pm Monday 5 November 2007Topic 1:‘Outlier detection in PLS regression models’Presenter: Mihail Mukarev8