Join the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Department of Plant and Soil Sciences for the 2022 Donald L. Sparks Distinguished Lectureship in Soil and Environmental Sciences featuring M.B. Kirkham of Kansas State University

Microplastics as Contaminants in the Environment: Impact on Plant-Water Relations and Cadmium Uptake

Microplastics are a major source of pollutants in soil and marine ecosystems. Microplastics in the aquatic environment have been widely studied, but microplastics in the terrestrial environment have been studied less, and essentially no information exists concerning the water relations of plants grown in soil with microplastics. This lecture will describe an experiment with microplastics in soil.

Lecture begins at 2:00 p.m. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Reception to follow.

Register today: http://www.udel.edu/009219

This event will be available via livestream for those unable to attend in person. https://sites.udel.edu/udlive/sparks/

About the speaker: M. B. Kirkham is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University and teaches a graduate-level class on soil-plant-water relations. Dr. Kirkham earned a B.A. degree in biological sciences from Wellesley College and M.S. degree and Ph.D. in botany (minor: soil science) from the University of Wisconsin.