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Regeneration biology of Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens, an endangered plant of the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Clark, Deborah Louise, 1950-, Finley, Karen K., and Ingersoll, Cheryl A.
Abstract:: Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens, the Willamette daisy, is known only from the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Herbarium records, from the 1800's until 1934, indicate that the Willamette daisy was once common and widely distributed throughout the Willamette Valley (Clark et al. 1993). However, between 1934 and 1980, this taxon was...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . Cheryl A. Ingersoll Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon

Inoculation of container-grown plants with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae

Creator:: Biermann, Brenda Joan, 1954-
Abstract:: Studies were conducted on inoculation of container-grown plants with vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizae. Intraradical vesicles formed in colonized roots were found to serve as propagules and significantly contribute to the infectivity of these roots. A procedure was developed for separating intraradical vesicles from roots; isolated intraradical vesicles were able to colonize...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Corvallis, Oregon 97331 and R. G. LINDERMAN U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Variation in plant response to inoculation with different isolates of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Creator:: Ianson, David C.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: isolates of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF David C. Ianson for the

Risk of Exposure to Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus Increases with the Density of Northern Cardinals

Creator:: Estep, Laura K., McClure, Christopher J. W., Vander Kelen, Patrick, Burkett-Cadena, Nathan D., Sickerman, Stephen, Hernandez, José, Jinright, Joseph, Hunt, Brenda, Lusk, John, Hoover, Victor, Armstrong, Keith, Stark, Lillian M., Hill, Geoffrey E., and Unnasch, Thomas R.
Abstract:: For a variety of infectious diseases, the richness of the community of potential host species has emerged as an important factor in pathogen transmission, whereby a higher richness of host species is associated with a lowered disease risk. The proposed mechanism driving this pattern is an increased likelihood in species-rich...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: States of America, 3Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida

Ca. Nitrososphaera and Bradyrhizobium are inversely correlated and related to agricultural practices in long-term field experiments

Creator:: Zhalnina, Kateryna, de Quadros, Patricia D., Gano, Kelsey A., Davis-Richardson, Austin, Fagen, Jennie R., Brown, Christopher T., Giongo, Adriana, Drew, Jennifer C., Sayavedra-Soto, Luis A., Arp, Daniel J., Camargo, Flavio A. O., Daroub, Samira H., Clark, Ian M., McGrath, Steve P., Hirsch, Penny R., and Triplett, Eric W.
Abstract:: Agricultural land management, such as fertilization, liming, and tillage affects soil properties, including pH, organic matter content, nitrification rates, and the microbial community. Three different study sites were used to identify microorganisms that correlate with agricultural land use and to determine which factors regulate the relative abundance of the microbial...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 2 Department of Soil Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto

Bionomics of the clover cyst nematode, Heterodera trifolii (Goffart, 1932) Oostenbrink, 1939 (Nematoda: Heteroderidae)

Creator:: Sen, Arun Kumar
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Bionomics of the Clover Cyst Nematode, Heterodera Trifolii

Studies on the etiology and epidemiology of bull's eye rot of pears

Creator:: Henriquez, Jose Luis, 1961-
Abstract:: The objective of this dissertation is to introduce low-cost processing methods for the fabrication of ZnO transparent thin-film transistors (TTFTs). A novel method for depositing ZnO body layers via spin-coating of a zinc nitrate-based spin solution is presented. The processing conditions of spin-coated ZnO are optimized to produce continuous and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jose Luis Henriquez for the degree

Propagule sources, disturbance characteristics and the inital establishment of riparian vegetation after debris flows

Creator:: Gecy, Jeanne Leslie
Abstract:: Debris flows are a major cause of disturbance to riparian vegetation. Both observational and experimental studies were used to examine the initial recovery of riparian vegetation after debris flows on headwater streams in the western Cascades of Oregon. My goal was to determine the roles of seedlings and vegetative sprouts,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: inital establishment of riparian vegetation after debris flows AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jeanne

Brown rot of fruits and fruit trees in Oregon

Creator:: Posey, Gilbert Bradley
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AGRICULTURE By Gilbert Bradley Posey 1915. blackp Typewritten Text NOTICE Some of the material in this

Population viability analysis of endangered plant species : an evaluation of stochastic methods and an application to a rare prairie plant

Creator:: Kaye, Thomas N.
Abstract:: Transition matrix models are one of the most widely used tools for assessing population viability. The technique allows inclusion of environmental variability, thereby permitting estimation of probabilistic events, such as extinction. However, few studies use the technique to compare the effects of management treatments on population viability, and fewer still...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Thomas N. Kaye for the

Response of potato cultivars to moisture deficit stress and Verticillium dahliae

Creator:: Arbogast, Meghan Canfield
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - Mendellian crops. This type of agriculture is thought to contribute to many fungal saprophytes and

Effect of resident epiphytic fungi development of brown rot blossom blight of stone fruits

Creator:: Wittig, Hans P. P.
Abstract:: Antagonistic effects of Epicoccum purpurascens, Aureobasidium pullulans, Trichoderma spp., and Botrytis cinerea on establishment of Monilinia fructicola infections in cherry and peach blossoms were assessed in field and mist chamber studies. Conidia of each fungus were applied to blossoms that were subsequently inoculated with conidia of M fructicola. Mist chamber...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Effect of resident epiphytic fungi development of brown

Factors influencing the effects of host diversity on plant disease epidemics for wheat stripe rust and potato late blight

Creator:: Garrett, Karen A.
Abstract:: Most studies of plant disease epidemiology have focused on epidemics in host populations composed of a single genotype. But crop plant diversity can be a useful means of improving the deployment of resistance genes. In a series of experiments with wheat stripe rust and potato late blight, we studied factors...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: genotype and species mixtures are common in traditional agriculture. there is less awareness of the

The possibility of inter-transmission of tulip mosaic and iris mosaic by insect vectors, especially aphids

Creator:: Whitaker, William Carey
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: transmitted by aphids. This work was not very comprehensive. In the Yearbook of Agriculture for 1928

The influence of prescribed fire on the rare endemic plant Delphinium pavonaceum (Peacock larkspur)

Creator:: McKernan, Brie-Anne
Abstract:: In the wetland prairie of William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge (FNWR) in western Oregon, we investigated the response of Delphinium pavonaceum Ewan (peacock larkspur, Ranunculaceae), an endangered perennial forb, to four unreplicated dormant season fire regimes of 0, 2, 4, or 10 fires that were applied over a 12-year...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Brie-Anne McKernan for the degiee

Burial increases seed longevity of two Artemisia tridentata (Asteraceae) subspecies

Creator:: Wijayratne, Upekala C. and Pyke, David A.
Abstract:: • Premise of the study: Seed longevity and persistence in soil seed banks may be especially important for population persistence in ecosystems where opportunities for seedling establishment and disturbance are unpredictable. The fire regime, an important driver of population dynamics in sagebrush steppe ecosystems, has been altered by exotic annual...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: treatments were sent to the Utah Department of Agriculture to test for viability. Statistical analysis

Controlling woody vegetation in wetland prairies, 1994-2001

Creator:: Clark, Deborah Louise, 1950-
Abstract:: Wetland prairies of the Willamette Valley, among the rarest of Oregon’s ecosystems, are threatened by invasion of woody species and non-native pest species. Because fire has been important in maintaining Willamette Valley prairies for at least 1000 years, prescribed burning is a top choice of managers for preventing encroachment of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Department of Agriculture, Salem, Oregon, USA Collins, S.L. and L.L. Wallace (eds) 1990. Fire in

Controlling woody vegetation in wetland prairies, 1994-1999

Creator:: Clark, Deborah Louise, 1950- and Wilson, Mark V.
Abstract:: Wetland prairies of the Willamette Valley, among the rarest of Oregon’s ecosystems, are threatened by invasion of woody species and non-native pest species. Because fire has been important in maintaining Willamette Valley prairies for at least 1000 years, prescribed burning is a top choice of managers for preventing encroachment of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Department of Agriculture, Salem, Oregon, USA Collins, S.L. and L.L. Wallace (eds) 1990. Fire in

Identification and Occurrence of Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium) Virus and Virus-Like Diseases in Various Regions and Orchards of Oregon

Creator:: Reinhold, Lauri A.
Abstract:: There are over 35 known virus and virus-like diseases of sweet cherry (Prunus avium), some with potential to cause severe economic impact by reducing vegetative growth, vigor, and/or quality of fruit. Oregon is the second-ranked state for sweet cherry production in the United States with 13,000 acres and $70.8 million...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Department of Agriculture (ODA) conducts a limited survey for specific viruses, including the APHIS

Danebo Wetland Prairie Project Environmental Education Curriculum

Creator:: Windham, George, Wagner, Jan, Ruzicka, Angela, Clark, Deborah Louise, 1950-, Wilson, Mark V., and Lederman, Norman
Abstract:: One goal of this environmental education curriculum is that students will gain an appreciation of Willamette Valley wetland prairies, a threatened ecosystem, and will gain an understanding of the importance of protecting these wetlands. A second goal is that students will see first-hand the processes involved in conducting scientific field...
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: treatments. 27 Results should be sent to: Dr. Deborah L. Clark Dept of Botany & Plant Pathology Oregon

Live plant imports: the major pathway for forest insect and pathogen invasions of the US

Creator:: Liebhold, Andrew M., Brockerhoff, Eckehard G., Garrett, Lynn J., Parke, Jennifer L., and Britton, Kerry O.
Abstract:: Trade in live plants has been recognized worldwide as an important invasion pathway for non-native plant pests. Such pests can have severe economic and ecological consequences. Nearly 70% of damaging forest insects and pathogens established in the US between 1860 and 2006 most likely entered on imported live plants. The...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: US ports undetected 1US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Comparison of the water relations characteristics of woody plants in western Oregon

Creator:: Davis, Kent J.
Abstract:: I studied the water relations traits, twig conductivity, C'3 isotopic composition, and wood density of three conifer and five angiosperm species in western Oregon. This study took place from spring 2002 to fall 2003 on four sites. Species were selected to represent the diversity of drought tolerance of woody plants...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Holbrook (2001) studied the hydraulic properties of 17 oaks from Florida, Stratton et al (2000

Rhizoctonia of the potato

Creator:: Corsaut, Jesse Harrison
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: OF AGRICULTURE By Jesse Harrison Corsaut 1915. APFROVED: Professor of Botany & Pl~nt

Using local climate to explain temporal variation in rare plant populations

Creator:: Pfingsten, Ian A.
Abstract:: Increased temperatures due to anthropogenic-induced climate change may raise the threat of extinction for taxa with sessile life histories (e.g., plants) in the near future. Linking climate change models to demographic models may provide useful insights into the potential effects of environmental changes on rare plants, and therefore aid in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Department of Agriculture, as a Species of Concern by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and a Bureau of

Performance of Willamette Valley native plants following herbicide exposure

Creator:: Blakeley-Smith, Matthew R.
Abstract:: Prairies were once the dominant vegetation type in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Land use conversion, fire suppression, succession, and invasive species have reduced Willamette Valley prairies to less than 1% of their historical area. The remnant prairies that persist today are small in size and are highly fragmented. Marginal strips of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Willamette Valley (Titus 1996). The nearly wholesale conversion of land into agriculture and urban areas in

Characteristics of the lentil strain of pea seedborne mosaic virus

Creator:: Goodell, Jody Jellison
Abstract:: The lentil strain of pea seedborne mosaic virus, PSbMV-L, was distinguished from the standard isolates of PSbMV by a natural inoculum reservoir in lentil seed and by separate resistance genes in Pisum and Lens. PSbMV-L was intermediate in symptom severity between the standard and New Zealand isolates of PSbMV. Seed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of the near east and southern Turkey and is probably almost as old as agriculture itself

An investigation of cherry gummosis

Creator:: Griffin, F. L. (Frederick Llewellyn)
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : D'ex>artEien\t of Botanv and Plant Pathology. Dean, School of Agriculture. for the degree of MASTER

An experimental reintroduction of Pleuropogon oregonus, a rare wetland grass native to Oregon

Creator:: Groberg, Matthew G.
Abstract:: Pleuropogon oregonus Chase is a rare wetland grass endemic to eastern Oregon. The species is composed of two widely separated populations, one in Lake County and one in Union County. In order to reduce the risk of extinction, the Oregon Department of Agriculture Native Plant Conservation Program initiated several reintroduction...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: reduce the risk of extinction, the Oregon Department of Agriculture Native Plant Conservation Program

Responses and relationships among Fusarium species, sweet corn, and western spotted cucumber beetles

Creator:: Miller, Nathan L. (Nathan Louis)
Abstract:: Sweet corn (Zea mays L.) yields in the Willamette Valley of Oregon have been declining since the early 1990’s. Studies were done to determine if there is a relationship between ear weight and several disease parameters including necrotic crowns or stalk nodes, nodal root rot, radicle root rot, and sub-crown...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Biology of chlamydospores of Phytophthora ramorum

Creator:: Smith, Aaron Lee
Abstract:: The chlamydospore is a survival spore produced by 35 of the 75 described species of Phytophthora. Phytophthora ramorum Werres, de Cock & Man in't Veld, the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death (SOD), produces abundant chlamydospores in artificial culture and plant tissue. The chlamydospore is likely the most important survival...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Aaron Lee Smith for the degree of Master of Science in Botany and Plant

An analysis of montane forest vegetation on the east flank of the central Oregon Cascades

Creator:: West, Neil E.
Abstract:: Montane forest vegetation as it occurs on the east flank of the central Oregon Cascades has provided excellent conditions for a "natural experiment" in the use of various methodologies in studying vegetational distribution. This "experiment" has reflected on some theory and practice for the discipline of plant synecology. Detailed descriptions,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: An analysis of Montane forest vegetation on the east flank

The Influence of Nitrogen Fertility on Hop Quality, Pest Management, and the Stability of Biological Control

Creator:: Iskra, Anne E.
Abstract:: A multi-year field study was conducted in Oregon and Washington to evaluate the influence of nitrogen fertilization rate and timing on cone quality, nitrate accumulation in cones, severity of powdery mildew (caused by Podosphaera macularis), arthropod pests, and the stability of conservation biological control of the twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon with 3,000 ha, and Idaho with 3,000 ha (United States Department of Agriculture National

Partial characterization of the P4 pathotype of pea seedborne mosaic virus

Creator:: Kohnen, Paul D.
Abstract:: Biological, serological, and molecular characteristics of the P4 pathotype of pea seedborne mosaic potyvirus (PSbMV) were investigated. The characterization allowed P4 to be differentiated from other pathotypes of the same virus. P4 was distinguished from P1 on the basis of host symptomatology. It induced varied, but often distinctive symptoms in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: unknown. The P4 type isolate was discovered in seedlings of P. sativum germplasm (U.S. Dept. of

Role of inoculum sources of Botrytis cinerea in the epidemiology of gray mold of snap beans

Creator:: Johnson, Kenneth Bjorn
Abstract:: Spore dispersal gradients and pod disease gradients from point inoculum sources of Botrytis cinerea were measured over time in two snap bean field experiments. Laboratory grown inoculum was placed at ground level in a 30 x 30 cm square at bloom initiation and removed at full bloom. Dispersal of inoculum,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , physiology, and pathogenicity. Monograph No. 15, Research Branch, Canada Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, 194 pp

Factors affecting the inoculum potential of VA and ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest soils of southwest Oregon and northern California

Creator:: Parke, Jennifer Lee
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, R. G. LINDERMAN U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Description of the plant communities and succession of the Oregon coast grasslands

Creator:: Ripley, James Douglas
Abstract:: In an effort to describe the plant communities and succession of the Oregon coastal grasslands, vegetation and environmental data were collected from 75 stands at 24 separate locations ranging from Cape Falcon in Tillamook County to Cape Ferrelo in Curry County. The vegetation data consisted of cover and frequency values...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Department of Agriculture and the Botany Department of the University 6 of California at Berkeley

The location, composition, and structure of old-growth forests of the Oregon coast range

Creator:: Juday, Glenn Patrick
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The location, composition, and structure of old-growth

Susceptibility of golden chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla) to Phytophthora cambivora

Creator:: Saavedra, Angel Luis
Abstract:: In early 2000, unusual mortality of a native North American tree, golden chinquapin, was reported by the USDA-Forest Service. Dying trees exhibited girdling cankers in the inner bark of the lower bole, branch flagging and defoliation. Isolations from necrotic tissues and soil associated with diseased or killed trees yielded Phytophthora...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Hepting, G. (1971). Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees of the United States. USDA Agriculture Handbook No

Interrelationship of wheat cultivar mixtures, stripe rust and yield

Creator:: Akanda, Shamsul I.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: control of plant diseases through breeding. U. S. Dept. Agriculture ARS 33-110, 117-26. Calvero, S

The effects of logging on periphyton communities of coastal streams

Creator:: Hansmann, Eugene W. (Eugene William), 1933-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of logging on the productivity, structure and biomass of a periphyton community developed in mountain streams. The three streams used in this investigation were located in the coast range of Lincoln County, Oregon. They were selected for similarity of habitat,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The effects of logging on periphyton communities of

Relation of boron to cherry rosette disease in Oregon, and the possible implication in Oregon, and the possible implication of a virus

Creator:: Bolwyn, Bart
Abstract:: A disease of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) known as "cherry rosette" has threatened production of cherries in Oregon. In 1961 this disease was observed in widely separated orchards. Rosette occurred in isolated trees or in spreading patterns, often from identified single trees or from one section of an orchard....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Relation of boron to cherry rosette disease in Oregon, and

Riparian lichens of northern Idaho

Creator:: Hutchinson, Jenifer L.
Abstract:: Riparian forests in the Idaho Panhandle, north of Whitebird, were surveyed for rare riparian lichen species. The region was stratified into nine geographic units and by stream size. Eighty-one plots were surveyed for lichen community, stand and river characteristics. Variables important to lichen community composition included regional differences, elevation, climatic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jenifer L. Flutchinson for the

Epidemiology and population biology of Inonotus tomentosus as a pathogen of forests of British Columbia

Creator:: Lewis, Katherine JoAnn
Abstract:: The root disease fungus Inonotus tomentosus, common in the old growth boreal forests of British Columbia, poses a threat to the health of second growth forests established on sites with a previous history of root disease. Colonized stumps occur in groups of 1 to 6; the groups are clumped within...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Epidemiology and population biology of Inonotus

Comparative anatomical study of three species of Microseris

Creator:: Soedjono, Estiti Harti
Abstract:: Three growth forms of the genus Microseris, of the tribe Cichorieae, family Compositae, were compared with respect to their anatomical structure. The purpose of this study was to clarify lines of evolutionary specialization in the genus. Two of the three species studied, M. laciniata and M. borealis, are perennials, while...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Comparative anatomical study of three species of

The ecology and reproduction of Sophora leachiana Peck (Fabaceae)

Creator:: Crowder, Cheryl Alison
Abstract:: The goal of the study was to collect data on the ecology and reproduction of Sophora leachiana in order to help explain the rarity and restricted range of this species. There are 13 known populations of S. leachiana, occurring in a 29 by 6.4 km area in the Siskiyou Mountains...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon Department of Agriculture. Thanks are extended to Mr. Lee Webb of the Siskiyou National Forest

The epidemiology of sudden oak death in Oregon forests

Creator:: Peterson, Ebba K.
Abstract:: The phytopathogen Phytophthora ramorum (Werres, DeCock & Man in't Veld), causal agent of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) of oaks (Quercus spp.) and tanoaks (Notholithocarpus densiflorus syn. Lithocarpus densiflorus), is established in coastal forests of the western United States. Since the discovery of SOD in the Douglas-fir / tanoak forests of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Dept. would work as smoothly as it does without the oversight of Dianne Simpson, Katie Remiyack and

Molecular and genetic analyses of genome variability in Ustilago hordei

Creator:: Agnan, Jacqueline
Abstract:: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of the strains representing the 14 races of U. hordei, the causal agent of covered smut on barley, revealed extensive polymorphism in chromosome length and number. The purpose of this study was to determine by two approaches the exact chromosome number for each U. hordei race,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Molecular and genetic analyses of genome variability in

Ecology of benthic microalgae of estuarine intertidal sediments

Creator:: Riznyk, Raymond Zenon
Abstract:: The benthic microalgae of sediments of the two tidal flats in Yaquina Bay, Oregon were investigated to determine the environmental factors limiting the abundance and the horizontal and vertical distribution of these organisms. The Southbeach tidal flat which is under the marine realm of deposition consists of fine to medium...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Ecology of benthic microalgae of estuarine intertidal

Description and classification of the forests of the upper Illinois River drainage of Southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Atzet, Thomas
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to develope a plant community classification within the Siskiyou mountains, a small range within the Klamath geological province well known for its geologic and floristic diversity. Forest land managers have expressed the need for identification of basic Land classes that will aid in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF THOMAS ATZET for the degree of

Morphology, physiology and pathogenicity of Trichoconis padwickii Ganguly, the cause of Stackburn disease of rice

Creator:: Chuaiprasit, Chalermlarb
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF _Chalermlarb Chuaiprasit for the

Transmission of plant pathogenic bacteria and a bacteriophage of Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith and Townsend) Conn by a saprozoic nematode, Diplogaster lheriteiri Maupas

Creator:: Chantanao, Aroon
Abstract:: A saprozoic nematode, Diplogaster lheriteiri Maupas 1919, was studied to determine its relationship to the plant pathogenic bacteria, Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith and Townsend) Conn., Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., Erwinia carotovora (Jones) Holland, Pseudomonas phaseolicola (Burk. ) Dows., Xanthomonas campestris (Pam. ) Dows. and to a phage of A....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: campestris (Pam. ) Dows. Obtained from I. W. Deep, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State

The role of Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke and Berth in seed transmission and induction of a latent disease of Pelargonium

Creator:: Koocheki, Hormozdyar Khodadad
Abstract:: Many initially healthy Pelargonium seedlings developed symptoms of Verticillium wilt in an Oregon State University greenhouse when they attained blooming age. The symptoms first appeared in May as "edge burning," yellowing, and wilting of leaves. In late summer, these seedlings which were the offspring of Verticillium infected plants, became severely...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: eggplants in Florida fields, Kadow (25) found that tomato plants were also capable of carry- ing the

Serological and molecular approaches for distinguishing bean common mosaic and bean common mosaic necrosis potyviruses and their respective pathogroups

Creator:: Xu, Ling, 1963-
Abstract:: Polyclonal antisera were raised against isolates of bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) and bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV) using conventional serological methods. Infected tissues containing, respectively, 22 recognized BCMV and BCMNV isolates were tested against the two antisera by antigen-coated plate (ACP) ELISA and double antibody sandwich (DAS) ELISA....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Alignment of nucleotide sequences of RT-PCR products generated from BCMV isolates TS, NY15, NL7, Florida

Mycorrhizal fungi and their relationship to plant succession in subalpine habitats

Creator:: Cazares, Efren
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: succession in subalpine habitats AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Efren Cazares for the degree of Doctor of

A comparative study of temperate Chamaecyparis forests

Creator:: Hawk, Glenn M.
Abstract:: The objectives of this study include: (1) analysis of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, C. taiwanensis, and C. formosensis forests including the structure, composition, and dynamics of plant communities and their environmental relationships; and (2) comparison of the temperate Chamaecyparis forests of Taiwan and the Pacific Northwest with emphasis on structural and successional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF GLENN MARTIN HAWK for the

Science Takes Flight: Detection of Black Leg on Turnip Gray Mold on Hemp

Creator:: Bates, Taylor A.
Abstract:: Disease detection through traditional techniques such as scouting fields on foot, molecular assays, or morphological identification of plant pathogens is time consuming and costly. Disease diagnosis in the field can be extremely subjective, and largely depends on the experience and knowledge of pathogen identification and disease quantification. This thesis provides...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1 Introduction...………………………………………………….…………………… 1 1.1 Agriculture in the Willamette Valley of

Physical factors affecting longevity and germination of seed of Western dwarfmistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm. f. campylopodum)

Creator:: Beckman, Kent Mardsen
Abstract:: Longevity and germination of seed of western dwarfmistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm. f. campylopodum) of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) was investigated to determine: 1) the influence of humidity and temperature on seed viability and deterioration during storage; 2) the physiology of seed dormancy; 3) the composition of seed reserve food...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF KENT MARSDEN BECKMAN for the

Heat as a factor in germination of seeds of Ceanothus velutinus var. laevigatus T. & G.

Creator:: Gratkowski, H.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of the U. S. Forest Service, U, S. Department of Agriculture, financed all phases of the project

Mulching to Manage Mummy Berry of Blueberry

Creator:: Florence, Jade
Abstract:: Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi pseudosclerotia overwinter on the soil surface and produce apothecia in early spring, providing primary inoculum for Mummy Berry Disease of blueberry. Burial under 2.5 cm of soil or the absence of light have previously been identified as critical factors preventing the development of apothecia. Mulches were applied to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Overwintering survival of stem rust on perennial ryegrass : construction of a simulation model, and effects of the mycoparasite Sphaerellopisis filum

Creator:: Gordon, Tyler C.
Abstract:: Stem rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis subsp. graminicola, can cause yield reductions exceeding 90% on perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) crops grown for seed if not treated with fungicide in the spring. There is evidence that late-spring stem rust epidemics are initiated by populations that survived the winter....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

Examination of necrotic fleck-diseased Lilium longiflorum

Creator:: Lyons, Alan Robert
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: preliminary report of investigations. Washington, D. C. 15 p. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Division of

Silviculture Impacts and Population Genomics of Coniferiporia sulphurascens, the Causal Agent of Laminated Root Rot

Creator:: McMurtrey, Shawn
Abstract:: Within the Pacific Northwest, USA, root diseases of conifers are a major forest health concern. These diseases are primarily caused by basidiomycete fungi. These fungal associates play a vital role in carbon sequestration but also have a significant negative economic impact within the timber industry. As a result, research on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture 166. http://nt.ars-grin.gov

Lichen Studies of Tropical Dry Forest: A Systematic and Ecological Approach

Creator:: Miranda-González, Ricardo
Abstract:: In recent years, our ecological knowledge of tropical dry forests has increased dramatically. However, whole components of the ecosystem, like lichenized fungi, remain mostly unknown. Crustose lichens in these forests are so abundant, that they are responsible for the characteristic appearance of a “white bark forest” during the dry season....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Ricardo Miranda-González for the degree of Doctor in Philosophy

Comparative genetic structure of two mangrove species in Caribbean and Pacific estuaries of Panama

Creator:: Ceron-Souza, Ivania, Bermingham, Eldredge, McMillan, William Owen, and Jones, Frank Andrew
Abstract:: Background: Mangroves are ecologically important and highly threatened forest communities. Observational and genetic evidence has confirmed the long distance dispersal capacity of water-dispersed mangrove seeds, but less is known about the relative importance of pollen vs. seed gene flow in connecting populations. We analyzed 980 Avicennia germinans for 11 microsatellite...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Comparative genetic structure of two mangrove species in

Effects of intercropping beans with maize on angular leaf spot and rust of beans

Creator:: Boudreau, Mark Alan, 1958-
Abstract:: Experiments were performed to determine the nature of maize influence on bean disease in additive-type intercrops. Overall effects of intercrops on angular leaf spot (caused by Phaeoisariopsis griseola) in Kenya indicated >23% reductions (P<0.05) in area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC) in two of three season-site combinations. Fertilization tended...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: agriculture. It is my hope that the research described here will become part of a larger "theoretical

The spatial distribution of wood-nesting ants in the central Coast Range of Oregon

Creator:: Nielsen, Gary R. (Gary Richard), 1956-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The Spatial Distribution of Wood-Nesting Ants in the

Potential susceptibility of tanoak associated and rare ericaceous plant species of southwestern Oregon to Phytophthora ramorum

Creator:: Zanzot, James W.
Abstract:: The sudden oak death pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum, is present in southwestern Oregon, and while an eradication effort is underway, the potential impact of the polyphagous pathogen on surrounding vegetation is unknown. Plant communities in the area are substantially different from those affected in California, although tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus), evergreen huckleberry...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Agriculture (ODA) and Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) announced that P. ramorum had been positively

The disease cycle of side rot of pear, caused by Phialophora malorum

Creator:: Sugar, David
Abstract:: Potential sources of inoculum of Phialophora malorum were investigated. P. malorum was found to be a soil-borne fungus whose role as a postharvest pathogen of pear is dependent upon passive dispersal with infested soil. P. malorum survived in soil under a wide range of conditions, with greatest survival in cool,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The disease cycle of side rot of pear, caused by

Synecology of the white-oak (Quercus garryana Douglas) woodlands of the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Thilenius, John F., 1931-
Abstract:: Quercus garryana dominated plant communities are found in the interior coastal valleys and on foothills from southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, south to San Francisco, California. They occur as savannas, intermixed with a variety of conifers, and in almost pure stands. The diversity of habitats occupied by the species and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Willamette Valley is more favorably suited to agriculture than any other portion of the country; but that

Fire history of the ponderosa pine forests of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon

Creator:: Soeriaatmadja, Roehajat Emon, 1936-
Abstract:: Fire has played a prominent role in the development and character of the ponderosa pine forests in western North American. Its records are written in the scars of trees that have survived the fire. Careful studies of these fire-scars may be used as a means of reconstructing the fire history...
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Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF ROEHAJAT EMON SOERIAATMADJA

Verticillium wilt of hops : pathogenicity, host range, and temperature relations of the causal agents

Creator:: Zehsazian, Hassan
Abstract:: Verticillium wilt of hops in Oregon, caused by Verticillium dahliae Kleb., was first reported in 1956. Later, V. albo-atrum Reinke & Berth. was also isolated from infected hop plants, and thus both species of the fungus were shown to be the causal agents of the disease in Oregon. The purpose...
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Full Text:: Verticillium wilt of hops : pathogenicity, host range, and

The effects of univalent cations on the activity of particulate starch synthetase

Creator:: Nitsos, Ronald Eugene
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The effects of univalent cations on the activity of

Conservation genetics of Kincaid's lupine : a threatened plant of western Oregon and southwest Washington grasslands

Creator:: Severns, Paul M.
Abstract:: Kincaid's lupine (Lupinus oreganus Heller) is a federally listed threatened species native to remnant grassland of western Oregon and southwestern Washington, and is the primary larval host plant of a once thought extinct butterfly, Plebejus icarioides fenderi Macy. Past studies concerning Kincaid's lupine reproduction suggested that populations may suffer reductions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Paul M. Severns for the

Succession and certain adaptive features of plants native to the sand dunes of the Oregon coast

Creator:: Kumler, Marion Lawrence, 1941-
Abstract:: The vegetation of the Oregon coast is characterized by a variety of stages of plant succession which are repeated widely throughout the sand dune area. During the years from 1960 to 1963 the gradation of upland sand dune succession was studied on 48 plots within a 150 mile section of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Succession and certain adaptative features of plants

The closterovirus-derived gene expression and RNA interference vectors as tools for research and plant biotechnology

Creator:: Dolja, Valerian V. and Koonin, Eugene V.
Abstract:: Important progress in understanding replication, interactions with host plants, and evolution of closteroviruses enabled engineering of several vectors for gene expression and virus-induced gene silencing. Due to the broad host range of closteroviruses, these vectors expanded vector applicability to include important woody plants such as citrus and grapevine. Furthermore, large...
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Full Text:: , MD, USA Edited by: William O. Dawson, University of Florida, USA Reviewed by: Bryce Falk

Invaded range of the blackberry pathogen Phragmidium violaceum in the Pacific Northwest of the USA and the search for its provenance

Creator:: Morin, Louise, Gomez, Don R., Evans, Katherine J., Neill, Tara M., Mahaffee, Walt F., and Linde, Celeste C.
Abstract:: Field surveys in 2006 confirmed that the exotic rust fungus Phragmidium violaceum was widespread on Rubus armeniacus and Rubus laciniatus in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. The origin and dispersal pattern of this obligate biotrophic pathogen in the USA were investigated by comparing the genetic diversity and structure of...
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Full Text:: . J. Evans Perennial Horticulture Centre, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania

Phytophthora obscura sp nov., a new species of the novel Phytophthora subclade 8d

Creator:: Gruenwald, N. J., Werres, S., Goss, E. M., Taylor, C. R., and Fieland, V. J.
Abstract:: A new Phytophthora species was detected (i) in the USA, infecting foliage of Kalmia latifolia, (ii) in substrate underneath Pieris, and (iii) in Germany in soil samples underneath Aesculus hippocastanum showing disease symptoms. The new species Phytophthora obscura sp. nov. is formally named based on phylogenetic analysis, host range, Kochs...
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Full Text:: Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, PO Box 110680, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA. Published online 9

Comments Regarding the Binary Power Law for Heterogeneity of Disease Incidence

Creator:: Turechek, W. W., Madden, L. V., and Gent, D. H.
Abstract:: The binary power law (BPL) has been successfully used to characterize heterogeneity (overdispersion or small-scale aggregation) of disease incidence for many plant pathosystems. With the BPL, the log of the observed variance is a linear function of the log of the theoretical variance for a binomial distribution over the range...
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Full Text:: First author: United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), U.S

Evolving while invading: rapid adaptive evolution in juvenile development time for a biological control organism colonizing a high-elevation environment

Creator:: McEvoy, Peter B., Higgs, Kimberley M., Coombs, Eric M., Karacetin, Evrim, and Starcevich, Leigh Ann
Abstract:: We report evidence of adaptive evolution in juvenile development time on a decadal timescale for the cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) colonizing new habitats and hosts from the Willamette Valley to the Coast Range and Cascades Mountains in Oregon. Four lines of evidence reveal shorter egg to pupa juvenile...
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Full Text:: University Corvallis, OR, USA 2 Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem, Oregon, USA 3 Erciyes University

Primary productivity and community structure of an estuarine impoundment

Creator:: Lyford, John Higgins
Abstract:: An impounded estuary was employed to study primary productivity, community respiration, and community structure as they related to seasonal and temporal succession, salinity, and water temperature. Plankton metabolism was studied by means of the light-and dark-bottle technique. Benthic community metabolism was determined by using the "diurnal oxygen curve" method. Four...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Primary Productivity and Community Structure of an

Forecasting Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides foot rot of winter wheat

Creator:: Grybauskas, Arvydas P.
Abstract:: The use of fungicides for the control of foot rot of winter wheat, caused by Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides (Fron) Dei., requires a forecast of disease risk to optimize this management practice ecologically and economically. Foot rot occurs in both the mild, wet (100+ cm, ppt./year) annual cropped areas in western Oregon,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of modern agriculture were laid some 9000 years ago when man began sowing seed that he had

Non-target Effects of Biological Control: Ecological Risk of Tyria jacobaeae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) to Senecio triangularis (Asteraceae) in Western Oregon

Creator:: Rodman, Madison G.
Abstract:: Non-target effects are one of the greatest potential risks of weed biological control programs, and understanding non-target effects of biological control at the population level is crucial for predicting when they will occur and altering the perception of biological control as a whole. In this thesis, we assessed the ecological...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: effort by the Oregon Department of Agriculture (gray dots) along with Oregon State University Herbarium

Evaluation of assay systems for the determination of susceptibility of the hop (Humulus lupulus) to Verticillium wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae

Creator:: Shufelt, Eileen Marie
Abstract:: A rapid and reliable assay is needed to evaluate hop resistance to Verticillium wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae. Assays used in the past are laborious, require long incubation periods, and usually produce mild symptoms which are difficult to evaluate and are often not consistent. A study comparing several methods for...
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Full Text:: Evaluation of assay systems for the determination of

The identity, biological and molecular characteristics and serology of carlaviruses infectious to peas in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Weber, Kenneth Alan
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , and Serology of Carlaviruses Infectious to peas in the the Pacific Northwest AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Growth and reproductive ecology of Larix laricina in interior Alaska

Creator:: Brown, Kevin R.
Abstract:: Larix laricina in Alaska occurs on sites ranging from productive slopes and riverbottoms to wet bogs underlain by permafrost. It is largest on sites without permafrost, where it is associated with Picea glauca, but is much more common in bogs, where it occurs with Picea mariana. In this study, I...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -8/17 106 min 7.6 8.1 10.1 8.0 ]Weather station observations from United States Dept. of Commerce

A survey of Agrobacterium strains associated with Georgia pecan trees and an immunological study of the bacterium

Creator:: Bouzar, Hacène
Abstract:: Crown gall was found in numerous pecan orchards in Georgia. In some instances, 60% of the trees were diseased. Galled trees were less vigorous than noninfected trees. Among the pathogenic Agrobacterium strains isolated from 18 galled trees from six counties, biovar 1 strains predominated and most were sensitive to agrocin...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of crown gall on pecan trees grown in a nursery in Mississippi and in Northern Florida. Today

Patterns in coastal marsh vegetation of the Juneau area, Alaska

Creator:: Stone, Catherine S.
Abstract:: A vegetation study was made of four coastal marshes near Juneau, Alaska. Results confirmed earlier studies' findings in southeast Alaska that communities or assemblages of species can be identified but from marsh to marsh these assemblages appear to have no consistent relationship to each other or to environmental "factors" such...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Patterns in coastal marsh vegetation of the Juneau area

Biology, epidemiology, and biological and chemical control of Phytophthora vignae

Creator:: Fernando, W. Gerard Dilantha
Abstract:: Phytophthora vignae, causal agent of stem and root rot of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), was reported for the first time in Sri Lanka. The pathogen was found in cowpea field soils from 3 of 5 geographic regions sampled. Only one site however, had plants exhibiting disease symptoms. Of the eight cowpea...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: scholarship through USAID, from the Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka and from Dr. Robert Linderman by

Factors determining species composition of post-disturbance vegetation following logging and burning of an old growth Douglas-fir forest

Creator:: Clark, Deborah Louise, 1950-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: crop agriculture after several years of poor weed control. Annuals and short-lived perennials dominate

Distribution and variation of Armillariella mellea clones in relation to vegetative cover and severity of root rot in Ponderosa pine

Creator:: Cooley, Sally Joan
Abstract:: Root rot due to Armillariella mellea (Vahl. ex Fr.) Karst. is unusually severe in ponderosa pine near Glenwood, Washington. Isolate relations, clonal variability, vegetation patterns, and climate were examined in relation to severity of disease in this area. Ninety-one isolates from 70 infection centers were examined. Pairings of neighboring isolates...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Distribution and variation of Armillariella mellea clones

An ecological study of the vegetation of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah

Creator:: Kaltwasser, Robert George
Abstract:: During the summers of 1971, 1972, and 1973, a general floristic ecological survey of the naturally-occurring vegetation of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah was carried out. Ten community types were identified and characterized. These included two aquatic communities, the Potamogeton pectinatus (Pope) and the Ruppia maritima/ Zannichellia...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Bird Refuge, and to the U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife for mak

The fate of organic and inorganic nitrogen inputs in an old-growth forest of the central Oregon Cascade Range

Creator:: Holub, Scott M.
Abstract:: Forests in the Pacific Northwest receive very little nitrogen through atmospheric deposition and thus studying the nitrogen cycle in this region can provide insights into how the unpolluted nitrogen cycle functions. I examined the fate of organic nitrogen versus inorganic nitrogen and the effect of tamlins on N retention by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Scott M. Holub for the

The sequestrate relatives of Russula in Australia and New Zealand

Creator:: Lebel, Teresa
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 7501, USA. B United States Department of Agriculture

Influence of atmospheric humidity and free water on germination and germ tube growth of Botrytis cinerea Pers.

Creator:: Carre, Deborah Danielle
Abstract:: The influence of atmospheric humidity and free water on germination and germ tube growth of Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr. was studied. Relative humidities (RH) were maintained inside insulated humidity chambers with sulfuric acid solutions of the appropriate concentrations. Insulation was necessary to reduce the incidence of condensation caused by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Influence of atmospheric humidity and free water on

Effects of host resistance on Mycosphaerella graminicola populations

Creator:: Cowger, Christina
Abstract:: Mycosphaerella graminicola (anamorph Septoria tritici) causes Septoria tritici blotch, a globally important disease of winter wheat. Resistance and pathogenicity generally vary quantitatively. The pathogen reproduces both sexually and asexually, and the pathogen population is highly genetically variable. Several unresolved questions about the epidemiology of this pathosystem are addressed by this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Oregon Agriculture & Fisheries Statistics, published by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the

Understanding sporulation and dissemination of Podosphaera macularis, hop powdery mildew

Creator:: Peetz, Amy B.
Abstract:: Podosphaera macularis causes one of the most important diseases, powdery mildew, of Humulus lupulus (hop). If left unmanaged, hop powdery mildew can cause total crop loss due to disease or browning of hop cones rendering the cones unmarketable to buyers. The Hop Powdery Mildew Infection Risk Index (HOPS) is heavily...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Microsoft Word - Thesis Final.doc AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Brown rot of sweet cherry in western Oregon

Creator:: Gashaira, Bashir
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Agriculture for the financial support during my studies in the United States. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Some properties of ribonucleotide reductase in Rhizobium species

Creator:: Cowles, Joe Richard, 1941-
Abstract:: Ribonucleotide reductase from Rhizobium meliloti has been partially purified and characterized. The enzymatic reduction of ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides is dependent upon B₁₂ coenzyme and dihydrolipoate. B₁₂ coenzyme was more effective than B₁₂ coenzyme analogues in the reductase reaction. The affinity of the R. meliloti reductase system for B₁₂ coenzyme was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ineffective in fixing nitrogen, was a gift from Dr. L. W. Erdman, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. All

Serpentine and non-serpentine edaphic ecology and the recovery of Lomatium cookii (Apiaceae), an endangered endemic of southwest Oregon

Creator:: Silvernail, Ian S.
Abstract:: The role of unusual geologies in plant distribution and form is well-known. Serpentine (ultramafic) soils exert a particularly strong influence on plants, as evidenced by a high level of endemism and the morphological and physiological traits displayed in adaptation to the extraordinary chemistry of these substrates. Adaptation may lead to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

The reproductive ecology of the pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia nutt.) under a range of overstory conditions in western Oregon

Creator:: DiFazio, Stephen P.
Abstract:: The influence of overstory openness on the reproductive ecology of Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia Nutt.) was investigated on 4 sites in western Oregon over 2 years. The breeding system of T. brevifolia was found to deviate from pure dioecy under a broad range of canopy and site conditions. Production of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: The reproductive ecology of the pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia

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