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Vernalization requirement studies with Pacific Northwest wheats

Creator:

Baloch, Dost M.

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Vernalization plays a fundamental role in the adaptation of winter cereals to their growing environment by controlling their growth habit, thereby allowing them to escape cold injury. Because of the climatic conditions of the region, dry summers and wet winters, growers sometimes cannot plant all of their winter wheat in...

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Masters Thesis

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them to escape cold injury. Because of the climatic conditions of the region, dry summers and wet
Evaluation and use of a soil mineralizable nitrogen test to determine the fertilizer nitrogen needs of winter wheat grown in western Oregon

Creator:

Baloch, Dost M.

Abstract:

The assessment of optimum nitrogen (N) fertilizer need for winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is important for economic and environmental sustainability. A comprehensive understanding of fertilizer N requirement depends on estimation of the quantity of N needed by the crop versus that supplied by soil. The objectives of this study...

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Dissertation

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with humid winters and dry summers. Most of the precipitation, 60 to 70 percent annually, occurs from