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Creator:: McDonald, Sarah Finger
Abstract:: Orchard floor management (OFM) practices can improve soil function and alter the soil biological community. Soil function is dependent on soil forming materials and on management practices but little is known about how OFM affect orchard soil quality, fertilizer N uptake, or tree growth and production. Research plots were located...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Creator:: Fredrikson, Levi
Abstract:: Five vineyard floor management treatments were evaluated in a young vineyard in western Oregon to better understand the effects on vine growth and nutrition, soil moisture dynamics, and weed control during 2009 and 2010. Treatments included two mulched treatments where mowed alleyway residue was transferred in-row at rates of 1x...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Creator:: Curtis, Morgan A.
Abstract:: The use of cover crops in young vineyards is not widely accepted in the Pacific Northwest due to concerns of water and nutrient competition between the cover crop and vines. The last 2 years of a 4-year study started in 2009 are reported here. The study evaluated the use of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: increased tree growth (Fang et al. 2007). Applications rates of 2.5 kg m-2 5.0 kg m-2, and 7.5 kg m-2 of

Creator:: Ulmer, Miranda R.
Abstract:: The majority of grapes grown in Oregon are produced in Western Oregon’s Willamette Valley, where two-thirds of the acreage is planted to Pinot noir. The production of Pinot noir in the Willamette Valley comes at a high cost, and growers are seeking ways to increase profits while maintaining quality fruit...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Valley. Agr. Expt. Sta. Ore. State Univ., Corvallis, Ore. 4. Bernard R and Leguay M. 1985. Clonal

Creator:: Bi, Guihong
Abstract:: The relationships between nitrogen (N), defoliation, and plant growth in nursery plants were studied using almond {Prunus dulcis (Mill) D. A. Webb) trees. In several experiments the effects of N source and availability on tree growth, N uptake, N remobilization, and nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC) were investigated to determine the most...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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