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Alternative orchard floor management practices, soil quality, nitrogen fertilizeruptake, and apple tree growth and yield

Creator:

McDonald, Sarah Finger

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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...

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Dissertation

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like to thank my committee; Drs. Paul Schreiner, Alex Stone, and Elizabeth Sulzman and my gradrep Dr
Evaluation of genetic diversity in wild populations of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis L.)

Creator:

Dossett, Michael

Abstract:

In recent years, there has been renewed interest in black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis L.) breeding. This has been spurred, in part, by an increase in black raspberry consumption due to studies that have shown them to be particularly high in anthocyanin content indicating high levels of antioxidants. Present cultivars are...

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Dissertation

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, Maeve Dempsey, Isaac Otto, and Alex Renn, all helped me out too many times to count with watering
Evaluation of grapevine red blotch virus epidemiology with reference to potential insect vectors

Creator:

Dalton, Daniel T.

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Grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV), the causal agent of red blotch disease (RBD) in grapevine, Vitis vinifera L., is an emerging pathogen of significance to the wine grape industry of Oregon, USA. To address knowledge gaps of GRBV epidemiology, spread of GRBV was evaluated in Oregon vineyards over four years....

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Dissertation

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. Alex Levin and Achala KC. I wish to thank past and present lab members and associates for their