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Creator:: Schroeder, Jan-Marie
Abstract:: Fluctuations in population density of Pratylenchus sp., Trichodorus sp., and Xiphinema americanum s. 1. in three blueberry fields were determined monthly for one year. Pratylenchus densities were greatest in August and least in October. Three distinct periods of population growth occurred; during January, April, and between June and August. Trichodorus...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .) The Pacific Northwest climate and soils west of the Cascades are very favorable for nematode growth

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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: cultivars are ill adapted to the biotic and abiotic stresses of the Pacific Northwest, where the

Creator:: Sathuvalli, Vidyasagar R.
Abstract:: European hazelnut, Corylus avellana L., is the only economically important nut crop in the family Betulaceae. One of the threats to the hazelnut industry in the Pacific Northwest is the fungal disease eastern filbert blight (EFB) caused by the pyrenomycete Anisogramma anomala. Host genetic resistance to EFB identified in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Northwest is the fungal disease eastern filbert blight (EFB) caused by the pyrenomycete Anisogramma

Creator:: Klick, Jimmy
Abstract:: Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae) are small invasive flies that in the past five years (2009-2014) invaded berry and stone fruit production regions in Europe and the Americas. Evolutionary adaptations, biological traits, and anthropogenic factors have contributed to its current status as a global pest. Females oviposit eggs into ripe...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Movement, and Management of Drosophila suzukii in Oregon Berry Crops Abstract approved

Creator:: Russell, Michael C.
Abstract:: Conservation biological control involves manipulating farm landscapes or management systems to enhance populations of beneficial predators of agricultural pests. Farmscaping is one aspect of conservation biological control where predators of important pests are identified, the availability on the farm landscape of resources and habitat components needed by the beneficials to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: as invasive in natural habitats in the Pacific Northwest (MacDougal et al. 2006, Parendes and Jones

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