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Improving Best Management Practices for Potato Production in the Columbia Basin : An Evaluation of Essential Oils for Control of Verticillium Wilt and the Fate of Chloride in the System

Creator:

Light, Sarah Elizabeth

Abstract:

Although the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a global crop, few growing regions rival the high yields of the Columbia Basin of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Two research projects were conducted in Hermiston, OR to contribute to best management practices for the region. The first project evaluated the efficacy of...

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Masters Thesis

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by potassium chloride or potassium sulphate nutrition. Plant Soil. 124:287-290. Birch, P. R. J
Cultural controls for suppressing Phytophthora cinnamomi root rot of blueberry

Creator:

Yeo, John R.

Abstract:

Phytophthora cinnamomi is a soilborne pathogen that causes root rot disease of highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.). When new installations of susceptible blueberry cultivars are infected with P. cinnamomi, plants often fail to grow significant new tissue, greatly reducing yields over the life of the planting. Chemical fungicides are available...

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Dissertation

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THE DISSERTATION OF John R. Yeo for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Science presented