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Creator:: Nassar, Abdul-Rahman Hassan
Abstract:: Three experiments were conducted (1) to develop and characterize polyclonal antibodies against ovine adipocyte plasma membranes (APM), (2) to evaluate the effect of administering the developed antibodies to lambs on lamb growth and carcass characteristics, and (3) to investigate the possibility of using the developed antibodies to identify antigenic components...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Meints, Paul David
Abstract:: Legislation to reduce open field burning in grass seed fields within the Willamette valley of western Oregon changed established production practices. In the creeping grasses such as Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) and creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra L.) non-thermal management resulted in reduced yield. Studies were conducted to examine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Masrungson, Duangdao
Abstract:: The structural component compositions of thirty nine non-commercial Pacific Northwest grasses were analyzed in order to develop a database of the grasses that may have application in bioconversion processes. The samples were chosen based on near infrared reflectance (NIR) data that suggested this group of grasses, collectively, was representative of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Boone, Carmen E.
Abstract:: The literature available on the silica content of herbaceous biomass, and its relative mobility in leaching/extraction systems, includes studies that have employed several different methods for silica quantification. This makes comparison of the data difficult. The objective of this thesis research was to determine the quantitative relationships between the measured...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Sampaio, Tiago Luís Barros
Abstract:: A rootstock trial was established in 1997 at the OSU Woodhall vineyard, located in the Southern Willamette Valley, which included two experiments. The first experiment was a factorial of four varieties grafted on to 9 rootstocks, and also as ungrafted vines (a split-plot design). The second experiment was a randomized...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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