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Remediation of atrazine in irrigation runoff by a constructed wetland

Creator:: Runes, Heather B.
Abstract:: Due to its frequent use in agriculture and its frequent detection in surface water, atrazine was chosen as a model compound to study the treatment capability of a surface flow wetland used to remediate irrigation runoff at a container nursery near Portland, Oregon. Further evaluation of treatment of atrazine was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Determinants of microbial community structure and substrate utilization potential in soils of vegetable cropping systems

Creator:: Schutter, Mary E.
Abstract:: The Oregon Long-Term Soil Quality Project was initiated to identify soil properties that respond rapidly to alternative management practices. Such practices included winter cover cropping, which was implemented at two experimental research stations and several grower fields throughout the Willamette Valley. The goal of this thesis was to identify the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The genetic diversity of Ceanothus-infective Frankia

Creator:: Ritchie, Nancy J.
Abstract:: Frankia from root nodules of nine different species of Ceanothus were characterized. DNA was amplified directly from nodular material using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The amplified region includes the 3' end of the 16S rRNA gene, the intergenic spacer (IGS), and a large portion of the 23S rRNA gene....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Nitrogen fixation and cycling in a mixture of young red alder and Douglas-fir

Creator:: Tang, James Y.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Field management effects on the thermal stability and activity of soil enzymes in whole soil and aggregates

Creator:: Bandick, Anna Katrina
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Biology and control of Fusarium spp. on Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)

Creator:: Hoefnagels, Mariëlle Henriette, 1965-
Abstract:: Fusarium spp. are among the most important pathogens of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings in bareroot nurseries. Currently the most effective disease control method is soil fumigation with methyl bromide. As methyl bromide is phased out, however, other disease management strategies may become more important. We explored two alternative approaches to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Interactions of ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosomonas europaea with hydrocarbons and substituted hydrocarbons

Creator:: Keener, William Kelvin
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Post-translational modifications of vaccinia virus proteins : molecular analysis of the myristylated L1R gene produc

Creator:: Ravanello, Monica P. G.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Proteolytic maturation of vaccinia virus structural proteins

Creator:: VanSlyke, Judy K.
Abstract:: Vaccinia virus (VV) is a large DNA virus belonging to the Orthopoxvirus family. The viral replicative life cycle takes place solely within the cytoplasm of a mammalian host cell. The VV genome contains 196 open reading frames which are expressed in a highly regulated and temporal fashion in order to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Biology, epidemiology, and biological and chemical control of Phytophthora vignae

Creator:: Fernando, W. Gerard Dilantha
Abstract:: Phytophthora vignae, causal agent of stem and root rot of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), was reported for the first time in Sri Lanka. The pathogen was found in cowpea field soils from 3 of 5 geographic regions sampled. Only one site however, had plants exhibiting disease symptoms. Of the eight cowpea...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Structural requirements for adenovirus DNA replication

Creator:: Hu, Chin-Hwa
Abstract:: The adenovirus replication origins reside in the inverted terminal repetition (ITR) sequences. Replication proceeds unidirectionally by a strand-displacement mechanism from either or both origins to produce duplex daughter DNA plus a displaced parental strand. The displaced strand can be duplicated by two different routes. The cis pathway involves intramolecular hybridization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Sulfur oxidation and rhodanese activity in soils

Creator:: Deng, Shiping
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Nitrogen fluxes through microbial communities from Yaquina Bay (Oregon)

Creator:: Jamerlan, Saturnino Juan
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Dinitroaniline-herbicide resistance in goosegrass (Eleusine indica) : ecophysiological aspects

Creator:: Valverde, Bernal E.
Abstract:: Growth of individual goosegrass (Eleusine indica (L) Gaertn.) plants of three dinitroaniline-herbicide resistant (R) and three susceptible (S) biotypes from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Mississippi was analyzed in greenhouse experiments. Leaf area and biomass measurements, including root, shoot, above-ground, and total dry weights were similar among the biotypes studied....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Microbiological control of food spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms in refrigerated foods

Creator:: Al-Zoreky, Nageb
Abstract:: Microgard, a commercially-available pasteurized fermented milk, was found inhibitory to gram negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas putida, some well-known foodborne pathogens (e.g. Salmonella, Yersinia and Aeromonas) and some fungi as revealed by an agar incorporation assay method. Gram positive bacteria, however, were not inhibited. Rather, some bacteria in this group...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Association of hydrophobic organic compounds with dissolved soil organic carbon

Creator:: Ochs, Michael
Abstract:: Volatile hydrophobic compounds (HOCs) brought into soil and sediment systems represent a serious threat to the environment. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) may exert an important influence over the total aqueous solubility and mobility of organic pollutants through their incorporation into micelles or the formation of soluble complexes. To date, however,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Microbial analysis of coniferous forest and nursery soils : effects of ectomycorrhizae, volatiles, and humic-rich organic substrates

Creator:: Schisler, David Albert
Abstract:: Fusarium spp. frequent conifer nursery soils yet are rarely recovered from coniferous forest soils. Experiments were performed to determine what influence humic-rich organic amendments and volatiles from soil, ectomycorrhizal fungi and ectomycorrhizae have on the populations of several physiologic and taxonomic microbial groups potentially related to this phenomenon. A comparative...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Utilization of inorganic and organic nitrogen by phytoplankton off the Washington and Oregon coasts

Creator:: Kokkinakis, Steven Andon
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of atmospheric humidity on sporulation of Sphaerotheca pannosa (Wallr.) Lev. var. rosae Wor.

Creator:: Hural, Kirsten
Abstract:: The influence of atmospheric humidity on three aspects of sporulation of Sphaerotheca pannosa (Wallr.) Lev. var. rosae Wor., which causes rose powdery mildew, was studied on leaf disks of susceptible Rosa cultivar Samantha. To study conidiophore production, leaf disks were inoculated on the adaxial (upper) surface with conidia of S....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of abscisic acid on gene expression during embryogenesis in wheat

Creator:: Williamson, John D. (John David), 1948-
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Continuum mechanics methods applied to root growth and the penetration of soil by roots

Creator:: McCoy, Edward L.
Abstract:: The principles of continuum mechanics provide a consistent framework for the derivation of mathematical statements describing transport of water and solute, and growth in plant tissue. These derivations are based upon the explicit consideration of the tissue as a mathematical continuum composed of a cell wall matrix, water, and solute...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Effect of sulfur on dinitrogen fixation of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Creator:: Lopez-Jurado, Gerardo
Abstract:: Field experiments were established in 1982 and 1983 on a Woodburn silt loam soil (Aquultic Argixeroll) to examine the effect of S fertilizer on dinitrogen fixation and dry matter yield of 10 week-old seedling alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. cv. 'Apollo'). Six levels of S fertilizer (0 to 67.2 kg S/ha)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Evaluation of long term reacidification and growth of alfalfa on selected limed soils in western Oregon

Creator:: Doerge, Thomas A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Responses of algal populations to parasitism by Aphelidium chlorococcarum and chytrids in an Oregon sewage lagoon

Creator:: Woods, Wendy W.
Abstract:: The abundance of algal species and their parasites was monitored weekly for two years in a sewage lagoon at the Corvallis Airport, Oregon. During the cooler months, Euglena species were dominant followed by a Chlamydomonas assemblage in the spring and a predominantly Scenedesmus assemblage in the summer and fall. Parasites...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Effect of nitrogen fertilizer and irrigation on Acacia senegal seedling biomass and photosynthesis

Creator:: Warrag, Esam Eldin I.
Abstract:: Seedlings of Acacia senegal were grown in a glass greenhouse to study the effect of nitrogen and irrigation regimes on dry matter production and allocation to different plant organs, net photosynthesis per unit leaf area, and nitrogen content in the different plant organs. Ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) was used in this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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