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Integrating Solutions at the Intersection of Climate Change and Flavor: Breeding for Sustainable Malting Barley and Beer Sensory Characteristics

Creator:

Windes, Sarah

Abstract:

The following thesis consists of four sections: a general introduction, two manuscripts, a general conclusion, and an overall bibliography. The two manuscripts report on: (1) discussing the prospects of developing a perennial malting barley and potential alternative sustainable crop management practices and (2) further exploring the contributions of barley variety...

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Masters Thesis
Development of Diagnostic Assays for Race Differentiation of Podosphaera macularis

Creator:

Block, Mary H.

Abstract:

Hop powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) was confirmed in the Pacific Northwest in 1996. Before 2012, the most common race of P. macularis was able to infect plants that possessed powdery mildew resistance based on the R-genes Rb, R3, and R5. Post 2012, two additional races of P. macularis were discovered...

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Masters Thesis
Decomposition of Brassicaceae Residue in the Willamette Valley

Creator:

Berry, Pete A.

Abstract:

An important inoculum source of Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa (syn Plenodomus spp.), the pathogens that cause black leg in Brassicaceae crops, is infected plant residues. The general acceptance of conservation tillage in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA, has enabled a build-up in the amount of residue on or near...

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Dissertation