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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
Identification and distribution of the mating-type locus and development of cleistothecia of Podosphaera macularis

Creator:

Wolfenbarger, Sierra N.

Abstract:

Podosphaera macularis, causal agent of hop powdery mildew, is known to produce cleistothecia (syn. chasmothecia) in eastern North America and Europe, but ascocarps are not reported from the Pacific Northwestern region of North America. Reasons for the apparent absence of cleistothecia in the Pacific Northwest are unknown. We established that...

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Masters Thesis