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Photooxidative degradation of annual rye-grass straw to substrates enhancing rhodotorula mucilaginosa growth

Creator:

Park, Jerry Eugene

Abstract:

Annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) is a major seed crop in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Persistent crop diseases have necessitated annual field burning to protect future crops. This practice, while very effective for disease eradication, produces large quantities of air polluting smoke in the valley and a general wastage of...

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Dissertation

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JERRY EUGENE PARK for the (Name
Soil and rumen microbial responses to photooxidized grass straw

Creator:

Park, Jerry Eugene

Abstract:

Straw has many uses, as feed, roughage, animal bedding, but these requirements are not sufficient to utilize the available production. In areas where grasskseed is produced, post-harvest straw is burned in the field to help prevent crop disease the following year. This treatment is very wasteful in terms of straw...

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Masters Thesis

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Typed by Opal Grossnicklaus for Jerry Eugene Park ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author wishes to thank Dr. D. A