Observations of bacterial soft rot of onions in the Lake Labish
area in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon showed that two distinct
symptom types occur during the growing season. The most
prevalent symptom type appears in infected plants as a wilting and
chlorosis of two or more lower leaves...
Three products derived from shrimp processing waste (Pandalus
jordani) and a protein concentrate extracted from king crab waste
(Paralithodes camschatica) were evaluated as feed supplements for
standard dark and sapphire pelter mink (Mustela vison) replacing
approximately 10 and/or 20 percent of the protein in a standard wet
diet (33 percent...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the home remodeling
being done during a period of varying economic conditions. A
population of owner-occupants who had purchased building permits to
spend $100 or more remodeling between 1965 - 1970 was collected
from the files of the Building Inspector's Office, Department...
Studies were conducted at the Squaw Butte Experiment Station during
two consecutive years to : (1) compare various internal indicators and
chromic oxide to estimate forage intake and fecal production, (2) compare
methods of producing slaughter weight steers using maximum quantities
of forage and minimum quantities of grain. Actual fecal...
The sinuous flight behavior of male Douglas-fir tussock
moths, Orgyia pseudotsugata, (McD.), is characterized by
positive anemotaxis and positive chemoklinotaxis and varies
depending on distance from the pheromone source, population
density, and time of day. Visual cues play a minor role
in close-range orientation to a pheromone source, but
males...
Bitterbrush [Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC] plants were burned or
clipped, fall and spring, under different soil moisture conditions on
two sites in east-central Oregon. Treatments, on plants of an erect
growth form on the Juniperus/Artemisia-Purshia site resulted in 38% of
the fall-clipped and 40% of the spring-clipped plants sprouting. None...