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Creator:: Khemira, Habib
Abstract:: The effect of canopy orientation on fruiting performance of 'Beurre d'Anjou' pears (Pyrus communis L.) and postharvest urea spray on ovule longevity and fruit set of 'Doyenne du Comice' pears were studied. Hedgerows of 'Beurre d'Anjou' pear trees planted in 1969 in two orientations north-south (N-S) and east-west (E-W) were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: would like to thank Dr. Fred Rickson and Dr. Michael Martin for serving in my graduate committee and

Creator:: Ruttum, Joanne C.
Abstract:: Lily hybrids vary in their ability to produce virus-free (VF) bulblets when grown from virus-infected scales in tissue culture. Asiatic hybrids typically produce a higher percentage of in vitro VF scale bulblets than do Lilium longiflorum cultivars. Three hypotheses concerning the cause of this variation are tested on five lily...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: whom I may never have discovered the world of lilies and plant viruses; Drs. Fred R. Rickson and

Creator:: Moreno-Simunovic, Yerko M.
Abstract:: In the Pacific Northwest some prune cultivars often exhibit inconsistent fruit set. Several factors have been associated with this characteristic. Temperature, genotype and boron content are among the most frequently mentioned. Studies were conducted to determine the effect of fall ethephon application on flower bud growth and ovule longevity in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: graduate committee members Dr. Porter Lombard, Dr. Fred Rickson, and Dr. Kermit Cromack, for their

Creator:: Haley, Sue
Abstract:: Computer decision aids can help integrate and apply diverse sources of information and expertise to problems of integrated pest management (IPM) in agriculture and forestry. AppleMgr combines a rule-based expert system with databases and spreadsheets in a prototype decision aid intended to be expanded and modified for use by extension...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: portions of AppleMgr. My committee members Arnold Appleby, Ralph Berry, Brian Croft, Fred Rickson and

Creator:: Cheng, Guiwen
Abstract:: Size and color are important visual quantity attributes of the fruit of strawberry (Fmgaria x ananassa Duch.). Strawberry cultivars produce fruit of a characteristic size and color, the later being the result of accumulation of particular anthocyanins. This research sought to determine the basis for genotypic differences in fruit size...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members: Dr. John Potter, Dr. Anita Miller, Dr. Fred Rickson, Dr. Tony Chen, and Dr. Dave Hannaway

Creator:: Zhang, Lei
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members of my committee (Drs. John E. Morris, Paul A. Roberts, Peter S. Dawson, Fred R. Rickson and

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