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  • The use of flowering crab apples for the detection of latent viruses in apples

    Creator:
    Reynolds, James Edward
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    Recent investigations indicate that several latent viruses of apples exist in common commercial apple stocks, but these viruses and their relationships are incompletely understood. This thesis describes investigations of crab apples as indicators of latent viruses of apples. Eighty-eight varieties and species of crab apples were tested as indicators of...
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    screening of crab apple varieties and species as indicators of a virus disease in apple. Varietv or species

  • Studies on the etiology and epidemiology of bull's eye rot of pears

    Creator:
    Henriquez, Jose Luis, 1961-
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    The objective of this dissertation is to introduce low-cost processing methods for the fabrication of ZnO transparent thin-film transistors (TTFTs). A novel method for depositing ZnO body layers via spin-coating of a zinc nitrate-based spin solution is presented. The processing conditions of spin-coated ZnO are optimized to produce continuous and...
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    , where the highest levels of disease were found at 10°C and at 30°C, respectively. Wetness duration did

  • Biology of sweet cherry powdery mildew

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    Calabro, Jill M.
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    The Pacific Northwest has become one of the nation’s premier sweet cherry, Prunus avium, production areas. As production of sweet cherries has flourished in Oregon and Washington, so has powdery mildew, caused by the fungus Podosphaera clandestina, which infects both foliage and fruit causing severe economic damage to growers. Sweet...
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    1.3 Disease cycle of sweet cherry powdery mildew………...8 1.4 Disease forecasting and control

  • Biology, epidemiology, and biological and chemical control of Phytophthora vignae

    Creator:
    Fernando, W. Gerard Dilantha
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    Phytophthora vignae, causal agent of stem and root rot of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), was reported for the first time in Sri Lanka. The pathogen was found in cowpea field soils from 3 of 5 geographic regions sampled. Only one site however, had plants exhibiting disease symptoms. Of the eight cowpea...
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    cultivars and other legumes grown in Sri Lanka, and (2) disease control using biological control agents

  • Biology and management of Meloidogyne chitwoodi using oxamyl on potato in the western United States

    Creator:
    David, Nicholas L.
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    Field trials were conducted during 2001 to 2003 to investigate soil population dynamics of Meloidogyne chitwoodi, tuber symptom suppression using oxamyl, and post-harvest tuber symptom development on short-season potato varieties Russet Norkotah and Russet Nugget (San Luis Valley only). The experiments were located in the San Luis Valley in Colorado,...
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    control M. chitwoodi densities in the soil. For that reason, internal and external symptoms

  • The epidemiology of sudden oak death in Oregon forests

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    Peterson, Ebba K.
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    The phytopathogen Phytophthora ramorum (Werres, DeCock & Man in't Veld), causal agent of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) of oaks (Quercus spp.) and tanoaks (Notholithocarpus densiflorus syn. Lithocarpus densiflorus), is established in coastal forests of the western United States. Since the discovery of SOD in the Douglas-fir / tanoak forests of...
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    understand and control P. ramorum in natural, landscaped, and nursery environments. This work aims to

  • Characterization, epidemiology, and ecology of a virus associated with black raspberry decline

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    Halgren, Anne B.
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    The objective of this study was to characterize an unknown agent associated with decline in black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) in Oregon. A virus was found consistently associated with decline symptoms of black raspberries and was named Black raspberry decline associated virus (BRDaV). Double stranded RNA extraction from BRDaV-infected black raspberry...
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    disease control is not feasible. Often, controlling the invertebrate vector is the primary and most

  • Candidate Genes Associated with Blister Rust Resistance in Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) Revealed through de novo Transcriptome Assembly and Differential Gene Expression Analysis

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    Bair, Zolton J.
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    Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is an iconic North American high-elevation tree species currently threatened by climate change, mountain pine beetle, and white pine blister rust (WPBR), a lethal disease caused by the non-native fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola. In collaboration with the USDA Forest Service Dorena Genetic Resource Center, germplasm was...
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    , who was instrumental in advancing my thinking about plant disease dynamics, epidemiology, and

  • Mulching to Manage Mummy Berry of Blueberry

    Creator:
    Florence, Jade
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    Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi pseudosclerotia overwinter on the soil surface and produce apothecia in early spring, providing primary inoculum for Mummy Berry Disease of blueberry. Burial under 2.5 cm of soil or the absence of light have previously been identified as critical factors preventing the development of apothecia. Mulches were applied to...
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    ............................................................................................................... ETIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF MUMMY BERRY DISEASE ................................................ 8 LIGHT