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Forest structure and regeneration in the Tsuga heterophylla - Abies amabilis transition zone, central Western Cascades, Oregon

Creator:: Stewart, Glenn H.
Abstract:: The dynamics of stands in the mid-elevation old-growth Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests of the central western Oregon Cascade Range were investigated using stand structure analysis. Trees with different growth rates were commonly present in the same stand, which resulted often in a weak correlation between tree diameter and age. Thus,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: transition zone, central Western Cascades, Oregon by Glenn H. Stewart A THESIS submitted to Oregon

Distributional patterns and taxonomic structure of diatom assemblages in Netarts Bay, Oregon

Creator:: Whiting, Mark Carlos
Abstract:: Epiphytic, planktonic and benthic diatom assemblages were investigated in Netarts Bay, Oregon. Samples were collected for a one-year period from February 1980 to March 1981. A planktonic flora was observed only during periods of offshore enrichment when marine neritic species were abundant and were transported into the bay by tidal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: investigated in Netarts Bay, Oregon. Samples were collected for a one-year period from February 1980 to March

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

Creator:: David, Nicholas L.
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: significantly reduced with the use of a bi-weekly oxamyl program that began at the hatch of the second

Identification of Endogenous and Exogenous Pararetroviruses in Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) and Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.)

Creator:: Diaz Lara, Alfredo
Abstract:: The Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington in the United States and British Columbia in Canada) is one of the major producers of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) and blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) in the world. The expansion of growing area with these crops has resulted in the emergence of new...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: virus surveys. The family Caulimoviridae is a group of plant pararetroviruses (reverse-transcribing

Seed and seedling ecology of Artemisia tridentata in a restoration context

Creator:: Wijayratne, Upekala C.
Abstract:: The semi-arid sagebrush steppe ecosystem is one of the largest biomes in North America. The steppe provides critical habitat and forage for wildlife and is economically important to recreation and livestock industries. However, the ecosystem is threatened primarily due to several negative effects associated with expansion of the exotic annual...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. Knick, S. T., D. S. Dobkin, J. T. Rotenberry, M. A. Schroeder

Biological Soil Crusts of the Great Basin : An Examination of their Distribution, Recovery from Disturbance and Restoration

Creator:: Condon, Lea A.
Abstract:: We are at risk of losing the sagebrush steppe in the floristic Great Basin to the invasion of Bromus tectorum L., cheatgrass. The floristic Great Basin includes the Central Basin and Range, the Northern Basin and Range, and the Snake River Plain. The Great Basin receives most of its precipitation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Lea A

Diagnosis and Etiology of a Soilborne Disease Complex of Winter Squash (Cucurbita maxima) in the Willamette Valley, OR

Creator:: Rivedal, Hannah M.
Abstract:: Winter squash (Cucurbita maxima) grown in Oregon’s Willamette Valley for edible seed, frozen foods, and fresh markets is susceptible to an undiagnosed soilborne disease. Diseased squash fields exhibit symptoms of stunting, root and crown rot, vascular discoloration, and late-season wilt, which in extreme cases can lead to total crop failure....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Pathology presented on March 18, 2019. Title: Diagnosis and Etiology of a Soilborne Disease Complex of

Community Ecology of Foliar Fungi and Oomycetes of Pseudotsuga menziesii on the Pacific Northwest Coast

Creator:: Gonen, Lilah
Abstract:: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (coast Douglas-fir) is a tree of ecological, economic, and cultural value in its native North American Pacific Northwest (PNW) distribution. P. menziesii is host to a variety of well-documented endophytic foliar microorganisms, including the fungus Nothophaeocryptopus gaeumannii, the causal agent of Swiss needle cast (SNC), and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Jared LeBoldus Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (coast Douglas-fir) is a tree of

Diversity and Impact of Soft Rot Pathogens of Potato in the Columbia Basin

Creator:: Brazil, Jessie A.
Abstract:: Bacterial soft rot of potato (Solanum tuberosum), caused by Pectobacterium and Dickeya species, is among the most common and destructive potato diseases in the United States. These pathogens cause a variety of vascular wilts, and in potato cause a disease complex that includes tuber soft rot, blackleg, aerial stem rot,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . These pathogens cause a variety of vascular wilts, and in potato cause a disease complex that includes

Genomic Investigations of Diversity within the Milkweed Genus Asclepias, at Multiple Scales

Creator:: Weitemier, Kevin A.
Abstract:: At a time when the biodiversity on Earth is being rapidly lost, new technologies and methods in genomic analysis are fortunately allowing scientists to catalog and explore the diversity that remains more efficiently and precisely. The studies in this dissertation investigate genomic diversity within the milkweed genus, Asclepias, at multiple...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Kevin A. Weitemier for

Responses of forest understory plants to burial by volcanic tephra from Mount St. Helens, Washington

Creator:: Antos, Joseph A.
Abstract:: The effects of burial by tephra (volcanic aerial ejecta) on forest understory plants were examined northeast of Mount St. Helens, Washington, in the area where the 18 May 1980 eruption deposited tephra but did not destroy canopy trees. At six sites along a tephra depth gradient from 2-15 cm, understory...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: volcanic tephra from Mount St. Helens, Washington AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Joseph A. Antos for the

Plant communities and succession in Oregon coastal salt marshes

Creator:: Jefferson, Carol A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine plant species composition, community structure, successional relationships, vegetational development and plant distributions in estuarine salt marshes on the Pacific Coast of Oregon. Quadrat and transect samples of plant presence and cover, collected from April 1971 - June 1974, were subjected to phytosociological...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Oregon salt marshes in general. A few major species, including Triglochin maritimum, Salicornia vir

Studies on the centromere-specific histone, CenH3, of Neurospora crassa and related ascomycetes

Creator:: Phatale, Pallavi A.
Abstract:: In eukaryotes, the defined loci on each chromosome, the centromeres, accomplish the critical task of correct cell division. In some organisms, centromeres are composed of a euchromatic central core region embedded in a stretch of heterochromatin and the inheritance and maintenance of centromeres are controlled by dynamic epigenetic phenomena. Although...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: - Dissertation_Phatale_121812_form_Final.docx AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Pallavi A. Phatale for the degree of

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

Creator:: Bair, Zolton J.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: blister rust (WPBR), a lethal disease caused by the non-native fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola. In

Hop cone tip blight : a new disease in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Bienapfl, John C.
Abstract:: A necrosis at the tip of cones was observed on hop (Humulus lupulus), cultivar "Nugget", grown in Oregon in the early 1990's. Fusarium sambucinum and F. avenaceum were recovered from symptomatic cones in 1998 and preliminary inoculation experiments suggested both Fusarium species could cause hop cone necrosis. Studies were carried...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Blight: A New Disease in the Pacific Northwest Abstract approved: Cynthia M. Ocamb A necrosis at the

Biosystematic studies of Phacelia capitata (Hydrophyllaceae), a species endemic to serpentine soils in southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Shelly, J. Stephen
Abstract:: Phacelia capitata Rruckeberg is a member of the Phacelia magellanica polyploid complex (species group Magellanicae), a group of wide-ranging, polymorphic perennials in western North America related to the South American P. secunda (= P. magellanica). The purpose of this project was to determine, to the extent possible, the interrelationships of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Hydrophyllaceae), a Species Endemic to Serpentine Soils in Southwestern Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF J

Calochortus howellii : ecology of a rare serpentine endemic, and comparison with the new species, C. umpquaensis (Liliaceae)

Creator:: Fredricks, Nancy Ann
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Calochortus howellii : ecology of a rare serpentine

The association of epiphytic macrolichens and bryophytes with riparian stand types along a valley continuum, Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Ruchty, Andrea M.
Abstract:: I surveyed epiphytic macrolichens and bryophytes in six stands in each of seven riparian stand types in the Oregon Coast Range. This study (Chapter 2) describes the association of epiphytes with stand types and the corresponding potential of forest canopy conversions to affect epiphyte communities. Species composition, diversity, and representation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: riparian stand types along a valley continuum, Oregon Coast Range AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Andrea M

A G-type Lectin Receptor-like Kinase Associated with Septoria Canker Resistance and Susceptibility Described using Multi-omics and Biotechnology

Creator:: Lenz, Ryan R.
Abstract:: Managers of forest and plantation ecosystems are encountering growing problems involving plant pathogens and the expanding geographic ranges of these pathogens. Historically unexposed stands are exceptionally vulnerable when a non-native pathogen is introduced because these pathogens can cause devastating disease in a host population that lacks co-evolved resistance mechanisms. One...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: presented on June 15, 2022. Title: A G-type Lectin Receptor-like Kinase Associated with Septoria Canker

A systematic study of Lathyrus vestitus Nutt. ex T. & G. (Fabaceae) and allied species of the Pacific Coast

Creator:: Broich, Steven L.
Abstract:: Eight species of Lathvrus (Fabaceae, Faboideae) endemic to the Pacific Coast of North America were the subject of a systematic investigation. Taxa studied included Lathvrus vestitus, Nutt. ex T. & G., L. laetif lorus Greene, L.. iepsonii Greene, £,. splendens Kellogg, L. polvphvllus, Nutt. ex T. & G., L. holochlorus...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A systematic study of Lathyrus vestitus Nutt. ex T. & G

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