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  • The effects of two fuel reduction treatments on chaparral communities in southwest Oregon

    Creator:
    Sikes, Kendra G.
    Abstract:
    Fuel reduction treatments are being applied to public lands, affecting significant acreage at considerable expense. This study compares the short term effects on a chaparral plant community of two different fuel reduction methods, brush mastication and "hand piling and burning" (HPB). Ceanothus cuneatus dominated the southwestern Oregon study sites where...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Biology of sweet cherry powdery mildew

    Creator:
    Calabro, Jill M.
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    piece of information for effective control and management strategies of P. clandestina. Laboratory