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Creator:: Siegel, Ryan W.
Abstract:: The beginning of the twenty-first century has seen an upsurge in petroleum prices and an increased concern over greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, the interest in biodiesel production has heightened. Policy at the Federal level, such as the blender’s tax credit which provides $1 for every gallon of biodiesel blended with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee Dr. Perry, Dr. Jaeger, and Dr. Karow have shown a great deal of patience and grace as I’ve

Creator:: Sil, Jayashree
Abstract:: A cost function characterizes a firm's cost-minimizing behavior. It is defined as a function of the level of outputs produced and the prices of factors which enter the production process. Econometric estimation of a cost function allows one to test hypotheses regarding the structure of cost and the structure of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: benefitted from comments given by committee members: H. Alan Love, Gregory M. Perry, and Thomas J. Maresh

Creator:: Huang, Biao
Abstract:: Water temperature is an important measure of water quality, as well as a dominant factor affecting aquatic life within the stream environment. Elevated water temperatures can decrease the survival rate of fish in each life stage. Cold water species, such as salmonids, are particularly susceptible to elevated water temperatures. For...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: insight motivate my academic endeavors; Dr. Gregory M. Perry for his open door policy, providing great

Creator:: Rosa, Andre Cunha
Abstract:: Pre-harvest sprouting in wheat costs farmers millions of dollars every year. Pre-harvest sprouting tolerance (PST) has minimized this problem, but improvement of PST is still necessary. Synthetic hexaploid wheats (synthetics) have been used as sources of genes coding for many useful traits. Two studies evaluated the PST of a synthetic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . David Thomas, Patrick Hayes, and Gregory Perry, members of my committee for their time and assistance

Creator:: Cerda, Rene
Abstract:: This study develops an improved method for understanding economic production relationships in small scale fisheries. This method postulates that gross revenue is a function of physical input quantities, and is based upon the transcendental logarithmic function to derive factor share equations for each of the five inputs in the model....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Dr. Wesley Musser, and Dr. Gregory Perry for their observations and comments on this thesis. I

Creator:: Lewis, Hal A.
Abstract:: Effective chemical control of pollination would provide an alternative to the cytoplasmic male-sterile system in hybrid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production. The objective of this study was to determine concentration, formulation, growth stage of application and genotypic effects on levels of induced pollen suppression and subsequent natural out-crossing from foliar...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: as a member on my graduate committee. Additional thanks to Dr. G. M. Perry and Dr. S. L. Broich for

Creator:: Woods, Joanna L.
Abstract:: The twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), is a worldwide pest of numerous agronomic and horticultural plants. Conservation biological control of this pest can be unreliable due to asynchrony of natural enemies and certain horticultural practices that have a direct or indirect affect on natural enemies and the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - like growth habit and is commercially produced on a 5 m trellis system, twospotted spider mites

Creator:: Hanshew, Brett Alan
Abstract:: Biological invasions are the second largest threat to biodiversity following habitat loss, and studying invasions has been a focus of ecological the past two decades. Despite the intense research, many basic questions remain empirically unanswered, particularly in the realm of behavior. The purpose of this research was to explore the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: field assistance from M. O’Neil. I would also like to thank Drs. S. Gregory, D. Wooster, and L.M

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