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Creator:: Vega-H, Esteban
Abstract:: This research examines whether alternative methods of export commodity promotion and market development, such as technical training and trade servicing activities, have been successful in increasing the demand for grass seed produced in Oregon in international markets. A single equation linear input demand model and a linear model adjusted to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Research and Training Programs on the Demand for Grass Seed in Overseas Markets. Abstract

Creator:: Larson, Julie E.
Abstract:: Seeding is a vital tool to facilitate recovery of degraded ecosystems, but low seedling recruitment rates limit the utility of this practice in a range of ecosystems across the globe. Plant functional traits impact individual fitness through effects on growth, reproduction and survival. Consequently, seed and seedling trait variation among...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : the Role of Seed and Seedling Traits in Recruitment Succes

Creator:: Schantz, Merilynn C.
Abstract:: Biological plant invasions are diminishing the ecological integrity and function of ecosystems worldwide. A primary example of this is in the Great Basin of the United States, where invasive annual grasses, like cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae L. Nevski), are dominating many sagebrush-steppe ecosystems. In these invaded...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ecosystems. Seed dispersal dynamics, including propagule pressure and priority effects, strongly influence

Creator:: Schumacher, Derek David
Abstract:: Chewings fescue [Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman] is a desired turfgrass with dense sod forming capabilities and superior shade tolerance. Thermal residue management (open-field burning) has traditionally been used to remove post-harvest residue and maintain seed yield over the life of the stand. However, alternative non-thermal residue management...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Yield Characteristics of Fine Fescue Seed Crops Abstract approved: Thomas G. Chastain Chewings fescue

Creator:: Zapiola, Maria Luz
Abstract:: Open-field burning has been an effective, economical, and widespread method of post-harvest residue management in creeping red fescue seed production in the Willamette Valley since the late 1940s. However, the use of field burning has been legislatively restricted due to air quality and safety issues. The foliar-applied plant growth regulator...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Open-Field Burning in Creeping Red Fescue (Festuca rubra L.) Seed Production in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Louhaichi, Mounir
Abstract:: A greater than 10-fold increase in Canada goose (Branta canadensis) populations over the past several years has resulted in concerns over grazing impacts on grass seed production in the mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon. This study was designed to develop methods to quantify and statistically analyze goose-grazing impacts on seed yields of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Assess Factors that InflueiiceGrass Seed Yielki. Abstract approved: Michael M. Borman A greater than 10

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