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  • Amino acids in tissues from healthy and crown gall infected Kalanchoe pinnata

    Creator:
    Harris, Raymond Gene
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    Crown gall infected and healthy Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Persoon plants were analyzed for soluble amino acids. Specifically the amino acids in young leaf, mature leaf, stem, root, and gall tissues were quantitatively measured. The plants were inoculated with the bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith and Townsend) Conn., on one side of...
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    infected Kalanchoe pinnata AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF RAYMOND GENE HARRIS for the (Name of Student

  • A study of the needs for an agricultural education program in the Salem junior high schools

    Creator:
    Streight, Gene Thomas
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    The purpose of this study was to determine the agricultural interests of students and needs for expansion of the agricultural education program in the Salem school district. Three basic areas were included in the study: (1) the self-expressed interests of students for agricultural instruction in agricultural careers, forestry, greenhouse and...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF GENE THOMAS STREIGHT for the

  • Information and analysis techniques for making crop selection decisions

    Creator:
    Bristol, Roger Dale
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    Twenty managers of large diversified irrigated farms in the Willamette Valley area of Oregon were interviewed about the economic information and analysis techniques they use when making crop selection decisions. Two community college farm management instructors, two agricultural lenders, and two certified public accountants working with farmers were interviewed about...
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    Analysis Techniques for Making Crop Selection Decisions Abstract approved: er— A. Gene Nelson

  • A contextual model for the integration of LifeKnowledge curriculum into the agricultural science and technology classroom

    Creator:
    Crawford, Paul Wesley
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    The purpose of this study was to evaluate a contextual model for integrating lessons from the LifeKnowledge curriculum into the agricultural science and technology (AST) course content. This was measured using the National FFA Organization’s online precept indicator which is part of the LifeKnowledge 3.0 curriculum. Ninth grade students at...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Gregory W. Thompson The purpose of this study was to evaluate a contextual model for

  • Economic feasibility of fall-calving on Oregon high desert cow-calf operations

    Creator:
    Nordblom, Thomas L.
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    The traditional practice on beef cow-calf ranches in the high desert region of Eastern Oregon has been to breed the cows to calve in the Spring months. Interest has been growing recently in the practice of Fall-calving; that is, breeding cows to calve in the months of October and November....
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Thomas Lee Nordblom for the Master

  • In situ measurement of the benthal oxygen requirements of tidal flat deposits

    Creator:
    Crook, Gene Ray
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    In situ light and dark planktonic and benthal respirometers were used to measure the oxygen requirements of Yaquina estuary water and benthal deposits. Respirometer devices were constructed so that actual conditions of mixing could be simulated and benthal deposit disturbance would be minimized. A mathematical model of a benthal respirometer...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF GENE RAY CROOK for the MASTER OF

  • Relationships among phosphorus soil tests, forms of soil phosphorus, and plant uptake of phosphorus for selected southwestern Oregon soils

    Creator:
    Doerge, Thomas A.
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    A diversity in climate, geologic parent material, and soil characteristics exist in Jackson, Josephine, Coos, and Douglas Counties of southwest Oregon. Previous field trials and soil testing results have revealed uncertainties as to the phosphorus (P) status of the soils in this area. Twenty-four sites from nine agriculturally significant soil...
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    THESIS OF Thomas Andrew Doerge for the degree of Master of Science in Soil Science presented on August

  • LSD, Mules and Men : Hypermediation in Hunter S. Thompson and Zora Neale Hurston

    Creator:
    Collins, Harold R., III.
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    Hypermediation, as described by Jay Bolter and Richard Grusin in their book Remediation, is a style of writing, recording, presenting, etc. that “makes us aware of the medium or media and (in sometimes subtle and sometimes obvious ways) reminds us of our desire for immediacy” (34). This mode of production...
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    presented on May 25, 2016. Title: LSD, Mules and Men: Hypermediation in Hunter S. Thompson and Zora

  • Ethics and Human Biomedical Enhancement : A Case for Compatibilism

    Creator:
    White, Benjamin A.
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    This thesis explores some of the ethical issues pertaining to the use of so-called radical enhancement technology. Key concepts analyzed include “normal function”, “human being”, and “personhood.” I argue that the use of these key concepts in the debate thus far has lacked philosophical rigor, and that a reexamination of...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Allen Thompson This thesis explores some of the ethical issues pertaining to the use

  • Environmental Virtue Ethics in Buddhism

    Creator:
    Peng, Chih-Wei
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    In this thesis, in order to understand why Buddhists in Southeast Asia protect rainforests and to establish a solid foundation for Buddhist environmental ethic, my first two tasks are to draw a clear picture regarding two major environmental concepts--nature and anthropocentrism--in Buddhism and to defend the claims that the Buddhist...
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    : ______________________________________ Allen Thompson In this thesis, in order to understand why Buddhists in Southeast