Rate of emergence is an important character for stand
establishment. Ability of wheat seeds to germinate and
emerge rapidly under different climatic conditions may be
regulated by physical and/or physiological characteristics.
Seeds of 26 wheat varieties representing five classes
were produced in two different environments (Moro and Corvallis,
OR). Seed...
A study of the phyletic relationships among five species of
tragopans and an outgroup, the Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), was
conducted from 1987 to 1991. Biochemical, behavioral, and external
morphologic characteristics were compared. A cladistic approach was
used to compare the behavioral, biochemical, and external morphologic
data collectively, as different...
Greenhouse and field grown coffee plants were used to
study the synchronization of flowering and fruiting. The
purpose of these studies was to develop methods of
improving the selective harvesting of mature coffee fruits
by machine. The studies were divided into 4 parts: 1)
Synchronization of flowering, 2) Synchronization of...
Five field experiments were conducted to evaluate the relative attractiveness of potential beneficial insectary plants to aphidophagous hover flies and parasitic Hymenoptera and the effectiveness of interplanting selected flowering plants in a broccoli field to enhance biocontrol of the cabbage aphid and green peach aphid. In 1996 we established a...
The continuous microreactor-assisted solution deposition (MASD) process was used for the deposition of CdS thin films on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass. The MASD system, including a T-junction micromixer and a microchannel heat exchanger is capable of isolating the homogeneous particle precipitation from the heterogeneous surface reaction. The results show...
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...
The Oregon education system at both the K-12 and Postsecondary level is strained for resources, with funding at levels far below the national average. This is due, in large part, to the small percentage of state taxes that are used to fund education. Public support for additional revenue for schools...
This paper focuses on Satan as a sympathetic figure in Paradise Lost, and it argues that readers' sympathy for Satan drives them to pursue God's grace in order to avoid falling into the same fate as Satan. It uses Reader Response theory to show how readers connect with Satan, and...
Economic sanctions are widely used in the international arena in order to reconcile political conflicts and retain peace between countries. Most states prefer to use economic sanctions rather than military interventions as a more efficient tool to maintain political stability and protect their own interests. Nevertheless, sanctions are not always...
Studies on prison violence have typically focused attention at individual level inmate-on-inmate assaults, however, there has been limited research into the rates of inmate-on-staff violence at the facility level. There also appears to be a need for further scholarship relating to the differences in various prison level predictors of inmate...