The resistance to white mold obtained so far in snap beans has been derived from NY 6020, which provides partial physiological resistance. Under light disease pressure, plants will show few if any symptoms, while under heavy pressure, the plants may show a moderate level of infection (whereas susceptible BBL types...
Two trials were conducted over consecutive years to examine the effects of ewe
body condition and post-mating nutrition on ovulation rates and embryo survival. Trial 1
used 146 Polypay ewes ranging in age from 5 to 8 years in a 3 x 2 factorial array of pre-mating
(high-H, low flushed-LF...
This dissertation develops mixed family selection for Pacific oysters using marker-based pedigree reconstruction. It focuses on improving the efficiency of parentage assignment, determining the optimum life stage to mix oyster families for rearing and selection, comparing mixed-family and separate-family selective breeding in the field, and applying the mixed method to...
A translator has been designed and implemented which generates parallel code for a long instruction word parallel computer with local memories. Its main methods are to translate the sequential source code into single assignment, two-operand form, and to then assign the operations to processors so as to minimize the number...
Plantago ovata Forssk. (Plantaginaceae) is a winter annual species which, in North America, inhabits desert and Mediterranean habitats of the southwest United States, northwest Mexico and the Channel Islands of California and Mexico. In the eastern hemisphere P. ovata inhabits desert regions ranging from the Canary Islands, across northern Africa...
This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of American newspaper coverage of Hồ Chí Minh from 1954-1969. My method is the Pragmatic Attitude, created by Elizabeth and Jay Mechling. My foci of study are the polls and letters to the editor from this same period. These foci of study are used...
This study was designed to determine whether University of
Oregon civil service classified staff pre-retirees participating
in a pre-retirement workshop would demonstrate a significant
increase in self-actualization when compared with a similar group
of University of Oregon civil service classified staff pre-retirees
who did not participate in the above mentioned...
Her Hair is an Open Hand is a collection of free verse poems exploring unity and division through the lens of myth and place. The collection is organized into three sections. The first reflects on division: alienation between the speaker and physical landscapes, isolation within romantic relationships, and the violation...
Severe scouring from splash damming was one of the earliest reported forms of widespread anthropogenic disturbance in streams of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Splash damming was a common method of log transport in western Oregon from the 1880s through the 1950s. Before being released in large freshets to downstream lumber...