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Author:

Koehle, Allison

Title:

Smart Tillage and the Regulation of Nitrous Oxide Emission in Organic Agriculture

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

nitrous oxide
cover crop
manure
organic agriculture
denitrification
tillage

File:

Download AlliKoehle_AEPSMastersThesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Armen R. Kemanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Liana T Burghardt, Committee Member

Author:

Kahiu, Maureen

Title:

Variation in Clarireedia spp. inhibition and turfgrass phytotoxicity among demethylation inhibitor fungicides

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

Demethylation inhibitor fungicides
phytotoxicity
DMIs
dollar spot

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John Edward Kaminski, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Wakar Uddin, Committee Member

Author:

Pant, Divya

Title:

Management intensive grazing of cover crops for soil health and profitability

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

Management intensive grazing
soil health
cover crop
corn silage
wheat

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ray B. Bryant, Committee Member
Charles M. White, Committee Member

Author:

Lefever, Andrew

Title:

Production and Conservation Tradeoffs of Vertical Tillage in No-till Systems

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

Vertical tillage
No-till

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John M Wallace, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Committee Member
Paul David Esker, Committee Member
Charlie White, Committee Member
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member

Author:

Blunk, Andrew

Title:

Optimizing Nitrogen Management for Grafted and Non-Grafted Fresh Market Tomatoes Grown in High Tunnels in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

Fresh Market Tomato
Nitrogen
Soil Monitoring
handheld Ion Selective Electrodes (ISE)
High Tunnel
Mid-Atlantic Region
soil fertility management

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Francesco Di Gioia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
John Thomas Spargo, Committee Member

Author:

Campbell, Thiago

Title:

Influence Of Hedging And Root Pruning On Growth And Fruiting Of Tall Spindle ‘Brak Fuji’ Apple Trees

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

pruning
hedging
root pruning
apple
yield
fruit quality
mechanical pruning

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Richard P Marini, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long He, Committee Member
James Rawlinson Schupp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Balaguer Barbosa, Raymond

Title:

Upcycling By-products of the Agri-food Industry as Carbon Sources for the Application of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation in Pennsylvania Vegetable Production Systems

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

Anaerobic soil disinfestation
Vegetable Production
Soil health
Lettuce
Tomatoes

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Francesco Di Gioia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Erin Rosskopf, Committee Member

Author:

Isaacson, Ashley

Title:

Warmer and more variable temperatures influence both crop yield and weed seedbank longevity in a perennial forage system

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

open-top chambers
climate change
perennial forage
forage production
weed seedbank
seedbank longevity
increased temperatures
weed seed mortality
alfalfa productivity
temperature fluctuations
winter injury

File:

Download Isaacson_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Carolyn Lowry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Wallace, Committee Member
Richard Smith, Committee Member