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Author:: Chandra, Ambika
Title:: Parasitic castration by a stinking smut regulates sex determination and inflorescence architecture in dioecious buffalograss
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: Sexual reproductive allocation
nLSU-rDNA
Tasselseed2
Salmacisia
Buchloe
File:: Download A_-Chandra_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: David Robert Huff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Christ, Committee Member

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Author:: Deak, Atila
Title:: BENEFITS OF FORAGE SPECIES DIVERSITY IN GRAZING SYSTEMS IN PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: DIVERISTY
PASTURES
GRAZING
WEED SUPRESSION
GRAZING ECONOMIC ANALYIS
File:: Download Deak_PhD_Tesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Marvin H Hall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matt A Sanderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member
Harold William Harpster, Committee Member
Clarence Alan Rotz, Committee Member

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Author:: Dillehay, Bryan Lee
Title:: Incorporating glyphosate-resistant alfalfa into field crop integrated pest management programs of Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: forage
weed management
glyphosate-resistant
alfalfa
critical period
File:: Download Dillehay_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: William Curran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marvin H Hall, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Barbara White Pennypacker, Committee Member
Jeffrey Hyde, Committee Member

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Author:: Rogan, Chase Michael Paul
Title:: AUTUMN NITROGEN (N) AND TRINEXAPAC-ETHYL (TE) APPLICATIONS INFLUENCE SPRING VIGOR AND DENSITY OF C3 PUTTING GREENS
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: density
vigor
Trinexapac-ethyl
Nitrogen
tissue N
File:: Download CMR_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Maxim J Schlossberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maxim J Schlossberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Verbree, David
Title:: Sediment and Nutrient Losses in Reduced Tillage Systems on Dairy Farms
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: nitrogen
tillage
no-till
runoff
nutrient
sediment
rain simulation
phosphorus
File:: Download msthesisfinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Cook, Justine Cecilia
Title:: Improving the synchrony of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) nitrogen release for corn (Zea mays) growth
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: fertility management
nitrogen loss
cover crop
green manure
sustainable agriculture
no till
File:: Download JCC_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Marchinchin, Joseph Robert
Title:: Characterization of caffeoyl coenzyme A O-methyltransferase genes in maize AND The role of maysin in maize as a defense response to herbivory
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: herbivory
maysin
predicted protein structure
allelic differences
S:G ratio
lignin modification
CCoAOMT
antibiosis
bioassays
corn earworm
fall armyworm
maize
File:: Download Joseph_R_Marchinchin_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn S Luthe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Brosnan, James
Title:: EFFECTS OF VARYING SURFACE CONDITIONS ON BASEBALL FIELD PLAYING QUALITY
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: skinned infield
baseball
COR
turfgrass
synthetic turf
Fieldturf
calcined clay
Pennbounce
PENNFOOT
CIST
F-355
File:: Download Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Scott Mc Nitt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dale Fritton, Committee Member
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Maxim J Schlossberg, Committee Member
George F Salvaterra, Committee Member

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Author:: Dai , Jing
Title:: INTEGRATION OF IRON AND TRINEXAPAC-ETHYL INTO NITROGEN FERTILIZATION REGIMENTS FOR MANAGING FERTILIZER AND WATER REQUIREMENTS OF PENN A-SERIES CREEPING BENTGRASS (<i>Agrostis stolonifera</i> L.) PUTTING GREENS
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: trinexapac-ethyl
nitrogen
iron
creeping bentgrass
File:: Download JingDai_Dissertation_2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Alfred J Turgeon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfred J Turgeon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Maxim J Schlossberg, Committee Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member
John Matthew Schmidt, Committee Member

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Author:: Grover, Kulbhushan K.
Title:: Long-term Cropping Systems Effects on Soil Aggregate Stability, Corn Grain Yields, and Yield Stability
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: Yield trends
Soil quality
Cropping system
Crop rotation
Soil aggregate stability
Corn grain yields
Yield stability
Soil organic carbon
File:: Download Kulbhushan_K._Grover.pdf
Committee Members:: Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member
Heather D Karsten, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas D Archibald, Committee Member
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member

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