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Author:

Stockton, Miranda Marie

Title:

Changes in Soil Microbial Community Structure Associated with Iron Reduction and Phosphate Release in Soil Microcosms

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

phosphorus
iron reduction
soil microbial community

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. John Regan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Chris Gorski, Committee Member
Dr. Anthony Buda, Committee Member

Author:

Hanlon, Meredith

Title:

New perspectives on conventional ideas about root system architecture and morphology

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

auxin
phosphorus
lateral roots
roots
rice
root hairs

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathleen Marie Brown, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Outside Member

Author:

Burridge, James David

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS TO EVALUATE THE UTILITY OF GRAIN LEGUME ROOT ARCHITECTURE

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

common bean
drought
phosphorus
co-optimization
cowpea
root architecture

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Outside Member

Author:

Galindo-Castaneda, Tania

Title:

Microbial tradeoffs of root cortical aerenchyma in maize

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

RhizosphereArbuscular mycorrhiza
Fusarium verticillioides
root anatomy
root rot
Zea mays
Arbuscular mycorrhiza Fusarium verticillioides
arbuscular mycorrhiza
rhizobacteria
phosphorus
nitrogen
microbiome
root phenotype

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Committee Members:

Jonathan P. Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P. Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen M. Brown, Committee Member
Gretchen A. Kuldau, Committee Member
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Outside Member
Gregory W. Roth, Committee Member

Author:

Clune, John

Title:

Toward the Development of Nutrient Criteria for Streams of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

water quality
streams
Pennsylvania
nitrogen
phosphorus
biota response

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jay Richard Stauffer, Jr., Committee Member
Allyson Muth, Committee Member
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Outside Member
J. Kent Crawford, Special Member
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Biertempfel, Julia

Title:

Assessing Conservation Practice Effectiveness with Lorenz Inequality Results

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

water quality
Lorenz inequality
Gini coefficient
TMDL
Chesapeake Bay
nutrient loading
conservation practices
best management practices
BMPs
nutrients
phosphorus
nitrogen
agriculture
concentration-discharge
legacy nutrients

File:

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Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Tamie Veith, Committee Member

Author:

Sanders, Zachary

Title:

Using Field and Model Data to Improve Sustainable Management of Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur in Agroecosystems of Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

precision agriculture
variable rate fertilizer
soil carbon
soil organic matter
ecosystem modeling
soil nitrogen
sulfur
phosphorus
corn
soybeans

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Committee Members:

John Spargo, Major Field Member
Cibin Raj, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charlie White, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Armen Kemanian, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mcconnell, Curt

Title:

Phosphorus Dynamics in a Changing Agroecosystem Landscape

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

phosphorus
biogeochemistry
agroecosystems
modeling
isotope chemistry

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Committee Members:

Kate Freeman, Outside Unit Member
Charlie White, Outside Field Member
Jason Kaye, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Armen Kemanian, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Brown, Alexander

Title:

Impacts of Sodium Chloride on Nutrient, Heavy Metals, and Total Suspended Solids Removal by Bioretention Mesocosms with Varied Vegetation and Saturation

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

bioretention
deicing salt
stormwater
green infrastructure
bioinfiltration
heavy metals
nutrients
nitrogen
phosphorus
copper
zinc
stormwater control measure
best management practice
sediment
internal water storage
vegetation
removal efficiency
water quality
loading
urban
runoff
nonpoint pollution

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Lauren Mc Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member
Margaret Crowley Hoffman, Committee Member