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Author:

Mischler, Ruth

Title:

ROLLER/CRIMPER TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE COVER CROPS FOR WEED SUPPRESSION

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

rye
no-till
cover crops
roller/crimper
reduced input systems
hairy vetch
weed suppression
residue management

File:

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Committee Members:

Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Snyder, Elina Miriam

Title:

Evaluating Strategies for Reducing Herbicide Use in a No-till Dairy Cropping System

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

no-till
herbicide banding
high-residue cultivation
corn
soybean
cover crops
cereal rye
red clover
hairy vetch
cropping systems

File:

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Committee Members:

Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Curran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Hyde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ellis, Katherine Elizabeth

Title:

Flowering cover crops as an early-season floral resource for native bees in Pennsylvania agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

pollinators
native bees
cover crops
conservation
agriculture

File:

Download K_Ellis_MSThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Klodd, Anne Elise

Title:

The belowground ecophysiological responses of grapevines to competition by cover crops

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Grapevine
cover crops
competition
roots
ecophysiology
plasticity
carbon partitioning

File:

Download 1-Anne_Klodd_Masters_thesis_Plant_Biology1.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michela Centinari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dillon, Corey

Title:

Investigating Opportunities For Increased Cover Crop Adoption In Pennsylvania Corn

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

cover crops
interseeder
interseeding
residual herbicides
sustainable farming

File:

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Committee Members:

William Curran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Wayne Roth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jayson Kennedy Harper, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Randhawa, Puneet Kaur

Title:

EFFECT OF COVER CROPS AND SOIL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF METARHIZIUM ROBERTSII IN AN ORGANIC CROPPING SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

cover crops
soil characteristics
Metarhizium robertsii
organic feed grain system

File:

Download Puneet-Thesis-May-21-2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Nina Ellen Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Amsili, Joseph Pierre

Title:

ROOT TRAITS OF COVER CROPS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STABILIZATION

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

cover crops
root traits
root biomass
root distribution
carbon inputs
organic agriculture
rhizodeposition
SOC stabilization

File:

Download Fall_2018_Joseph_Amsili_MS_thesis-Cover_crop_root_traits_and_SOC.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member
Charles Macaulay White, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Bunchek, Jess Marie

Title:

Integrating Cover Crops in No-till Corn and Soybean to Diversify Herbicide-Resistant Weed Management in the Mid-Atlantic

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

weed science
weed management
integrated weed management
cover crops
herbicide resistance
agroecology
conservation tillage
glyphosate
horseweed
pigweed

File:

Download Jess_Bunchek_Thesis_Formatted.pdf

Committee Members:

William Curran, PhD, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Mortensen, PhD, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Wallace, PhD, Committee Member
John Tooker, PhD, Committee Member
Charles White, PhD, Committee Member

Author:

Summers, Haleigh

Title:

Evaluating Integrated Weed Management Tactics to Reduce Herbicides and Control Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

weed
integrated weed management
pigweed
horseweed
marestail
herbicide
glyphosate
dairy
cropping systems
cover crops

File:

Download Summers_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Wallace, Committee Member
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Erin L Connolly, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mazzone, Tosh

Title:

QUANTIFYING RELATIVE SENSITIVITIES OF COVER CROPS TO CORN HERBICIDES TO REFINE COVER CROP INTERSEEDING PRACTICES

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

cover crops
interseeding
herbicide

File:

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John Wallace, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member