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Remember Your Roots: Biogeographic Properties Of Plants' Native Habitats Can Inform Invasive Plant Risk Assessments, William Pfadenhauer, Michael Nelson, Britt Laginhas, Bethany Bradley

Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Publication Series

Aim: Reducing the effects of invasive plants is best accomplished by predicting which species will invade and preventing their introduction. To do this, risk assessments rely on a variety of plant traits and biogeographic properties to predict potential invasiveness. However, the relative importance of these traits and properties is unknown. Determining which biogeographic properties contribute the most to predicting invasiveness could improve the accuracy and reduce the time needed to complete future risk assessments. Here, we provide a comprehensive analysis and ranking of the biogeographic properties that best differentiate invasive and noninvasive plant species.

Location: Conterminous United States.

Methods: We …

Drone Preflight Checklist, Ryan Wicks, Giverson Mupambi

Cranberry Station Fact Sheets

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Plants, Pipettes And Pcr, Elizabeth Vierling

Science and Engineering Saturday Seminars

Plants are amazing organisms that provide us with food, building materials, the pleasure of gardens, as well as providing the foundation of critical world ecosystems. Although they may look like they are just stuck in one place and doing not more than growing, they have many, many complex ways in which they respond to the environment. The goal of this STEM Ed session will be to discuss ways that plants can respond to the environment with hands on exercises and exploration of possible classroom activities. Participants will engage in state-of-the art methods of testing plant DNA composition using the polymerase …

Green Stormwater Infrastructure For The Town Of Maynard, Ma, Angie J. Gregory

Sustainability Science Working Papers

Green Infrastructure refers to ecosystem service solutions that provide human benefit. In the context of Stormwater Management, GI benefits address regulatory compliance measures related to stormwater runoff pollutant capture and flood mitigation on site, while providing co-benefits. Inherently distributive, non-exclusive, and non-rival in nature, Green Infrastructure as publicly owned infrastructure can provide restoration while generating capacity for community resilience. Comprehensive public and private investments will equitably advance public health and safety through this method. This paper will present the use of GI for satisfying compliance for MS4 permits for municipalities and implementation at residential and commercial scale with comprehensive review …

Understanding Food And Climate Change: A Systems Perspective, Megan Brockelbank

Sustainability Education Resources

Climate change will profoundly affect our lives in many ways, even down to the very food we eat. Food is essential for survival and our complex food system, and all that depends on it, face a big threat with climate change. Throughout the semester we will explore the links between the food system and our changing climate with an emphasis on systems thinking. In science we tend to segregate, looking at just one part of a system, while systems thinking looks at the whole picture. Using this approach, we will think critically about how to build a more resilient food …

Natural Genetic Diversity In Tomato Flavor Genes, Lara Pereira, Manoj Sapkota, Michael Alonge, Yi Zheng, Youjun Zhang, Hamid Razifard, Nathan K. Taitano, Michael C. Schatz, Alisdair R. Fernie, Ying Wang

Biology Department Faculty Publication Series

Fruit flavor is defined as the perception of the food by the olfactory and gustatory systems, and is one of the main determinants of fruit quality. Tomato flavor is largely determined by the balance of sugars, acids and volatile compounds. Several genes controlling the levels of these metabolites in tomato fruit have been cloned, including LIN5, ALMT9, AAT1, CXE1, and LoxC. The aim of this study was to identify any association of these genes with trait variation and to describe the genetic diversity at these loci in the red-fruited tomato clade comprised of the wild ancestor Solanum pimpinellifolium, the semi-domesticated …

Soil Temperature Mediated Seedling Emergence And Field Establishment In Bentgrass Species And Cultivars During Spring In The Northeastern United States, J. Scott Ebdon, Michelle Dacosta

Stockbridge Faculty Publication Series

Reestablishment of damaged golf greens and fairways planted to creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera), colonial bentgrass (A. capillaris), and velvet bentgrass (A. canina) is a common practice following winter injuries. Identifying bentgrass species (Agrostis sp.) and cultivars with the potential to establish under low soil temperatures would be beneficial to achieving more mature stands earlier in the spring. Twelve bentgrass cultivars, including seven cultivars of creeping bentgrass (007, 13-M, Declaration, L-93, Memorial, Penncross, and T-1), two colonial bentgrass cultivars (Capri and Tiger II), and three velvet bentgrass cultivars (Greenwich, SR-7200, and Villa), along with 'Barbeta' perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) were evaluated …

Grower Surveys Of Resistance Management Concerns, Knowledge And Implementation, Katherine Ghantous, Hilary A. Sandler, Laura Mcdermott, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Station Resistance Management

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Cranberry Research Report 2017: Defining New Approaches To Weed Management In Cranberry, Hilary A. Sandler, Katherine Ghantous

Cranberry Station Research Reports and Surveys

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2016 Chart Book: Warnings, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Measures And Conversions Chart, Hilary Sandler

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Index, Carolyn J. Demoranville

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Weed Management At-A-Glance, Hilary Sandler, Katherine M. Ghantous

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Table Of Contents, Carolyn J. Demoranville

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Nutrition Management, Carolyn J. Demoranville

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Pesticide Application Recordkeeping, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Disease Management, Erika Saalau Rojas, Frank L. Caruso, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Disease Management At-A-Glance, Erika Saalau Rojas, Frank Caruso, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Irrigation Water Managenent, Peter Jeranyama

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Late Water And Cranberry Management, Carolyn J. Demoranville, Anne L. Averill, Hilary A. Sandler, Erika Saalau Rojas

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Winter Management, Carolyn J. Demoranville

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Insect Management At-A-Glance, Anne L. Averill, Martha M. Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Pesticide Storage Guidelines, Hilary Sandler

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Resistance Management, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Cautions, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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2016 Chart Book: Weed Management, Hilary A. Sandler, Katherine M. Ghantous

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

No abstract provided.

2016 Chart Book: Insect Management, Anne L. Averill, Martha M. Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

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Contemplative Practice In Sustainable Food & Farming, Sarah Berquist

Sustainability Education Resources

PowerPoint presentation at the Institute of Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development at UMass Amherst. Offers contemplative practices applied in the Sustainable Food and Farming program including yoga; breathwork; reflective writing and dialogue; stories and poetry; and exploring personal values.

Frost Cycling And Irrigation, Peter Jeranyama, Faith Ndlovu, Casey Kennedy, Carolyn J. Demoranville

Cranberry Station Extension meetings

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Fruit Rot Management, Erika Saalau Rojas

Cranberry Station Extension meetings

No abstract provided.