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Growth And Establishment Of Newly Planted Street Trees, Alexander R. Sherman

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

Developing quantified establishment period estimates for newly planted trees will help set realistic goals for plant performance in the urban landscape. Nine years of tree planting records obtained from the city of Boston, MA and the town of Brookline, MA were used to derive samples of trunk caliper for hedge maple (Acer campestre), London planetree (Platanus x acerifolia), and red oak (Quercus rubra). Several site characteristics were measured to identify effects on newly planted tree growth.

Breakpoint estimates of the piecewise regression models fell at 4 years and 6 years for London planetree and …

Rhythmic Growth And Vascular Development In Brachypodium Distachyon, Dominick A. Matos

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

Plants reduce inorganic carbon to synthesize biomass that is comprised of mostly polysaccharides and lignin. Growth is intricately regulated by external cues such as light, temperature, and water availability and internal cues including those generated by the circadian clock. While many aspects of polymer biosynthesis are known, their regulation and distribution within the stem are poorly understood. Plant biomass is perhaps the most abundant organic substance on Earth and can be used as feedstock for energy production. Various grass species are under development as energy crops yet several of their attributes make them challenging research subjects. Brachypodium distachyon has emerged …

Bolivia's Coca Headache: The Agroyungas Program, Inflation, Campesinos, Coca And Capitalism In Bolivia, John D. Roberts

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

Bolivia in the 1980s was wracked by monetary inflation approaching levels of the German Weimar Republic. Immediately following this time of great financial crisis in Bolivia, the U.N. founded a project through the U.N.D.P. to encourage peasant farmers in Bolivia to switch from growing coca (the plant used manufacture cocaine) to growing other cash crops for market. This crop substitution and development program, called the Agroyungas Project, lasted from 1985 to 1991 and is the focus of this study. While many U.N. pundits and journalists considered the program’s initial small successes promising, it has been considered since its conclusion to …

The Land Institute, Madeleine Charney

University Libraries Publication Series

An overview of the mission and current projects of The Land Institute in Salinas, Kansas. This organization strives to develop an agricultural system with the ecological stability of the prairie and a grain yield comparable to that from annual crops.

Assesment Of Ammonia Volatility From Fall Surface-Applied Liquid Dairy Manure, Katie Campbell-Nelson

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

Ammonia emissions from dairy and livestock operations are of significant environmental and human health concern in the United States. Conservation of ammonia from fall surface-applied manure could benefit farmers by retaining nitrogen for use by crops in the spring growing season. The primary goal of this research was to investigate a management strategy for mitigating ammonia volatility from cow manure at the time of field application with no incorporation in the fall before snow fall. The hypothesis is that application of manure in cooler fall temperatures will slow the rate of ammonia volatilization. The objective was achieved by measuring temperature …

Vision Of Self-Sufficiency Comes Alive (On Less Than Two Acres!), Madeleine K. Charney

University Libraries Publication Series

A Montague, Massachusetts family relishes their traditional homesteading lifestyle.

Athol Slaughterhouse Rises From The Ashes, Madeleine K. Charney

University Libraries Publication Series

Plans for rebuilding the Athol slaughterhouse destroyed by fire in 2006.

Conference Keynoter Defends Practices Buried In New England’S Agricultural History, Plans For Future, Madeleine K. Charney

University Libraries Publication Series

Brian Donahue, environmental historian, debunks the myths of early New England farming practices.

Summer 1981, Ellery L. Knake, T. L. Larry, J. F. Wilkinson, R. H. Miller, Carol A. Lembi, Ted Horton, Horace Ames

Turf Bulletin

1. Editorial (page 3)
2. Results of Field Test to Study Human Exposure to 2,4,5,-T Application (4)
3. Investigation and Treatment of Localized Dry Spots on Sand Golf Greens (6)
4. Aquatic Weed Control- In Review (11)
5. Golf Course Superintendent - A Perspective (14)
6. Four Seasons Ground Maintenance (16)

Fall 1981, Patricia J. Vittum, Dan Paulson Jr., Bob Early, Elmer R. Fleck

Turf Bulletin

1. Turf Clippings (page 3)
2. Registration of Oftanol^R (Isofenphos) (4)
3. Effect of pH Organic Matter and Solid Texture on Herbicides (6)
4. Lawn Care: Big Potential for Fluids

Fall 1978, Harry C. Eckhoff, Kent W. Kurtz, Carol Dana

Turf Bulletin

1. Guidelines for Planning and Building a Golf Course (page 3)
2. Turfgrass Field Day (6)
3. Problems in Managing Turfgrass in Shade (9)
4. Escape to the Islands--in Boston Harbor (15)

Spring 1975 Conference Issue, Steve Cadenelli, Joseph Troll, R. N. Carrow, Robert B. Harris, John L. Strauss, Gerald G. Williams

Turf Bulletin

1. Professionalism (page 3)
2. Back and Beyond (4)
3. Kentucky Bluegrass Variety Trial (5)
4. Perennial Ryegrass Variety Trial (7)
5. Tall and Hard Fescue Variety Trial (9)
6. Red Fescue Variety Trial (9)
7. Turf Conference Program (10)
8. Turf News (14)
9. You Can Make It Easier to Collect Soil Samples (15)

Fall 1975, Kieth Mccaffery, Fred Johnson, Randolph W. Smith, David E. Hill, Charles R. Frink

Turf Bulletin

1. Maintaining Wildlife Openings with Pellets Containing Pictoram (page 3)
2. OSHA and How it Affects the Turf Industry (10)
3. Farmers at Bunker Hill (13)
4. Septic Systems--How Long do They Last? (16)
5. Domesticating Wildflowers for the Home Garden (18)

Winter 1975, R. N. Carrow, J. Troll, J. M. Zak, Mason C. Carter, James W. Martin, James E. Kennamer, M. Kieth Causey

Turf Bulletin

1. Tall and Hard Fescues: Variety Trial Summary 1974-1975 (page 3)
2. Red Fescue Variety Trial (4)
3. Kentucky Bluegrass Variety Trial 1974 (4)
4. Perennial Ryegrass Variety Trial (5)
5. Kentucky Bluegrass Variety Trial (7)
6. Lawn Specialists Find Liquids Fit the Bill for Urban Customers (8)
7. Back and Beyond (10)
8. Impact of Chemical and Mechanical Site Preparation on Wildlife Habitat (14)
9. UMass Turfgrass Research Fund (20)

Winter 1974, Gerald Moscato, James Bernard, Joseph Troll, Marvin D. Swart, Peter S. Loft

Turf Bulletin

1. DELEGATION--A Path to Satisfied Employees and Increased Productivity (page 3)
2. UMass Herbicide Evaluations (4)
3. Turf News (5)
4. Heating Elements (8)
5. Back and Beyond (10)
6. Turf Grass Contributions (20)

Spring 1971, James L. Holmes, Frederick G. Cheney, R. G. Novak, O. H. Hammer, A. J. Powell Jr., Malcolm A. Mckenzie, F. E. Hutchinson

Turf Bulletin

1. Damage to the GOlf Course by James L. HOlmes (page 3)
2. Editorial (7)
3. Turf Bulletin's Photo Quiz by Frederick G. Cheney (7)
4. Pesticide Waste Disposal by R.G. Novak and O.H. Hammer (8)
5. 1971 Turf Conference Program (12-13)
6. Turf Management by A.J. Powell, Jr. (14)
7. Homeowner's Guide for Spring Lawn Care (16)
8. The Role of Shade Trees in Urban Arboriculture by Malcolm A. McKenzie (17)
9. Locating Cause of Pressure Loss in Power Sprayers (18)
10. How Soil pH is Affected by the Fertilizers You Use by F.E. Hutchinson (20)

Summer 1969, Robert Schery, Edward G. Konieczny, Jeff Wheeler, William H. Daniel, Elwin E. Deal, James W. Timmerman

Turf Bulletin

Massachusetts Turf and Lawn Grass Council
Better Turf Through Research and Education

Contents:

1. New Lawn Seeds Ready to Sprout Profits by Robert W. Schery (page 3)
2. Potash Experiments on Turf Grasses by Edward G. Konieczny (4)
3. Understanding the Basis... Fertilizer Spreader: Spreading Relationships (9)
4. TVA Shows Sulpher Coated Urea (13)
5. Salinity Tolerance of Turfgrass by Jeff Wheeler (19)
6. Poa Annua by William H. Daniel (23)
7. Turf Management by Elwin E. Deal (26)
8. The Art and Science of Greenskeeping by James W. Timmerman (27)

Fall 1969, Gene C. Nutter, W. H. Garman, Charles Wurster, J. S. Coartney, A. H. Kates

Turf Bulletin

Massachusetts Lawn and Turf Grass Council
Better Turf Through Research and Education

1. Artificial Turf Faces Credibility Gab by Dr. Gene C. Nutter (page 1)
2. Nitrogen Facts and Fallacies by W.H. Garman (2)
3. DDT Opponents by Charles Wurster, Jr. (10)
4. DDT Defenders by Charles Wurster, Jr. (11)
5. What Type 2,4-D to Use? by J.S. Coartney and A.H. Kates (21)
6. Irrigation Circuit Break Pinpointed in One Hour (24)

Winter 1969, Warren Bidwell, Basil E. Purhiss, J. Phil Campbell Jr., Edwin M. Wheeler, J. H. Gordon, Melvin Robey, Howard R. Taylor, Harold D. Loden

Turf Bulletin

1. Plants to Enhance Man's Environment - Prepared by a Joint Task Force of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and and the State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (page 1)
2. Man and his Golf -- A Need Fulfilled by Warren Bidwell (8)
3. The Cost of Infected Water by Basil E. Purhiss (11)
4. U.S.D.A.'s Campbell Calls for Truth About Polution by Phil Campbell, Jr. (14)
5. Fertilizers are Not Threatening our Environment by Edwin M. Wheeler (16)
6. Turf--Basic Principles of Nutrition by J.H. Gordon (18)
7. Use of Ion-Exchange Resins in Fertilization of Turfgrasses by Melvin Robey (20)
8. The Professional Approach by Howard R. …

Summer 1968, Geoffrey S. Cornish, William G. Robinson, William E. Cordukes, Eugene E. Kenaga, G. L. Rumsey

Turf Bulletin

Massachusetts Turf and Lawn Grass Council
Better Turf Through Research and Education

1. Management of Penncross by William S. Cornish & William G. Robinson (page 3)
2. Irrigation Facts (5)
3. European Chafer Continues Its Fight with New York Lawns by F.L. Gambrell (7)
4. Compaction and Wear of Turfgrasses by William E. Cordukes (10)
5. Guidelines for Evaluating the Properties of Pesticides for Safe Use in the WIldlife Environment by Eugene E. Kenaga (12)
6. Fish Farming by G.L. Rumsey (24)

Winter 1967, James J. Reidy, S. H. Whitter, J. W. Tanner

Turf Bulletin

Massachusetts Turf and Lawn Grass Council
Better Turf Through Research and Education

Fall 1967, D. V. Waddington, W. C. Lincoln, J. Troll, S. B. Hendricks, R. S. Loomis, Joseph C. Dey Jr., Robert W. Schery, Hans Jenny, Robert W. Van Keuren, John M. Zak, Evangel J. Bredakis, Harold E. Gulvin, R. B. Musgrave

Turf Bulletin

Massachusetts Turf and Lawn Grass Council
Better Turf Through Research and Education

Turf Clippings Conference Proceedings, The Stockbridge School Turf Management Club

Turf Clippings

1. Turf Management Club by John Traynor (page 1)
2. Who Is Superintendent Here by H.E. Frenette (1)
3. Good Turf Can Result from good Sodding (3)
4. Golf Course Superintendent by Edwart Wiacek (4)
5. Picture - Outstanding Senior Prof. Troll
6. Picture - recognition for Blazers
7. St. Andrew's, Scotland by William Hynd (5)
8. Analogy of a Turf Manager by James B. Cole (6)
9. Fish Trouble by Peter A. Langelier and Dennis P. Leger (8)
10. Square Rings by Robert P. McGuire (9)
11. A Different Type of Course by Robert Hall (10)
12. Literature by Pierre Coste (11)
13. Weeds in Golf Course Turf and Their Control by …

Laotian Agricultural Statistics, Joel Halpern

Anthropology Department Faculty Publication Series

No abstract provided.

Turf Clippings Conference Proceedings, The Stockbridge School Turf Management Club

Turf Clippings

1. Recent Developments Affecting Golf Course Design (page 1)
2. From the Editor (3)
3. Five Year Results (3)
4. Turf Management Club News (4)
5. Quotes from 1960 Seniors (5)
6. Poa annua - - Friend or Foe (6)
7. The Horticulture Show (7)
8. Cartoons (8)
9. Message from the Winter School President of 1960 (10)
10. The Most Outstanding Turf Senior for 1959 (10)
11. The Value of the Proper Use of Lime (11)
12. Summer Placement (12)
13. A Greenhouse on the Golf Course (13)
14. More Opportunities in the Future for the Aggressive Superintendent at Country Clubs (14)
15. Soil, Sawdust and Turfgrass (15)
16. Picture - Senior Stockbridge Turf majors …

Turf Clippings, The Stockbridge School Turf Management Club

Turf Clippings

Editor: Ronald Kirby

Advisor: E.C. Roberts

To form a common interest between the Turf Management Club, the alumni of the Stockbridge and Winter School Turf Majors and all interested friends of the University of Massachusetts Turf Program.

1. Greetings from the Club President (page 2)
2. Winter School and Turf Conference Cancelled for 1957 (2)
3. Value of Turf Clippings (3)
4. Dedication--Minor J. Markuson (4)
5. Interrelations between Design, Construction and Maintenance (6)
6. Golf Course Design (6)
7. Relationship of Golf Course Design to Maintenance Costs (9)
8. Influence of Construction upon maintenance (12)
9. Snow Blue - Snow White (14)
10. Post Emergence Control of Crabgrass (15) …