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Native Vegetation Handbook For The Shire Of Cunderdin, Sarah J. Weaving

Native vegetation handbook series

This booklet provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Cunderdin. This includes the existing vegetation, drainage systems and soils. Some of the problems relating to the management of natural vegetation resources in the Shire and possible solutions to these problems are discussed. The provision of this information will contribute to the long term viability of the agricultural landscape and the conservation of native vegetation within the Shire.

Native Vegetation Handbook For The Shire Of Trayning, Sarah J. Weaving

Native vegetation handbook series

This booklet provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Trayning including the existing vegetation, drainage systems and soils. Some of the problems relating to the management of natural vegetation resources in the Shire of Trayning and possible solutions to these problems are also discussed. Provision of this information will contribute to the long term viability of the agricultural landscape and the conservation of native vegetation within the Shire.

Native Vegetation Handbook For The Shire Of Bruce Rock, Sarah J. Weaving

Native vegetation handbook series

This booklet provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Bruce Rock including the existing vegetation, drainage systems and soils. Some of the problems relating to the management of natural vegetation resources in the Shire of Bruce Rock and possible solutions to these problems are also discussed. Provision of this information will contribute to the long term viability of the agricultural landscape and the conservation of native vegetation within the Shire.

Population Processes, Kathleen H. Keeler, Anthony Joern

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Within the prairies, myriad populations of plants, insects, small mammals, and other organisms form distinct levels of organization. The physical forces of weather and fire and the complex networks of species interactions control each species’s structure and dynamics and determine its abundance or rarity. Variation in population dynamics and interactions over time and space determine the distribution and abundance of species, and ultimately the composition and dynamics of entire prairie communities.

To the casual observer, plant populations on prairies may seem quite static, like museums containing a diverse collection of specimens that can be seen again and again on repeated …

Pulpwood Production In The Lake States, 1993, Ronald J. Piva

Aspen Bibliography

Pulpwood production in the Lake States increased from 8.8 million cords in 1992 to 9.4 million cords in 1993. Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin pulpwood production is shown by county and species group.

Southern Idaho's Forest Land Outside National Forests, 1991, David C. Chojnacky

Aspen Bibliography

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Biomass Of Food Available To Beavers On Five Minnesota Shrubs, Richard R. Buech, David J. Rugg

Aspen Bibliography

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Use Of Sulfometuron In Hybrid Popular Energy Plantations, Daniel A. Netzer

Aspen Bibliography

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Water-Wise Landscaping, Terry Keane

All Current Publications

Land use, like a pendulum, has swung from sparse land settlements of Native Americans, with a reverence for nature, to sprawling developments of western settlers. The settlers’ intent was to “tame” the harsh western elements. The result was the introduction of soggy green English landscapes to the West

Brown· Midrib Sorghum Silage For Midlactation Dairy Cows, R. J. Grant, S. G. Haddad, K. J. Moore, Jeffrey F. Pedersen

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Brown midrib sorghum silage was compared with alfalfa, corn, and normal sorghum silages for its effect on performance, ruminal metabolism, and digestive kinetics of Holstein dairy cows in midlactation. Twelve cows averaging 90 ± 5 DIM were assigned to one of four diets in replicated 4 X 4 Latin squares with 4-wk periods. Additionally, 3 ruminally fistulated cows (95 ± 20 DIM) were assigned to the same diets in a 3x 4 Youden square for measurement of ruminal characteristics. Diets were fed as isonitrogenous TMR that contained 65% silage (OM basis). The DMl was greater for the corn and brown …

Influences Of Trees On Abundance Of Natural Enemies Of Insect Pests: A Review, Mary Ellen Dix, R. J. Johnson, Mark O. Harrell, Ronald M. Case, Robert J. Wright, Laurie Hodges, James R. Brandle, Michelle M. Schoeneberger, N. J. Sunderman, R. L. Fitzmaurice, Linda J. Young, Kenneth G. Hubbard

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

In this article we review the use of natural enemies in crop pest management and describe research needed to better meet information needs for practical applications. Endemic natural enemies (predators and parasites) offer a potential but understudied approach to controlling insect pests in agricultural systems. With the current high interest in environmental stewardship, such an approach has special appeal as a method to reduce the need for pesticides while maintaining agricultural profitability. Habitat for sustaining populations of natural enemies occurs primarily at field edges where crops and edge vegetation meet. Conservation and enhancement of natural enemies might include manipulation of …

Velvetleaf (Abutilon Theophrasti) Recruitment, Survival,Seed Production, And Interference In Soybean (Glycine Max), John L. Lindquist, Bruce Maxwell, Douglas Buhler, Jeffrey Gunsolus

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Field studies were conducted at Rosemount, MN, in 1992 and 1993 to quantify the demographic processes regulating the population dynamics of velvetleaf in soybean as part of a corn-soybean rotation. A consistent 6.8 ± .08% of the total velvetleaf seedbank emerged each year. Less than 21% of all velvetleaf seedlings survived each year in mixture with soybean, due in part to Verticilium spp wilt infection. The probability of seedling survival varied across time of emergence Velvetleaf seed production in the absence of crop competition was 125 and 227 seeds plant^-1 in 1992 and 1993, respectively. Velvetleaf plants that emerged …

Statistical Analysis Of Disease Reaction Data Using Nonparametric Methods, Kent M. Eskridge

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Plant breeders developing disease-resistant horticultural crops need flexible and powerful statistical methods to compare treatments efficiently. The most commonly used statistical methods are those based on analysis of variance (ANOVA), regression, and correlation. The valid use of these methods requires that the data have 1) normally distributed responses, 2) constant error variance, 3) independently distributed errors, and 4) a correctly specified model. However, many plant disease experiments yield data that do not adhere to these standard assumptions. For example, in an experiment involving population levels of a pathogen, rarely will population levels be normally distributed. Field counts of the number …

Adaptability And Reliability Of Yield For Four Bell Pepper Cultivars Across Three Southeastern States, Laurie Hodges, Douglas Sanders, Katharine Perry, Kent M. Eskridge, K.M. Dean Batal, Darbie M. Granberry, Wayne J. Mclaurin, Dennis Decoteau, Robert Dufault, J. Thomas Garrett, Russell Nagata

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

(Capsicum annuum L.) cultivars were evaluated for yield (total weight of marketable fruit) performance over 41 environments as combinations of 3 years, three planting dates, and seven locations across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Cultural practices, including trickle irrigation and double rows planted on blackplastic- covered beds, were uniform across all environments, except for fertilization, which was adjusted at each location based on soil tests. Comparing production over 3 years between the mountain location and the Coastal Plain location in North Carolina, yields were lower on the Coastal Plain. Spring plantings provided higher yields than summer plantings at …