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Pollen Forecasting In Sarasota, Florida, Daniel J. Gessman Jun 2017

Pollen Forecasting In Sarasota, Florida, Daniel J. Gessman

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Current predictions of pollen levels rely strictly on historical Averages, regardless of environmental factors that might affect the timing of pollen release by different plants. For this thesis, the goal was to develop a statistical model that will accurately forecast pollen levels by correlating those daily counts to atmospheric and meteorological conditions. This project used ARIMA modeling on IBM’s SPSS Statistics 24 of daily pollen count information for multiple allergenic pollens in the Sarasota County, Florida area over a 11-year period. The pollen species in question for this project are oak and cypress trees, grass, and ragweed pollens; and Alternaria …

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Forage News [2017-04], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky Apr 2017

Forage News [2017-04], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

  • Dealing with Frost Damaged Alfalfa
  • Managing Spring Grass Growth
  • Utilizing Frosted Small Grains for Forage

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Forage News [2017-01], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky Jan 2017

Forage News [2017-01], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

  • 2016 Long-Term Summary of Kentucky Forage Variety Trials
  • Purchase Improved Clovers for Frost Seeding NOW
  • Roundup-Ready Alfalfa Variety Differences
  • Understanding and Improving Fermentation in Alfalfa and Grass Baleage

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Phenotypic Plasticity Of Native And Invasive Cool-Season Grasses In Response To Frequency Of Moisture Availability, Ming-Yu Stephens Jan 2017

Phenotypic Plasticity Of Native And Invasive Cool-Season Grasses In Response To Frequency Of Moisture Availability, Ming-Yu Stephens

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Phenotypic plasticity, the ability of an individual to alter its growth in response to environmental conditions, is an attribute that is considered a likely invader attribute, as it provides the opportunity to expand its ecological niche breadth. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity can affect not only the ability to establish in a new environment, but also the ability to outperform the existing vegetation over time. Bromus inermis (smooth brome) and Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass) are invasive species in tall- and mixed-grass prairie ecosystems. The objectives of this two-part study were to quantify the adaptive plasticity of biomass accumulation and tiller production in …

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