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Miscellaneous Crop Trials - High Rainfall Districts, M. W. Perry
Miscellaneous Crop Trials - High Rainfall Districts, M. W. Perry
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
1. High Rainfall Miscellaneous Crop Trials - 77BU3, 77BU11, 77DE2. 77HA1, 77HA6, 77MA2, 2. Standard Alternative Crop Trials - 77BA16, 77MT20, 77NA27, 77NA28. 3. L. cosentinii Establishment and Regeneration - 77MO20, 77GE31, 77TS22. Plant density x time of planting on L. Consentinii - 77BA15. 4. L. consentinii seeding rates - 77BR11. 5. Seeding Rates for High Rainfall Cereals - 77BR11.
Clover And Medic Breeding And Selection 1977, C. M. Francis
Clover And Medic Breeding And Selection 1977, C. M. Francis
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Early Maturing Low Oestrogen Crossbreds. Disease Resistant Clovers for-Higher Rainfall Regions. Waterlogging Resistant Clovers (T. yanninicum). Overseas Collections. Early Maturing Medics from Libya. Table 1. Seed Yields of Medicago Species.
Pasture Species Investigations - High Rainfall Area 1976, D A. Nicholas
Pasture Species Investigations - High Rainfall Area 1976, D A. Nicholas
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Contents Clover cultivar grazing trial (N. Bannister) - NOT in this document. Perennial versus annual grass grazing trial (Manjimup Research Station) - 72MNS. Pasture types x stocking rate trial (Denmark Agricultural High School) - 72D1. Clover cultivar evaluation trial (Denmark Research Station) - 8. The final yield sampling in December was not obtained through cattle having broken into the area. Clover cultivar evaluation trial (Karridale) - 77BU10. Clover cultivar evaluation trial (Denmark Research Station) - 77D5, 77DF, Clover cultivar evaluation trial (Wellstead) - 77AL22. Clover cultivar Evaluation Trials. Location: Esperance District - 77ES27 - R.L. Stead, Dalgup; 77ES28 - E.L.D., …
1977 Summary Of Results Of Field Experiments (January 1978), D L. Chatel
1977 Summary Of Results Of Field Experiments (January 1978), D L. Chatel
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
1. Inoculation. 1.1. High rainfall. 1.2. Low rainfall. 2. Clover Scorch. 3. Rye grass toxicity. LIST OF EXPERIMENTS 1. The responses of varieties of Trifolium yanninicum to inoculation with different strains of rhizobia - Denmark. 2. The response of T. yanninicum to inoculation over two growing seasons - Denmark. 3. The response of white and strawberry clovers to inoculation - Denmark. 4. The response of sub clover to inoculation - spaced row trial - Merredin. 5. The response of sub clover to inoculation - plot trial (Not sampled) - Merredin. 6. The response of sub clover to inoculation - spaced …
Herbicide Screening. Soursob Control In Cereal Crop., J. Peirce
Herbicide Screening. Soursob Control In Cereal Crop., J. Peirce
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Herbicide screening - soursob control in cereal crop (Beverley). Soursob control in cereals (Yelbeni, Doodlakine). Chemical control of Oxalis purpurea L. (Beverley). Chemical control of Doveweed (Eremocarpus setigerus Benth.) - Beverley.
Effect Of Soil Properties On Copper Availability To Plants, R. F. Brennan
Effect Of Soil Properties On Copper Availability To Plants, R. F. Brennan
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Experimental glasshouse work involved examining the decrease in effectiveness of copper fertilizer in the soil through time. This seems to conflict with Mr. J.W. Gartrell's programme of field trials which have shown no evidence for any decline in the effectiveness of the original application. 1. Ammonium cxalate extractable Cu. TABLE 3 - 77GL3. The response to copper of Gamenya Wheat grown in a range of W.A. soils (Average dry weight (3 reps) - g/10 plants). 77GL4. Dongara, Gingin, Dowerin, Newdegate, S. W. Newdegate, Merredin. TABLE 4 - 77GL4. Effect of PH and incubation on the effectiveness of CuS045H20 to Gamenya. …
Cultivar Evaluation In High Rainfall Areas, D J. Gillespie
Cultivar Evaluation In High Rainfall Areas, D J. Gillespie
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
1. Trikkala Evaluation Trial 76MT3. A joint trial with D.A. Nicholas. The trial's aim is to compare the competitive ability under grazing of Trikkala and Yarloop clover on a waterlogged new land site. The competitive ability to be measured in the presence and absence of clover scorch. (Kabatiella caulivora). 2. Pasture deterioration. Field experiments. Three trials established in 1975 to determine whether various cultivation techniques could control root rot and. subsequent pasture deterioration have now concluded. 3. Lucerne productivity and persistence. 4. Effects of saline irrigation water on pasture production. During the 1976/77 irrigation season the effects on pasture production …
Take-All Of Cereals And Cereal Seed Dressings, G D. Macnish
Take-All Of Cereals And Cereal Seed Dressings, G D. Macnish
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Take-all of cereals. Take-all surveys. Effect of nitrogen sources on take-all: 76LG25 Wheat, 77MT19 Wheat, 77JE31 Barley, 77MT17 Barley, 77LG20 Oats, 77JE5 Wheat, 77LG6 Wheat, 77E4 Wheat, 77ES6 Wheat, 77GE10 Wheat. Effect of rates of (NH4)2 SO4 and Na NO3 on take-all - 77E6 Wheat, 77ES Wheat. Effect of rates of (NH4)2 SO4 on take-all - 77LG7 Wheat, 77JE6 Wheat. Soil pH and take-all - 77LG25 Cleaning crops and take-all control - 76E6, 76N5, 76M47, 76A7, 76LG27. Spray-fallow and time of planting - 76GE35 9 76LG26, 76LG26, 76LG38. Effect of rates of sowing on take-all - 77JE7. Long term rotations …
Nitrogenous Fertilisers For Cereals - Results From 1977 Trials On Wheat, Oats And Barley, M. G. Mason
Nitrogenous Fertilisers For Cereals - Results From 1977 Trials On Wheat, Oats And Barley, M. G. Mason
Experimental Summaries - Plant Research
Rates of Nitrogen on Wheat, Oats and Barley - Soil Test. In this, the third year of this programme, 44 sites were selected and soil sampled during February - March. Thirty seven of these trials consisted of four replications on wheat only and the other seven consisted of three replications on wheat, oats and barley. All reps were soil sampled separately. In each rep. of the 37 trials, 20 samples were taken to 10 cm depth with pogo stick samplers. In the. other seven trials 50 samples per rep. were taken. In addition, from three holes at random across each …
The Orientation Of Asplanchna Brightwelli In A Weak Horizontal Magnetic Field, Priscilla Kathleen Dale
The Orientation Of Asplanchna Brightwelli In A Weak Horizontal Magnetic Field, Priscilla Kathleen Dale
Master's Theses
No abstract provided.
The Partial Purification And Characterization Of A Soluble Activator Of The Cation Transport Adenosinetriphosophatase In Bovine Caudate Nucleus, Paul Culver
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
To many investigators, these observations suggested the existence of a molecular “pump” mechanism responsible for the maintenance of the ionic gradients. Extensive research over the last twenty years has resulted in the assignment of this role to the magnesium-dependent, sodium- and potassium-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase, first reported by Skou in 1957. This membrane-bound enzyme is the subject of the research presented in this thesis.
Feeding Ecology Of Black Sea Bass Centropristis Striata On An Artificial Reef Off Virginia (Perciforms: Serranidae), Ping K. Chee
Feeding Ecology Of Black Sea Bass Centropristis Striata On An Artificial Reef Off Virginia (Perciforms: Serranidae), Ping K. Chee
OES Theses and Dissertations
The feeding ecology of the black sea bass, Centropristis striata, associated with artificial reefs shows seasonal and size-related changes. Monthly collections totaling 520 black sea bass taken from an artificial reef near the Chesapeake Light Tower, Virginia, between August 1975 and May 1976, were analyzed for food habits as revealed by number, volume, frequency of occurrence and a modified Index of Relative Importance.
The black sea bass feeds on the artificial reef as well as the adjacent areas. When food was abundant on the reef, food items from the reef and the surrounding area were consumed. Upon depletion of the …
Interspecific And Intraspecific Variation Between And Among Symphurus Plagiusa (Linnaeus) And Symphurus Civitatus Ginsburg With Notes On Their Distribution, Chester A. Nava Jr.
Interspecific And Intraspecific Variation Between And Among Symphurus Plagiusa (Linnaeus) And Symphurus Civitatus Ginsburg With Notes On Their Distribution, Chester A. Nava Jr.
Morehead State Theses and Dissertations
A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Sciences and Mathematics at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Biology by Chester A, Nava, Jr. on December 3, 1976.
The Prairie Naturalist Vol. 8, Nos. 3 And 4 September-December 1976
The Prairie Naturalist Vol. 8, Nos. 3 And 4 September-December 1976
The Prairie Naturalist
SPRING MORTALITY OF INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS IN SOUTHERN MANITOBA ▪ J. R. Serie and R. E. Jones
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA—1976 ▪ R. N. Randall
MOSSES OF THE GREAT PLAINS: INTRODUCTION AND CATALOGUE ▪ S. P. Churchill
NOTES
Fulvous Tree Duck in North Dakota ▪ L. A. Jones
Unusual Mortality of a Saw-whet Owl ▪ H. A. Kantrud
Cardinal and Mockingbird in Jamestown, North Dakota ▪ D. H. and J. E. Johnson
BOOK REVIEWS
Essence of Wilderness ▪ K. T. Killingbeck
The Changing America ▪ L. M. Kirsch
A Government Bird Book ▪ J. F. Cassel
Wildflowers ofthe Rockies …
Biological And Chemical Evaluation Of The Aquatic Environment Of Selected Undeveloped Kentucky Lake Embayments, Marshall Gordon, Morgan E. Sisk
Biological And Chemical Evaluation Of The Aquatic Environment Of Selected Undeveloped Kentucky Lake Embayments, Marshall Gordon, Morgan E. Sisk
KWRRI Research Reports
This report describes research involving biological and chemical analysis of two undeveloped embayments on Kentucky Lake, namely Anderson and Vickers Bays. Field and laboratory studies were made to assess current biotic standing crops, limnological conditions, levels of inorganic and organic pollutants in the embayments.
Leaf Epidermal Transmittance Of Ultraviolet Radiation And Its Implication For Plant Sensitivity To Ultraviolet-Radiation Injury, Ronald Robberecht
Leaf Epidermal Transmittance Of Ultraviolet Radiation And Its Implication For Plant Sensitivity To Ultraviolet-Radiation Injury, Ronald Robberecht
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Leaf epidermal transmittance of ultraviolet radiation (280-400 nm) was examined in several plant species to determine the capability of the epidermis to attenuate solar ultraviolet radiation. Epidermal samples were mechanically isolated and examined with a spectroradiometer/integrating sphere for transmittance. A survey of 25 species exposed to natural insolation was conducted. Although the species differed in life form, habitat type, and epidermal characteristics, epidermal transmittance was generally less than 10%. Ultraviolet radiation was attenuated 95 to 99% in more than half of the species. In 16 species, flavonoid and related pigments in the epidermis accounted for 20 to 57% of the …
Spatial And Temporal Partitioning Between Sympatric Rodents: Zapus And Peromyscus, Emma Bernice Speer
Spatial And Temporal Partitioning Between Sympatric Rodents: Zapus And Peromyscus, Emma Bernice Speer
Theses and Dissertations
Partitioning space and time by seemingly sympatric rodents, Zapus princeps and Peromyscus maniculatus, were examined as possible mechanisms allowing coexistence. The two populations were studied in Central Utah with an electrically monitored grid. Spatial separation of individuals and the populations minimized confrontations and created local allopatric distribtuions. Temporal partitioning was not used as a mechanism to allow coexistence and was apparently independent of spatial partitioning. The Peromyscus population was composed primarily of males which may have been due to less favorable habitat and/or presence of Zapus. The data show that Peromyscus tend to avoid Zapus, possibly due to deleterious aggressive …
A Review Of The Limnology Of And Water Quality Standards For Lake Mead, Charles R. Goldman
A Review Of The Limnology Of And Water Quality Standards For Lake Mead, Charles R. Goldman
Publications (WR)
1. The waters of Las Vegas Bay, a heavily utilized recreational resource, receive discharges from a variety of municipal and industrial waste sources. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined, on the basis of numerous studies, that the present water quality violates state and federal standards and constitutes a public nuisance. Consultants have advised the Sewage and Wastewater Advisory Committee that rapid abatement of the alleged pollution conditions can be achieved by an advanced wastewater treatment (AWT) plant.
2. The major problems in Las Vegas Bay are an objectionable water color, excessive turbidity, noxious odors, and oxygen depletion in certain …
Report On Wastewater Disposal To Board Of County Commissioners, Clark County Nevada, Clair N. Sawyer
Report On Wastewater Disposal To Board Of County Commissioners, Clark County Nevada, Clair N. Sawyer
Publications (WR)
This report is concerned with the management of waste-waters and subsurface drainage from the City of Las Vegas and its environs and the BMI complex, all in Clark County, Nevada. The prime objective is to recommend a plan of action which will utilize the natural resources of the area in the least costly manner and still protect Lake Mead for recreational purposes and use as a public water supply, At this writing, conditions in the upper Las Vegas arm of Boulder Basin are quite unsatisfactory for some recreational purposes due to the extensive blooms of algae which develop. Experience at …
Effect Of The Chesapeake-Elizabeth Sewage Outfall Virginia Beach, Virginia On The Distribution And Ecology Of Benthic Foraminifera, James M. Bates Jr.
Effect Of The Chesapeake-Elizabeth Sewage Outfall Virginia Beach, Virginia On The Distribution And Ecology Of Benthic Foraminifera, James M. Bates Jr.
OES Theses and Dissertations
Sediment and bottom water samples from seven stations at the Chesapeake Elizabeth sewage outfall, Virginia Beach, Virginia were collected in order to evaluate the effect of the outfall on benthic foraminifera. The top centimeter of sediment was analyzed for living and total (live plus dead) foraminiferal densities, chlorophyll a, sediment grain size, ATP, percentage of silt and clay, and total organic carbon. Bottom water salinity, temperature, and ammonia were also analyzed.
Living foraminiferal density increased from March to July and with distance from the outfall. Total foraminiferal density also increased from March to July. The set of environmental variables was …
A Comparative Study Of A Salt Water Impoundment With Its Adjacent Tidal Creek Pertinent To Culture Of Crassostrea Virginica (Gmelin), William D. Anderson Iii
A Comparative Study Of A Salt Water Impoundment With Its Adjacent Tidal Creek Pertinent To Culture Of Crassostrea Virginica (Gmelin), William D. Anderson Iii
OES Theses and Dissertations
Certain physical, chemical and biological characteristics associated with the culture of subtidal Crassostrea virginica were assessed in a salt water impoundment and its adjacent tidal feeder creek. Large seed oysters (initial y = 57.3 mm) were transferred from a somewhat polluted estuary of Charleston Harbor to floating, mid-water, and bottom hardware cloth trays (200/tray) in a four hectare pond. Identical trays at comparable depths were placed in the tidal creek and each location was sampled monthly for growth and survival. Surface and bottom water samples were collected weekly throughout the study and hourly during four seasonal 25 hour stations. Standard …
A Comparison Of The Rough Sphere Rotational Diffusion Model With Experimental Results For Liquid Methyl Iodide, Dane R. Jones, Scott L. Whittenburg, C. H. Wang
A Comparison Of The Rough Sphere Rotational Diffusion Model With Experimental Results For Liquid Methyl Iodide, Dane R. Jones, Scott L. Whittenburg, C. H. Wang
Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications
No abstract available.
State Of The Fisheries Report 1975, Department Of Fisheries And Wildlife, Western Australia
State Of The Fisheries Report 1975, Department Of Fisheries And Wildlife, Western Australia
Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
The total value of the fisheries of Western Australia is the highest of any of the States, and the Western Australian rock lobster fishery is the most valuable single fishery in Australia.
The Oombulgurri Project Clancy Committee Report, D J. Clancy, P Mccosker, C Mayberry, A J. Millington, P Ryan
The Oombulgurri Project Clancy Committee Report, D J. Clancy, P Mccosker, C Mayberry, A J. Millington, P Ryan
All other publications
In early August the Oombulgurri community requested assistance in the following terms.
"On behalf of the Oombulgurri Community, we invite assistance in developing the grain and pasture cropping at Oombulgurri. We have experimented with peanuts, sorghum, and many varieties of vegetables. This has tested the reality of hopes to expand acreage and varieties to become self-sufficient in stock feed. The Farm and Garden Guild now needs the expertise of your services to plan a four-year programme. vie need assistance in choosing from the many options, opinions and advices available from Australia and elsewhere, for grain production, pastures, methods appropriate to …
An Electrophysiological Analysis Of The Primary Input To The Cat Prepyriform Cortex, George Maeda
An Electrophysiological Analysis Of The Primary Input To The Cat Prepyriform Cortex, George Maeda
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Properties of the lateral olfactory tract (LOT) action potential and cortical evoked potential (EPSP) were studied using discrete stimuli applied to the tract in acute and chronic preparations. Stimulus response curves for both presynaptic (action) and postsynaptic (EPSP) potentials were sigmoidal and linearly related over the entire range. Simulated action potentials were used to determine the diameter to amplitude relationship, an intermediate step for finding the threshold as a function of tract axon diameter. Our results indicate that threshold is proportional to (diameter) -3.4 instead of (diameter) -1 as found by others in frog peripheral nerve. Further work is required …
Esr Study Of Free Radicals In Irradiated Single Crystals Of Potassium Hydroxylamine Disulfonate, B. J. Wilson, Robert W. Holmberg
Esr Study Of Free Radicals In Irradiated Single Crystals Of Potassium Hydroxylamine Disulfonate, B. J. Wilson, Robert W. Holmberg
Faculty Publications
Two free radicals formed when single crystals of potassium hydroxylamine disulfonate are irradiated with gamma rays at 77degrees K were studied by ESR. The ESR spectra result from a predominant center (radical A) exhibiting large 14N and 1H hyperfine splittings and from lesser amounts of Fremy's radical [O-dotN(SO3)2-2]. The g and hyperfine tensors of these radicals have been evaluated and are discussed. Radical A, whose identity remains in doubt, may be regarded as the precursor to Fremy's radical; on warming its lines decay and those of Fremy's radical are formed. Lines from radical A decrease in strength and those of …
Final Report - Lake Mead Monitoring Program, James E. Deacon
Final Report - Lake Mead Monitoring Program, James E. Deacon
Publications (WR)
The Lake Mead monitoring program has developed a substantial body of information on the physical, chemical and biological limnology of Lake Mead since 1972. This report summarizes pertinent aspects of that data, with emphasis on studies completed in 1975 -76. It is our continuing hope that the data developed by us will be useful to an ever broader group of users of the water resource represented by Lake Mead. We have been privileged to see our data have a significant influence in some very important water resource decisions over the past four years. There is every reason to expect that …
Bulletin 4002 - Trickle Irrigation For Farms, K Cole
Bulletin 4002 - Trickle Irrigation For Farms, K Cole
Bulletins 4000 -
The continued demand for, and use of trickle irrigation is proof of the inherent potential and performance of this form of irrigation.
Originally it was used in glasshouses and nurseries but it is now widely adapted to orchards, vegetable and other horticultural small crops and home gardens.
Although research is being actively pursued in the design and use of trickle irrigation it is now beyond the experimental stage as a technique and is an accepted and proven technique of watering many types of crop.
Presumpscot River Basin - Cumberland County Tidewater Water Quality Management Plan, Bureau Of Water Quality Control
Presumpscot River Basin - Cumberland County Tidewater Water Quality Management Plan, Bureau Of Water Quality Control
Maine Collection
Presumpscot River Basin - Cumberland County Tidewater Water Quality Management Plan
Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Quality Control, Division of Water Quality Evaluation and Planning, August, Maine (June 1976).
"Prepared pursuant to Section 303 (e) of the Federal Water Pollution Act Amendments of 1972"
Contents: Letter of Transmittal / Table of Contents / Appendices and Tables / I. Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations / II. Introduction / III. Water Quality / IV. Planning Activities / Appendices / Tables
Bulletin No 3993 - The Control Of Saffron Thistle, G. A. Pearce
Bulletin No 3993 - The Control Of Saffron Thistle, G. A. Pearce
Bulletins - 3000 - 3999
Saffron thistle is a primary noxious weed and is widespread throughout the drier parts of Western Australia. When growing in pasture its prickly growth habit discourages animals from grazing amongst it so that its presence results in the loss of feed. In crops it reduces yield and results in dockage when seed is found in harvested grain.