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Global Dose Prescription Variances Exemplified Through Oropharynx Cancer: When Is 70 Gray 70 Gray?, Christian Rønn Hansen, Tony Tadic, Manju Sharma, Gareth Price, Jens Petersen, Mohamed A Naser, Ying Xiao, Nataliya Kovalchuk, Pernille Lassen, Jens Overgaard, Lachlan Mcdowell, Prabhakar Ramachandran, Jun Won Kim, Clifton David Fuller, David J Thomson, Jørgen Johansen, Jeppe Friborg, Sue S Yom, Andrew Hope

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Purpose/objectives: Radiation therapy treatment planning hinges on a critical factor: the prescribed dose. Surprisingly, there is no consistent, standardized global approach to evaluating the dosimetry of this prescription across different centers treating head and neck cancer (HNC). This study aimed to quantify global dose variations for identical prescriptions across international centers treating oropharyngeal cancer, to establish the foundation for future outcome-based studies and improve consistency of interpretation worldwide.

Materials and methods: The study included patients with oropharyngeal cancer who were consecutively treated from 2017 onward with intensity-modulated radiation therapy or volumetric modulated arc therapy at 8 globally recognized radiation therapy …

Targeting The Cd47/Calreticulin Axis In Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Ha Grafted Chitosan Nanoparticles Loaded With Doxorubicin And Polygodial, Hadir M. Emara

Theses and Dissertations

Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is considered the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer. Although progress in cancer treatment has led to better results for different types of breast cancer, TNBC remains particularly challenging due to persistent resistance to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy. This resistance ultimately renders chemotherapy less effective and is frequently associated with substantial side effects. Immunosurveillance significantly impacts the onset of cancer, the rise of resistance to therapies, and the likelihood of tumor recurrence. In this immunomodulatory process, Cluster of Differentiation 47 (CD47) and Calreticulin (CALR) are two key regulators. CD47 expression is strongly linked to anti-phagocytic …

Economic Impacts Of Abolishing Vertical Integration In The Us Pork Industry, Konstantinos Giannakas

Department of Agricultural Economics: Presentations, Working Papers, and Gray Literature

This paper develops a multi-market framework of analysis of vertical relationships in pork production and game theoretic models of heterogeneous firms to examine the economic, market and welfare impacts of abolishing vertical integration in the US pork sector. Different scenarios on the causes of vertical integration and the potential states of nature that can emerge after the removal of this vertical market arrangement are considered within this framework. Analytical results are consistent across the different scenarios and forms of strategic interactions between pork producers and indicate that the abolishment of vertical integration in the US pork sector will hurt pork …

Fighting The Black Snake: The Dapl And The Case For Indigenous Environmental Stewardship, Kenny Moll

Student Theses 2015-Present

This thesis analyzes the current scope of environmental injustice on Native lands in the U.S. Specifically it examines The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and its impacts on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota. Western colonialism and capitalism have dominated North American ecosystems since their forcible introduction hundreds of years ago, causing the commodification of natural resources and leading to injustices such as that of the “Black Snake.” However, the story of The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s resistance will be analyzed through the framework of Indigenous philosophy and environmental justice. Chapter 1 analyzes the implementation of the DAPL and …

The Innovative Food Choice Map As A Bottom-Up Mixed-Methods Approach To Studying Food Choice Motivations, Uyen Thuy Xuan Phan, Edgar Chambers Iv

Food Science Faculty Articles and Research

This study presents the innovative Food Choice Map (iFCM) as a methodological innovation for investigating food choice motivations using an integrated qualitative and quantitative approach. One hundred in-depth interviews were conducted with adults living in the United States, during which participants constructed individualized visual maps of their typical weekly diet. These maps documented specific foods and beverages, eating occasions, frequencies of consumption, and self-articulated motivations for each choice. Using a bottom-up framework grounded in real consumption events, qualitative data were inductively coded into fifteen motivation constructs, which were subsequently analyzed using Correspondence Analysis to demonstrate how motivational patterns can be …

New Inhibitors Of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase For The Treatment Of Melanoma, Amardeep Awasthi, Anika Patel, Huiying Li, Koon Mook Kang, Christine D. Hardy, Anas Ansari, Raghad Nowar, Hasan Alhaddad, Md. Emtiaz Hasan, Sun Yang, Thomas L. Poulos, Richard B. Silverman

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

In 2024, an estimated 100,640 new cases of invasive melanoma were diagnosed in the U.S., with 9290 deaths. Our previous studies revealed that neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) derived nitric oxide plays a critical role in melanoma progression, making nNOS inhibition a promising strategy. High structural similarity among NOS isoforms requires careful design of nNOS inhibitors to avoid off-target effects. Our previous lead, HH044, demonstrated potent antimelanoma activity but exhibited only moderate nNOS selectivity. Here, we utilized a structure-based approach to design nNOS inhibitors that promote interactions with human nNOS-specific residue His342. Compound 9 exhibited inhibition of both human ( …

A Simple And Affordable Protocol To Assess Censer Seed Dispersal: First Confirmation Of The Mechanism In The Genus Solanum, Abigail J. Motter, Christopher T. Martine, Melody P. Sain

Faculty Journal Articles

The censer seed dispersal mechanism, whereby mature fruits are retained on plants and seeds dispersed by mechanical shaking, is among the most specialized wind-aided seed dispersal strategies employed by the flowering plants. An efficient, affordable, and easily repeatable protocol for determining whether a species uses this unusual mechanism of seed dispersal is lacking. Our focal species, Solanum tudununggae, is one of just two Solanum species (in a fleshy-fruited genus of ca. 1200 species) hypothesized to use this dispersal mechanism as a means to move seeds farther from parent plants than would gravity alone.

Kernel Density Estimate (Kde) Surfaces Of Wintering Tidal Marsh Birds Along The Mississippi Gulf Coast, Carlos Ramirez-Reyes, Kristine O. Evans, Mark S. Woodrey, Rachel V. Anderson, Jared Feura, Landon R. Jones, Raymond B. Iglay

Research Data

This dataset accompanies the article Spatial patterns of habitat use of wintering tidal marsh birds along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and includes kernel density estimate (KDE) raster layers describing spatial patterns of bird abundance and community richness derived from winter bird surveys. The study examined landscape features associated with the occurrence and spatial distribution of eight tidal marsh bird species during the non-breeding season along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Using field observations collected along fixed transects, the analysis evaluated differences between occupied and unoccupied transects, associations between bird occurrence and landscape-level predictors at ecologically relevant spatial scales, and species co-occurrence …

Supercharging-Enhanced Ndia-Ms Enables Global Profiling Of Drug-Induced Proteome Solubility Shifts, Yun Xiong, Huimin Zhang, Lin Tan, Bo Wei, John N Weinstein, Philip L Lorenzi

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Mass spectrometry (MS) is indispensable for high-throughput quantitation of protein expression. But protein function is regulated by factors beyond abundance alone. Here, we evaluate two supercharging reagents, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and m-nitrobenzyl alcohol (mNBA), in narrow-window data-independent acquisition (nDIA)-MS. DMSO markedly enhances MS signal and protein identification, whereas mNBA primarily increases peptide identifications. Optimizating nDIA-MS with 3% DMSO boosts signal intensity by up to 56%, enabling identification of ~9,600 proteins from 1 µg HeLa digest in 15 min. Using this methodology, we quantify solubility and abundance changes in 8,694 proteins across three cell lines following short-term treatment with the proteasome …

High-Throughput Proteomic Profiling To Evaluate Differentiation Syndrome With Menin Inhibition, Miriam B Garcia, Bofei Wang, Irtiza Sheikh, Georgina El Hajjar, David Mccall, Cesar Nunez, Amber Gibson, Philip L Lorenzi, Ghayas C Issa, Branko Cuglievan, Hussein A Abbas

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

High-throughput proteomic profiling provides a comprehensive analysis of systemic cancer effects and tumor microenvironment interactions. Characterizing soluble proteins driving inflammation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) offers insight into inflammatory diseases like differentiation syndrome (DS) related to AML therapies like menin inhibitors. We present our application of NUcleic acid-Linked Immuno-Sandwich Assay (NULISA), a novel technology leveraging next-generation sequencing (NGS) for high-throughput, ultra-sensitive characterization of secreted inflammatory proteins in plasma or serum. Here we report its use to identify dynamic soluble protein changes during treatment and at the time of suspected DS in pediatric AML patients treated with the menin inhibitor revumenib …

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Turkish Journal of Botany

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Effects Of Hydro- And Nano-Priming Treatments On Seed Germination And Metabolism In Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.), Sarah Jorjani, Ömer Can Ünüvar, Songül Gürel, Ekrem Gürel

Turkish Journal of Botany

This study examined the effects of hydropriming and nanopriming on the germination and physiological parameters of sugar beet seeds. Seeds were treated with distilled water as a traditional method and with TiO2 nanoparticle solutions at concentrations of 5, 10, and 15 ppm as an advanced method. Seeds were soaked for 3, 6, and 9 h, followed by postpriming maintenance for 10 and 45 days. T he results indicated no statistically significant differences in germination rates between the control and primed groups. Both priming methods markedly increased alpha-amylase activity and chlorophyll content, indicating improved metabolic and photosynthetic potential. Notably, nanopriming for …

Modeling Global Ecological Niche Shifts Of Osyris Spp. Under Climate Change Scenarios: Conservation Priorities For A Threatened Genus, Meng Ting-Yao, Han Shun-Long, He Xiang-Tian, Wu Ya-Ni, Fengjuan Mou

Turkish Journal of Botany

The genus Osyris L. comprises ecologically and economically important evergreen shrubs or small trees, with particular African species currently threatened by unsustainable exploitation. This study projected potential ecological niche shifts for Osyris under four Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) using digitized herbarium specimen localities and 20 environmental variables. The genus currently occupies a broad range between 41.32°N–34.85°S latitude and 9.27°W–109.03°E longitude, at elevations from 0 to 3900 m. High-suitability areas cluster primarily in the European-Mediterranean region, eastern/southern Africa, western South America, and Southeast Asia. Projections indicate a significant decline in high-suitability area under all SSP scenarios (SSP126, SSP245, SSP370, SSP585) compared …

Combined Glycoprotein Mutations In Rabies Virus Promote Astrocyte Tropism And Protective Cns Immunity In Mice, Mirjam Anna Rita Bertoune, Corinna Kolbe, Ann-Cathrin Werner, Maren Steinmetz, Bernhard Dietzschold, Eberhard Weihe

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Papers

Rabies virus (RABV) causes fatal encephalitis once it invades the central nervous system (CNS), and treatment options are extremely limited at this stage. We investigated the recombinant RABV variants SPBN, SPBNGA (glycoprotein substitution R333E), SPBNGAK (R333E plus N194K), SPBNGAS (R333E plus N194S), and TriGAS (three copies of the R333E/N194S glycoprotein). We evaluated their cellular tropism and immune activation in an intracerebral mouse infection model using immunohistochemistry and confocal immunofluorescence. SPBNGAK (R333E/N194K) resulted in mixed neuronal and astrocytic infection and lethal disease. In contrast, the R333E/N194S mutations in the GAS variants were associated with reduced neuronal infection and apparent astrocyte-restricted infection …

A Novel Strategy Of Mycorrhizal Fungi Usage To Enhance Crop Resilience In Saline Environments: Biopriming With Serendipita Indica, Tuğba Özteki̇n, Meli̇sa Ayişiği, Lale Yildiz Aktaş

Turkish Journal of Botany

Soil salinization is a critical global challenge, threatening agricultural productivity by imposing osmotic stress, ionic toxicity, and oxidative imbalance in plants. This study investigated the potential of Serendipita indica biopriming to enhance salt stress tolerance in maize (Zea mays L. cv. Simon) seedlings through comprehensive physiological and biochemical analyses under controlled conditions. Maize seeds were bioprimed with different concentrations of mycorrhizal fungi S. indica spores and exposed to varying NaCl concentrations (0, 50, 100, and 200 mM). Nonprimed maize seedlings had a gradual reduction in seed vigor index, reaching about 93.56% in 200 mM NaCl treatment. Under nonsaline conditions, S. …

Taxonomic Significance Of Stem And Leaf Anatomy And Pollen And Seed Micromorphological Characters In The Papaver (Poppy) Sect. Rhoeadium From Türkiye, Esengül Özkaymakoğlu, Osman Tugay, Yavuz Bülent Köse, Deni̇z Ulukuş, Bayram Atasagun, Meti̇n Armağan, Ferhat Celep

Turkish Journal of Botany

The poppy (Papaver) has beautiful flowers that attract the attention of not only taxonomists but also the public. However, it also presents several taxonomic problems. This study examines 13 taxa of Papaver sect. Rhoeadium, including the following species native to Türkiye: P. purpureomarginatum, P. dubium subsp. dubium, P. dubium subsp. laevigatum, P. arachnoideum, P. arenarium, P. commutatum subsp. euxinum, P. guerlekense, P. rhopalothece, P. stylatum, P. clavatum, P. syriacum, P. rhoeas, and P. postii. Plant specimens were collected from natural populations, and anatomical investigations were carried out on stem and leaf cross-sections. Pollen and seed features were examined using both …

Complete Genome Characterization Of A New Alphapartitivirus Identified In The Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Lactarius Mediterraneensis, Aigul Kali̇yeva, Ergi̇n Şahi̇n, Gülce Edi̇ş, Ilgaz Akata

Turkish Journal of Botany

Viruses that naturally infect fungi capable of forming mycorrhizal symbioses remain poorly studied. In the present study, a new partitivirus associated with the basidiomycete mycorrhizal fungus Lactarius mediterraneensis was identified and characterized, and it was designated as Lactarius mediterraneensis partitivirus 1 (LmPV1). The complete genome of LmPV1 was determined through high throughput sequencing of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) extracts and confirmed by Sanger sequencing of RLM-RACE PCR amplicons. T he genome comprises two dsRNA segments, 1899 bp and 1957 bp, each containing a single open reading frame (ORF) a putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and a capsid protein (CP). Comparative analysis …

Hormetic Doses Of Lead Metal Ion Stimulated Photosynthetic Attributes In Brassica Juncea  During Various Stages Of Growth, Shalini Dhiman, Arun Dev Singh, Nitika Kapoor, Renu Bhardwaj

Turkish Journal of Botany

Low doses of lead (Pb) ions were used in the present study to investigate their effects on photosynthetic efficiency in Brassica juncea. Plants of B. juncea grown for 30, 45, and 60 days were analysed for root and shoot length, pigment content, gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, primary and secondary metabolites, and nonenzymatic antioxidant responses under exposure to hormetic doses of Pb2+. The findings show that low levels of Pb2+ (especially 18- and 36-µM Pb treatments) improve gas exchange metrics, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, root and shoot growth, and increased amounts of chlorophyll, carotenoid, xanthophyll and low amounts of pheophytin as compared …

Mycorrhiza-Mediated Physiological Responses Of Shallot Against Twisted Disease And Drought Stress, Krisnanda Surya Dharma, Ani Widiastuti, Suryanti Suryanti

Turkish Journal of Botany

Shallot, a strategic horticultural commodity in Indonesia, is susceptible to biotic stress (e.g., twisted disease) and abiotic stress (e.g., drought). Mycorrhizal fungi offer an environmentally friendly solution to enhance plant resilience. This study evaluated the effects of mycorrhizal application on shallot plants against twisted disease (Fusarium acutatum) and drought stress. Using a randomized complete block design, we assessed growth, disease resistance, and physiological responses. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance followed by Tukey’s honestly significant difference test at a 95% confidence level. Results indicated that mycorrhizal application reduced both the severity and rate of twisted disease development in shallots. …

Updating Misev: When, What, How, And Why?, Naveed Akbar, Dylan Burger, Benedetta Bussolati, Edit Buzás, Randy Carney, Young-Eun Cho, Tom Driedonks, Juan Manuel Falcon-Perez, Yu Fujita, Deborah Goberdhan, An Hendrix, Yiyao Huang, Suresh Mathivanan, Mỹ Mahoney, Sujata Mohanty, Andreas Möller, Nicole Noren Hooten, Stefano Pluchino, Carlos Salomon, Ana Claudia Torrecilhas, Sara Veiga, Kenneth Witwer

Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

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Nilotinib-Mediated Reprogramming Of Bone Marrow Macrophages Alters Hematopoietic Stem Cell Fate In Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Tiffany Davia Ricketts

ETDs from 2020-2029

Tyrosine kinase inhibition (TKI) is highly effective and promotes favorable long-term outcomes for many patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, many patients experience treatment resistance or recurrence after TKI cessation due to leukemic stem cell (LSC) persistence within the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) niche. Within the niche, macrophages adopt different activation states to alter HSC function, however, CML disrupts niche signals to selectively support LSCs and macrophages may contribute to this process. We hypothesize that macrophages contribute to pro-inflammatory activation within the niche to promote LSC development and nilotinib will reprogram macrophages to selectively support non-leukemic stem cells. To …

Conserved Chromatin Programs Orchestrate Cardiac Cell States In Health And Disease And Drive Cardiomyocyte Proliferation After Injury, Xiaoxiao Geng

ETDs from 2020-2029

Chromatin structure is a central regulator of gene expression and cellular identity, yet the chromatin structural factors driving cardiac disease and regeneration remain incompletely defined. This dissertation investigates how modulation of chromatin architecture shapes pathological and regenerative cardiac phenotypes through integrated single-cell transcriptomic, epigenomic, and functional analyses. To determine whether chromatin structural regulators distinguish healthy from diseased cardiac states, we curated a comprehensive list of chromatin structural genes and applied it to single-nuclei RNA sequencing datasets from human hearts with and without dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Chromatin structural gene expression effectively stratified cardiomyocyte and fibroblast populations by disease status. Diseased cardiomyocytes …

Seipin Expression In Hepatocytes Impairs The Assembly Of Vldls And Exacerbates Steatohepatitis, Qianqian Dong, Yidan Ma, Xin Chen, Xiaowei Wang, Ziwei Liu, Chenxi Liang, Liwen Qiu, Jinye Tang, Jin Wu, Yang Liu, Xiaoqin Wu, Yaru Zhou, Mingming Gao, Hongyuan Yang

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

VLDLs are crucial for maintaining liver and whole-body lipid homeostasis. Limited knowledge exists regarding the lipidation process of VLDL. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) luminal lipid droplets (LLDs) have been suggested to provide lipids for VLDL lipidation and maturation. Seipin, an integral membrane protein of the ER, plays key roles in the formation of cytoplasmic LDs (CLDs) and adipocyte differentiation. Surprisingly, seipin is hardly detectable in hepatocytes. Given the critical contribution of seipin in forming CLDs, we hypothesize that the absence of seipin in hepatocytes might ensure the proper formation of LLDs and the lipidation and assembly of VLDLs. To explore the …

Downregulation Of Slc40a1 Leads To Iron Accumulation In Fibrotic Lung Fibroblasts, Quanjin Dang, Chaoqun Huang, Yurong Liang, Akshaya Surendran, Dharanya Muthiah, Kishore Vaddadi, Sankha Hewawasam, Tingting W Mills, Lin Liu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Iron is an essential nutrient for almost all organisms. However, excess iron generates reactive oxygen species and causes tissue injuries. Iron is implicated in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). In this study, we examined iron accumulation in fibrotic lung fibroblasts and the underlying mechanisms. We hypothesize that the downregulation of Solute Carrier Family 40 Member 1 (SLC40A1) results in iron accumulation in lung fibroblasts of IPF patients. Using a Prussian Blue iron staining, we found that iron accumulated in the fibrotic region of the lungs from IPF patients and bleomycin- and asbestos-induced lung fibrosis mice. Iron was partially co-localized with the …

An Application-Based Ontological Knowledge Base Of Medications To Support Health Literacy And Adherence For The Consumer Population: An Aging Population Use Case, Clifford Chen, Muhammad Amith, Kirk Roberts, Rebecca Mauldin, Renata Komalasari, Cui Tao

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

The Origin Of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Depends On Metabolic Zonation, Jason Guo, Roger Liang, Andrew Chung, Zhijie Li, Boyuan Li, Eric Chen, Lin Li, Jingjing Wang, Meng-Hsiung Hsieh, Ivy Xiangyi Fang, Benjamin Kroger, Yunguan Wang, Min Zhu, Xiongzhao Ren, Greg Mannino, Yuemeng Jia, Yonglong Wei, Stephen Moore, Daniel J Siegwart, Stephen S Chung, Zixi Wang, Tripti Sharma, Suman Komjeti, Yi Han, Purva Gopal, Guanghua Xiao, Tao Wang, Hao Zhu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The origin of cancer is poorly understood because premalignant cells are rarely followed in their native environments. Although the spatial compartmentalization of metabolic functions is critical for proper liver function, it is unknown whether cancers arise from some zones but not others and whether there are metabolic determinants of cancer risk. Zone-specific, mosaic introduction of Ctnnb1 (catenin beta 1) and Arid2 (AT-rich interaction domain 2) mutations, commonly co-mutated genes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in mouse models showed that position and metabolic context determine clone fates. Ctnnb1/Arid2-driven cancers were much more likely to arise in zone 3. The …

Analysis Of Active Ingredients In Medicinal Herbs With High-Performance Liquid Chromatography And Related Technologies: A Review, T.-H. Tsai, C.-Y. Hong, C.-F. Chen

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

An increasing number of analytical techniques have been brought to bear on the herbal drugs used in traditional Chinese medicine. This in turn has led to improved quality control of medicinal herbs, ingredient stability and shelf-life tests, ensurement of the concentrations of herbal drug ingredients in biological fluids, and pharmacokinetic studies. In the past decades, gas chromatography has been the method of choice for the analysis of volatile compounds, while liquid chromatography is a highly successful separation technique for nonvolatile molecules. Recently, high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with various column and detection systems have become some of the most important techniques …

Characterization Of Ru(Ii) Polypyridyl Photosensitizers Bound To Tio2 Supports Through A New Covalent Metal-Ester Bonding Motif, D. M. S. C. Dissanayake, Christopher T. Lebarron, Laura C. Maybach, Joseph J. Kuchta Iii, Seyyedamirhossein Hosseini, Aaron K. Vannucci

Faculty Publications

The development of photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices involves the attachment of molecular photosensitizers onto solid supports. Particularly significant to this work are PECs that rely on ruthenium-based photosensitizers on high band gap metal oxide (MOx) supports. In this study, we have explored a new ester binding motif (MOx-ester) to covalently attach a ruthenium polypyridyl photosensitizer to TiO₂. This new MOx-ester photoanode is compared to the traditional photoanodes that utilize acid/base binding groups to attach the molecular Ru sensitizers to TiO₂. The new MOx-ester binding motif is characterized by cyclic voltammetry UV-Vis, solid state ¹³C NMR, and …

Evaluation Of 10 Pickling Cucumber Cultivars For Machine Harvest In Michigan’S Thumb In 2025, Saltanat Mambetova, Ben Phillips

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Michigan is the leading producer of pickling cucumbers in the United States in both processed production and total acreage. This trial evaluated parthenocarpic pickling cucumbers varieties at the Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center in Frankenmuth, Michigan, a major production area for pickling cucumbers. Ten parthenocarpic (seedless) varieties were included in the trial and were donated by Bejo (BJ), Nunhems (NU), PanAmerican (PA), and Rijk Zwaan (RZ) seed companies. Growing conditions during the trial were generally favorable. Yield results showed that half of the evaluated varieties exceeded the generally accepted yield benchmark of 250 bushels per acre. Quality data were …

Community Synchrony In Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Is Unrelated To Environmental Variability But Differs Among Functional Feeding Groups, Anthony J. Pignatelli, Tad Dallas

Faculty Publications

Environments are becoming increasingly more variable, as a function of climate change. As this occurs, species may be exposed to conditions outside their preferred range. Such variability in the environment can influence community abundance as individual species respond either similarly (synchronous dynamics) or differently (asynchronous dynamics) to each other. These fluctuations in abundances are important for understanding the impact of environmental variability on species temporal fluctuations in aquatic macroinvertebrates. This group of organisms is species-rich and highly sensitive to environmental fluctuations. We analyzed 18 stream macroinvertebrate communities sampled by the National Ecological Observatory Network between 2014 and2022 to understand how …