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Effects Of Two Species Of Va Mycorrhizal Fungi On Drought Tolerance Of Winter Wheat, Michael F. Allen, Michael G. Boosalis

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Roots and soils from western Nebraska fields of native and planted grasslands, and winter wheat of varied fallow-wheat cultivation duration, were evaluated for vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizal root infection and spore numbers and types. Increased cultivation decreased percentage mycorrhizal infection in wheat and reduced spore numbers of Glomus fasciculatus, the dominant VA mycorrhizal fungus in these soils. Spore numbers of other VA mycorrhizal fungi did not change significantly with cultivation although mean numbers of G. mosseae increased with continued wheat production. Water relations and growth were determined for greenhouse-grown non-mycorrhizal, G. fasciculatus-infected, and G. mosseae-infected wheat in wet …

Wood Anatomy Of Hydrophyllaceae. I. Eriodictyon, Sherwin Carlquist, Vincent M. Eckhart, David C. Michener

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

No abstract provided.

A Flora Of The Vernal Pools On The Santa Rosa Plateau, Riverside County, California, Earl W. Lathrop, Robert F. Thorne

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

No abstract provided.

Ecology Of Skeleton Weed (Chondrilla Juncea) In Wa. Population Studies On Pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium)., F D. Panetta

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

The ecology of skeleton weed - Cunderdin, Tammin, Narembeen (2 sites), Chapman valley, Eradu, East Badgingarra, Moorine Rock. Fate of buried seeds: Chapman, Merredin, Esperance Research stations. Population studies on pennyroyal: Seed production - Denmark, Mount Barker, Frankland. Sizes of seed banks of pennyroyal in pasture and ruderal situations – Denmark, West Denmark, Karri Heights, Narrikup (1), Frankland River. Ruderal populations – Mt Barker (1), Frankland, William bay, East Denmark, Narrikup (2), Denbarker, Mt Barker (2). Seedling emergence and survival – Denmark, Mt Barker, Frankland. Genetic differences between populations.

The Effects Of Ultraviolet-B Radiation On Plant Competition In Terrestrial Ecosystems, Warren G. Gold, Martyn M. Caldwell

Green Canyon Environmental Research Area, Logan Utah

Evidence regarding the interaction of ultraviolet-B radiation and plant competition in terrestrial ecosystems is examined. The competitive interactions of some species pairs were affected even by ambient solar UV-B radiation when compared to control pairs grown without UV-B. Also, the total shoot biomass of these species pairs was depressed under ambient UV-B. Relatively large increases in UV-B radiation altered the competitive interactions of some species pairs grown in pots under field conditions, but did not affect the total shoot biomass production of those pairs. Recent field experiments have examined the competitive interactions of wheat and wild oat under a simulated …

Herbicide, Cereal, Wheat Tolerance. Weed, Melon, Paterson's Curse, Iceplant, Mesquite Cotton Bush Chemical Control, R Madin, A Lindsay

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Herbicide tolerance trials – Merredin, Wongan Hills, Mount Barker. Cereal (wheat) Tolerance to various herbicides - 83LG37. Tolerance of wheat varieties to phenoxy herbicides - 83MO42. Long-term weed control on railway track - 81PE12, 81MO41. Melon control herbicides for melon control - 84M08, 84M09. Control of Paterson's Curse in Pasture - 83SW1. Chemical Topping of Paterson's Curse. Control of Iceplant (Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum) in crop and pasture - 83SG20, 83SG21. Chemical Control of Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) - 82PH1. Chemical Control and Biology of Narrow Leaf Cotton Bush (Gomphocarpus fructicosa).

Wood Anatomy Of Calyceraceae And Valerianaceae, With Comments On Aberrant Perforation Plates In Predominantly Herbaceous Groups Of Dicotyledons, Sherwin Carlquist

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

No abstract provided.

Summary Of Experimental Results 1982/83., J. Hamblin

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

82C22, 82C23 Wheat Production Trials, 82C24 Nitrogen flows from different legume species and varieties, 82C10 Lupins under sown with Harbinger, 82Cl9 The effect of Simazine on Harbinger Medic, 82C21 Pea variety trial, 82C23 The effect of green manuring on wheat yields.

Long Term Minimum Tillage Investigations. Stubble Management Techniques. Deep Ripping., R J. Jarvis

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Long term minimum tillage Investigations (i) Continuous cropping (page 4) – 77A16, 77E18, 77M13, 78M25, 77MT15, 77WH17, 78BA42. (ii) Rotational sites (page 15) – 77A43, 77E52, 77M56, 77MT51, 77WH88, 82M35. Stubble management techniques (page 23) – 79M7, 79WH6, 82LG4, 82M34. Deep ripping (page 27) - 77WH17, 80A44, 80NO46, 81LG3, 81M45, 81M53, 81NO3 & 4, 82GE37 & 38, 82GE38, 82M61, 82M25, 82M31, 82M32, 82M46, 82M60, 82N32, 82NO48 & 49, 82NO50 & 51, 82WH49, 83JE26, 83NO69. Direct drilling – continuous cropping – 83NA37 (a), 83NA37 (b), 83NA38. Deep ripping (or “deep loosening”) – 79MO19, 83TS41, 83TS42.

Plant Viruses, G D. Mclean

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Alfalfa mosaic virus: incidence in white clover. McLean, G.D., Weir, J.A., Russell, W.K., Speijers, E.J. and Price, L.K. - 83HA30, 83HA31, 83HA32, 83HA33, 83HA34, 83HA35, 83HA36, 83HA37, 83HA38, 83HA39. 2. Alfalfa mosaic virus: re-infection in white clover. McLean, G.D., Weir, J.A., Russell, W.K., Price, L.K. and Speijers, E.J. – 83HA43, 43HA44, 43HA45, 43HA46, 83HA47, 83HA48, 83HA49, 83HA50, 83HA51, 83HA52. 3. Lettuce necrotic yellows virus: incidence. McLean, G.D., Phillips, D.R., Speijers, E.J. Sandow, J.S. and Price, L.K. – 83PE21, 83PE22, 83PE23, 83PE24, 83PE25, 83PE26, 83PE27, 83PE28, 83PE29, 83PE30.

Aspen Management Guidelines For The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre And Gunnison National Forest, Aspen Management Task Force

Aspen Bibliography

A task force was formed in late April 1983 for the purpose of developing guidelines for Aspen Management on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests.

Neviusia Alabamensis: A Phytogeographic Analysis, Alice A. Long

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Effects And Interactions Of Nitrogen And Soil Moisture Status Under A High Yield Irrigated Corn Environment, Dwayne L. Beck

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A two-part study was conducted during the 1979 and 1980 growing seasons on irrigated lands adjoining the Missouri River in central South Dakota. Empirical [sic] models were developed to describe the response of irrigated corn (Zea mays L.) to soil water status and nitrogen fertilization at a location recently developed for sprinkler irrigation. Nitrogen fertilizer rates of 0, 100, 200, and 400 kg of N/ha were used under water treatments consisting of a 2.5 cm irrigation when soil water matric potential at a depth of 40 cm decreased to -35, -50, and -75 kPa. Yield differences due to soil water …

Some Effects Of Simulated Acid Rain On Cool Season Turfgrasses, Robert C. Morrow

Masters Theses

Six varieties of cool season turfgrasses were exposed to simulated acid rainfall with treatments consisting of a sulfuric acid solution, a nitric acid solution, and a 50-50 mixture of both. Each solution was used to make "acid rain" of pHs 3.0, 2.5, 2.0, and 1.5.

Height measurements showed decreases in growth throughout the experiment for all treatments except the nitric and 50-50 acid treatments at pHs of 2.0 and 1.5, which maintain fairly constant growth. Analysis of nitrate, phosphorous, and potassium levels in the soil indicated heavy leaching of the nitrates and potassium from most soil samples, which probably account …

Autumn Olive Reproduction In Three Illinois State Parks, James Daniel Nestleroad

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Natural Variation And Regulation Of Floral Ultraviolet Absorption In Coreopsis And Bidens, Ron Scogin

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

No abstract provided.

Eucalypts: Energy Tree Of The Future?, Richard B. Pearce

Richard B. Pearce Archival Documents

This article by Richard B. Pearce was published in the January 1983 issue of American Forest. It examines the potential of eucalyptus species as a renewable energy resource. Discusses research on the rapid growth and cultivation of eucalyptus trees and their increasing interest to American foresters for energy production.

A Biosystematic Study Of The Polemonium Reptans L. Complex In The Eastern United States Including P. Reptans L. Var. Reptans, P. Reptans L. Var. Villosum Braun And Related Taxa (Polemoniaceae), Bill Lucas

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The taxonanic relationship of Polemoniun reptans L. var. reptans and P. reptans L. var. villosum Braun (Polemoniaceae) is examined in this studly. The former taxon occurs throughout most of the eastern deciduous forest while the latter is rare and limited to southern Ohio and northcentral Kentucky. The natural coherence of the species has provided a bimodal frequency distribution which displays clustering of the two varieties at opposite ends of a continuum. Significant differences were obtained using the BMDP7M multivariate analysis (0.05 level of significance) based on morphometric information gathered from herbarium specimens throughout the midwest and eastern states, between var. …

Stomatal Density In Leaves Of Various Xerophytes: A Preliminary Study, David W. Strobel, Marshall D. Sundberg

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Recent general botany and plant anatomy textbooks state that stomatal density of xerophytic leaves is higher than that found in leaves of mesophytes. In contrast, previous textbooks indicate that stomatal density in xerophyte leaves is reduced. The purpose of this study is to examine the leaves of succulent and non-succulent xerophytes to determine if opposite trends in stomatal density correlate with the xeromorphic strategy employed. The species examined were the succulents Crassula argentea, Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, K. diagremontiana, K. tubiflorum, and the non-succulents Nerium oleander, Ammophila breviligulata, and Ficus elastica. Stomatal densities of succulents were determined directly from epidermal peels. Stomatal …

New County And State Records Of Mosses From Arkansas, Steve L. Timme, Jewel E. Moore

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Bryophyte-Lichen Communities Within Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas I., Jewel E. Moore, Steve L. Timme

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

First Host Plant Records For Chelysomidea Guttata (Herrich-Schaeffer) (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae, With Notes On The Biology And Distribution, Julia L. Reid, Harvey E. Barton

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Physiology Of Male Reproduction, R. P. Amann, B. D. Schanbacher

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The major advances over the past 25 yr in male reproductive physiology of cattle, sheep, swine and horses are reviewed. Those findings which have allowed efficient culling of subfertile males and exploitation of the reproductive capacity of genetically superior sires are emphasized.

Hormones secreted by the male gonad early in gestation induce regression of potentially female structures and development of the male reproductive tract. Compartmentalization of the testis and formation of the bloodtestis barrier during prepubertal development permit the steroidogenic and gametogenic activities of the adult testes to proceed normally. The role of the central nervous system, hypothalamus and anterior …

Reproductive Effects Of Immunizing Heifers Against Androstenedione And Oestradiol-17Β, T. H. Wise, B. D. Schanbacher

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Heifers were treated with saline (Group I, N = 10), keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH ; Group II, N = 10), androstenedione-KLH antigen (Group III, N = 14), or oestradiol-17β-KLH antigen (Group IV, N = 14). Booster injections were given to produce binding of > 10% at dilutions of 1:100 to 1:1000 (50% binding = 14·4pg androstenedione and 9·5pg oestradiol). The heifers were mated and killed at ~46days of gestation to establish ovulation rates, calf numbers, blood hormone relationships and ovarian morphology.

Ovulation rate in animals immunized against androstenedione (Group III) was significantly greater than in the other groups; 4 of the …

Sources Of Phosphate Trials. Miscellaneous Trials, J W. Bowden, R J. Lunt, M Baker

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

I. Sources of Phosphate Trials. Cropping Trials: (80BA6) - Deep sand, Badgingarra, Lupins. (77WH2) - Gravel, old land, WHRS, Wheat. (76WH9) - WLS, new land, WHRS, Wheat (1982). (76WH10) - WLS, young land, WHRS Wheat (1982). (77MT2) - Loamy gravel, old land, Mount Barker Oats. Pasture trials: (77MT1) - Loamy gravel, new land, Mount Barker. (77E1) - Sandy gravel, new land, Esperance. (77E4) – [78E4?] Sandy gravel, old land, Esperance. II. Miscellaneous Trials Long term trials. 66M30 - Super x stocking rate at Merredin. 48M/149 EX - Residual super trial at Merredin. 65A1, 65C5 and 69WH15 - Maintenance P x …

Grain Legume Agronomy Programme, G H. Walton

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Lupin agronomy, Series 1 - Growth factor Interactions – 83BA6, 83JE3, 83NO4, 83NO5. Lupin growth and subsequent cereal crop yield – 82N18.

2. Lupin agronomy, Series 2 - Lupin response to Density, Harvest Index and yield – 83BA8, 83M4, 83MT6, 83N3.

3. Eregulla lupin rotation plots – 83MO27, 83M029 and 83M030.

4. Grain legume species trials: 4.1. Species comparison x site interaction – 83GE3, 83JE2, 83JE3, 83N2. 4.2. Preliminary examination of Simazine and Fusilade on legume species – 83NO6. 4.3. Species growth study – 83BA7, 83NO6.

5. Field pea agronomy - Density and time - 83N4, …

Residue Trials, Herbicide Incorporation And Leaching Of Chlorsulfuron, T Piper

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Residue Trials: Breakdown rates have been established for trifluralin at Wongan Hills and Avondale over the past two seasons. The decay curve follows a hyperbolic curve rather than the expected exponential curve with constant half life, probably due to the considerable loss of chemical by volatalization in the first few days, before biological decomposition takes over as the main breakdown factor.

b) Herbicide Incorporation. Du Pont Zl96 fluorescent orange powder at 30 g/m2 could be readily seen when illuminated by 400 yw/cm2 of 365 nm UV radiation, and was successfully photographed on Ektachrome 400 ASA film with a 4 sec. …

Taxonomic Limits Of The Genus Nagelus (Thorne And Malek, ]968) Siddiqi, 1979 With A Description Of Nagelus Borealis N.Sp. From Alaska, Thomas O. Powers, James G. Baldwin, A. H. Bell

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Tire genus Nagelus (Thorne and Malek, 1968) Siddiqi, 1979 is modified and a new species from Alaska is described. The combination of scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy permits the characterization of Nagelus spp. as having a broadly oval face pattern, no longitudinal striations on the lip region, deirids surrounded by six incisures, and an irregularly tapering tail with a large hyaline region. Nagelus leptus (Allen, 1955) Siddiqi, 1979, N. alpensis Doucet and Luc, 1981, N. camelliae (Kheiri, 1972) Siddiqi, 1979, N. jamelensis (Nesterov, 1973) Siddiqi, 1979, and N. obscurus (Allen, 1955) n. comb. are retained on this basis. Nagelus …

A Population Study Of Three Iris (Iridaceae) Species Native To The Siskiyou Mountains In Southwestern Oregon And Adjacent California, Carol Anne Wilson

Dissertations and Theses

The series Californicae is a natural grouping of Iris species native to Oregon, Washington and California. Natural and experimental hybridization is characteristic of the series which has led to confusing taxonomies for some species. Populations of species belonging to this series and found on the northwestern slopes of the Siskiyou Mountains cf southwestern Oregon and adjacent California were investigated. Methods used were numerical classification techniques for morphological characters including both discriminant and K-means cluster analyses and a chemotaxonomi c analysis of flavonoid pigments using thin layer chromatography.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 14, No. 4. December 1982

The Prairie Naturalist

THE MICROBIAL AND VEGETATIONAL RESPONSE TO FIRE IN THE LYNX PRAIRIE PRESERVE, ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO ▪ A. E. Annala and L. A. Kapustka

ASPECTS OF BEHAVIOR IN FREE-RANGING BARBARY SHEEP (AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA) G. G. Gray and C. D. Simpson

HOME RANGES OF MULE DEER BUCKS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ▪ B. H. Koerth and F. C. Bryant

DETERMINING SEX OF PLAINS POCKET GOPHERS BY INCISOR WIDTH ▪ R. M. Case and A. B. Sargeant

BOOK REVIEWS:

On Counting Birds ▪ S. A. Mikol

Freshwater Marshes ▪ R. M. Kaminiski

NOTICE TO AUTHORS ▪ Editor

INDEX TO VOLUME 14 …