Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

A Bacterial Microbiome Analysis Of Solarized Ginseng Garden Soils, Anka Colo Aug 2022

A Bacterial Microbiome Analysis Of Solarized Ginseng Garden Soils, Anka Colo

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is a highly valued perennial crop grown for its roots during a four-year cultivation cycle. American ginseng is subject to ginseng replant disease (GRD) in which severe root rot develops in newly planted ginseng grown in a former ginseng garden. A common strategy to mitigating GRD is not available and techniques such as fumigation, fungicides, and biocontrol are ineffective, banned, or are slowly being phased out. Alternatively, soil solarization is a pre-plant technique used to treat soil to reduce disease inoculum and alter soil microbiomes. In summer 2019, a six-week soil solarization experiment was …


Screening For The Effects Of Signalling Types In Fruitless Containing Neuron Affecting Social Space And Climbing, Khadijat Oluwakemi Mosuro Aug 2022

Screening For The Effects Of Signalling Types In Fruitless Containing Neuron Affecting Social Space And Climbing, Khadijat Oluwakemi Mosuro

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

Knockdown of neurotransmitter signalling types in the Fruitless neuron to see how they affect social space and climbing in the Drosophila melanogaster


Optimization Of Dna Extraction From Difficult Sandy-Loam Soils, Anka Colo Aug 2021

Optimization Of Dna Extraction From Difficult Sandy-Loam Soils, Anka Colo

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

Ginseng is a high value perennial crop grown for its roots. A four-year cultivation cycle is required to obtain marketable ginseng roots, during which a condition called ginseng replant disease (GRD) develops. GRD is characterized by a severe root rot disease, and prevents the growth of newly planted ginseng in a former ginseng garden1. Microbiome analysis of ginseng garden soil will help our understanding of the formation of GRD and its severity. However, extracting DNA from the sandy-loam soils required for ginseng cultivation is difficult. Commercial kits are either too expensive or not applicable to the large volumes of soil …