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The Role Of African Leafy Vegetables In Food Security, Marcia M. Croft Dec 2016

The Role Of African Leafy Vegetables In Food Security, Marcia M. Croft

Open Access Dissertations

African leafy vegetables (ALVs) are a diverse set of crops grown across sub-Saharan Africa. They have been a staple of traditional diets and contain many critical micronutrients but their importance has been largely ignored by researchers and policymakers at the expense of imported crops. Availability, accessibility, and utilization of ALVs are limited by factors across the supply chain. This research investigated seed systems, drought tolerance, hydroponic production, market barriers, consumer preference, and the impact of gender as related to ALVs. We found that ALVs play an important role in food security and that critical differences exist between formal and informal …


Managing Bacterial Wilt, Caused By Erwinia Tracheiphila, On Muskmelon With Early Control Of Striped Cucumber Beetle ( Acalymma Vittatum (F)), And Through Varietal Selection, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi Dec 2016

Managing Bacterial Wilt, Caused By Erwinia Tracheiphila, On Muskmelon With Early Control Of Striped Cucumber Beetle ( Acalymma Vittatum (F)), And Through Varietal Selection, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi

Open Access Dissertations

Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L), is an important vegetable crop in the United States. It is grown throughout the US, and Indiana ranked 4th in production after California, Arizona and Georgia with 12.4 thousand metric tons and market value of $7.6 million in 2015. Bacterial wilt of cucurbits, which is caused by Erwinia tracheiphila (E. F. Smith), and vectored by striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum (F)), is one of the most serious diseases of muskmelon that influences muskmelon quality and yield. Many cultivars of muskmelon are grown around the United States, especially in the Midwest. Muskmelon cultivars differ in …


Residual Effects Of Nitrogen Fertilization On Soil Nitrogen Pools And Corn Growth, Meghan E. Moser Dec 2016

Residual Effects Of Nitrogen Fertilization On Soil Nitrogen Pools And Corn Growth, Meghan E. Moser

Open Access Theses

Given the dynamic nature of soil nitrogen (N), inorganic N fertilization to corn (Zea mays L.) has potential to alter N pool balance by creating an accumulation or depletion of soil N. Current corn N recommendations in the common corn-soybean rotation of Indiana strive to find the best N rate that maximizes producer profit. Increasing our understanding of soil N will inform producers if they should adjust fertilizer rates for corn to influence maintenance of organic N and Carbon. Our objective was to determine residual N effects from fertilized corn in a corn-soybean rotation by measuring (1) soil N …


The Biology And Management Of Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus Palmeri S. Wats) In Indiana, Douglas J. Spaunhorst Dec 2016

The Biology And Management Of Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus Palmeri S. Wats) In Indiana, Douglas J. Spaunhorst

Open Access Dissertations

Palmer amaranth is a pernicious summer annual weed that has evolved resistance to six herbicide sites of action in the U.S. and threatens agriculture production. In 2011, Palmer amaranth was identified in flood plains in two southern Indiana counties (Posey and Vanderburgh). Determining if Palmer amaranth can survive and reproduce in northern Indiana may provide insight if this weed will be problematic for northern row crop producers. The objectives of our research were to identify fields containing Palmer amaranth and determine the distribution of herbicide resistance traits in Indiana; determine the influence of tillage frequency and tillage intervals on Palmer …


Increasing Maize Tolerance To Drought And Flood With Seed Coating Treatments, Jacob E. Bennett, Achint Sanghi, R. P. Kingsly Ambrose Aug 2016

Increasing Maize Tolerance To Drought And Flood With Seed Coating Treatments, Jacob E. Bennett, Achint Sanghi, R. P. Kingsly Ambrose

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium

The lack of irrigation in regions prone to drought, and flooding due to high rainfall or lack of drainage affects seed viability and the subsequent germination and crop establishment. Seed treatment in the form of coatings shows promise as an effective method to preserve the viability of corn (Zea mays) seeds in drought and flood conditions. Chemical formulations may help improve the seed corn vigor under these stressed conditions. This study examined the efficacy of β-aminobutyric acid [BABA] and N-isopropylacrylamide [NIPA] in inducing drought resistance, as well as the ability of lanolin and linseed oil to provide flood …


Learning From Data: Plant Breeding Applications Of Machine Learning, Alencar Xavier Aug 2016

Learning From Data: Plant Breeding Applications Of Machine Learning, Alencar Xavier

Open Access Dissertations

Increasingly, new sources of data are being incorporated into plant breeding pipelines. Enormous amounts of data from field phenomics and genotyping technologies places data mining and analysis into a completely different level that is challenging from practical and theoretical standpoints. Intelligent decision-making relies on our capability of extracting from data useful information that may help us to achieve our goals more efficiently. Many plant breeders, agronomists and geneticists perform analyses without knowing relevant underlying assumptions, strengths or pitfalls of the employed methods. The study endeavors to assess statistical learning properties and plant breeding applications of supervised and unsupervised machine learning …


Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Evaluations In Central Kentucky, Chris Smigell, John Strang, John Snyder Jan 2016

Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Evaluations In Central Kentucky, Chris Smigell, John Strang, John Snyder

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Second Year Results Using Biochar As A Soil Amendment In A High Tunnel, Polybag Growth System, Ron Goldy, Carly Andres, Virginia Wendzel Jan 2016

Second Year Results Using Biochar As A Soil Amendment In A High Tunnel, Polybag Growth System, Ron Goldy, Carly Andres, Virginia Wendzel

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Pumpkin Cultivar Performance Trial Grown In Southern Ohio — 2015, Brad R. Bergefurd, Wayne Lewis, Thom Harker, Dane Peck, Dannah Diedrick Jan 2016

Pumpkin Cultivar Performance Trial Grown In Southern Ohio — 2015, Brad R. Bergefurd, Wayne Lewis, Thom Harker, Dane Peck, Dannah Diedrick

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Winter Squash Variety Evaluation, John Strang, Chris Smigell, John Snyder, Pam Sigler Jan 2016

Winter Squash Variety Evaluation, John Strang, Chris Smigell, John Snyder, Pam Sigler

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Seedless Watermelon Variety Trial For Kentucky, 2015, Shubin K. Saha, John Snyder, Chris Smigell, John Walsh Jan 2016

Seedless Watermelon Variety Trial For Kentucky, 2015, Shubin K. Saha, John Snyder, Chris Smigell, John Walsh

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2015, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoyas Jan 2016

Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2015, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoyas

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

This paper reports on seven bicolor and two yellow sugar-enhanced or synergistic sweet corn entries that were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana.


Comparison Of Attractiveness And Reaction Of Melon Cultivars To The Striped Cucumber Beetle And Bacterial Wilt, 2015, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi, Ricky E. Foster, Elizabeth Maynard, Dan Egel Jan 2016

Comparison Of Attractiveness And Reaction Of Melon Cultivars To The Striped Cucumber Beetle And Bacterial Wilt, 2015, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi, Ricky E. Foster, Elizabeth Maynard, Dan Egel

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

This is a compilation of 21 research trial reports from four land-grant universities in the Midwestern United States. Crops include cantaloupe, pickling cucumber, pepper, potato, pumpkin, summer squash and zucchini, sweet corn, tomato, and watermelon. Somecrops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoophouses. Most trials evaluated different cultivars or varieties. One report addressed plant spacing for sweet corn and one addressed soil block for production of tomato seedlings. A list of vegetable seed sources and a list of other online sources of vegetable trial reports are also included.


Midwest Cantaloupe Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie Jan 2016

Midwest Cantaloupe Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

This is a compilation of 21 research trial reports from four land-grant universities in the Midwestern United States. Crops include cantaloupe, pickling cucumber, pepper, potato, pumpkin, summer squash and zucchini, sweet corn, tomato, and watermelon. Somecrops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoophouses. Most trials evaluated different cultivars or varieties. One report addressed plant spacing for sweet corn and one addressed soil block for production of tomato seedlings. A list of vegetable seed sources and a list of other online sources of vegetable trial reports are also included.


Michigan State University 2015 Seedless Pickling Cucumber Variety Trial, Ben Phillips Jan 2016

Michigan State University 2015 Seedless Pickling Cucumber Variety Trial, Ben Phillips

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Hot Pepper Cultivar Evaluation Using Extension Master Gardeners, G.A. Pabodha Galgamuwa, Charles J. Barden, Ward Upham Jan 2016

Hot Pepper Cultivar Evaluation Using Extension Master Gardeners, G.A. Pabodha Galgamuwa, Charles J. Barden, Ward Upham

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Poly-Coated Urea As A Seasonlong Nitrogen Source For Sweet Corn, Ron Goldy, Carly Andres, Virginia Wendzel Jan 2016

Poly-Coated Urea As A Seasonlong Nitrogen Source For Sweet Corn, Ron Goldy, Carly Andres, Virginia Wendzel

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Performance Of 19 Fresh Market And Six Saladette Tomato Cultivars In Southwest Michigan In 2015, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel Jan 2016

Performance Of 19 Fresh Market And Six Saladette Tomato Cultivars In Southwest Michigan In 2015, Ron Goldy, Virginia Wendzel

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Softneck And Hardneck Garlic Produced Within Or Without High Tunnels, Lewis Jett, Larry Campbell, John Murray Jan 2016

Evaluation Of Softneck And Hardneck Garlic Produced Within Or Without High Tunnels, Lewis Jett, Larry Campbell, John Murray

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2015, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoyas Jan 2016

Sugar-Enhanced And Synergistic Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2015, Elizabeth Maynard, Israel S. Calsoyas

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

This paper reports on seven bicolor and two yellow sugar-enhanced or synergistic sweet corn entries that were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana.


Midwest Cantaloupe Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie Jan 2016

Midwest Cantaloupe Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Cantaloupe Variety Trial For Kentucky, 2015, Shubin K. Saha, John Snyder, Chris Smigell, John Walsh Jan 2016

Cantaloupe Variety Trial For Kentucky, 2015, Shubin K. Saha, John Snyder, Chris Smigell, John Walsh

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Attractiveness And Reaction Of Melon Cultivars To The Striped Cucumber Beetle And Bacterial Wilt, 2015, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi, Ricky E. Foster, Elizabeth Maynard, Dan Egel Jan 2016

Comparison Of Attractiveness And Reaction Of Melon Cultivars To The Striped Cucumber Beetle And Bacterial Wilt, 2015, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi, Ricky E. Foster, Elizabeth Maynard, Dan Egel

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


2015 Butternut Squash Cereal Rye Cover Crop Trial, Ben Phillips Jan 2016

2015 Butternut Squash Cereal Rye Cover Crop Trial, Ben Phillips

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


2015 Bt Sh2 Sweet Corn Variety Trial, Ben Phillips Jan 2016

2015 Bt Sh2 Sweet Corn Variety Trial, Ben Phillips

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Midwest Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie Jan 2016

Midwest Triploid Watermelon Variety Trial In Southwest Indiana — 2015, Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Dennis Nowaskie

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Three Pollinizer Planting Patterns On Seedless Watermelon Yield, Ron Goldy Jan 2016

Evaluation Of Three Pollinizer Planting Patterns On Seedless Watermelon Yield, Ron Goldy

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

No abstract provided.