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Forage Pea (Pisum Sativum Var. Arvense L.) Landraces Reveal Morphological Andgenetic Diversities, Gürkan Demi̇rkol, Nuri̇ Yilmaz Jan 2019

Forage Pea (Pisum Sativum Var. Arvense L.) Landraces Reveal Morphological Andgenetic Diversities, Gürkan Demi̇rkol, Nuri̇ Yilmaz

Turkish Journal of Botany

The objective of this study was to assess morphological and genetic diversities of 48 forage pea landraces collected from different locations at different altitudes in Turkey. Morphological, quality, and yield features were determined for the landraces and three control cultivars in three subsequent years. Genetic diversities of the landraces and cultivars were also monitored using microsatellite (SSR) markers. Our results revealed that the features of landraces are significantly different. The hay weights and the relative feed values were found to be significantly affected by altitude, with the landraces generally showing significantly higher hay weight and relative feed values at lower …

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Hedysarum Alamutense (Fabaceae-Hedysareae), A New Species From Iran, And Itsphylogenetic Position Based On Molecular Data, Haniyeh Nafisi, Shahrokh Kazempour-Osaloo, Valiollah Mozaffarian, Mohammad Amini Rad Jan 2019

Hedysarum Alamutense (Fabaceae-Hedysareae), A New Species From Iran, And Itsphylogenetic Position Based On Molecular Data, Haniyeh Nafisi, Shahrokh Kazempour-Osaloo, Valiollah Mozaffarian, Mohammad Amini Rad

Turkish Journal of Botany

Hedysarum alamutense, a new species in the tribe Hedysareae DC. (Fabaceae), is described and illustrated. It belongs to the traditionally recognized Hedysarum L. section Multicaulia (Boiss.) B.Fedtsch., which extends over the West Alborz Mountains in northern Iran. This species is characterized by greenish stems and corolla persisting in fruiting stage and has mostly 1?2-jointed, unarmed, biconvex pods with short hairs becoming bald early, and flattened margins. Phylogenetic analyses of molecular data clearly unite this species with H. formosum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Basin. The new species is characterized by 4 singleton nucleotide substitutions, suggesting it as a distinct taxon. Phylogenetic …

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Epiphytic Diatoms As Bioindicators Of Trophic Status Of Lake Modrac(Bosnia And Herzegovina), Jasmina Kamberovi?, Vedran Stuhli, Zorana Luki?, Mirela Habibovic, Emina Me?Iki? Jan 2019

Epiphytic Diatoms As Bioindicators Of Trophic Status Of Lake Modrac(Bosnia And Herzegovina), Jasmina Kamberovi?, Vedran Stuhli, Zorana Luki?, Mirela Habibovic, Emina Me?Iki?

Turkish Journal of Botany

Biodiversity of diatoms and applicability of diatom indices in biomonitoring based on littoral epiphytic samples of Lake Modrac were investigated. Diatoms were taken mostly from Phragmites australis stems in 2017, during which physical and chemical parameters of the water were measured. A total of 85 diatom taxa were identified. Gomphonema (13 spp.), Navicula (11 spp.), and Nitzschia (8 spp.) were the most abundant genera. Obtained values of trophic indices (TID, TvD, and TDIL) pointed to meso- to eutrophic status for most localities, while values of the IBD, EPI, ?D, and IPS indices indicated good ecological status, except for localities at …

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Syntaxonomic Analysis Of Forests, Shrubs, And Steppes Of Tavşan Mountain(Amasya, Turkey), Cengi̇z Yildirim, Erkan Yalçin, Arzu Cansaran, Hasan Korkmaz Jan 2019

Syntaxonomic Analysis Of Forests, Shrubs, And Steppes Of Tavşan Mountain(Amasya, Turkey), Cengi̇z Yildirim, Erkan Yalçin, Arzu Cansaran, Hasan Korkmaz

Turkish Journal of Botany

The aim of this study is to reveal the syntaxonomical structure of Tavşan Mountain in the Euxinian transition area in northern Turkey. Eight plant associations were determined and classified using the Braun?Blanquet phytosociological approach. Detrended correspondence analysis was also used to reveal the environmental heterogeneity among the plant associations. Raunkiaer life form ratios of syntaxa were calculated. Shannon?Wiener index values also were determined for each plant association. The results of this study suggested that which environmental factors could be decisive in community diversity and syntaxonomical status.

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Effects Of Salicylic Acid And Heat Acclimation On Thermotolerance And Withanolide Accumulation Under High Temperature Stress In The Cape Gooseberry (Physalisperuviana L.), Günce Şahi̇n Jan 2019

Effects Of Salicylic Acid And Heat Acclimation On Thermotolerance And Withanolide Accumulation Under High Temperature Stress In The Cape Gooseberry (Physalisperuviana L.), Günce Şahi̇n

Turkish Journal of Botany

The adverse effects of high temperature stress can be alleviated by thermotolerance induced by exogenous application of plant growth regulators or by gradual application of temperature stress. Physalis peruviana L., commonly known as the Cape gooseberry, is a source of a variety of phytocompounds such as withanolides (withanone, withaferin A, and withanolide A). These withanolides are potentially high-value drug candidates because of their various pharmacological properties. The production of withanolides via traditional agriculture is commercially inadequate. In the present study, elicitation strategies were employed to improve the crop's thermotolerance and accumulation of withanolides. For these purposes, the effects of heat …

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Natural And Anthropic Forest Fragments Have Distinct Ecological Behavior Due To Their Different Origin And Landscape Context, Cleber Souza, Polyanne Coelho, Paola Ferreira Santos, Gisele Cristina De Oliveira Menino, Jean Morel, Aline Moreira, Rubens Manoel Dos Santos Jan 2019

Natural And Anthropic Forest Fragments Have Distinct Ecological Behavior Due To Their Different Origin And Landscape Context, Cleber Souza, Polyanne Coelho, Paola Ferreira Santos, Gisele Cristina De Oliveira Menino, Jean Morel, Aline Moreira, Rubens Manoel Dos Santos

Turkish Journal of Botany

We tested the hypothesis that plant populations in natural fragments have distinct ecological behavior in relation to anthropic fragments. We selected the species Myrcia splendens (SW.) DC. in 2 forest fragments located in southeastern Brazil that present different origins and landscape contexts. The natural fragment originates from landscape relief variations and is inserted in a native grassland matrix, while the anthropic fragment originates from fragmentation due to area conversion and is inserted in an agricultural matrix. We established transects covering an area from one border to the other in each fragment, and we established subunits of 400 m2 within them. …

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A Multiple Epidermis Or A Periderm In Parkinsonia Praecox (Fabaceae), Silvia Aguilar-Rodriguez, Teresa Terrazas, Xicotencatl Camacho-Coronel Jan 2019

A Multiple Epidermis Or A Periderm In Parkinsonia Praecox (Fabaceae), Silvia Aguilar-Rodriguez, Teresa Terrazas, Xicotencatl Camacho-Coronel

Turkish Journal of Botany

A multiple epidermis in the green stems of Parkinsonia species has been described; however, there are disagreements among authors with regard to origin and tissues involved. The aims of this study were to identify the origin and development of the epidermis and cortex of P. praecox and relate these to possible adaptations to arid environments. Samples from new branches, to the stem, were removed and prepared using two embedding techniques. Our results show that the epidermis is simple, but periclinal divisions start far from the apical meristem. The inner derivatives maintained periclinal and anticlinal divisions, which are interpreted as meristematic, …

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The Epiphytic Bryophyte Vegetation Of Kamilet Valley (Artvin, Turkey), Mevlüt Alataş, Nevzat Batan, Tülay Ezer Jan 2019

The Epiphytic Bryophyte Vegetation Of Kamilet Valley (Artvin, Turkey), Mevlüt Alataş, Nevzat Batan, Tülay Ezer

Turkish Journal of Botany

In this study, the vegetation of epiphytic bryophytes in the Kamilet Valley and its surroundings (Arhavi, Artvin) was investigated. The study area is located within the borders of the Eastern Black Sea Mountains and is one of the 122 important plant areas in Turkey. The investigation of epiphytic bryophyte communities was carried out in 2016 during different vegetation periods according to Braun-Blanquet?s phytosociological methodology. Phytosociological data obtained from 65 relevés were ordinated using detrended correspondence analysis (DECORANA) and classified using two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN). Consequently, six epiphytic bryophyte communities new to Turkey were determined with TWINSPAN and DECORANA: Leucobryo-Tetraphidetum …

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Genetic Structure And Diversity Of Adonis L. (Ranunculaceae) Populations Collected From Turkey By Inter-Primer Binding Site (Ipbs) Retrotransposon Markers, Arash Hossein Pour, Faruk Karahan, Emre İlhan, Ahmet İlçi̇m, Kami̇l Hali̇loğlu Jan 2019

Genetic Structure And Diversity Of Adonis L. (Ranunculaceae) Populations Collected From Turkey By Inter-Primer Binding Site (Ipbs) Retrotransposon Markers, Arash Hossein Pour, Faruk Karahan, Emre İlhan, Ahmet İlçi̇m, Kami̇l Hali̇loğlu

Turkish Journal of Botany

The genus Adonis L. is a member of Ranunculaceae and consists of perennial and annual herbaceous plants included in the tribe Adonideae under the subfamily Ranunculoideae. Botanically, Ranunculaceae comprises vital medicinal plants. Molecular markers are one of the most effective tools for exploring genetic variation that can enhance breeding efficiency. To identify the genetic diversity of 62 Adonis ecotypes collected from different regions in Turkey, the interprimer binding site (iPBS) retrotransposon system was used. Of the 83 iPBS primers used, 10 provided sufficient polymorphic data, generating a total of 204 alleles. The number of iPBS bands per individual was 3.29, …

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Artificial Neural Models Of Concentrations Of Fungal Spores In The Air For Aerobiological Research, Agnieszka Grinn-Gofron Jan 2019

Artificial Neural Models Of Concentrations Of Fungal Spores In The Air For Aerobiological Research, Agnieszka Grinn-Gofron

Turkish Journal of Botany

This article describes in detail an advanced statistical method, the artificial neural network, and the possibilities for its application in aerobiological analyses. The study and models involve the concentration of fungal spores in the air and their relationship with various biological and environmental factors. The author hopes that this work will contribute to a wider use of this method not only in the study of spores but also the concentration of pollen grains.

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Variations In Ethylene Sensitivity Among Mungbean [Vigna Radiata (L.) Wilczek] Genotypes Exposed To Drought And Waterlogging Stresses, Susheel Kumar Raina, Nikhil Raskar, Lalitkumar Aher, Ajay Kumar Singh, Dhammaprakash Pandhari Wankhede, Jagadish Rane, Paramjit Singh Minhas Jan 2019

Variations In Ethylene Sensitivity Among Mungbean [Vigna Radiata (L.) Wilczek] Genotypes Exposed To Drought And Waterlogging Stresses, Susheel Kumar Raina, Nikhil Raskar, Lalitkumar Aher, Ajay Kumar Singh, Dhammaprakash Pandhari Wankhede, Jagadish Rane, Paramjit Singh Minhas

Turkish Journal of Botany

Ethylene is an important phytohormone that regulates several aspects of plant development including those crucial for drought tolerance. The main aim of the present work was to investigate variability in ethylene sensitivity of mungbeans to seed germination, waterlogging, and leaf senescence, and the underlying transcriptional regulation of ethylene biosynthetic/responsive genes. Significant variation was observed for silver-nitrate-mediated germination inhibition and flooding stress tolerance among the mungbean genotypes. Genotypes with differential ethylene sensitivity (IC-325817 and IC-325756) revealed variable leaf senescence rates upon exposure to exogenously supplied ethephon. Drought induced significant upregulation of VrACS7 and VrERF genes in the more sensitive genotype, implicating …

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Investigating The Anatomy Of The Halophyte Salsola Crassa And The Impact Of Industrial Wastewater On Its Vegetative And Generative Structures, Narjes Sadat Mohammadi Jahromi, Parissa Jonoubi, Ahmad Majd, Mansooreh Dehghani Jan 2019

Investigating The Anatomy Of The Halophyte Salsola Crassa And The Impact Of Industrial Wastewater On Its Vegetative And Generative Structures, Narjes Sadat Mohammadi Jahromi, Parissa Jonoubi, Ahmad Majd, Mansooreh Dehghani

Turkish Journal of Botany

Salsola crassa M.B. is one of the most successful plants used against industrial pollutants. In this study, we selected young Salsola crassa M.B. plants from their natural habitats. Some plants were irrigated with industrial wastewater containing Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Pb, and Zn, and others were irrigated with tap water for 3-4 months. Afterwards, the shoots and roots were randomly cut, separated, fixed, dyed, and observed using light microscopy. Structural changes were analyzed by stereology. There were some differences in appearance and structure between the treated and control samples. For example, the number of leaves and flowers and the size …

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Centaurea Uysalii (Cyanus/Asteraceae), A New Species From Turkey, Emrah Şi̇ri̇n, Ömer Çeçen, Meryem Bozkurt, Kuddi̇si̇ Ertuğrul Jan 2019

Centaurea Uysalii (Cyanus/Asteraceae), A New Species From Turkey, Emrah Şi̇ri̇n, Ömer Çeçen, Meryem Bozkurt, Kuddi̇si̇ Ertuğrul

Turkish Journal of Botany

Centaurea uysalii Şirin & Çeçen, a new Asteraceae species from the province of Karaman, in Turkey, is described and illustrated herein. It is morphologically similar to C. bourgaei Boiss. (Subgen. Cyanus), but it mainly differs from its relative in terms of the involucre and achene lengths. The achene micromorphological features and karyomorphology of C. uysalii and C. bourgaei were examined in this study. The IUCN conservation status is the Critically Endangered [CR B2 a b (i, iii)] category.

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Amanita Cinis And A. Olivovaginata (Basidiomycota, Amanitaceae), Two New Species, And The First Record Of A. Emodotrygon, From Northwestern Pakistan, Sadiq Ullah, Andrew William Wilson, Rodham Elliott Tulloss, Muhammad Fiaz, Gregory Michael Mueller, Abdul Nasir Khalid Jan 2019

Amanita Cinis And A. Olivovaginata (Basidiomycota, Amanitaceae), Two New Species, And The First Record Of A. Emodotrygon, From Northwestern Pakistan, Sadiq Ullah, Andrew William Wilson, Rodham Elliott Tulloss, Muhammad Fiaz, Gregory Michael Mueller, Abdul Nasir Khalid

Turkish Journal of Botany

Two new species found in Northwestern Pakistan in the mushroom genus Amanita are described and illustrated. Phylogenetic data derived from nuclear ribosomal ITS and LSU regions along with morphological characterizations indicate that these species are novel. Amanita cinis is a member of section Roanokenses, while A. olivovaginata is representative of the section Vaginatae. Amanita emodotrygon, recently described from the state of Uttarakhand, India, is new to Pakistan.

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Seaweed Community Structure Along Environmental Gradients In An Ocean-Dominated Estuary, Saskia A. Raether Jan 2019

Seaweed Community Structure Along Environmental Gradients In An Ocean-Dominated Estuary, Saskia A. Raether

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Macrophyte community structure in estuaries that have been modified by the addition of hard substrata are poorly documented, especially in relation to the physical and environmental gradients that shape them. Therefore, this study describes the summer macrophyte flora that occurs on hard and soft substrata throughout Humboldt Bay, CA and tests how the macrophyte communities correlate to measures of horizontal and vertical environmental gradients. The percent cover of macroalgae, vascular plants, cyanobacteria, lichens, diatom film, sessile invertebrates, and substratum types were quantified during the summers of 2017 and 2018 at eleven intertidal locations in the bay and outer coast. Horizontal …

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ทรานสคริปโทมของข้าวพันธุ์พื้นเมืองไทยภายใต้ภาวะเครียดจากความเค็ม, พีรวัธน์ จันทนกูล Jan 2019

ทรานสคริปโทมของข้าวพันธุ์พื้นเมืองไทยภายใต้ภาวะเครียดจากความเค็ม, พีรวัธน์ จันทนกูล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ข้าว (Oryza sativa L.) เป็นพืชอาหารสำคัญในภูมิภาคเอเชีย ซึ่งในภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือของไทยนั้นถือเป็นแหล่งผลิตข้าวสำคัญที่มีคุณภาพดีแต่มีผลผลิตต่ำเนื่องจากภาวะดินเค็มที่ส่งผลต่อการเจริญเติบโตและความสามารถในการติดเมล็ด จากการประเมินการตอบสนองต่อภาวะเค็มในกล้าข้าวพบว่าข้าวพันธุ์หลวงประทานซึ่งเป็นข้าวพันธุ์พื้นเมืองไทยแสดงลักษณะการทนเค็ม ดังนั้น จึงทำการศึกษาทรานสคริปโทมที่เวลา 0 3 6 12 24 และ 48 ชั่วโมง หลังจากได้รับภาวะเค็มเพื่อศึกษากลไกการทนเค็มของข้าวพันธุ์นี้โดยใช้เทคนิค 3’-Tag RNA-seq ผลการศึกษาพบว่ามียีนที่แสดงออกอย่างแตกต่างเป็นครั้งแรกภายหลังเผชิญกับภาวะเค็มเป็นเวลา 12 ชั่วโมง ได้แก่ OsRCI2-5 ซึ่งเป็นยีนที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการส่งสัญญาณ และเมื่อเวลาผ่านไป 24 ชั่วโมงพบว่า OsRMC ซึ่งเป็นยีนที่สามารถตอบสนองต่อภาวะเครียดจากความเค็มแสดงออกมาอย่างแตกต่างอย่างมีนัยสำคัญ และเมื่อพืชเผชิญกับภาวะเค็มเป็นเวลา 48 ชั่วโมงพบว่ามียีนที่แสดงออกอย่างแตกต่างอย่างมีนัยสำคัญจำนวน 63 ยีน ซึ่งมีหน้าที่เกี่ยวข้องกับความสามารถในการทนเค็ม ผลการวิเคราะห์โครงข่ายการแสดงออกร่วมของยีนที่ภาวะเค็มทั้ง 63 ยีน จากการคำนวณค่าสัมประสิทธิ์สหสัมพันธ์แบบพลวัตบางส่วน พบว่า OsRCI2-5 และ OsRMC มีการแสดงออกร่วมกับยีนที่ทำหน้าที่ควบคุมการแสดงออกของยีนอื่น ๆ ประกอบด้วย Transcription factor และ Ubiquitin ligase enzyme โดยในภาวะเค็ม OsRMC มีส่วนทำให้มีการแสดงออกมากขึ้นของยีนที่เกี่ยวกับการตอบสนองเพื่อป้องกันตนเองของพืชจากปัจจัยทางชีวภาพ จากการศึกษาเพิ่มเติมเพื่อยืนยันผลกระทบของภาวะเค็มต่อการแสดงออกของยีนที่ระบุได้ ด้วย qRT-PCR ในข้าวพันธุ์ต่าง ๆ พบว่า OsRCI2-5 และ OsRMC เป็นยีนที่พืชตอบสนองต่อภาวะเค็มและเกี่ยวข้องกับกลไกการทนเค็มในข้าวพันธุ์หลวงประทาน

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การชักนำแคลลัสและผลของเอลิสิเทอร์ต่อฤทธิ์ต้านออกซิเดชันของแคลลัสฟักข้าวMomordica Cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng. ที่เลี้ยงในอาหารเหลว, สุพรรษา พลายเปี่ยม Jan 2019

การชักนำแคลลัสและผลของเอลิสิเทอร์ต่อฤทธิ์ต้านออกซิเดชันของแคลลัสฟักข้าวMomordica Cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng. ที่เลี้ยงในอาหารเหลว, สุพรรษา พลายเปี่ยม

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ฟักข้าว (Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng) หรือแก็ก (gac) เป็นพืชไม้เลื้อยที่อยู่ในวงศ์ Cucurbitaceae โดยฟักข้าวนั้นมีสารปฐมภูมิและสารทุติยภูมิสะสมอยู่ในทุกส่วนของต้น ประกอบไปด้วยแคโรทีนอยด์ กรดไขมัน วิตามินอี โพลีฟีนอล และ ฟลาโวนอยด์ ซึ่งทำให้การใช้ประโยชน์ของฟักข้าวถูกบันทึกลงในการแพทย์แผนโบราณของหลายประเทศ ในปัจจุบันมีการใช้เอลิสิเทอร์หลากหลาย เช่น ไคโทซาน และ เมทิลแจสโมเนต (MeJA) เพื่อเพิ่มปริมาณสารทุติยภูมิในพืช ดังนั้นในงานวิจัยนี้จึงมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อพัฒนาการชักนำแคลลัสฟักข้าวและศึกษาผลของไคโทซานน้ำหนักโมเลกุลสูง (HMC) ไคโทซานน้ำหนักโมเลกุลต่ำ (LMC) ความเข้มข้น 10 และ 20 mg/l MeJA ความเข้มข้น 100 และ 150 µM ต่อฤทธิ์ต้านออกซิเดชันของแคลลัสฟักข้าวที่เลี้ยงในอาหารเหลว สำหรับการทดลองชักนำการเกิดแคลลัส ได้นำส่วนยอดและส่วนข้อของต้นฟักข้าวปลอดเชื้อมาเลี้ยงในอาหารแข็งสูตร MS ที่ประกอบไปด้วย 2,4-D และ BA พบว่าในสูตรอาหารที่ประกอบด้วย 0.8 mg/l 2,4-D + 0 mg/l BA 0.8 mg/l 2,4-D + 0.4 mg/l BA และ 0.8 mg/l 2,4-D + 0.8 mg/l BA สามารถชักนำการเกิดแคลลัสได้ดีที่สุด ในส่วนของการศึกษาผลของเอลิสิเทอร์ต่อฤทธิ์ต้านออกซิเดชันของแคลลัสฟักข้าว HMC, LMC หรือ MeJA ถูกเติมลงในอาหารวันที่ 18 ของการเพาะเลี้ยงแคลลัสในอาหารเหลว และเก็บตัวอย่างแคลลัสในวันที่ 20 และ 22 ของการเพาะเลี้ยงเพื่อศึกษาฤทธิ์ต้านออกซิเดชัน ผลการทดลองพบว่าเอลิสิเทอร์ไม่มีผลเพิ่มฤทธิ์ต้านออกซิเดชันของแคลลัสฟักข้าวที่เวลาดังกล่าว ยกเว้นในชุดการทดลองที่เติม 150 µM MeJA พบว่าในวันที่ 22 ของการเพาะเลี้ยงแคลลัสมีปริมาณของแคโรทีนอยด์มากกว่าชุดควบคุมและชุดทดลองอื่นๆอย่างมีนัยสำคัญ

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Going Back To The Soil: An Integrated Approach To Farming., Renée V. Christie Jan 2019

Going Back To The Soil: An Integrated Approach To Farming., Renée V. Christie

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Agricultural productivity is often constrained by nutrient availability; as such, copious amounts of synthetic fertilizers are applied to maintain productivity. However, the intensive use of synthetic fertilizers has reduced the capacity of the soil to carry out crucial roles such as nutrient cycling because of shifts in the microbial community composition and structure. In addition, much of the applied synthetic fertilizers become lost to the environment through run-off, which contributes to soil degradation. With the increasing demand on agricultural systems to provide food and fibre and the adverse impacts of agricultural production on the soil resource, amendments that support soil …

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Diversity And Evolution Of Seeds In Cuscuta (Dodders, Convolvulaceae): Morphology And Structure, Magdalena Olszewski Jan 2019

Diversity And Evolution Of Seeds In Cuscuta (Dodders, Convolvulaceae): Morphology And Structure, Magdalena Olszewski

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Cuscuta is a genus of nearly 200 obligate stem parasites with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution and considerable agricultural and ecological significance. Dodder seeds are considered “unspecialized”, with no morphological adaptations towards particular dispersal vectors; however, the seed coat anatomy has recently suggested an adaptation to endozoochory. This is the first attempt to provide a genus-wide overview of the diversity in morphology and anatomy of Cuscuta seeds, together with an assessment of the water gap and exploration of various form-function relationships. I surveyed 104 species belonging to all four Cuscuta subgenera. Seeds of the species of the first infrageneric dodder …

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Competition Or Facilitation: Examination Of Interactions Between Endangered Sida Hermaphrodita And Invasive Phragmites Australis, Samantha N. Mulholland Jan 2019

Competition Or Facilitation: Examination Of Interactions Between Endangered Sida Hermaphrodita And Invasive Phragmites Australis, Samantha N. Mulholland

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Virginia Mallow (Sida hermaphrodita) is a perennial herb of the Malvaceae family that is native to riparian habitats in northeastern North America. Throughout most of its geographical distribution however, it is considered threatened and only two populations are known from Canada. The biology and ecology of S. hermaphrodita are still poorly understood and although few studies have been performed to determine the factors that contribute to the species rarity, it is considered threatened potentially due to the loss of habitat caused by exotic European Common reed (Phragmites australis subsp. australis) invasion. Allelopathic and phytotoxic conditioning of …

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Three Sister Crops: Understanding American Indian Agricultural Practices Of Corn, Beans And Squash, Sara Colombe, Madhav P. Nepal, Larry B. Browning, Matthew L. Miller, P. Troy White Dec 2018

Three Sister Crops: Understanding American Indian Agricultural Practices Of Corn, Beans And Squash, Sara Colombe, Madhav P. Nepal, Larry B. Browning, Matthew L. Miller, P. Troy White

iLEARN Teaching Resources

American Indians have practiced an inter-planting system to produce corn, beans, and squash, for generations. These crops are known as the “Three Sisters”. In this lesson developed for secondary agriscience curriculum, students will understand the past, current and future production practices of the three important crops. Students will also apply their knowledge to understand the crop selection process and relate to the changing environment.

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Living Shoreline Stabilization To Increase Resiliency At De Soto National Memorial, Linda Walters, Melinda Donnelly, Christian Pilato, Suzanne Connor Dec 2018

Living Shoreline Stabilization To Increase Resiliency At De Soto National Memorial, Linda Walters, Melinda Donnelly, Christian Pilato, Suzanne Connor

CEELAB Research Data

De Soto National Memorial (Bradenton, FL) is an important location where both Native Americans and De Soto's army of soldiers once lived. We have been working closely with the National Park Service and the University of Central Florida to understand how to best stabilize this shoreline using living shoreline techniques combined with long-term natural recruitment. Stabilizing De Soto's shoreline is essential to decrease erosion and shoreline loss to protect the Park's cultural and natural resources, especially the numerous historically significant shell middens. Through pre-restoration monitoring, we determined that high-energy boat wakes were limiting natural mangrove recruitment. Lack of retention of …

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Systematics Of Malesian-Pacific Piper (Piperaceae), Rani Asmarayani Dec 2018

Systematics Of Malesian-Pacific Piper (Piperaceae), Rani Asmarayani

Dissertations

Comprised of ~2400 spp., Piper is a major clade in the magnoliid angiosperms. Three major groups are recognized in Piper, i.e., the Neotropical, Asian and South Pacific. Unlike Neotropical Piper,relationships in the Paleotropical Piper remain enigmatic. This study focused on the Paleotropical Piperwith emphasize on the Malesian-Pacific Piper, Malesia being the center of diversity of the genus in the Paleotropics. The goals are to evaluate relationships within Paleotropical Piper (chapter 1), to evaluate characters, morphological (chapter 1) and stem anatomical (chapter 2), that may distinguish clades, and to investigate the species boundaries focusing on the well-supported …

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Recoupling Fire And Grazing Reduces Wildland Fuel Loads On Rangelands, Heath D. Starns, Samuel D. Fuhlendore, R. Dwayne Elmore, Dirac L. Twidwell Jr, Eric T. Thacker, Torre J. Hovick, Barney Luttbeg Dec 2018

Recoupling Fire And Grazing Reduces Wildland Fuel Loads On Rangelands, Heath D. Starns, Samuel D. Fuhlendore, R. Dwayne Elmore, Dirac L. Twidwell Jr, Eric T. Thacker, Torre J. Hovick, Barney Luttbeg

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Fire suppression and exclusion, the historically dominant paradigm of fire management, has resulted in major modifications of fire-dependent ecosystems worldwide. These changes are partially credited with a recent increase in wildfire number and extent, as well as more extreme fire behavior. Fire and herbivory historically interacted, and research has shown that the interaction creates a unique mosaic of vegetation heterogeneity that each disturbance alone does not create. Because fire and grazing have largely been decoupled in modern times, the degree to which the interaction affects fuels and fire regimes has not yet been quantified. We evaluated effects of fire-only and …

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Review: Canids Of The World: Wolves, Wild Dogs, Foxes, Jackals, Coyotes, And Their Relatives. José R. Castelló., Jonathan (Jon) Way Dec 2018

Review: Canids Of The World: Wolves, Wild Dogs, Foxes, Jackals, Coyotes, And Their Relatives. José R. Castelló., Jonathan (Jon) Way

The Prairie Naturalist

Canids of the World is one of those reads where just when you think that something cannot be beat, this book comes out. What I mean by that is that I have read many works on wolves and other canids, most recently Nate Blakeslee’s American Wolf (Way 2017), and I have enjoyed and been enthralled with many of them. But Canids of the World may take the cake for being the most impressive book available on canids. For a modest price of just under $30.00, you can own a book that has over 600 amazing high-resolution glossy photographs of every …

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New Breeding Record And Location For Wilson’S Phalarope (Phalaropus Tricolor) In The Nebraska Great Plains, Usa, Madison O. Sutton, Nico Arcilla Dec 2018

New Breeding Record And Location For Wilson’S Phalarope (Phalaropus Tricolor) In The Nebraska Great Plains, Usa, Madison O. Sutton, Nico Arcilla

The Prairie Naturalist

Wilson’s phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor; Scolopacidae) is a migratory shorebird that relies on interior wetlands for foraging and breeding (Colwell and Jehl 1994, van Gils et al. 2018). Its global population status is unclear (Colwell and Jehl 1994, Lesterhuis and Clay 2010), and is variously listed as declining (Morrison et al. 2006, van Gils et al. 2018), increasing (Andres 2009, BirdLife International 2018), and exhibiting a long-term decline but recent stability (Sauer et al. 2011, Andres et al. 2012). Its global population estimate of 1.5 million birds has not been updated for 30 years, since 1988 (Colwell and Jehl 1994, Lesterhuis …

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Review: Behavior Of The Golden Eagle: An Illustrated Ethogram. David H. Ellis (Illustrated By N. John Schmitt)., Jeremy E. Guinn Dec 2018

Review: Behavior Of The Golden Eagle: An Illustrated Ethogram. David H. Ellis (Illustrated By N. John Schmitt)., Jeremy E. Guinn

The Prairie Naturalist

Author David H. Ellis and illustrator N. John Schmitt deliver precisely what is promised in Behavior of the Golden Eagle: An Illustrated Ethogram. This “little volume,” as the author coins it, represents a single source for defining, identifying, and describing behaviors of the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). With the inclusion of Schmitt’s exceptional drawings, the book is a piece of art, as well as the most useful manual describing Golden Eagle behaviors. Nearly four decades earlier, Ellis (1979) authored the very first Golden Eagle ethogram—the set of repeated standard behaviors for a species called action patterns—and in his new book, …

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Review: Edges And Rushes Of Minnesota: The Complete Guide To Species Identification, Welby R. Smith; Photography By Richard Haug, Edward S. Dekeyser Dec 2018

Review: Edges And Rushes Of Minnesota: The Complete Guide To Species Identification, Welby R. Smith; Photography By Richard Haug, Edward S. Dekeyser

The Prairie Naturalist

Even the most seasoned individual with a plant identification background can relate to the difficulty of identifying sedges and rushes to the species level. Historically, one has had to rely on dichotomous keys to identify a sedge or rush species in the field. After hours of frustration, a person ends up collecting the plant and, if lucky, bringing the collection back to a herbarium where it can be compared to known specimens. I have been collecting and identifying sedge and rush species for over 25 years, and author Welby Smith along with photographer Richard Haug have published what I believe …

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Red-Bellied Snake (Storeria Occipitomaculata) Copulation In South Dakota, Drew R. Davis Dec 2018

Red-Bellied Snake (Storeria Occipitomaculata) Copulation In South Dakota, Drew R. Davis

The Prairie Naturalist

Storeria occipitomaculata is a small, terrestrial species of snake that occurs across much of eastern North America (Ernst and Barbour 1989, Ernst 2002, Ernst and Ernst 2003). Due to this widespread distribution, S. occipitomaculata faces varied climates that likely result in regional differences in reproductive phenology. Much of what is known about the reproductive ecology of S. occipitomaculata has been documented from the southeastern portion of its range in North America (South Carolina: Semlitsch and Moran 1984, North Carolina: Willson and Dorcas 2004), though Blanchard (1937) studied a population from northern Michigan. The exact reproductive timing in this …

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Where Are All Of Arkansas' Chinquapins? An Ecological Assessment Of Castanea Throughout The State, Logan Pierce Estes Dec 2018

Where Are All Of Arkansas' Chinquapins? An Ecological Assessment Of Castanea Throughout The State, Logan Pierce Estes

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Around the turn of the twentieth-century, the chestnut blight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) was accidentally introduced into North America. This strong pathogen, which specializes on trees of the genus Castanea, spread rapidly and within half a century had nearly extirpated North America’s Castanea natives from their ranges. During this catastrophe, the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) garnered much of the scientific attention, pushing the other Castanea natives – the chinquapins – to the wayside. More than a century following the spread of the blight, little research into the ecology of North America’s chinquapins had been performed, leaving these trees significantly underrepresented. The …

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