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Effect Of Chitosan On Plant Growth, Flowering, And Substrate Characteristics Of Potted Geranium (Pelargonium X Hortorum), Maggie Liu Jan 2023

Effect Of Chitosan On Plant Growth, Flowering, And Substrate Characteristics Of Potted Geranium (Pelargonium X Hortorum), Maggie Liu

Holster Scholar Projects

Modern industrial agricultural practices rely heavily on the use of fertilizers and pesticides to increase crop quality and quality which overtime gradually degrades the quality of cultivated soils and aquatic environments. The purpose of this project is to determine how chitosan polymers with various molecular weights affect the growth and flowering of Geranium plants as well as the water and nutrient retention capacity of the substrate. Three chitosans with different molecular weights (2 kDa, 50 kDa, and 970 Da) were experimented on the geraniums. Each chitosan treatment was applied through a spray system onto the experimental group plants after transplantation …


Discovery Of Epiphytic Lichens In Connecticut Suggests Novel Introduction And Reintroduction Via Horticultural Practices, Henry A. Frye, Zachary Muscavitch, Bernard Goffinet Apr 2021

Discovery Of Epiphytic Lichens In Connecticut Suggests Novel Introduction And Reintroduction Via Horticultural Practices, Henry A. Frye, Zachary Muscavitch, Bernard Goffinet

EEB Articles

The discovery of Teloschistes chrysophthalmus in Connecticut more than one hundred years since its last known occurrence is argued to result from human introduction. The species only occurred on the horticultural tree, Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis, planted on the University of Connecticut campus. Gleditsia triacanthos is not indigenous to northeastern North America, but is widespread in the central United States. Other epiphytic macrolichens also recorded on this phorophyte include Punctelia bolliana and Parmotrema austrosinense, both widespread in the central United States, and new to Connecticut and New England, respectively. This is likely the first reported case of combined …


Combinations Of Allelopathic Crop Extracts Reduce Digitaria Spp. And Setaria Faberi Seed Germination, Peter Apicella, Karl Guillard May 2018

Combinations Of Allelopathic Crop Extracts Reduce Digitaria Spp. And Setaria Faberi Seed Germination, Peter Apicella, Karl Guillard

Honors Scholar Theses

Allelopathic cover crops contain compounds that deter other types of plant seeds from germinating or inhibiting established plants’ growth. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus, SF), buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench, BW), sorghum-sudangrass (Sorghum × drummondii [Nees ex. Steud.] Millsp. & Chase, SSG), and winter rye (Secale cereale) are all known allelopathic cover crops. However, there is little information about the use of these allelopathic cover crops used together and their combined impact on weed seed germination. Laboratory bioassays were conducted to determine the effect of the aforementioned cover crops alone and in combinations in reducing the …


Aronia Mitschurinii: Solving A Horticultural Enigma, Peter J. Leonard Aug 2011

Aronia Mitschurinii: Solving A Horticultural Enigma, Peter J. Leonard

Master's Theses

Aronia (Medik.), commonly known as chokeberry, is a taxonomically misunderstood genus currently experiencing a renaissance in North America as both an ornamental and fruit crop. Three species of chokeberry are commonly accepted as native in North America: A. arbutifolia (L.) Pers. red chokeberry; A. melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot, black chokeberry; and A. prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder, or purple chokeberry. In Europe a fourth species of human origin is recognized as Aronia mitschurinii (A.K.Skvortsov & Maitul.), or cultivated, black-fruited Aronia. It is widely speculated that this genotype originated in the early 20th century with Russian pomologist Ivan Michurin, as the product …


A Rain Garden Grows In Bridgeport, Michael Dietz Jan 2011

A Rain Garden Grows In Bridgeport, Michael Dietz

Wrack Lines

Rain gardens can be used to help communities adapt to climate change. A warmer New England means more precipitation, which means more polluted runoff water--unless a rain garden, planted in a depression, can sequester the excess water and use it to grow attractive plants.


Pesticide Use On Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower And Peppers Grown In Connecticut: 1991, James J. Turner Ii, Candace L. Bartholomew Aug 1993

Pesticide Use On Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower And Peppers Grown In Connecticut: 1991, James J. Turner Ii, Candace L. Bartholomew

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Pesticide Use On Sweet Corn Grown In Connecticut: 1990, James L. Turner Ii, Candace L. Bartholomew Sep 1992

Pesticide Use On Sweet Corn Grown In Connecticut: 1990, James L. Turner Ii, Candace L. Bartholomew

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Glyphosate/Growth Regulator Combinations On Blackberry Control, The, Gregory K. Stamm, Richard A. Ashley Apr 1982

Effects Of Glyphosate/Growth Regulator Combinations On Blackberry Control, The, Gregory K. Stamm, Richard A. Ashley

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Connquest, Sandra Cookson, D.W. Allinson, G.S. Speer, R.W. Taylor, R.P. Prince, J.W. Bartok, D.W. Protheroe, D.R. Miller Aug 1981

Connquest, Sandra Cookson, D.W. Allinson, G.S. Speer, R.W. Taylor, R.P. Prince, J.W. Bartok, D.W. Protheroe, D.R. Miller

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Nitrogen Levels On Metribuzin Tolerance In Tomatoes, Esther H. Nelson, Richard A. Ashley Nov 1980

Effect Of Nitrogen Levels On Metribuzin Tolerance In Tomatoes, Esther H. Nelson, Richard A. Ashley

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Leaf Diffusive Resistance And Relative Water Content As Indications Of Varietal Sensitivity To Drought In Potatoes, Darlene A. Wilcox, Richard A. Ashley Jun 1980

Leaf Diffusive Resistance And Relative Water Content As Indications Of Varietal Sensitivity To Drought In Potatoes, Darlene A. Wilcox, Richard A. Ashley

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Relationship Of Physiologic Age, Hardening, And Carbon And Nitrogen Content To Tolerance Of Tomatoes To Metribuzin, Esther H. Nelson, Richard A. Ashley Nov 1978

Relationship Of Physiologic Age, Hardening, And Carbon And Nitrogen Content To Tolerance Of Tomatoes To Metribuzin, Esther H. Nelson, Richard A. Ashley

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Four White Pine Introductions From The University Of Connecticut, Sidney Waxman Oct 1977

Four White Pine Introductions From The University Of Connecticut, Sidney Waxman

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Research For Connecticut By The Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station Sep 1977

Research For Connecticut By The Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Life History Studies As Related To Weed Control In The Northeast; 6: Large And Small Crabgrass, R.A. Peters, Stuart Dunn May 1971

Life History Studies As Related To Weed Control In The Northeast; 6: Large And Small Crabgrass, R.A. Peters, Stuart Dunn

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


1964 Drought In Connecticut, The, Byron E. Janes, Joseph J. Brumbach Jun 1965

1964 Drought In Connecticut, The, Byron E. Janes, Joseph J. Brumbach

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.