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The Western Kentucky University Teaching Gardens: Landscape Design And Establishment Plan, Claudia Stetter

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to design a landscape plan for Teaching Gardens at the Western Kentucky University Agriculture Research and Education Center. The landscape plans were selected based upon the available 5.3 acres surrounding the greenhouse, vineyard, and Exposition Center. Planning included goals and objectives, analysis of the available site, landscape design plans, and connecting the Teaching Gardens to the current curriculum. This thesis also includes related areas to the development of Teaching Gardens such as: summary of courses with related topics to Teaching Gardens, programs that will be used throughout the community, and a listing of current …

Nebline, May 2011

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: Nature, Gardening & Science Come Together in the Butterfly Garden

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Effects Of Temperature, Light And Plant Growth Regulators On Fuel-Efficient Poinsettia Production, Francis Odula

All Theses

Fuel-efficient poinsettia production has become an important topic in recent years due to increased fuel costs while wholesale prices have remained relatively unchanged. Fuel-efficient production results in energy saving, reduces costs associated with production and improves profitability of the poinsettia crop. Experiments were carried out to determine the effects of Fascination (a plant growth regulator), production temperature, light, and cold pre-harvest temperature on bract expansion, cyathia development, and retention for fuel-efficient poinsettia production.
The first experiment (Chapter 2) examined the effects of the plant growth regulator Fascination on bract expansion of poinsettias grown at relatively cool production temperatures. Poinsettia, (Euphorbia …

Simultaneous Optimization Of Macronutrient Factors In Plant Tissue Culture Using Turmeric (Curcuma Longa L.) As A Model, Sean Halloran

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Murashige and Skoog 1962 performed one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) experimentation in order to regenerate tobacco callus on semi-solid agar medium. This work became an established medium for tissue culture micropropagation and experimentation. Micropropagation is done in niche markets with herbaceous perennials, among other crops, and the optimization of various inputs to produce maximal responses is a necessary step towards process development. This current study of macronutrient factors simultaneously altered media volume, amount of tissue (plants per vessel), sucrose, nitrogen (as NO3- and NH4+ ions), and K+ in a d-optimal design space with only 55 experimental units (including 5 true replicates). The first …

Summaries Of Arkansas Cotton Research 2010, Derrick M. Oosterhuis

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Series

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Screening Synteny Blocks In Pairwise Genome Comparisons Through Integer Programming, Haibao Tang, Eric Lyons, Brent S. Pedersen, James C. Schnable, Andrew H. Paterson, Michael Freeling

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Background:

It is difficult to accurately interpret chromosomal correspondences such as true orthology and paralogy due to significant divergence of genomes from a common ancestor. Analyses are particularly problematic among lineages that have repeatedly experienced whole genome duplication (WGD) events. To compare multiple “subgenomes” derived from genome duplications, we need to relax the traditional requirements of “one-to-one” syntenic matchings of genomic regions in order to reflect “one-to-many” or more generally “many-to-many” matchings. However this relaxation may result in the identification of synteny blocks that are derived from ancient shared WGDs that are not of interest. For many downstream analyses, we …

Characteristics Of Kentucky’S Nursery And Greenhouse Industries, Dewayne L. Ingram, Winston Dunwell, Alan Hodges

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

The nursery and greenhouse industry, distributed throughout Kentucky, is diverse and contributes significantly to the local and state economy. This industry represents the largest segment of Kentucky’s sales of horticultural products and is comprised almost completely of farm families. Nursery and greenhouse crops are produced and marketed in containers or grown in the field and dug and sold as balled and burlapped or bare root plants. Most of Kentucky’s nursery and greenhouse crops are marketed in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Nebline, April 2011

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: Supplemental Kits Make Learning Nutrition Fun

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Sfa Gardens Newsletter, Spring 2011, Sfa Gardens, Stephen F. Austin State University

SFA Gardens Newsletters

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Characterizing The Chemoprevention Potential Of Amenity Grass Phenolic Extracts In Vitro And The Corresponding Nutraceutical Targets Within Hepg2 Carcinoma Cells, Casey J. Wegner

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This research has revealed significant chemopreventive potential belonging to the planet’s most renewable and abundant plant source: amenity grasses.  The characterization results from Chapter 1 demonstrated the potential chemoprevention attributes of supina bluegrass and bermudagrass crude extracts linked to the extensive phenolic acid profiles of these amenity grasses.  In contrast to cereals, amenity grass phenolic extracts (AGPE) offer appreciable amounts of unbound/free ferulic acid that would be available for rapid in vivo absorption.  The literature has shown ferulic acid to be a highly available and health benefitting phenolic compound.  Chapter 1 in vitro studies demonstrated AGPE-induced antiproliferation and apoptotic induction …

Grow Your Own Transplants At Home, Sterling Banks

All Current Publications

Growing transplants can be a rewarding experience if a few basic principles are followed. Experienced gardeners have a wider range of varieties to pick from if they start their own plants from seed. By selecting your own varieties you will be able to determine what grows in your area.

A First Insight Into Population Structure And Linkage Disequilibrium In The U.S. Peanut Minicore Collection, Vikas Belamkar, Michael Gomez Selvaraj, Jamie L. Ayers, Paxton R. Payton, Naveen Puppala, Mark D. Burow

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Knowledge of genetic diversity, population structure, and degree of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in target association mapping populations is of great importance and is a prerequisite for LD-based mapping. In the present study, 96 genotypes comprising 92 accessions of the US peanut minicore collection, a component line of the tetraploid variety Florunner, diploid progenitors A. duranensis (AA) and A. ipaënsis (BB), and synthetic amphidiploid accession TxAG-6 were investigated with 392 simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker bands amplified using 32 highly-polymorphic SSR primer pairs. Both distance- and model-based (Bayesian) cluster analysis revealed the presence of structured diversity. In general, the wild-species accessions …

Genes Identified By Visible Mutant Phenotypes Show Increased Bias Toward One Of Two Subgenomes Of Maize, James C. Schnable, Michael Freeling

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Not all genes are created equal. Despite being supported by sequence conservation and expression data, knockout homozygotes of many genes show no visible effects, at least under laboratory conditions. We have identified a set of maize (Zea mays L.) genes which have been the subject of a disproportionate share of publications recorded at MaizeGDB. We manually anchored these ‘‘classical’’ maize genes to gene models in the B73 reference genome, and identified syntenic orthologs in other grass genomes. In addition to proofing the most recent version 2 maize gene models, we show that a subset of these genes, those that …

Dose–Sensitivity, Conserved Non-Coding Sequences, And Duplicate Gene Retention Through Multiple Tetraploidies In The Grasses, James C. Schnable, Brent S. Pedersen, Sabarinath Subramaniam, Michael Freeling

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Whole genome duplications, or tetraploidies, are an important source of increased gene content. Following whole genome duplication, duplicate copies of many genes are lost from the genome. This loss of genes is biased both in the classes of genes deleted and the subgenome from which they are lost. Many or all classes are genes preferentially retained as duplicate copies are engaged in dose sensitive protein–protein interactions, such that deletion of any one duplicate upsets the status quo of subunit concentrations, and presumably lowers fitness as a result. Transcription factors are also preferentially retained following every whole genome duplications studied. This …

Drought Tolerance A Database Of Irrigation Requirements For Woody Plants Of Northern Utah, Samuel Cook, Larry Rupp

CWEL Extension Fact Sheets

The DROUGHT database is based on an extensive review of literature of the water requirements for woody plants adapted to the Northern Utah region. It is intended to increase the resources available to the public to incorporate water efficient principles and plants into the urban landscape. It differs from other lists of plant water requirements in that it is a review of the published literature including citations of previous research and observations. The need for a documented review is apparent as one studies the database. It can be seen that much of the water use assessments used by the industry …

Water-Wise Landscaping: Practical Turfgrass Area, Kelly Kopp, Paul Johnson

CWEL Extension Fact Sheets

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Nebline, March 2011

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Wayne E. Sabbe Arkansas Soil Fertility Studies 2010, Nathan A. Slaton

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Series

Rapid technological changes in crop management and production require that the research efforts be presented in an expeditious manner. The contributions of soil fertility and fertilizers are major production factors in all Arkansas crops.

Basic Turfgrass Care, Kelly Kopp, Paul Johnson

All Current Publications

The basic practices of turfgrass care include mowing, fertilization, and irrigation. In Utah, our climate has a unique effect on the turfgrasses that we grow and proper basic care will help to keep your lawn healthy and attractive.

Water-Wise Landscaping: Practical Turfgrass Areas, Kelly Kopp, Paul Johnson

All Current Publications

Of the seven guiding principles of water-wise landscaping (a.k.a. Xeriscaping™), the most controversial involves the use of turfgrass in the landscape. At times it has seemed that water-wise landscaping might not allow for the use of turfgrasses at all.

Meeting Learning Objectives Through Service-Learning: A Pomology Case Study, Lauren C. Garner

Horticulture and Crop Science

Undergraduate students enrolled in the introductory pomology course at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, from 2007 to 2010, participated in a service-learning project. Students helped the community organization, the California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG), teach grafting skills to San Louis Obispo County high school students and community members. At the end of each quarter, pomology students completed evaluations of their experience. Results of these evaluations were used to improve teaching methodology and the experience in which the students participated. Self-reported and instructor evaluations of the service-learning project demonstrated that students increased their grafting knowledge and skills, their …

Nebline, February 2011

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: Got Bed Bugs? Don't Panic! There are Steps You Can Take

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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.

Carnarvon Plantation Industry Production Statistics 2011, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Wa

Horticulture research reports

The Carnarvon Horticulture District is located along the fertile delta of the Gascoyne River. This irrigated area is one of the most productive in Western Australia for horticulture, producing a wide variety of fruit and vegetable crops including but not limited to bananas, table grapes, mangoes, melons, tomatoes, capsicums & green beans. The majority of Carnarvon's vegetable production occurs during the winter months where sunlight & temperature in Carnarvon is favourable for vegetable production.

This report shows detailed statistics for the horticultural produce of Carnarvon in 2011.

Advanced Master Gardeners 2010, Larry A. Sagers

All Archived Publications

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Campylomma Bug Campylomma Verbasci, Diane G. Alston, Michael E. Reding

All Archived Publications

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White Apple Leafhopper Typhlocyba Pomaria, Diane G. Alston, Michael E. Reding

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

Cat-Facing Insects, Diane G. Alston, Michael E. Reding

All Archived Publications

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European Red Mite Panonychus Ulmi, Diane G. Alston, Michael E. Reding

All Archived Publications

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Codling Moth Cydia Pomonella, Diane G. Alston, Michael E. Reding

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.