College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS): Recent submissions
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Integrating repellent and attractant semiochemicals into a push-pull strategy for ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
(2019-05)Non-native ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), especially Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff), Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) and Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford), are destructive wood-boring pests of trees ... -
Association Analysis of Baking and Milling Quality Traits in an Elite Soft Red Winter Wheat Population
(2019-05)Although grain yield is the most important trait for growers, milling and baking industries demand high-quality and scab-free grains for various end products. To accelerate breeding of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars ... -
Registration of 'Vision 50' Wheat
(2019-03-28)'Vision 50' (Reg. No. CV-1152, PI 679953), a hard red winter (HRW) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar, was derived from the cross 'Jagalene'/'Provinciale' using a modified bulk breeding method. Vision 50 was tested as ... -
Acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation of soluble and hydrolyzed sugars in apple pomace by Clostridium beijerinckii P260
(2019-05-15)The decreasing supply of fossil fuels and increasing environmental concern of food waste disposal have raised interests in food waste conversation to biofuels such as butanol. Apple pomace, a food processing waste rich in ... -
Compost Feedstock and Compost Acidification Affect Growth and Mineral Nutrition in Northern Highbush Blueberry
(2019-06)Newmarkets for organic northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) have stimulated interest in using composts specifically tailored to the plant's edaphic requirements. Because composts are typically neutral to ... -
Home on the Digital Range: Ranchers' Web Access and Use
(2019-06)Access to the Internet continues to grow in rural areas, ensuring ranchers will have increasing opportunities to use the Web to find information about management practices that may provide them ecological and financial ... -
Climate and lawn management interact to control C-4 plant distribution in residential lawns across seven US cities
(2019-06)In natural grasslands, C-4 plant dominance increases with growing season temperatures and reflects distinct differences in plant growth rates and water use efficiencies of C-3 vs. C-4 photosynthetic pathways. However, in ... -
Salmon-derived nutrient and organic matter fluxes from a coastal catchment in southeast Alaska
(2019-06)Salmon are important vectors for biogeochemical transport across ecosystem boundaries. Here we quantified salmon contributions to annual catchment fluxes of nutrients (N and P) and organic matter (C, N, and P) from a ... -
Responses of Overwintering Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) to Dead Conspecifics
(2019-02-13)Overwintering brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys) (Stal) are a notable domestic nuisance. In addition to disruptive activity, dead individuals remain in homes, sometimes in large numbers. To better understand ... -
Size Restrictions on the Passage of Overwintering Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Through Openings
(2019-06)Intentional and unintentional openings in a building's envelope provide opportunities for unwanted pests to enter buildings. The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stal), is one such pest, causing a significant ... -
Genome assembly provides insights into the genome evolution and flowering regulation of orchardgrass
(2020-02)Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) is an important forage grass for cultivating livestock worldwide. Here, we report an similar to 1.84-Gb chromosome-scale diploid genome assembly of orchardgrass, with a contig N50 of ... -
Cellular and Transcriptional Responses of Resistant and Susceptible Cultivars of Alfalfa to the Root Lesion Nematode, Pratylenchus penetrans
(2019-07-31)The root lesion nematode (RLN), Pratylenchus penetrans, is a migratory species that attacks a broad range of crops, including alfalfa. High levels of infection can reduce alfalfa forage yields and lead to decreased cold ... -
Managing Fusarium Head Blight in Winter Barley With Cultivar Resistance and Fungicide
(2019-08)Although there has been research on managing Fusarium head blight (FHB) in spring barley, little has been published on cultivar resistance and optimal fungicide timing for FHB management in winter barley. A 3-year (2015 ... -
Harvest weed seed control of Italian ryegrass [Lolium perenne L. ssp. multiflorum (Lam.) Husnot], common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), and Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson)
(2019-08)Herbicide resistance is a major problem in United States and global agriculture, driving farmers to consider other methods of weed control. One of these methods is harvest weed seed control (HWSC), which has been demonstrated ... -
Sampling Methods for Adventive Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in a Wild Tree Host of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
(2019-08)Halyomorpha halys (Stal) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is an invasive pest that has established in much of the United States. Adventive populations of an effective Asian egg parasitoid of H. halys, Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) ... -
Phosphorus and the Chesapeake Bay: Lingering Issues and Emerging Concerns for Agriculture
(2019-09)Hennig Brandt's discovery of phosphorus (P) occurred during the early European colonization of the Chesapeake Bay region. Today, P, an essential nutrient on land and water alike, is one of the principal threats to the ... -
Dolomite and Micronutrient Fertilizer Affect Phosphorus Fate in Pine Bark Substrate used for Containerized Nursery Crop Production
(2019-09)Dolomite and a micronutrient fertilizer are routinely incorporated into a pine bark-based soilless substrate when producing containerized nursery crops, yet the effect of these amendments on phosphorus (P) is not well ... -
Registration of USDA-N6003LP Soybean Germplasm with Low Seed Phytate
(2019-09)Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] meal is the main source of protein in poultry and swine rations worldwide. Phytate, the main storage form of phosphorous in soybean meal, is largely indigestible by monogastric animals and, ... -
Ground application of mating disruption against the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
(2019-09)The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), is a non-native defoliating insect that continues to expand its range in North America and undergo periodic outbreaks. In management efforts to suppress ... -
Effect of pre-harvest exposures to adult Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on feeding injury to apple cultivars at harvest and during post-harvest cold storage
(2019-10)The effect of exposing apples to brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, for discrete intervals before harvest and of post-harvest cold storage on feeding injury expression was evaluated in 2011 and 2012. Individual ...
