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The influence of fusarium species on sweet potato plant performance, root yield and quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a global important food crop, that has recorded an increase in the consumption, and demand for especially organically produced...
A study of the variations in chemical composition of the timothy and wheat plants during growth and ripening
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
Regarding previous investigations carried out on the chemical composition of timothy and wheat plants, very little work has been made upon wheat roots, no report has been made upon timothy bulbs and no separation has been made of the timothy stalks...
"Send only your serious cases" : delivering flu to Toronto: an anthropological analysis of the 1918-19 influenza epidemic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This project looks at the 1918-19 pandemic influenza experience in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Based on historical records (most notably death registries and archival material) this work strives to understand the social, biological, and environmental...
Remembering Recess: Recess at the Turn of Century and Its Implications for Today
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 5/5/2006)
As of 2001, 40% of the nation's school officials in charge of elementary schools
have decided to eliminate recess from the schools curriculum. Despite protests from
parents, children, and growing concern from researchers, ...
Three essays on Renewable Portfolio Standards
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
production prices. We extend the framework to incorporate the influence of renewable electricity policy (RPS) and other agricultural policy (CRP). The coefficients of the composite price index are positively related to acreage, while the coefficients...
A study of the property rights constraints in US agricultural cooperatives : theory and evidence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1998)
This research addresses the issue of efficient user-owned and controlled organizational design. Using agricultural cooperatives as an example set of user-owned and controlled institutional arrangements, the economic issue examined is the degree...
Comparison of sensory characteristics, and instrumental flavor compounds analysis of milk produced by three production methods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The objectives of this research were to carry out an analytical and sensory comparative studies on the flavor constituents of milk from three production systems: organic (O), pasture-feed based system (P), and conventional ...
Impact of grazing stockpiled tall fescue of lactating beef cows
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Two experiments are described, in which fall-calving cow-calf pairs grazed stockpiled tall fescue at three different endophyte infection levels (20, 51, and 89%) and four forage allowances (2.25, 3.00, 3.75, and 4.50% of BW). A hay feeding treatment...
To whom much is given: a study of Black female leadership within the context of spouses of historically Black college and university presidents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
First Ladies who are married to presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) and use platforms that they did not actively seek to engage in the uplift of others. Additionally, the purpose of this study was to understand...
Nested association mapping and accuracy of predicting genomic breeding value for agronomic and seed composition traits in three interspecific soybean populations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
, and PI522226). Field tests were conducted in Albany, Columbia, Novelty and Rock Port, Missouri for two years, 2016 and 2017, in an augmented incomplete block design with one replication in 2016 and two replications in 2017. The nested association mapping...
The energy requirements for the normal growth of dairy heifers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
Text from introduction: "There are at least two reasons why more definite knowledge of the energy requirements of growing cattle are desirable. First, the energy requirement of the animal is known to be high and because ...
Vegetation management along roadside and railroad right-of-ways
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
to restrict weed emergence. Field studies in central Illinois (three), Missouri (one), and Kansas (one) were established in 2015 and 2016 to compare fall single versus multiple application timings of residual herbicides from fall through the following summer...
Effects of a consortia probiotic inoculant on soil microorganisms and impacts on autoinducers employed in quorum sensing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Disease control in plant agriculture is largely achieved through application of various antimicrobials. Manipulation of indigenous soil microbial communities received attention as it promises improved pathogen control and enhanced plant outputs...
An assessment of UAV technology and shattercane population dynamics to improve pest management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) outfitted for pesticide application have the potential to improve application efficiency under conditions challenging for traditional, ground-based equipment. UAV-applied treatments had 21-32 ...
The spectacle haunting Europe: colonialism, commercialism, and everyday images of Africa in imperial Germany
(2014-07-30)
This study examined the simultaneous creation of a visual, consumer, and
colonial culture in a rapidly industrializing and newly formed German nation-state
from 1884-1914. By juxtaposing state policies and German colonial ...
Effects of riparian buffer width on stream salamander populations in the southern Appalachian Mountains
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Salamanders in the Appalachian region have been extensively studied, but the majority of research assessing the impacts of logging has focused on terrestrial species that are not dependent on stream habitats for egg ...
Habitat use and home range of American bitterns (Botuarus lentiginosus) and monitoring of inconspicuous marsh birds in northwest Minnesota
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Information on habitat use of the American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) and a statistically valid survey design for monitoring changes in populations of inconspicuous marsh birds, which include American and Least Bitterns ...
‘It’s Because of Her Success the Rest of the Hive Succeeds’: The American Honey Queen Program and Women’s Advocacy in Twentieth-Century Apiculture
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
This study examines the foundational decades of the American Beekeeping Federation’s
American Honey Queen Program from the 1950s through the 1990s. While women have played
vital roles in American apiculture, their ...
Dry milling characteristics and polyphenolic contents of adapted colored corn varieties and polyphenol extraction by combining deep eutectic solvents and ultrasound
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
breeding program at the University of Missouri and their milling coproducts were ascertained and compared with a commercial purple corn. With mean large grits yield of 22.98 percent (db), colored varieties had a dominant softer endosperm composition...
Experiences of racialized classism among first-generation and economically-marginalized U.S. college students of color : a critical thematic analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
"-class status. These forces contribute to their regular exposure to racialized forms of classism. This study investigates how classism is experienced as racialized among first-generation and economically-marginalized (FGEM) university students from these groups...