Browsing Plant Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2015 Fall"
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Comparison of co-granulated fertilziers to equivalent blends of phosphorus, sulfur, and zinc in a corn-soybean rotation
(University of Missouri--ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] High yielding corn and soybean production systems in Missouri have renewed an interest in micronutrient management such as sulfur (S) which is essential ... -
A comprehensive, systems-biology analysis of the response of soybean root hairs and stripped roots to heat stress
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Heat stress is likely to be a key factor in the negative impact of climate change on crop production. Heat stress significantly influences the functions of roots, which provide support, water and nutrients to other plant ... -
DNA insulator minimizing interactions between adjacent transgenes, transcriptomes contrasting callus induction of somatic embryogenesis in maize B73
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In plants, transgene expression and inheritance patterns are either in some cases unpredictable or in most cases vary between different transgenic ... -
Effects of western corn rootworm larval feeding, drought, and their interaction on maize performance and rootworm development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Both water deficit and western corn rootworm can affect maize yield and previous anecdotal evidence in the field had suggested that when both plant stress factors were present, the effect on maize was greater than would ... -
Emergence and control of horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)*Horseweed (Conyza canadensis (L). Cronq.) traditionally has been viewed as a winter annual. However, farmers report increased problems managing horseweed that emerges in the spring. In the fall of 2013 and 2014, emergence ... -
Estimating above and below ground vegetation biomass and carbon storage across an intra-urban land-use gradient in mid-Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)*Urbanization includes a gradient of disturbance along which impacts on vegetative communities can widely vary. Urban forests play a vital role as carbon sinks for atmospheric carbon dioxide. In order to further understanding ... -
Molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance in plants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Environmental stress conditions such as drought, salt stress and pathogenic fungi affect negatively plant growth and productivity. Therefore, it is necessary to search for new genetic components and strategies for improving ...