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Showing 1 to 20 of 177 for “"Crop Sciences"”.
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Marker-Qtl Associations: Comparisons of Genetic Background Effects in Maize
… statistical techniques not commonly used in crop sciences for identification of marker alleles associated in some manner to QTL. Data from the S$\sb {4:6}$ lines per se and crosses to the Stiff Stalk and Lancaster testers were used for three traits. K-Means clustering and biplots, a form of …
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Soil quality in long-term corn and soybean rotations
Although soil quality is significant for crop productivity, input efficiency, and environmental stewardship, the effect of cropping systems on soil quality has not been examined very thoroughly for most cropping systems in the Midwest. Thus the advantages and disadvantages associated with standard …
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Multifunctional perennial landscape: small farm design in the Upper Sangamon River Watershed
… through the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences titled “Multifunctional Perennial Cropping Systems (MPCS) for Introducing Local Food and Biomass Production for Small Farmers in the Upper Sangamon River Watershed (USRW)”. Spearheaded by Dr. Sarah Taylor Lovell, Assistant Professor at …
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Understanding the mechanisms of the photoperiod flowering pathway in soybean
… for the degree of Master of Science in Crop Sciences in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012 Urbana, Illinois Master’s Committee: Assistant Professor Yoshie Hanzawa Professor Lila Vodkin Professor Randall Nelson Associate Professor Matthew Hudson …
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Impacts of Spring-interseeded Cover Crops on Late-emerging Weed Suppression and Ground Cover in Corn (Zea mays L.) Production Systems
<p>Any alternative crop management strategy will only be adopted by growers if yield is not negatively impacted, fits within a current management practice, is easily implementable with minimal cost, or provides other beneficial features such as weed control or suppression. Corn production that …
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Use of an Optical Sorter to Select for Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Kernel Color
<p>Pure, white-kernel colored (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars are needed for new end-use markets, and selection tools are necessary to help wheat breeders differentiate and efficiently separate white and red colored kernels within segregating populations to develop new white-kernel colored wheat …
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Combining and mapping QTL for fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance in wheat
<p>Fusarium head blight (FHB) has become one of the most damaging wheat diseases in humid and semi-humid regions around the world. Single gene resistance to FHB in wheat provides only partial resistance and also the disease severity is highly influenced by environment. Consequently multiple genes …
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Effects of Soybean Cultivars and Planting Dates on Biomass Production
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is a valuable source of edible food and organic nitrogen. Soybean cultivar development and cultural practices have been directed toward seed production rather than forage or green manure production. Recent environmental concerns have resulted in renewed interest in …
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Oats as a Companion Crop for Alfalfa: Establishment Methods
Companion crops are commomly seeded with alfalfa in the spring as an establishment method. The objectives of this research were to evaluate the performance of seedling Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) in terms of yield when grown with spring oats (Avena sativa) as a companion crop and to evaluate the …
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Efficacy, Phytotoxicity, and Cover Crop Response of Herbicide Combinations in Dark Fire Cured Tobacco
… to evaluate efficacy, phytotoxicity, and cover crop response of herbicide combinations in dark fire cured tobacco. A randomized complete block design was used with nine treatments replicated three times. Hydroponic tobacco transplants (c.v. 'TND950') were established on May 20,1999 in a …
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