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Showing 1 to 20 of 291 for “"Plant Sciences"”.
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Graduate students' motivation to teach plant sciences to K-12 audiences
… the "Partnership for Research and Education in Plant Breeding and Genetics" grant sought to train graduate plant science students (<em> N</em> = 17) to disseminate their research to K-12 audiences. Graduate students participated in outreach teacher training using Learner-Centered Teaching (LCT) …
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Utilizing Beneficial Bacterial Endophytes to Promote Switchgrass Growth in Low- input Agricultural Production Systems
… Bacterial endophytes, which reside inside plant tissues, are proven to increase yield and stress resistance in a number of plants. The primary objective of this dissertation was to explore the use of endophytes to improve biomass yields of switchgrass on lands not suitable for food crops …
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Using Dictyostelium discoideum to develop flavonoid therapeutics for polycystic kidney disease: the role of MATE transporters
… compounds was adapted from a method used in plant sciences, enhancing the flavonoid fluorescence emission with conjugated NA. In conjunction with LC-MS, in vivo cellular localisation and differential uptake of flavonoids could then be observed and quantified. Hesperetin and naringenin did not …
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Pre-industrial to 2000 ppm; soybean response to increasing CO2
… the critical role that this gas has on plant physiology. It is now essential to assess the responses of our major crop systems to even higher [CO2] as these photosynthetic and physiological responses may determine our food security in the next century. The majority of previous studies …
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The enchantment of Western Herbal Medicine
… cases reveal some sort of ‘enchantment’ with plants or herbal medicines as being important for their practices. Enchantment is characterized as a sensual affective energy and is situated among debates, initiated by Max Weber, on the place of enchantment and disenchantment in the modern world. …
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The Enchantment of Western Herbal Medicine
… cases reveal some sort of ‘enchantment’ with plants or herbal medicines as being important for their practices. Enchantment is characterized as a sensual affective energy and is situated among debates, initiated by Max Weber, on the place of enchantment and disenchantment in the modern world. …
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Imaging nanoscale pollen morphology with Superresolution Structured Illumination Microscopy
Applications in the plant sciences that stem from disciplines as diverse as phylogenetics, physiology, and paleoecology all require ever-increasing imaging resolutions for accurate investigations of morphological hypotheses. Of these applications, the visualization of nanoscale plant morphology, …
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Nutritional and Bioactive Characterisation of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Green Shoots as a Protein-Rich Leafy Vegetable
… of this research conducted by the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan lies in the development and systematic evaluation of reciprocal grain × vegetable crosses; in parallel, the Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences characterized the nutritional profile of the …
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Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in Soybean
… chlorosis (IDC), a physiological problem with plants grown in high pH calcareous soils. Planting tolerant varieties is the best approach to meet the challenge. Currently, the variety development is limited by lack of genetic resources and knowledge about mechanisms of resistance to IDC. The …
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Evaluation of Mycotoxin Accumulation and Bran Thickness Between Red and White Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Near-Isogenic Lines
… were collected from both infected and uninfected plants. To compare accumulation of DON in the kernel bran layers, the samples were pearl-milled to produce bran and non-bran fractions. Regardless of genotype, DON accumulation in bran fractions was significantly higher than in non-bran fractions. …
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Impact of Low-Amylose, Waxy Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Flour Blends on Functional Tortilla Characteristics
<p>The impact of wheat flour starch components affecting end-use quality in food products is not well understood. However, the breeding of waxy wheat lines having low levels of amylose starch has provided new possibilities to characterize the impact of starch on end-use food quality and …
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Simultaneous Mapping and Pyramiding of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance Loci in Wheat Breeding Populations
<p>QTL linkage analysis for plants has relied on large single-cross mapping populations derived from phenotypically divergent parent lines. This approach creates a disjunction between QTL mapping and marker-assisted breeding efforts aimed at pyramiding QTL, since no direct bridge exists between the …
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Assessment of Hard Red Spring Wheat Germplasm for Germination in Sub-Optimal Temperatures
<p>Early planting of hard red spring wheat (HRSW; Triticum aestivum L.) tends to extend the period of vegetative growth and can help maximize agronomic productivity. Improved germination performance in sub-optimal temperatures, or cold temperature germination tolerance (CTGT), is therefore a …
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