Theses/Dissertations from 2012
STEER AND TALL FESCUE PASTURE RESPONSES TO GRAZING INTENSITY AND CHEMICAL SEEDHEAD SUPPRESSION, Ben M. Goff
THE ROLE OF AUXIN RESISTANT 1 (AXR1) IN ARABIDOPSIS CYTOKININ SIGNALING, Yan Li
SENSING DEVELOPMENT OF A SOYBEAN CANOPY UNDER P OR K NUTRITIONAL STRESS, Martin M. Navarro
INVASIVE ECOLOGY OF EXOTIC OLD WORLD BLUESTEM GRASSES AND INSIGHTS FOR COASTAL PRAIRIE RESTORATION IN SOUTH TEXAS, Marvin E. Ruffner
SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: RESULTS FROM A TEMPERATE KENTUCKY PASTURE, Lindsey C. Slaughter
USING AN ACTIVE OPTICAL SENSOR TO IMPROVE NITROGEN MANAGEMENT IN CORN PRODUCTION, Donato Titolo
THE EFFECT OF INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON WEED POPULATIONS AND BIOMASS, PASTURE PRODUCTIVITY, ECONOMIC RETURNS, AND FORAGE QUALITY WITH AND WITHOUT GRAZING, Joshua Allen Tolson
Method Development for Detecting and Characterizing Manufactured Silver Nanoparticles in Soil Pore Water Using Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation, Annie R. Whitley
EVALUATING STREAMSIDE MANAGEMENT ZONE EFFECTIVENESS IN FORESTED WATERSHEDS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, Emma Lela Witt
Dissertations from 2011
USING MANUAL DEFOLIATION TO SIMULATE SOYBEAN RUST: EFFECT ON GROWTH AND YIELD FORMATION, Abdullah Mohammad Aqeel
THE RESPONSE OF TALL FESCUE AND ITS FUNGAL ENDOPHYTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, Glade Blythe Brosi
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WD REPEAT PROTEINS, AtCstF50 AND AtFY IN CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION, Lavanya Dampanaboina
RESTORATION OF TALL FESCUE PASTURES TO NATIVE WARM SEASON GRASSLANDS: DOES A FUNGAL ENDOPHYTE SYMBIOSIS PLAY A ROLE IN RESTORATION SUCCESS?, Sarah Lynn Hall
MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL DISSECTION OF CELLULOSE BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS, Darby M. Harris
T-PHYLLOPLANIN AND CIS-ABIENOL, TWO NATURAL PRODUCTS FROM TOBACCO HAVE BROAD SPECTRUM, ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITIES, Brian Christopher King
NOZZLE TYPE AND ARRANGEMENT ALTERNATIVES FOR IMPROVED APPLICATION OF SUCKERCIDES IN BURLEY TOBACCO (Nicotiana tabacum L.), Beau Robert Neal
ELUCIDATING THE BIOCHEMICAL WIZARDRY OF TRITERPENE METABOLISM IN BOTROYCOCCUS BRAUNII, Thomas Daniel Niehaus
BEEF CATTLE GRAZING PREFERENCE OF TALL FESCUE AS AFFECTED BY ENDOPHYTE, Herbert Troye Owens III
SMALL MAMMAL POPULATIONS IN SWITCHGRASS STANDS MANAGED FOR BIOMASS PRODUCTION COMPARED TO HAY AND CORN FIELDS IN KENTUCKY, Laura Mary Jane Schwer
CONCEPTUALIZING AND IMPROVING RED WINE GRAPE CULTIVARS GROWN IN KENTUCKY, Matthew Simson
CHARACTERIZATION OF G10H PROMOTER AND ISOLATION OF WRKY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS INVOLVED IN CATHARANTHUS TERPENOID INDOLE ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAY, Nitima Suttpanta
Dissertations from 2010
CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL CARBON STABILIZATION IN LONG-TERM ROW-CROPPED AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS, Soraya Patricia Alvarado-Ochoa
EFFECTS OF LIVESTOCK ANTIBIOTICS ON NITRIFICATION, DENITRIFICATION, AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITON IN SOILS ALONG A TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENT, Sagarika Banerjee
EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE OF NICOTINE TO NORNICOTINE CONVERSION, ITS REGULATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EIN2 MEDIATED ETHYLENE SIGNALING IN TOBACCO, Manohar Chakrabarti
SPINY AMARANTH CONTROL AND AMINOPYRALID PERSISTENCE IN KENTUCKY PASTURES, Meghan Elizabeth Edwards