Theses from 2011
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
EVALUATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF SEED LOT QUALITY IN EASTERN GAMAGRASS [Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.], Cynthia Hensley Finneseth
MODELING WATER USE IN NURSERY CROPS, Amy Fulcher
IMPROVEMENT OF NEW OIL CROPS FOR KENTUCKY, Watchareewan Jamboonsri
GRAZING EVALUATION OF A NOVEL ENDOPHYTE TALL FESCUE DEVELOPED FOR THE UPPER TRANSITION ZONE, Jennifer Michelle Johnson
IMPACT OF HIGH-INPUT PRODUCTION PRACTICES ON SOYBEAN YIELD, Daniel L. Jordan
SOIL WATER AND CROP GROWTH PROCESSES IN A FARMER'S FIELD, Susmitha Surendran Nambuthiri
EFFECT OF LOW AND HIGH- KINETIC ENERGY WETTING ON QUALITY OF SEDIMENT PRODUCED BY INTERRILL EROSION, Eduardo Abel Rienzi
CHROMIUM, COPPER, AND ARSENIC CONCENTRATION AND SPECIATION IN SOIL ADJACENT TO CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE (CCA) TREATED LUMBER ALONG A TOPOHYDROSEQUENCE, Donald Roy Schwer III
PHYLLOPLANINS: NOVEL ANTIFUNGAL PROTEINS ON PLANT LEAF SURFACES, Ryan William Shepherd
COVER CROPS AND TILLAGE SYSTEMS FOR ORGANIC CORN PRODUCTION IN KENTUCKY, Alfonso Suarez