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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.
FROM CODE TO CROPS: HARNESSING BIOINFORMATICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN AGRICULTURAL OMICS , Lakshay Anand
IDENTIFYING PHYSIOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND GENETIC DRIVERS OF KEY INTERMEDIARY PHENOTYPIC TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH STALK LODGING RESISTANCE WITHIN GENETICALLY DIVERSE MAIZE GERMPLASM AND SORGHUM , Norbert Bokros
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MULTIPLE STRESSORS, NANOMATERIALS AND A PATHOGEN, IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS , Jarad Cochran
SURVEYS, FIELD STUDIES, AND LABORATORY INCUBATION EXPERIMENTS TO IMPROVE ALFALFA PRODUCTION IN THE MID-SOUTH , William Fleming
EVALUATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ITALIAN RYEGRASS (LOLIUM PERENNE SSP. MULTIFLORUM) USING HARVEST WEED SEED CONTROL AT WINTER WHEAT HARVEST IN KENTUCKY , Hayden Love
EVALUATION OF WINTER CEREAL COVER CROPS ACROSS NITROGEN MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN NO-TILL CORN PRODUCTION , Robert Nalley
THE EFFECTS OF POTASSIUM FERTILIZATION REGIME ON HIGH TUNNEL TOMATO PRODUCTION , Sapana Pandey
SILICON FERTILIZATION IN COOL-SEASON TURFGRASSES , Cheng Qian
The roles of mRNA polyadenylation factors in plant growth and development , Lichun Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023
Understanding The Basis for Increased 2,4-D Tolerance in Red Clover (Trifolium pratense): Field Evaluations, Metabolism, and Gene Expression , Lucas Pinheiro de Araujo
MANAGEMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE ( MELOIDOGYNE SPP.) IN KENTUCKY HIGH TUNNELS , Victoria Bajek
Nitrogen Behavior in a No-Tillage Agroecosystem Located in the Inner Bluegrass of Kentucky , Alec William Besinger Mr.
Building a Kentucky Baguette: Agronomic Traits, Bread Baking Quality Measurements, and Sensory Evaluation of Modern and Landrace Wheat Cultivars Grown Under Conventional and Organic Nitrogen Management , Bryan Brady
Improving Baking Quality of Soft Red Winter Wheat in Kentucky Through Breeding and Sulfur-Nitrogen Fertility Management , Maria Paula Castellari
Comparison of Botanical Composition Methods and Change Over Time in Kentucky Pastures , Echo Elizabeth Gotsick
EFFECTS OF FUNGICIDE PROGRAMS AND LOWER LEAF REMOVAL ON WRAPPER LEAF PRODUCTION IN CONNECTICUT BROADLEAF CIGAR WRAPPER TOBACCO , Caleb Haygan Perkins
MULTI-OMIC ANALYSIS OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION INDUCED PLANT REJUVENATION IN GRAPEVINES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GENERATION OF LOCALLY ADAPTED CULTIVARS USING EPIGENETICS , Tajbir Raihan
LATERAL SPACING OF SUBSURFACE POULTRY LITTER BANDS: EFFECT ON GASEOUS NITROGEN EMISSIONS, NUTRIENT UPTAKE, AND MAIZE YIELD , Jason R. Simmons
Winter Rye ( Secale cereale L.) Management and Production Profitability in Kentucky, and Heritability of Sensory Attributes , Elzbieta Szuleta
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF EPIGENETIC MEMORY OF STRESS ESTABLISHMENT AND LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE IN A PERENNIAL WOODY PLANT , Jia Wen Tan
EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL CONTROL OPTIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH ANGULAR LEAF SPOT ( PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TABACI ) , Andrea Brooke Webb
Species-specific microsymbiont discrimination mediated by a Medicago receptor kinase , Xiaocheng Yu
Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022
Understanding the cellular and physiological mechanisms of fertilization and early-stage seed development , Mohammad Foteh Ali
OPTIMIZING NITROGEN MANAGEMENT IN WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED BREAD BAKING QUALITY , Ammar Sadiq Mahdi Al Zubade
Remote Sensing for Quantifying C3 and C4 Grass Ratios in Pastures , Jordyn Alyssa Bush
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Lukas Hallberg Phosphorus supply and floodplain design govern phosphorus reduction capacity in remediated agricultural streams
Tobia s Klöffel Soil structure and water management in a changing climate
Olive Tuyishime Drainage intensity in paddy rice fields : nitrogen flows, salinity, rice yield and greenhouse gas emissions
Elsa Arrazola Vasquez Effects of soil compaction on burrowing and energy costs of different earthworm species
Katrin Rychel Fertilizer placement for improved nitrogen use efficiency and mitigation of N2O emissions
Marius Tuyishime Phosphorus chemistry in managed forest soils : effects of weathering and wood ash fertilisation
Sandra Wolters Towards synthesis for nitrogen fertilisation using a decision support system
Karl Adler Digital soil mapping and portable X-ray fluorescence prediction of cadmium, copper and zinc concentrations as decision support for crop production
Fahri Hasby Impacts of clear-cutting on soil fungal communities and their activities in boreal forests - A metatranscriptomic approach
Jumpei Fukumasu Relations between soil organic carbon, soil structure and physical processes in an agricultural topsoil - The role of soil mineral constituents
Benjamin Gossweiler Impacts of land use change on river streamflow and water quality in a semi-arid catchment. Assessment of catchment under rapid and uncontrolled urbanization
Karolina Jörgensen Comparing effects of endogenous and anthropogenic nitrogen supply on ectomycorrhizal fungi
Jens Blomquist Effects of structure liming on clay soil
Hugo de Campos Pereira Binding of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in soil - Effects of solution chemistry, soil properties, and PFAS structure
Gizachew Tarekegn Getahun Subsoil improvement for sustainable intensification: impact of loosening with straw incorporation or liming on subsoil properties, crop performance and water quality
Sabina Braun Long-term phosphorus supply in agricultural soils : size and dynamics of fast- and slow-desorbing phosphorus pools
Daniel Aviles Ribera Soil Erosion and Mass Movement in Agricultural Drainage Ditches
Frank Schmieder Phosphorus speciation in Swedish arable soils with high leaching potential
Marguerite Mukangango Potential of Acacia angustissima , Leucaena pallida and Mimosa scabrella in agroforestry systems on a Rwandan Ferralsol.
Linnea Hansson Impacts of forestry operations on soil physical properties, water and temperature dynamics
Julia Kyaschenko Fungal communities as determinants of carbon dynamics in boreal forest soils
Åsa Löv New insights into solubility control mechanisms and the role of particle- and colloid-facilitated transport of metals in contaminated soils
Matthew Riddle Phosphorus leaching from Swedish arable organic soils - quantification and mitigation using biochar
Mário Neves Gonçalo Chilundo Effects of irrigation and fertiliser management on water and nitrogen use efficiency in maize on a semi-arid loamy sandy soil
Emilio Magaia Technologies for improved water use efficiency in small-scale maize production in a semi-arid region
Lisbet Norberg Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cultivated Organic Soils - Effect of Cropping System, Soil Type and Drainage
Maria Sandin Surface and subsurface transport pathways for pesticides to surface waters - Improving understanding of the effects of spatial and temporal variation in soil properties
Helena Andersson The Role of Subsoil Properties for Phosphorus Leaching in Agricultural Soils
Ann Kristin Eriksson Phosphorus speciation in Swedish agricultural clay soils. Influence of fertilization and mineralogy
Karin Hamnér Micronutrients in cereal crops - Impact of nutrient management and soil properties
Sabine Jordan Greenhouse gas emissions from rewetted extracted peatlands in Sweden
Martin Rappe George Nitrogen in Soil Water of Coniferous Forests - Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances
Charlotta Tiberg Metal sorption to ferrihydrite - Phosphate effects, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and surface complexation modelling
Workneh Bedada Compost and fertilizer - alternatives or complementary? management feasibility and long-term effects on soil fertility in an Ethiopian village
Kristina Mjöfors Effects of site preparation and stump harvest on carbon dynamics in forest soils
Masud Parvage Impact of Horse-keeping on Phosphorus (P) Concentrations in Soil and Water
Karin Steffens Modelling Climate Change Impacts on Pesticide Leaching - Uncertainty and Scenario Analysis at Field and Regional Scales
Veera Kainiemi Tillage effects on soil respiration in Swedish arable soils
Pia Kynkäänniemi Small Wetlands Designed for Phosphorus Retention in Swedish Agricultural Areas
Maja Larsson Vanadium in soils - Chemistry and Ecotoxicitys
Lorenzo Menichetti Improving our understanding of carbon cycling in agroecosystems by studying δ¹³C signatures in soil carbon stocks and fluxe - results from a Swedish long-term field experiment
Åsa Myrbeck Soil tillage influences on soil mineral nitrogen and nitrate leaching in Swedish arable soils
Annika Svanbäck Mitigation of Phosphorus Leaching from Agricultural Soils - Improved Fertilization and Soil Structure
Stefan Bengtsson Interception and storage of wet deposited radionuclides in crops - field experiments and modelling
Jian Liu Phosphorus leaching as influenced by animal manure and catch crops
Abdul Ghafoor Understanding the causes of spatial variation in pesticide sorption and degradation at the catchment scale
Thord Karlsson Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in agricultural soils: Model applications at different scales in time and space
Carina Ortiz Sink or source? Uncertainties in large scale model predictions of forest soil organic carbon dynamics
Örjan Berglund Greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated peat soils in Sweden
Kristin Boye Sulfur cycling in Swedish arable soils - a chemical perspective
Lena Engström Nitrogen dynamics in crop sequences with winter oilseed rape and winter wheat
Anna Lindahl Sources of pesticide losses to surface waters and groundwater at field and landscape scales
Osvaldo Salazar Modelling water discharge and nitrogen loads from drained agricultural land at field and watershed scale
Johanna Wetterlind Improved farm soil mapping using near infrared reflection spectroscopy
Ylva Andrist Rangel Quantifying mineral sources of potassium in agricultural soils
Joris van Schaik Binding of metals to macromolecular organic acids in natural waters: does organic matter?
Lovisa Stjernman Forsberg Reclamation of copper mine tailings using sewage sludge
Mulugeta Zewdie Temporal changes of biomass production, soil properties and ground flora in Eucalyptus globulus plantations in the Central highlands of Ethiopia
Monica Östman Ageing landfills: development and processes
Dissertations at the Department of Soil Sciences 2002 - 2007
Sara Elfstrand Impact of green manure on soil organisms: with emphasis on microbial community composition and function
Yariv Cohen Phosphorus recovery from urban wastes and ashes
Fredrik Stenemo Vulnerability assessments of pesticide leaching to groundwater
Fantaw Yimer Soil properties in relation to topographic aspects, vegetation communities and land use in the south-eastern highlands of Ethiopia
Nguyen Manh Khai Effects of using wastewater and biosolids as nutrient sources on accumulation and behaviour of trace metals in Vietnamese soils
Göran Ekbladh Plant analysis as a tool to determine crop nitrogen status: towards leaf area based measurements
Karin Ljung Metals in urban playground soils: distribution and bioaccessibility
Helena Bengtsson Nutrient and trace element flows and balances at the Öjebyn dairy farm: aspects of temporal and spatial variation and management practices
Sofia Delin Site-specific nitrogen fertilization demand in relation to plant available soil nitrogen and water
John Löfkvist Modifying soil structure using plant roots
Mats Larsbo An improved dual-permeability model of solute transport in structured soils: model development and parameter identification in laboratory and field experiments
Kristina Röing Soil nitrogen fluxes in Swedish and Nigerian agricultural systems
Mats Linde Trace metals in urban soils: Stockholm as a case study
Mats Fröberg Processes controlling production and transport of dissolved organic carbon in forest soils
Katarina Kyllmar Nitrogen leaching in small agricultural catchments: modelling and monitoring for assessing state, trends and effects of counter-measures
Thomas Keller Soil compaction and soil tillage - studies in agricultural soil mechanics
Andreas Trautner On soil behaviour during field traffic
Sophie Gunnarsson Optimisation of N release: influence of plant material chemical composition on C and N mineralization
Petra Bergkvist Long-term fate of sewage-sludge derived cadmium in arable soils: laboratory and field experiments, and modelling with SLAM and WHAM
Gudrun Sjöberg Lignin degradation: long-term effects of nitrogen addition on decomposition of forest soil organic matter
Katarina Börling Phosphorus sorption, accumulation and leaching: effects of long-term inorganic fertilization of cultivated soils
Anke Herrmann Predicting nitrogen mineralization from soil organic matter - a chimera?
Mykhaylo Vinichuk Radiocaesium in the fungal compartment of forest ecosystems
Ingela Berggren Rhizosphere of peas, impact of bacterial interactions on symbiosis
Gunilla Jansson Cadmium in arable crops: the influence of soil factors and liming
Pål Andersson Nitrogen turnover in Swedish spruce forest ecosystems: effects of nitrogen deposition
Ingrid Wesström Controlled drainage - effects on subsurface outflow and nitrogen flows
Dissertations at the Department of Forest Soils 2002 - 2007
Lars Rosenqvist Afforestation of former arable land in north-western Europe: nitrate leaching, carbon sequestration and water recharge
Caroline Rothpfeffer From wood to waste and waste to wood: aspects on recycling waste products from the pulp mill to the forest soil
Bekele Lemma Impact of exotic tree plantations on carbon and nutrient dynamics in abandoned farmland soils of southwestern Ethiopia
Mulugeta Lemenih Effects of land use changes on soil quality and native flora degradation and restoration in the highlands of Ethiopia: implications for sustainable land management
Mikaeel Faituri Soil organic matter in Mediterranean and Scandinavivan forest ecosystems - dynamics of organic matter, nutrients, and monomeric phenolic compounds
Elve Lode Natural mire hydrology in restoration of peatland functions
Anja Lomander Organic matter turnover in forest and arable land: temperature and moisture effects and dynamics of heavy metals
Jorge Mendoza Influences of land use/land cover and soil type on amounts of soil organic carbon and soil characteristics
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, WONDO GENET COLLEGE OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCE, SCHOOL OF GRADUAT STUDIES, HAWASSA UNIVERSITY, WONDO GENET, ... atmosphere and the local effects of trees being cut down that otherwise cause soil erosion, desertification, loss of soil fertility, and landslides (Marry et al ...
A Thesis submitted to the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN SOIL SCIENCE MAY, 2017