Dissertations from 2024
ROLE OF GLUTATHIONE DEGRADATION PATHWAY GENES FOR GLUTATHIONE HOMEOSTASIS AND TOXIC METAL TOLERANCE IN PLANTS, Gurpal Singh, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Dissertations from 2023
Using Cover Crops and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi to Enhance the Sustainability of Hardneck Garlic Production in the Northeast, Alexandra Smychkovich, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
THE ROLE OF NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER IN THE FORMATION OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES, AND AGGREGATION AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF NANOPLASTICS, Sicheng Xiong, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Dissertations from 2019
SMALL FRUIT PHENOLICS: PHENOLIC VARIATIONS AND RELATED HEALTH RELEVANCE, Susan Cheplick, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Introducing faba bean as a new multi-purpose crop for Northeast U.S.A., Fatemeh Etemadi, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
EFFECTS OF FERTILIZATION AND DRYING CONDITIONS ON THE QUALITY OF SELECTED CHINESE MEDICINAL PLANTS, Zoe Gardner, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
FACTORS INFLUENCING SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA PRODUCTIVITY IN RELATIONSHIP TO ESTUARY INLET OPENING ELLISVILLE MARSH, PLYMOUTH, MA, Ellen K. Russell, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Dissertations from 2018
Integrated Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Approaches to Identify Genes and Gene Networks Involved in Lipid Biosynthesis in Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz Seeds, Hesham Abdullah, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Dissertations from 2017
Adsorption of Biomolecules on Carbon-Based Nanomaterial as Affected by Surface Chemistry and Ionic Strength, Peng Du, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Investigation of Fungicide Resistance Mechanisms and Dynamics of the Multiple Fungicide Resistant Population in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, Hyunkyu Sang, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Dissertations from 2016
Uptake and Accumulation of Engineered Nanomaterials by Agricultural Crops and Associated Risks in the Environment and Food Safety, Yingqing Deng, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Evaluating the Role of Glutathione in Detoxification of Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Plants, Chuanxin Ma, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Aggregation and Coagulation of C60 Fullerene as Affected by Natural Organic Matter and Ionic Strength, Hamid Mashayekhi, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Dissertations from 2015
Assessing Kiln-Produced Hardwood Biochar for Improving Soil Health in a Temperate Climate Agricultural Soil, Emily J. Cole, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Cover Crop and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management for Potato Production in the Northeast, Emad Jahanzad, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Evaluation of Leafy Green Species Popular Among Ethnic Groups for Production and Markets in the Northeastern USA, Ricardo A. Orellana, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Effects of Overexpression of SAP12 and SAP13 in Providing Tolerance to Multiple Abiotic Stresses in Plants, Parul R. Tomar, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Dissertations from 2014
PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND HANDLING PRACTICES TO EXPORT MCINTOSH APPLES TO CENTRAL AMERICAN MARKETS, Mildred L. Alvarado Herrera, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Identification and Epidemiological Features of Important Fungal Species Causing Sooty Blotch on Apples in the Northeastern United States, Angela Marie Madeiras, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Increasing Nutrient Density of Food Crops through Soil Fertility Management and Cultivar Selection, Md. J. Meagy, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
ASSESSING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING SWITCHGRASS ESTABLISHMENT AND PRODUCTION, Amir Sadeghpour, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Dissertations from 2013
Evaluation of a Split-Root Nutrition System to Optimize Nutrition of Basil, Ganisher Djurakulovich Abbasov, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Understanding the Links Between Human Health and Climate Change: Agricultural Productivity and Allergenic Pollen Production of Timothy Grass(Phleum pratense L.) Under Future Predicted Levels of Carbon Dioxide and Ozone, Jennifer M. Albertine, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Use of Flame Cultivation as a Nonchemical Weed Control In Cranberry Cultivation, Katherine M. Ghantous, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Dissertations from 2012
Management of Switchgrass for the Production Of Biofuel, Leryn Elise Gorlitsky, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Influence of Phosphate on the Adsorption/Desorption of Bovine Serum Albumin on Nano and Bulk Oxide Particles, Lei Song, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Biological control of the ambermarked birch leafminer (Profenusa thomsoni) in Alaska, Anna L Soper
Dissertations from 2011
Armillaria in Massachusetts Forests: Ecology, Species Distribution, and Population Structure, with an Emphasis on Mixed Oak Forests, Nicholas Justin Brazee, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Functional characterization of stress associated proteins (SAPS) from arabidopsis, Anirudha R Dixit
Developing an Efficient Cover Cropping System for Maximum Nitrogen Recovery in Massachusetts, Ali Farsad, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Bacterial Toxicity of Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Effects on Bacterial Surface Biomolecules, Wei Jiang, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Population dynamics of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), Annie F Paradis
Dissertations from 2010
Influence of natural organic matter (NOM) and synthetic polyelectrolytes on colloidal behavior of metal oxide nanoparticles, Saikat Ghosh
Dissertations from 2009
Proline-associated antioxidant enzyme response in cool-season turfgrasses under abiotic stress, Dipayan Sarkar
Dissertations from 2008
Characterization of adsorbed organic matter on mineral surfaces, Seunghun Kang
Effects of fire mitigation on post-settlement ponderosa pine non-structural carbohydrate root reserves, Jonathan Thomas Parrott
Dissertations from 2007
Soilless culture of moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) for the production of fresh biomass, George William Crosby
Effects of reducing phosphorus nutrition on plant growth and phosphorus leaching of containerized greenhouse crops, Roger A Gagne
Performance and microbial evaluation of an artificial wetland treatment system for simulation model development, Lesley A Spokas
Dissertations from 2006
Structures and phenanthrene sorption behavior of plant cuticles and soil humic substances, Elizabeth Joy Johnson
Activity of primisulfuron and Alternaria helianthi as affected by leaf surface micro-morphology and surfactants, Debanjan Sanyal
Dissertations from 2005
Patterns of predation by natural enemies of the banana weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Indonesia and Uganda, Agnes Matilda Abera-Kanyamuhungu
Upright dieback disease of cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.: Causal agents and infection courts, Nora J Catlin
Myotropic peptide hormones and serotonin in the regulation of feeding in the adult blow fly Phormia regina, and the adult horse fly Tabanus nigrovittatus, Aaron T Haselton
Evaluation of organic turfgrass management and its environmental impact by dissolved organic matter, Kun Li
Dynamics of plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), immigration into apple orchards, Jaime Cesar Pinero
Adult activity and host plant utilization in cranberry fruitworm, Acrobasis vaccinii Riley (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Nagendra R Sharma
Characterization of humic substances and non-ideal phenanthrene sorption as affected by clay -humic interactions, Kaijun Wang
Investigations into mating disruption, delayed mating, and multiple mating in oriental beetle, Anomala orientalis (Waterhouse), Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Erik J Wenninger
Dissertations from 2004
Phytoextraction of zinc from soils, Gretchen M Bryson
Identification of ethylene responsive genes that control flowering of Guzmania lingulata ‘Anita’, Danijela Dukovski
Changes in soil quality under different agricultural management in Chinese Mollisols, Xiaobing Liu
Factors influencing colonization and establishment of plant species on cranberry bogs, Hilary A Sandler
Dissertations from 2003
Investigation into Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a pest of highly maintained turfgrass, Nikki Lynn Rothwell
Dissertations from 2002
Soil organic matter and metolachlor sorption characteristics as affected by soil management, Guangwei Ding
Manganese toxicity in marigold as affected by calcium and magnesium, Touria El-Jaoual Eaton
An investigation of the relationships between mineral nutrition and the phytoextraction of zinc by Indian mustard (Brassica juncea Czern.), Russell Lawrence Hamlin
Vegetation patterns and associated hydrogeochemical cycles in a calcareous sloping fen of southwestern Massachusetts, Deborah Jane Picking
Dissertations from 2001
Massachusetts agriculture and food self -sufficiency: An analysis of change from 1974 through 1997, David Lee Holm
Study on heavy metal absorption by plants, Valtcho Demirov Jeliazkov
Absorption, translocation and metabolism of isoxaflutole by tolerant and susceptible plant species, Sanjay Kushwaha
Modeling ‘yield-population’ relationships in soybean, Jomol P Mathew
Evaluation of paper mill sludge as a soil amendment and as a component of topsoil mixtures, Tara A O'Brien
Towards development of optimal trap deployment strategies for apple maggot fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) behavioral control, Juan Antonio Rull Gabayet
Aspects of the behavior, ecology and evolution of a braconid parasitoid, Mark Stuart Sisterson
Herbicidal action of root -applied glufosinate -ammonium, Wenqi You
Dissertations from 2000
A minimally invasive assay detects BRCA1 and BRCA2 protein truncations indicative of the presence of a germline mutation, Timothy John Byrne
Effects of composts on tomato growth and soil fertility, Yifan Hu
Olfactory and visual cues guiding plum curculios (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to host plants, Tracy Christine Leskey
Behavioral and ecological factors influencing oviposition of Acrobasis vaccinii (Riley) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), the cranberry fruitworm, with implications for pest management, Andrea Kent Osgood Rogers
The roles of midgut hormone and allatotropin in the adult black blow fly, Phormia regina Meigen (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Meng-Ping Tu
The potential for reductive dechlorination under microwave extraction conditions, Steven Mark Wilkins
Dissertations from 1999
Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)(Say) dispersal and reproduction as potential factors in the development of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis Cry3A toxin, Andrei Vladimirovitch Alyokhin
Fitness, survival and resistance management of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.), Laura Catherine Harrington
Development of an effective behavioral technology for controlling fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), Xing Ping Hu
Selection of oviposition sites by Aedes aegypti: Behavior of gravid mosquitoes and mechanisms of attraction, Adam Sinclair Jones
Fate of isoxaflutole and its diketonitrile metabolite in soils as influenced by edaphic factors and soil types, Sowmya Mitra
Biology and behavior of Lymantria mathura Moore (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), Marina A Zlotina
Dissertations from 1998
Effects of light on endogenous seed abscisic acid levels and seed growth characteristics in soybean, Gurkirat Kaur Baath
Presence and enrichability of propanotrophs in subsoils, Jalal Ghaemghami
Effects of legume-cereal cover crop mixtures on nitrogen management in sweet corn, Francis Xavier Mangan
Retrospective analysis of epidemic eastern equine encephalomyelitis transmission in Massachusetts, Abelardo Carlos Moncayo
Development of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the detection of mutagenic metabolites of the herbicide alachlor, Daniel M Tessier
Effect of benzyladenine on fruit thinning and its mode of action on 'McIntosh' apples, Rongcai Yuan
Dissertations from 1997
Transmission of the gypsy moth nuclear polyhedrosis virus: Theory and experiment, Vincent D'Amico
Evaluating parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) for biological control of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on poinsettia, Mark Stephen Hoddle
Use of odors for in-flight orientation to the host and for host recognition by the parasitoid Brachymeria intermedia (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), Veronique Kerguelen
Interactions between two gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) pathogens: Nuclear polyhedrosis virus and Entomophaga maimaiga (Entomophthorales: Zygomycetes), Raksha Devi Malakar
Dissertations from 1996
Genetic analysis of the breakdown of self-incompatibility in Lycopersicon peruvianum, Bindu Chawla
Dissertations from 1995
Chlorothalonil binding to dissolved humic substances isolated from a Massachusetts cranberry bog, Eric Scott Winkler
Dissertations from 1992
Dispersal and diet of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Donald Charles Weber
Dissertations from 1991
Potential effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change on thermal and water regimes affecting wheat and corn production in the Great Plains, Cynthia Rosenzweig
Dissertations from 1983
VALIDATION OF BACTERIAL RETENTION BY MEMBRANE FILTRATION: A PROPOSED APPROACH FOR DETERMINING STERILITY ASSURANCE, TIMOTHY JAMES LEAHY