Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Department "Soil and Crop Sciences"
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(2019-11-26)Public breeding programs for upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) underutilize genotypic selection methods and specifically marker assisted selection for fiber quality selection. A previous study by Kari Hugie sought to ...
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(2012-02-14)Abiotic stresses impact cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) affecting physiological, molecular, morphological, and agronomic parameters. One of the main yield components in cotton production is the number of bolls per unit ...
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(2013-12-16)Axillary meristem production and activity contribute to the high plasticity of plant development which allows plants to respond to environmental changes. Branches arise from axillary buds that form in the leaf axil. These ...
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(2019-07-19)The ability to phenotype roots in situ would provide information for carbon sequestration potential through increased root mass, possible water-seeking strategies by plants, and data generation for plant breeders. However, ...
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(2018-01-29)Long-term soil moisture monitoring sites are a source of data both for drought forecasting and hydrological and land surface modeling validation. Uncertainties in soil moisture monitoring data are not well documented and ...
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(2021-04-28)Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum), an important forage crop, especially in temperate countries such as the United States, is a high-protein diet for animals, besides its use as a cover crop and turf species. However, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Adsorption kinetics and adsorption-desorption of atrazine on organoclay composites prepared with the surfactant 6-piperazin-1-yl-N,N'-bis-(1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-butyl)-(1,3,5)triazine-2,4-diamine and Houston Black clay were ...
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(2009-05-15)The objective of this research was to investigate the retention of arsenate (iAsV), arsenite (iAsIII), monomethyl arsenate (MMAsV) and dimethyl arsenate (DMAsV) by calcite and assess the impact of dissolved Ca2+, Mg2+, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Because of As toxicity, the complexity of its chemistry, and the recent lowering of the maximum contaminant level of As in municipal drinking water, there has been considerable interest for improved methods to remove As ...
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(2012-11-12)The ever-growing world population raises the concern and necessity of rational use and distribution of limited water resources. Water deficit is the single most dominant abiotic factor limiting cotton (Gossypium hirsutum ...
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(2022-07-20)Developing novel tools to aid in sorghum improvement in an ongoing initiative, and this study aims to addresses two such distinct research objectives. The first objective was to evaluate the effects of the temporal male ...
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(2020-08-18)Aflatoxins contaminating our food supply in preharvest maize (aka corn, Zea mays L.) can cause serious illnesses such as: liver damage, intestinal bleeding, and even death; produced naturally by Aspergillus flavus Link:Fr, ...
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(2020-06-03)Energy canes (Saccharum spp. hybrid) and energy sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) have the potential to adapt in broader agroclimatic conditions and produce higher biomass yield. The first study was conducted to evaluate ...
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(2023-08-10)In Texas, dicamba applications provide a useful alternative when battling glyphosate resistant weeds in cotton production systems. Despite its benefits, dicamba can move off-target under certain conditions, leading to ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Mineral nutrients imported in composted dairy manure (CDM) and municipal biosolid (CMB) amendments for highway-rights-of-way and urban landscapes can pose a threat to surface water quality. Treatments were developed to ...
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Analysis of the Compositional Variation in the Epicuticular Wax Layer of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) (2013-05-08)Epicuticular waxes form a layer on the outer surface of all land plants and play a fundamental role in their interaction with the environment. Development of a rapid and accurate method for the characterization of these ...
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(2012-07-16)Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is a highly nutritious, drought tolerant crop with several agronomic advantages over other legumes. This study demonstrated the association of different cowpea phenotypes with specific phenolic ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Antistaling properties of enzymes (xylanase, bacterial maltogenic and conventional a-amylases), CMC and vital wheat gluten on corn tortillas were evaluated during storage for up to 21 days. Effect of storage time (0-21 ...
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(2015-12-02)Detailed spatial soil information is needed to better address environmental challenges across regional, national, and global scales. In the U.S., point-scale soil data are available to provide information on chemical and ...
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(2021-05-06)Global climate change poses an imminent risk for humanity in the form of greater food insecurity, higher incidence of extreme weather events, and a severe loss of biodiversity. The increase in global mean temperature is ...