Search Results - "Dahlquist‐Willard, Ruth M"
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Crop diversity enriches arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in an intensive agricultural landscape
Published in The New phytologist (01-07-2021)“…Summary Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are keystone symbionts of agricultural soils but agricultural intensification has negatively impacted AMF…”
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Effect of management of organic wastes on inactivation of Brassica nigra and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae using soil biosolarization
Published in Pest management science (01-08-2018)“…BACKGROUND Soil biosolarization is a promising alternative to conventional fumigation. Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) produced in the soil through fermentation of…”
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Weed seed inactivation in soil mesocosms via biosolarization with mature compost and tomato processing waste amendments
Published in Pest management science (01-05-2017)“…BACKGROUND Biosolarization is a fumigation alternative that combines passive solar heating with amendment‐driven soil microbial activity to temporarily create…”
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Assessment of Two Solid Anaerobic Digestate Soil Amendments for Effects on Soil Quality and Biosolarization Efficacy
Published in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry (03-05-2017)“…Anaerobic digestion is an organic waste bioconversion process that produces biofuel and digestates. Digestates have potential to be applied as soil amendment…”
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A life cycle assessment of biosolarization as a valorization pathway for tomato pomace utilization in California
Published in Journal of cleaner production (10-01-2017)“…The California tomato processing industry produced circa 388,856 t of tomato pomace in 2014. While currently used for animal feed, tomato pomace could be…”
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Registration of four pest‐resistant long bean germplasm lines
Published in Journal of plant registrations (01-05-2024)“…Long bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis, asparagus bean, Asian yardlong bean), the vegetable type of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp], is a…”
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Registration of aphid‐resistant ‘California Blackeye 77’ cowpea
Published in Journal of plant registrations (01-01-2022)“…‘California Blackeye 77’ (CB77) (Reg. no. CV‐344, PI 698656) is a blackeye‐type cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] cultivar developed by the University of…”
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Development and validation of a Weibull–Arrhenius model to predict thermal inactivation of black mustard (Brassica nigra) seeds under fluctuating temperature regimens
Published in Biosystems engineering (01-11-2016)“…Soil solarisation uses solar heating for management of soilborne pests including weed seeds. Because soil temperatures under solarisation fluctuate diurnally,…”
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3 Challenges, 3 Errors, and 3 Solutions to Integrate Frontline Communities in Climate Change Policy and Research: Lessons From California
Published in Frontiers in climate (06-09-2021)“…Frontline communities of California experience disproportionate social, economic, and environmental injustices, and climate change is exacerbating the root…”
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Structural changes in bacterial and fungal soil microbiome components during biosolarization as related to volatile fatty acid accumulation
Published in Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-09-2020)“…Biosolarization is an integrated pest management strategy that combines soil solarization with organic amendment application. In the present study, soil…”
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Comparison of soil biosolarization with mesophilic and thermophilic solid digestates on soil microbial quantity and diversity
Published in Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-10-2017)“…[Display omitted] •Biosolarization increased relative abundance of potentially beneficial genera.•Enriched potentially beneficial genera may be biofertilizers…”
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