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Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on In-Class Concept Questions by Smith, M.K, Wood, W.B, Adams, W.K, Wieman, C, Knight, J.K, Guild, N, Su, T.T

“…When students answer an in-class conceptual question individually using clickers, discuss it with their neighbors, and then revote on the same question, the…”
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Combining Peer Discussion with Instructor Explanation Increases Student Learning from In-Class Concept Questions by Smith, M. K, Wood, W. B, Krauter, K, Knight, J. K

“…Use of in-class concept questions with clickers can transform an instructor-centered "transmissionist" environment to a more learner-centered constructivist…”
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Development and validation of standard area diagrams to aid assessment of pecan scab symptoms on fruit by Yadav, N. V. S, de Vos, S. M, Bock, C. H, Wood, B. W

“…Pecan scab (Fusicladium effusum) causes losses of pecan nutmeat yield and quality in the southeastern United States. Disease assessment relies on visual…”
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comparison of UP‐PCR and RAPD markers to study genetic diversity of Fusicladium effusum (G. Winter), cause of pecan scab by Bock, C. H, Endalew, T. T, Biswas, B. K, Yadav, A. K, Sitther, V, Hotchkiss, M. W, Stevenson, K. L, Wood, B. W, Klopfenstein, N

“…Fusicladium effusum infects pecan causing yield loss, but no information is available on the genetic diversity of F. effusum. Randomly amplified polymorphic…”
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Repression of gene expression in the embryonic germ lineage of C. elegans by Seydoux, Geraldine, Mello, Craig C, Pettitt, Jonathan, Wood, William B, Priess, James R, Fire, Andrew

“…The distinction between soma and germline was recognized more than a century ago: somatic cells form the body of an organism, whereas germ cells serve to…”
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Inconsequential effect of nutritional treatments on huanglongbing control, fruit quality, bacterial titer and disease progress by Gottwald, T.R., Graham, J.H., Irey, M.S., McCollum, T.G., Wood, B.W.

“…The use of an enhanced nutritional programs (ENPs) to minimize the deleterious effects of the vector transmitted bacterial disease, citrus huanglongbing (HLB)…”
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Influence of fungicides on gas exchange of pecan foliage by Wood, B. W., Bock, C. H.

“…There are several fungicide chemistries used for disease control on pecan (Carya illinoinensis), but there is little or no knowledge of subtle short‐ or…”
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Assessing disease severity: accuracy and reliability of rater estimates in relation to number of diagrams in a standard area diagram set by Bock, C. H., Hotchkiss, M. W., Wood, B. W.

“…Error in estimates of plant disease severity occur and standard area diagrams (SADs) help improve accuracy and reliability. The effects of diagram number in…”
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Regulation of vivipary in pecan by Wood, B. W

“…Crop loss to vivipary (i.e., germination of nuts on the tree) is potentially a major profit-limiting problem affecting yield and quality of nutmeats from…”
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Fruit and nut weight in pecan tree canopies in relation to the severity of pecan scab at different heights by Bock, C. H., Hotchkiss, M. W., Wood, B. W., Woodward, S.

“…Summary Fusicladium effusum is the cause of pecan scab, the most destructive disease of pecan in the south‐eastern USA. The aim of the study was to determine…”
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Trimethylpsoralen Induces Small Deletion Mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans by Yandell, Mark D., Edgar, Lois G., Wood, William B.

“…To examine the mutagenic spectrum of 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen (TMP) in Caenorhabditis elegans, we isolated mutations in the unc-22 and pal-1 genes following…”
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Characterization of microsatellites in Fusicladium effusum, cause of pecan scab by Bock, C. H., Chen, C., Yu, F., Stevenson, K. L., Arias, R. S., Wood, B. W.

“…Summary Pecan scab, caused by the plant pathogenic fungus Fusicladium effusum, is the most destructive disease of pecan. Little is known of the population…”
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Association of Meloidogyne partityla with nickel deficiency and mouse-ear of pecan by Nyczepir, A.P, Wood, B.W, Reilly, C.C

“…Pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch] trees exhibit nickel (Ni) deficiency in certain orchard situations. The symptoms are manifest as either…”
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Early transcription in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos by EDGAR, L. G, WOLF, N, WOOD, W. B

“…We have analysed early transcription in devitellinized, cultured embryos of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by two methods: measurement of [32P]UTP uptake…”
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Evidence from reversal of handedness in C. elegans embryos for early cell interactions determining cell fates by Wood, W. B

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Mutations affecting the meiotic and mitotic divisions of the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo by Mains, P.E. (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO), Kemphues, K.J, Sprunger, S.A, Sulston, I.A, Wood, W.B

“…We describe interactions between maternal-effect lethal mutations in four genes of Caenorhabditis elegans whose products appear to be involved in the meiotic…”
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Control of mistletoe in pecan trees by Wood, B.W, Reilly, C.C

“…Semi-parasitic evergreen mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens Nutt.) is an increasingly serious weed causing loss of nut yield and tree vigor in pecan [Carya…”
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Methods to assess pecan scab by Bock, C. H, Wood, B. W, Gottwald, T. R

“…Pecan scab (Fusicladium effusum [G. Winter]) is the most important disease of pecan (Carya illinoinensis Koch.) in the US. Measuring the severity of scab…”
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Immunofluorescence Visualization of Germ-Line-Specific Cytoplasmic Granules in Embryos, Larvae, and Adults of Caenorhabditis elegans by Strome, Susan, Wood, William B.

“…By using fluorescent antibody staining, we have followed cytoplasmic granules unique to germ-line cells throughout the life cycle of Caenorhabditis elegans…”
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Distribution of the black pecan aphid on pecan leaf surfaces: an overview by Cottrell, T. E, Wood, B. W, Paulsen, C. M, Ni, X, Ruberson, J. R

“…Three species of aphids regularly attack pecan, Carya illinoinensis, foliage. Two of them, i.e., the blackmargined aphid and the yellow pecan aphid, are…”
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