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Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science Theses and Dissertations

This community contains the theses and dissertations of the South Dakota State University, Department of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science.
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ETDS from 2020 2020

Phytoremediation of Saline-Sodic Soils in East Central South Dakota Utilizing Perennial Grass Mixtures, Douglas J. Fiedler

ETDS from 2019 2019

Abundance and Diversity of Grasshoppers and their Ectoparasitic Mites in South Dakota, Erica Anderson

Nodule Zone-Specific Gene Expression in Soybean, Sadikshya Aryal

Brassica Carinata Growth and Yield Response to Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertilizers and Impacts on Selected Soil Parameters and GHG Fluxes, Dwarika Bhattarai

Cropping Sequence Affects Subsequent Soybean Yield, Soil Microbiome and Soil Health, Izzet Bulbul

Evaluating the Efficacy of Foliar Insecticide and Soybean Seed Treatment in South Dakota, Cole Dierks

Long-Term Impacts of Manure and Inorganic Fertilization on Soil Physical, Chemical and Biological Properties, Asmita Gautam

Agronomic and Quality Response of Hard Red Spring Wheat Genotypes to Management Systems in South Dakota, Jonathan Kleinjan

Estimating Soil Organic Carbon in Cultivated Soils Using Soil Test Data, Remote Sensing Imagery from Satellites (Landsat 8 and PlantScope), and Web Soil Survey Data, Muhammed Halil Koparan

Some Studies on Leaf Spot of Oats and Triticale, Mohammed Abdullah Lashram

A Review of the Genus Acrisis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a New Species from American Licorice and a Survey of Aphid Parasitoids of Soybean Fields in Eastern South Dakota, Abigail P. Martens

Sunflower Pollinators in South Dakota: An Evaluation of Species Composition, Abundance and Influence on Yield, Mackenzie Mattern

Quality Evaluations of Hard Red Spring Wheat Grown in South Dakota, Lance Merrick

Characterizing Spatiotemporal Patterns of White Mold in Soybean across South Dakota Using Remote Sensing, Confiance L. Mfuka

A Seed Dormancy Gene-mediated Biotechnology to Mitigate Transgene Flow into Weedy Rice, Luai Nahar Muhammad

Efficacy of Synthetic and Biopesticides on Bacteria Leaf Streak Management and Influence of Cultivar and Environment on Epiphytic Bacteria Diversity on Wheat Seeds, Marilen Nampijja

Species of Fusarium Causing Root Rot of Soybean in South Dakota: Characterization, Pathogenicity, and Interaction with Heterodera Glycines, Paul Nyawanda Okello

Effect of Atrazine and its Carriers on the Grain Sorghum Plant, Clair E. Stymiest

Development of Computational Techniques for Identification of Regulatory DNA Motif, Cankun Wang

ETDS from 2018 2018

Evaluation of Alternative Weed Hosts and Management Strategies for Soybean Cyst Nematode in South Dakota, Pawan Basnet

Assessment and Development of Cold Temperature Germination Tolerance in Oat and Hard Red Spring Wheat, Jacob Baustian

Efficacy of Seed Treatments, Microbial and Biochemical Pesticides for Managing Early Tan Spot and Stripe Rust Diseases of Wheat, Collins Bugingo

Air-Propelled Organic Fertilizer Grits Can be Used to Control Weeds and Provide Nitrogen, Michael Carlson

Soybean Iron Deficiency Chlorosis: Quantitative Trait Locus Validation and Grain Yield Evaluation, Ahmed Charif

Soybean Aphid Biotype 4 Resistance in Soja and Soybean Plant Introductions, Sophia R. Conzemius

Regulation of Local Auxin Metabolism during Soybean Nodule Development, Suresh Damodaran

Insecticidal Seed and In-Furrow Treatment Recommendations for Soybean and Sunflower, Brady Hauswedell

Land Use Change Sustainability and Carbon Turnover Rate in the Northern Great Plains Soil, Deepak Raj Joshi

Genetic Component Effects of Two Loci on Seed Dormancy, Awn, Low-Temperature Germination, Plant Height, and Flowering Time in Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Ugur Korkmaz

Stability Analysis of Immunogenic Gliadin Accumulation in Hard Red Spring Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.), Stacy Lindblom-Dreis

Map-Based Cloning and Molecular Characterization of the Seed Dormancy 10 Locus in Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Wirat Pipatpongpinyo

Impacts of Diverse Crop Rotations and Integrated Crop-Livestock System on Soil Quality in South Dakota, Atilla Polat

Application of Genomic Approaches to Improve Yield and Bacterial Leaf Streak Resistance in Winter Wheat, Sai Mukund Ramakrishnan

Quantifying the Short-term Impacts of Cover Crops and Grazing on Soil Health Under an Integrated Crop-Livestock System in South Dakota, Vishal Seth

Exploiting the Genetic Diversity of Wild Ancestors and Relatives of Wheat for its Improvement, Jagdeep Singh Sidhu

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Soil Applied Nitrogen Fertilizers, Samuel Thies

Palmer Amaranth in South Dakota: Growth, Herbicidal Control, and Soybean Yield Loss, Brian Van De Stroet

Modeling Soil Organic Carbon in Select Soils of Southeastern South Dakota, Shaina Westhoff

ETDS from 2017 2017

Characterization of Pyrenophora Tritici-Repentis in Wheat and Rye to Study Tan Spot Susceptibility and Insights Into Its Relationship with Stem Rust Resistance, Sidrat Abdullah

A Survey of Non-crop Plants as Alternative Hosts to Raspberries for Drosophila suzukii (Spotted Wing Drosophila), Bennur Agbaba

Development of Best Management Practices for Production of Ethiopian Mustard (Brassica Carinata) in South Dakota, Phillip Kenneth Alberti

Response of Soil Properties to 23-25 Years of Diverse Crop Rotations and Tillage Systems in South Dakota, USA, Abdullah H. Alhameid

Molecular Characterization of Spot Blotch and Bacterial Leaf Streak Resistance in Bread Wheat, Girma Ayana

Phytophthora Sojae Infecting Soybean: Pathotype Diversity, New Sources of Resistance and Interaction with the Soybean Cyst Nematode, Rawnaq Nazneen Chowdhury

Assessment of Hard Red Spring Wheat Germplasm for Cold Temperature Germination Tolerance, Ulas Cinar

Mitigating Risks of Ochratoxin A Contamination in Oats, Bandana Dhungana

Impacts of Integrated Crop-livestock System on Soil Surface Greenhouse Gas Fluxes at a Farm Scale in South Dakota, Brant Douville

Soil Response to Cropping Sequences and Grazing Under Integrated Crop-livestock System, Hanxiao Feng

Native Species for Biomass Production and Roadside Habitat in South Dakota, Jacob Foley

Silencing Seed Dormancy Genes to Mitigate Risk of Transgene Flow to Weedy Rice, Alexander Wireko Kena

Impacts of Landscape Position and Nitrogen Fertilizer on Soils, Carbon and Nitrogen Leaching, and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Switchgrass Production in South Dakota, Liming Lai

Using Gluten Index to Improve Spring Wheat Loaf Volume Prediction, Yaming Lu

Improvement of Milling and Nutritional Quality Characteristics of Oats Through Genomic Selection, Sudha Neupane Adhikari

Managing Phomopsis Stem Canker of Sunflower Using Improved Diagnosis and Quantification of the Causal Pathogens, Taylor Rae Olson

Perimeter Cropping As a Means of Reducing Insect Injury and Increasing Crop Yield, Brett L. Owens

Differential Gene Expression in Two Nodule Zones of Soybean, Sunita Pathak

Diaporthe, Soybean Cyst Nematode, and Soybean Aphid: An Evaluation of Potential Interactions Occurring Among Pests on Soybean in South Dakota, John Philip Posch

Regulation of ARF16-2 by microRNA160 During Soybean Root Nodule Development, Spencer Schreier

Impacts of Crop Residue and Cover Crops on Soil Hydrological Properties, Soil Water Storage and Water Use Efficiency of Soybean Crop, Kopila Subedi-Chalise

ETDS from 2016 2016

Distribution and Characterization of the Soybean Cyst Nematode, Heterodera glycines (HG) Types in South Dakota, Krishna Acharya

Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Nodule-Specific Gene Expression in Soybean, Sajag Adhikari

Evaluation of Flame Weeding in Southeastern South Dakota, Benjamin William Arlt

Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis of Low Temperature Responses in Grapevine F2 Population, Mani Awale

Evaluation of Tillage, Crop Rotation, and Cover Crop Impacts on Corn Nitrogen Requirements in Southeastern South Dakota, Sara Louise Berg

Evaluation and Identification of Soybean Aphid Resistance Sources and Mapping of Soybean Aphid Resistance Loci in Early Maturing Soybean Germplasm Accessions, Siddhi Jeewan Bhusal

Spatial Variability Analysis and Reclamation of Saline-Sodic Soils in the Northern Great Plains, Girma Birru

Morphologic and Transcriptomic Response to Weed Pressure in Multiple Maize (Zea mays L.) Selections and Teosinte (Zea mays L. ssp parviglumis) Lines, Stephanie A. Bruggeman

Effects of Seed Applied Fungicide on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization of South Dakota Cultivars of Oat, Soybean, and Corn, Jesse Cameron

Corncob Grit Application as an Alternative to Control Weeds in Two Crop Production Systems, Mauricio Erazo-Barradas

Soybean Yield and Plant Response to Phosphorus Fertilization, Rebecca L. Helget

A Molecular Genetic and Physiological Comparison of the Hybrid Necrosis Response in Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) to Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses, Devi R. Kandel

Root Rot Pathogens of Wheat in South Dakota and Their Affect on Seed Germination and Seedling Blight in Spring Wheat Cultivars, Navjot Kaur

Soil Salinity Study in Northern Great Plains Sodium Affected Soil, Tulsi P. Kharel

The Efficacy of Allopurinol in Suppressing Hypersensitive-like Symptoms in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and in Suppressing Sunflower Rust (Puccinia helianthi) Symptoms, Thumbiko Walker Gambler Mkandawire

Long-term Impacts of Annual Cattle Manure and Fertilizer on Soil Quality Under Corn-Soybean Rotation in Eastern South Dakota, Ekrem Ozlu

Restoration of Eroded Lands with Biochar as Soil Amendment in South Dakota, Saroop S. Sandhu

Effects of Corn (Zea mays L.) Stover Removal and Leaching on Soil Test and Whole Plant K Levels in Corn and K Fertilization/High-Input Treatments on Soybean Using Site-Specific Management to Increase Soybean (Glycine max) Production in South Dakota, Nick J. Schiltz

Response of Soil and Water Quality to Winter Manure Application from Small Agricultural Watersheds in South Dakota, Shikha Singh

Demonstrating Short-term Impacts of Grazing Cover Crops on Soil Health in South Dakota, Colin Tobin

ETDS from 2015 2015

Volunteer Glyphosate-Resistant Corn and Soybean Competition and Control, Jill Alms

Bi-Parental and Multi-Parental Based Mapping of Quantitative Traits in Spring Wheat, Rosa Guerrero Chavez

RNA-SEQ Analysis of Doubled Haploid Resistant and Susceptible Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Lines Challenged by the Orange Wheat Blossom Midge (Sitodiplosis Mosellana) (Gehin) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidea), Aditi Kondhia

Mob Grazing as a Perennial Weed Management Tool in South Dakota Grazinglands, Heidi Myer

Monitoring Unexpected Corn Rootworm Damage to BT Maize and the Change in Species Composition of Diabrotica in South Dakota, David Ordosch

Early Season Root Trait Analysis of Pavon Spring Wheat Translocation Lines, Cody Oswald

Spatial Variability of Saline and Sodic Soils in the Black Glaciated Region of the Northern Great Plains, USA, Rachel K. Owen

Grass-Feeding Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and Their Parasitoids in Eastern South Dakota, Juan Manuel Perilla-Lopez

Effects of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Spider Mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) Associated with Soybeans, Karly Regan

Organic Foliar MilStop Exhibits Efficacy Against Soybean Aphid Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Soybean Glycine max (L.) Merrill (Fabales: Fabaceae), Philip Anthony Rozeboom

A Revision of the Bee Genus Ptiloglossa Smith (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Diphaglossinae), Rita Isabel Velez-Ruiz

Impacts of Crop Residue and Cover Crops on Soil Quality Under a Corn-soybean Rotation in South Dakota, Brianna R. Wagner

Identification of GPR119 Interacting Proteins: The Effect of Abscisic Acid on the Interactions and the Role of SERPI on Localizing GPR119 to the Plasma Membrane, Bing Xu

An Analysis of Grain Characteristics and Their Potential Impact on Test Weight in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Dalitso Noble Yabwalo

ETDS from 2014 2014

Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in Soybean, Sarah Adjei-Fremah

Inheritance and Molecular Mapping of Soybean Aphid Resistance in Soybean Germplasm Accession PI 603432B, Mukhtar Omar Agoub

Evaluation of Mycotoxin Accumulation and Bran Thickness Between Red and White Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Near-Isogenic Lines, Hema Durga Prasad Damecharla

Impact of Low-Amylose, Waxy Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Flour Blends on Functional Tortilla Characteristics, Rodrigo Sampaio Dos Santos

Simultaneous Mapping and Pyramiding of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance Loci in Wheat Breeding Populations, Jonathan Tyler Eckard

Runoff Simulation Using Apex from Long-term No-till and Grazed Pasture Watersheds, Sagar Gautam

Utilizing On-farm Research to Better Understand Site-specific Seeding Rates for Corn (Zea mays L.) and Soybean (Glycine Max) Production in South Dakota, Kyle R. Gustafson

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