This community contains the theses and dissertations of the South Dakota State University, Department of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science.
Due to copyright restrictions, the collection contains both open access and university access theses and dissertations. University access items are only available to SDSU users, and on-campus visitors. Non-SDSU users wishing to access restricted materials may request items through their institution’s interlibrary loan services.
ETDS from 2020
Biomass and Morphological Development of Miscanthus Compared with Native Grass in South Dakota, Ehsan J. Al Ainizi
Assembly of Triticum boeoticum ssp. aegilopoides and Triticum monoccocum Genomes, Mustafa Aljadi
The Role of Endophytes in Conferring Salinity Tolerance in Prairie Cordgrass and the Winter Wheat Mint Variety, Jeffery Bartel
In-Season Crop Management Effect On Soybean Yield and Grain Quality in Eastern South Dakota, Kelsey Bergman
Management Implications of a Rye Cover Crop on Nutrient Cycling and Soybean Production in Southeast South Dakota: Focus on Rye Seeding Rates and Termination Timing, Benjamin Brockmueller
Cover Crop Nutrient Cycling on Western South Dakota Croplands, Justin Brown
The Impact of Subsurface Physical Characteristics on the Effectiveness of Subsurface Drainage in the Northern Great Plains, Mehmet Emin Budak
The Status of Dakota Skipper (Hesperia dacotae Skinner) in Eastern South Dakota and the Effects of Land Management, Kendal Annette Davis
Determining the Effects of Plant Extracts and Saltro Nematicide on Hatching, Mortality and Reproduction of the Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines), Bishnu Prasad Dhital
Crop Rotations and Cover Crops Influences on Soil Biochemical Properties, Root Characteristics and Economic Performance, Hanxiao Feng
Phytoremediation of Saline-Sodic Soils in East Central South Dakota Utilizing Perennial Grass Mixtures, Douglas J. Fiedler
Quantitative Imaging of Cell-Level Auxin Cytokinin Outputs in Soybean and Model Plants, Paul Gaillard
Reverse Genetic Analysis of Ehd1 for an Association between Flowering Time and Seed Dormancy in Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Yeter Karakoc
Use of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for High Throughput Evaluation of Forage Yield in Oat Breeding Nurseries, Prakriti Sharma
Predicting Farinograph Stability of Wheat Flour with Mixograph and Glutomatic Tests, Brooke Shumate
Crop Rotations, Tillage and Cover Crops Influences on Soil Health, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Farm Profitability, Jasdeep Singh
Soil Physical and Hydrological Properties, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions under Integrated Crop-Livestock Agroecosystems, Navdeep Singh
Plant Microbial Interactions in Wheat: Fusarium Head Blight and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Yaqoob Rashid Thurston
ETDS from 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
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
Species of Fusarium Causing Root Rot of Soybean in South Dakota: Characterization, Pathogenicity, and Interaction with Heterodera Glycines, Paul Nyawanda Okello
Development of Computational Techniques for Identification of Regulatory DNA Motif, Cankun Wang
ETDS from 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Restoration of Eroded Lands with Biochar as Soil Amendment in South Dakota, Saroop S. Sandhu
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
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
Mob Grazing as a Perennial Weed Management Tool in South Dakota Grazinglands, Heidi Myer