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Spring 2011
Integrating cultural weed management practices with herbicides is an important strategy to reduce wild oat (Avena fatua L.) populations in Alberta, Canada. The purpose of this thesis is to expand the knowledge on wild oat seed banks and seedling emergence within integrated weed management...
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Impact of seedling characteristics, outplanting time, and container size on early establishment of aspen (Populus tremuloides) on reclamation sites
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Aspen seedlings often suffer from transplant shock after outplanting. The influence of seedling characteristics and time of outplanting (spring, summer and fall) on field performance was examined on mining reclamation sites. Seedling characteristics were modified by inducing premature bud set...
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Mountain pine beetle outbreak and ectomycorrhizal feedback: the ecology of recovery in beetle killed forests
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The expansion of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae; MPB) into naïve host ecosystems has been met by gaps in two key areas of research: (A) affects on the chemistry of forest soils, and (B) impacts on the regeneration of tree seedlings. To investigate linkages between both, we paired...
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Fall 2016
Herbicide resistance in wild oat to current herbicidal mechanisms of action is widespread across western Canada. Pyroxasulfone is a soil-applied very long chain fatty acid inhibitor (Group 15/K3) that has recently been registered in Canada and may become a future tool in managing this resistance,...