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Fall 2022

Abeysingha, Ganegama Lekamge D. N.

The reproductive phase of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is highly sensitive to high-temperature stress. Temperatures above the growth optimum (23oC) interfere negatively with the reproductive development processes, resulting in poor grain set and yield. Crop adaptation strategies can be used to...

Fall 2022

Wang, Zhengping

Clubroot disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae is a serious threat to canola (Brassica napus) production. The evolution of new pathotypes has rendered available resistances ineffective and has necessitated the introgression of new resistance into canola and furthering our understanding of...

Fall 2022

Lantz, Hannah L

Many associations between the gut microbiota, host health, and disease have been revealed, however, mechanistic research to determine causality is necessary. Gnotobiotic animal models, where all organisms are known, are the gold standard to examine mechanisms of causality and gnotobiotic mice are...

Fall 2022

Yadav, Pravina

The role of glycan binding of gut microbes has been shown in colonization and interactions between microbiota and host. While glycan binding of selected pathogens has been explored in a targeted way, there has been limited research on glycan binding patterns of gut commensals. This has partially...

Fall 2022

Nyende, Protus

Novel faba bean cultivars vary in nutrient content, digestibility and antinutritional factors that must be characterized to prioritize which faba bean cultivars to grow for pigs feeding. In chapter 2, five diets included (20%, phase 1; 30%, phase 2) 3 different, zero-tannin and high...

Fall 2022

Kharbanda, Manjot Singh Kuldip Singh

Eggs are an excellent source of nutrients. Egg whites are used in food, cosmetic, and biotechnology industries for a plethora of physiological functions that they demonstrate due to their proteins. Although these proteins look promising, they can be utilised only after they have been...

Spring 2022

Burdick, Matthew

Medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) are fatty acids with chain lengths between 6-12 carbons and are primarily metabolized by the liver, however they may be absorbed and metabolized by intestinal mucosa. Medium-chain fatty acids provide the animal with available energy quicker as compared to other...

Spring 2022

Pswarayi, Felicitas

Mahewu is a non-alcoholic fermented maize and finger millet malt beverage produced in Zimbabwe. Africa has a rich tradition of cereal fermentations to produce diverse products including baked goods, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages with live microbiota and the widespread use of fermented...

Spring 2022

Forgie, Andrew

Diet is a strong modifier of gut host-microbe interactions that alter host physiology and immunity against pathogenic bacteria. Some dietary components are required to support host defences that maintain gut homeostasis and symbiosis, whereas others can be detrimental, leading to changes in...

Spring 2022

Li, Jiyuan

The sustainability and profitability of beef cattle production are largely associated with feed efficiency, carcass merit, and resistance to infectious diseases. These traits are difficult or expensive to measure on individual animals, which makes them suitable for genomic application. Currently...