Upland soils in east central Kansas have a complex genesis, often contain one or more paleosols, and form in multiple parent materials including loess, colluvium, residuum, and alluvium. Quaternary loess/paleosol investigations ...

The soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) has been one of the major pests of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] in soybean-growing regions of North America since it was first reported in 2000. The objectives of this study ...

Soil nematode communities are important components of the micro fauna in grassland ecosystems and their interaction with soil microbes affects important ecological processes such as decomposition and nutrient recycling. ...

Aegilops tauschii, the D-genome donor of modern wheat, has served as an important source of genetic variation in wheat breeding. The objective of this research was to characterize and utilize multiple Ae. tauschii-derived ...

Salmonellosis is one of the most important bacterial foodborne infections in the United States resulting in over 1 million illnesses and 375 deaths annually. Salmonella serotypes cause several types of disease in humans: ...

The purpose of this study was to estimate the heritability of calving rate and age at first calving in Hereford heifers, and evaluate whether age at calving would add accuracy to a genetic evaluation of calving rate. ...

Understanding factors that influence genetic variability, demographic vital rates, and resource selection is important for conservation and management of wildlife populations. I examined factors influencing microsatellite ...

In this research, a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from cross between a leaf rust- and stripe rust-susceptible spring wheat ‘Avocet S’ and a slow leaf- and stripe-rusting resistant spring wheat ‘Amadina’ ...

European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, is one of the most destructive insect pests of corn in the Midwest corn belt of the United States. The crystal protein toxin (Cry1Ab) expressed by the bacterium, Bacillus thuriginesis ...

Knowledge of the genetic bases of grain quality traits will complement plant breeding efforts to improve the end use value of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). The objective of the first experiment was to assess ...