College of Agriculture & Natural Resources: Recent submissions
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BLOOM BIOSOLIDS: WHAT IS THEIR MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AND HOW DO THEY AFFECT SOIL AND PLANT HEALTH?
(2019)Biosolids are rich in nutrients and organic matter, and are known to improve and maintain productive soils and stimulate plant growth. D.C. Water’s new Class A biosolids product, Bloom, was evaluated for its impact on plant ... -
Nitrogen cycling by grass-brassica mixtures in the Mid-Atlantic
(2019)Mixtures of cover crop species may be more effective than monocultures at internal nutrient cycling due to their ability to occupy different niches. Our study investigates nitrogen (N) cycling of radish (Raphanus sativus ... -
CASH, TRAINING OR COMMITMENT? EVIDENCE ON BEHAVIORAL AND FINANCIAL INTERVENTIONS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
(2019)This dissertation analyzes how poor households in Africa and South Asia respond to large-scale policy experiments involving conditional and unconditional cash transfers as well as interventions that have training and ... -
AVIAN PARAMYXOVIRUS-VECTORED VACCINES AGAINST INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS AND HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS
(2019)Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), infectious bronchitis (IB), and Newcastle disease (ND) are highly contagious and economically important diseases in poultry. Vaccination is the major strategy which is implemented ... -
Enhancement of Thermal Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria at Mild Heating Temperatures with Inclusion of Butyl Paraben and the Application on Foods
(2019)Thermal processing is widely used in food industry to ensure the microbial safety, however, there is increasing demand on reducing the processing temperature and duration. This study specifically focused on mild heating ...