HCS Graduate Student Thesis and Dissertation Completed 2016
Autumn 2016
Bulegeya, Victoria. MS. The Effect of Potyvirus Resistance on Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN)
Hu, Bizehn. PhD. Improved Tomato Grafting Technologies
Liabeuf, Debora. PhD. Development of Processing Tomato Lines Resistant to Xanthomonas gardneri: from Screening to Breeding
Sari, Eka. MS. The Effects of CYC-B Introgressions on Cherry Tomato Fruit Quality
Todaro, Thomas. MS. Evaluating Cultural Practices for Recovery from Cold Damage in Grapevines
Zhang, Yingxiao. PhD. Genetic Engineering of Rubber Producing Dandelions
Summer 2016
Ankrom, Katherine. MS. Identification of a new nematode species in Ohio and soil factor effects on plant nutrition of soybean
Huang, Mao. PhD. Accuracy of genomic selection in a soft winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) breeding program
Nkombe, Boniphace. MS. Investigation of the Potntial for Forage Species to Enhance the Sustainability of Degraded Rangeland and Cropland Soils
Zhang, Ning. PhD. Dissection of GmScream Promoters that Regulate Highly Expressing Soybean (Glycine max Merr.) Genes
Zhang, Zhifen. PhD. Use of genetic transformation technology in oil crops: soybean and sunflower
Spring 2016
Brooker, Aaron. MS. Soil Fertility Status in Ohio and Indiana and the Association Between Soil Fertility and Soybean Grain Yield in Ohio
Gu, Chenchen. MS. The Effect of Brushing on Creeping Bentgrass Putting Green Quality
Iaffaldano, Brian. PhD. Evaluating the Development and Potential Ecological Impact of Genetically Engineered Taraxacum kok-saghyz
Jin, Lin. PhD. The Bacterial AvrE-Family Type-III Effector Proteins Modulate Plant Immunity via Targeting Plant Protein Phosphatase 2A Complexes