This page collects the digitized full text Masters theses and Doctoral dissertations of the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. For work accomplished after 2019 please also see the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
The following broadly describes library holdings for UA theses and dissertations:
| Category | online | |
| Dissertations |
1953-2006 in MAIN 1950s-2012 in Special Collections |
1989 - present are full-text in ProQuest 2012 - present in ScholarWorks 1950s - present indexed in ProQuest |
| Master's theses |
1910s-2006 in MAIN 1910s-2012 in Special Collections |
2006 - present are full-text in ProQuest 2012 - present in ScholarWorks Theses were not systematically indexed in ProQuest prior to 2006. |
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Genetic Resistance to the Downy Mildew Pathogen and Breeding towards Durable Disease Management in Spinach, Bazgha Zia
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Understanding and Predicting Nematode Damage on Soybean using Spatially Weighted Analysis, Barry Boney
Defining the Genetic Regulation of Appressorium Formation in Cercospora zeae-maydis, Hazel Apiyo Buyu
Molecular Basis of Pathogenesis and Host Determination in Cercospora sojina: from Phenotypic to Genotypic Patterns, Wagner Calegari Fagundes
Water Conservation Practices for Irrigation of Turfgrass Lawns, Daniel Sandor
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Spatial Variability of Seedling Disease Pressure in Cotton Fields, Kyle Douglas Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Association Mapping of Seed Weight, Protein, and Sucrose Content; and Kinetics of Edamame Under Infrared Treatment, Laura Melissa Lara Santisteban
Dissecting Salt Tolerance in Soybean by Profiling Differential Physiological Responses under Salt Stress, Jade Amber Newsome
The Etiology, Virulence, and Phylogenetics of the Celery Anthracnose Pathogen, Colletotrichum fioriniae (= C. acutatum sensu lato), Jason Alexander Pavel
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Soybean Seed Quality and Vigor: Influencing Factors, Measurement, and Pathogen Characterization, Kimberly Ann Cochran
The Effects of Meloidogyne incognita and Heterodera glycines on the Yield and Quality of Edamame in Arkansas, Juliet Fultz
A Comparative Study of Medicago truncatula Transcriptomes as They Relate to Saponin Defenses Against Insect Pests, Audra Mae Rogers
The Role of G-Protein Signaling in Pathogenesis in Cercospora zeae-maydis, Brant Smith
Investigations of Ethylene and Ethylene Inhibition, Ball Lie, and Synthetic Turf Color, William Daniel Strunk
Pythium: Characterization of Resistance in Soybean and Population Diversity, Keiddy Esperanza Urrea Romero
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Relationship Between 1,3-Dichloropropene and Nitrogen Fertility in Cotton in the Presence of Root-knot and Reniform Nematodes, Amanda Michelle Greer
Dissection of Gray Leaf Spot of Maize Through Functional Genomics, Robert Louis Hirsch
Biology and Control of Rice False Smut Caused by Ustilaginoidea virens (Teleomorph Villosiclava virens), Andrew Clayton Jecmen
Identification of Root-knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) of Arkansas using Molecular Diagnostics, Churamani Khanal
Characterization of a Novel Fungal-Specific Gene, FUG1, in Fusarium verticillioides, John Byron Ridenour
Evaluation of Medicago truncatula Accessions for Triterpene Saponins and their Potential Impacts on Plant Pests, Samantha Roberson
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Morphological and Molecular Taxonomic Identification and Phylogenetics of Criconematoidea, Marco Cordero
Effects of Rain and Simulated Rain on Deoxynivalenol Levels in Grain and Chaff of Winter Wheat with Fusarium Head Blight, Manoj Kumar Pun
Spatial Distributions of Rhizoctonia species in Soybean fields Undergoing Annual Rotations with Rice, Terry Neil Spurlock
The Effects of Salinity on Pythium Disease of Rice and Soybean, Terea Jeanette Stetina
Initial Fine Mapping of the Spinach Downy Mildew Resistance Locus RPF1, Wei Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Genetic Diversity, Pathogenicity/Virulence Variation and Population Structure of Rhizoctonia spp. Associated with Rice Sheath Blight in Arkansas and QTL Mapping for Disease Resistance, Vanina Lilian Castroagudin
Resistance Screening and Control Options for Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), Ryan Christopher Doherty
Effects of Environment and Genotype on Charcoal Rot Development on Soybeans, Micah Diane Doubledee
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Gene Expression and Physiological Analyses to Study Metabolic Shifts in Medicago Truncatula Subjected to Biotic Stresses, Michelle Ryan Martin
