scholarly journals Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Potato Tuberworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Columbia Basin of the Pacific Northwest

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. DeBano ◽  
P. B. Hamm ◽  
A. Jensen ◽  
S. I. Rondon ◽  
P. J. Landolt
Author(s):  
Marwan A. Hassan ◽  
Dan L. Hogan ◽  
Stephen A. Bird ◽  
Christine L. May ◽  
Takashi Gomi ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 771-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennie N. Deo ◽  
John O. Stone ◽  
Julie K. Stein

In many regions, fluctuations have occurred through time in the local 14C activity of seawater. Evaluating these shifts and their effects on 14C age estimates is difficult, and, as a result, archaeologists working in coastal settings tend to preferentially date charcoal samples over shell. Our research on 18 charcoal–shell pairs from Puget Sound and Gulf of Georgia archaeological sites helps elucidate the spatial and temporal dynamics associated with marine reservoir effects in the Pacific Northwest. This analysis suggests that between 0 and 500 B.P. the regional correction value (ΔR) is 400 years, which agrees with the modern value determined by Stuiver and others. Between 500 and 1200 B.P., however, ΔR dips close to zero, possibly reflecting a decrease in offshore upwelling. From 1200 to 3000 B.P., ΔR returns to 400 years. These data are presented as a Puget Sound/Gulf of Georgia regional correction curve for the late Holocene, which local researchers may use to calibrate dates of marine shell. In addition, we detail our methods for constructing calibration curves and present guidelines for archaeologists working in other coastal settings to develop calibration curves for their regions.


2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Parker ◽  
Clara Tinoco-Ojanguren ◽  
Angelina Martínez-Yrízar ◽  
Manuel Maass

Major components of the flux density of global photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) were measured above and within canopies in a tropical deciduous forest on the Pacific coast of Mexico. At each of 69 locations grouped along a topographic sequence the PAR reflected from the top of the canopy, the vertical profile of transmittance, and the reflectance from the ground, were measured as many as four times in the year, including the extremes of the wet and dry seasons. With these observations an annual balance of the portion of PAR radiation reflected and absorbed by the canopy and ground was assembled and the detailed spatial and temporal dynamics of PAR within canopy layers were estimated. Canopy stature declined along the topographic sequence and the shape of the transmittance profiles reflected this. In locations of declining moisture availability the fraction of PAR absorbed by the ground increased and the fraction absorbed by non-foliar tissues decreased. Seasonal variation in canopy structure was the dominant influence on the partitioning of radiation – spatial variation was less important. Of a total annual PAR input of 15 200 mol m−2, about 95% of incident PAR was absorbed, 50% by leaves, 25% by non-foliar tissues and 20% by the ground. The remaining 5% was reflected by the top of the canopy.


1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Box ◽  
Arthur A. Bookstrom ◽  
Michael L. Zientek ◽  
Pamela D. Derkey ◽  
Roger P. Ashley ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 1310-1316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Lacki ◽  
Michael D. Baker ◽  
Joseph S. Johnson

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Jean’ne Knerr ◽  
David Wheeler ◽  
Dan Schlatter ◽  
Dipak Sharma-Poudyal ◽  
Lindsey J. du Toit ◽  
...  

Onions are highly responsive to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), but little is known about AMF communities in onion crops (∼10,000 ha) in the semiarid, irrigated region of the Columbia Basin of Washington and Oregon. AMF communities and root colonization were compared in organic and conventional onion fields, and between paired conventional fields that were fumigated or not with metam sodium. AMF were detected in all fields at all sampling times, with no differences in root colonization of onions used to bait soil from organic versus conventional and fumigated versus nonfumigated fields. However, AMF colonization of roots of onion plants sampled midsummer was greater in organic versus conventional fields (67 versus 51%) and less in fumigated versus nonfumigated conventional fields (45 versus 67%). Pyrosequencing identified four AMF genera (Glomus, Claroideoglomus, Paraglomus, and Diversispora) and four dominant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) (Glomus mosseae (Funneliformis mosseae), Glomus Whitfield type 17, Claroideoglomus lamellosum, and Glomus MO_G17). AMF community structure in roots of onion plants collected from crops midsummer was different in organic versus conventional crops, with greater AMF diversity and richness in organic than conventional crops. There was no effect of organic versus conventional crops on dominant OTUs, but several low-abundance OTUs in organic fields were not detected in conventional fields. There was no consistent effect of metam sodium chemigation on AMF communities in onion crops. Overall, cropping practices in organic versus conventional onion production, and the use of metam sodium soil fumigation by center-pivot chemigation do not appear to be major drivers of AMF communities.


2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey J. du Toit ◽  
Dean A. Glawe ◽  
Gary Q. Pelter

A powdery mildew disease of onion has been observed infrequently in the Columbia Basin of Washington State since 1996, but this is the first published report of this disease in the Pacific Northwest. The causal agent was determined to be Leveillula taurica (Lév.) G. Arnaud. Accepted for publication 29 October 2004. Published 29 November 2004.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (23) ◽  
pp. 7127-7139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharat Rastogi ◽  
Max Berkelhammer ◽  
Sonia Wharton ◽  
Mary E. Whelan ◽  
Frederick C. Meinzer ◽  
...  

Abstract. Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) has recently emerged as a tracer for terrestrial carbon uptake. While physiological studies relating OCS fluxes to leaf stomatal dynamics have been established at leaf and branch scales and incorporated into global carbon cycle models, the quantity of data from ecosystem-scale field studies remains limited. In this study, we employ established theoretical relationships to infer ecosystem-scale plant OCS uptake from mixing ratio measurements. OCS fluxes showed a pronounced diurnal cycle, with maximum uptake at midday. OCS uptake was found to scale with independent measurements of CO2 fluxes over a 60 m tall old-growth forest in the Pacific Northwest of the US (45∘49′13.76′′ N, 121∘57′06.88′′ W) at daily and monthly timescales under mid–high light conditions across the growing season in 2015. OCS fluxes were strongly influenced by the fraction of downwelling diffuse light. Finally, we examine the effect of sequential heat waves on fluxes of OCS, CO2, and H2O. Our results bolster previous evidence that ecosystem OCS uptake is strongly related to stomatal dynamics, and measuring this gas improves constraints on estimating photosynthetic rates at the ecosystem scale.


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