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3 pp. / Lodging has historically been a problem in small grain production. Palisade is a relatively new plant growth regulator that has shown some promise in reducing lodging. The effect of Palisade on height and lodging of durum, and subsequent yield was tested in a study at the Maricopa Ag Center. Plant height was not affected by Palisade since the chemical was applied at boot, one stage past the recommended window where the plant was near maximum height. Lodging was reduced from 83 to 61% and 28 to 8% under the high and medium input growing conditions, respectively. Grain yield was increased from 4481 to 6152 lb/acre and 5600 to 7330 lb/acre under high and medium input growing conditions, respectively. Palisade is effective in reducing but not eliminating lodging, and can have a large impact on yield as in this study.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1911. / Bibliography: p. [169]-171.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 233-241). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

Increased numbers of women, people of color, and older workers will soon begin to fill positions once held and dominated by European-American men. To aid in such demographic expansions it is estimated that diversity management and/or sensitivity training programs of some sort take place in over half of the U.S. companies with over 100 employees at an approximate cost of 10 billion dollars per year (Lubove, 1997). Such programs are thought to alter attitudes and prepare firms for multicultural staffs and market places. Organizational benefits of such programs are well documented. However, the impact of these programs on employees remains unanswered. Discovering the effectiveness and impact of diversity management training programs on mangers in the lodging industry was the challenge put forth in the present study. The study sought to gain a better understanding of the usefulness of diversity management training programs in the hospitality industry. Specifically, the present study investigated the perceived benefits of diversity management training programs on the individual level by addressing two research questions. The first research question asked if there was a relationship between diversity management training involvement and the personal inputs of various lodging managers. The second question asked if there was a relationship between diversity management training involvement and the personal outputs of lodging managers. The present study used a combination of Adams’ Equity Theory Model, Cox’s Interactional Model of Cultural Diversity, and Charles’ Relationships of Factors Affecting the Recruitment, Retention & Promotion of Blacks Into Upper-Level Management Model. The proposed Diversity Management Training Effectiveness Model identified four major constructs to describe and communicate the potential impacts of diversity management training programs on individuals. Personal inputs, diversity climate (organizational), and personal outputs were utilized to predict lodging managers' involvement in diversity management training programs. Regression analysis, analysis of variance, Pearson Product Correlation Coefficients, Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficients, and Two Mean T-tests were used to analysis the 11 hypotheses generated by the two research questions. The analysis revealed that three personal inputs (age, educational level, and gender) had no relationships with the diversity management training involvement of lodging managers. While loyalty and seniority, also personal inputs did have relationships with the diversity management training involvement, and thus could be used to predict the managers' involvement in such training programs. Revealed also in the study were the relationships between involvement with diversity management training programs and employee personal outputs. Relationships were not found with job/career satisfaction, job involvement, and compensation. Opportunities for advancement were found to be correlated with a lodging managers' involvement in diversity management training programs. While, organizational identification received partial support for the relationship with diversity management training involvement. The model tested in this study provides a means of evaluating the effectiveness and impacts of diversity management training programs on individuals. Forty-nine percent of all managers surveyed felt diversity management training programs were effective to very effective with regards to minority employees, while 50% felt that these same programs were effective to very effective with regards to non-minority employees. The findings also suggest that the involvement in diversity management training programs can increase the overall general satisfaction and organizational commitment of lodging managers. / Ph. D.

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Yuen Hin Yu, Echo. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2007-2008, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Includes Chinese characters. / Chapter 1.0 --- Title / Chapter 1.1 --- Thesis Statement / Chapter 1.2 --- Synopsis / Chapter 2.0 --- Definition - Eco-tourism / Chapter 2.1 --- Facts / Chapter 3.0 --- Issues / Chapter 3.1 --- Tourism branding 一 Green Labeling / Chapter 3.2 --- Locality and Greenwash / Chapter 4.0 --- Observations 一 Guangxi Chongzuo Bio-Park / Chapter 4.1 --- Transition of use / Chapter 4.2 --- Fragmentation / Chapter 5.0 --- Critique on current situation / Chapter 5.1 --- Disjuncture / Chapter 5.2 --- Energy Resource Dependency / Chapter 6.0 --- Design Strategies / Chapter 6.1 --- Implementation of Tourist Control / Chapter 6.2 --- Technique - Handmadeness / Chapter 6.3 --- Process / Chapter 6.4 --- The Design

Pea populations derived from ten crosses were scored by coupling phase linked sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers A001 and A002, and repulsion phase linked SCAR marker A004 for lodging resistance during the F2 generation. The objective of this project was to test the efficiency of implementation of these three SCAR markers in marker-assisted selection (MAS) for lodging resistance in pea breeding. Chi-square tests showed that A001 and A004 followed a two independent gene segregation model in all of the eight populations that segregated for these two markers. In the F3 field trial, the differences between mean lodging score of A001 (DNA band present) and a001 (DNA band absent) classes varied from -0.5 to -0.9 with an average of -0.6, based on a 1 to 9 lodging scale, across the eight populations surveyed. The differences between mean lodging score of a004 (DNA band absent) and A004 (DNA band present) classes varied from -0.4 to -1.1 with an average of -0.7, across the eight populations surveyed. In comparison, when the combination of two markers (A001; a004 vs. a001; A004) was used, lodging score differences varied from -0.7 to -1.5, with an average of -1.0 across the eight populations. T-test results showed that significant differences (P<0.05) in lodging score were observed between A001 and a001 classes in seven out of eight populations, and between A004 and a004 classes in six out of eight populations. Further T-tests showed that significant lodging differences were observed among the four classes of the A001 and A004 marker combination in seven out of eight populations assessed, including differences at P<0.01 level in six populations. The greater differences among marker combination classes than between individual marker classes showed that combining two markers was more effective than use of each marker alone in MAS. The marker combination explained (R2) 19-57% of lodging and 4-43% of plant height variation in the eight populations surveyed. The high temperature and potential nitrogen leaching in the summer of 2003, reduced plant growth and lodging. Under optimal growth conditions, differences in lodging between resistant and susceptible cultivars could have been greater. Five new markers generated by simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers SAD134, SAB81 and SAD141 were identified in the recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from MP1401 × Carneval. The markers generated from primers SAD134 and SAB81 explained 12% and 13% of lodging variation in the RILs, respectively. Primer SAD141 produced three markers which explained 19%, 11% and 25% of lodging variation in the RILs, respectively. Linkage analysis showed that none of the three markers derived from primer SAD141 were allelic. The combination of the three markers from primer SAD141 explained 28% of lodging variation. However, utilization of any of these new markers with A001 and A004 did not substantially increase the proportion of lodging variation being explained. Thus, the new markers have limited potential to improve the efficiency of MAS for lodging resistance in pea breeding.