Thesis (M.S. in psychology)--Washington State University, December 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 20, 2010). "Department of Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-28).

After-cooking darkening (ACD), a gray-black discoloration, is one of the key quality defects of the potato. Previous work using a diploid population 13610 identified 14 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, located on eight chromosomes, which have the strongest association with ACD. Seven of these markers are located in four major quantitative trait loci (QTL) on chromosomes 2, 4, 6, and 10. It is hypothesized that these 14 markers would also have significant relationship to ACD in other breeding populations. Therefore, their effects in another diploid population 14946 were analyzed by amplicon genotyping using high-resolution DNA melting (HRM). Eleven of the 14 SNP markers were confirmed to be significantly associated with ACD. Six of the 11 markers were located in the four major QTL regions. In addition, unlabelled probe assays using HRM were performed on a group of clones in the tetraploid population 14945. Five from the 14 markers were analyzed, and three showed significant relationship to ACD. The methodology established and the markers identified in this study could benefit breeding programs for developing lower ACD varieties.

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This study discusses the performance and prospects of the Nigerian economy in the wake of the oil euphoria. It produces some empirical evidence for the rapid destruction of Nigerian agriculture in the past ten years or more and it demonstrates that the plight of the Nigerian economy in general and the rural sector in particular was in part a direct consequence of the increase in oil revenue which pushed up the exchange rate and made it unprofitable to grow crops for export. It concludes that unless a radical change in government policy is effected to revive the agricultural sector, Nigeria will experience a depletion of both her oil and her agricultural resources to the extent that the economy could eventually face a food crisis like those recently experienced in Ethiopia, Sudan, Mali or Chad, and without an industrial base. The study argues that contrary to the view commonly held in Nigeria, the benefits in the medium and long term of devaluing the Nigerian currency(naira) will greatly outweigh the costs which are likely to be only temporary. We use the term "Dutch disease", as it was in the Netherlands, that the phenomenon of the adverse effects on the rest of the economy of a rise in the exchange rate, brought about by the discovery of natural gas, was first observed.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2008. / Title from file title page. Jennifer Esposito, committee chair; Sheryl Gowen, Carolyn Furlow, Carlos McCray, Susan Ogletree, committee members. Electronic text (226 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed August 22, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-213).

Thesis (M.A.)--Rowan University, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Rowan University, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Rowan University, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.