Theses and Dissertations

Improving tree canopy cover within single family residential front yards and the case for neighborhood trees case study: Galway elementary school district

To What Extent Do Mode of Reproduction, Levels of Genotypic Diversity, and Connectivity in Vallisneria americana Michx. Confer Resilience to a Changing Climate?

Illuminating Public Spaces Through Artful Lighting Design: A Response to the Proposed Elevated Seawall on Staten Island

Growing Stewards – Reimagining a Historic Landscape as a Venue for Climate Change Awareness through Education, Adaptation, and Play

From Harm to Hope: Reimagining an Abandoned Asylum as a Space of Reflection, Rejuvenation, and Rejoice

Jainee Priyesh Shah

Martin, Bryn

RE-RO(O/U)TING: Reconfiguring mobilities and materialities through the design of a green-blue infrastructure corridor in Baltimore, Maryland

Sretenovic, Simon

Developing and Improving CRISPR-Based Genome Editing Technologies in Plants

Castillo Gonzalez, Humberto

Investigating the hyperdiversity of fungal endophytes in wild Rubiaceae tropical plants and coffee plantations.

Malzahn, Aimee Alyssa

Developing and Expanding CRISPR-Cas Plant Genome Engineering Systems

On the Verge: A Design Framework Using Landscape Ecology and Edge Design Principles to Reconnect Habitats and Diversify Vegetation in Southeast Texas

Mallory, Jonathan Richard

Healing with Nature: Integrating Biodiversity at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center

Cosseboom, Scott David

Epidemiology and Fungicide Sensitivity of Grape Late Season Bunch Rots in the Mid-Atlantic

Savio, Hannah L

After the Flood: Designing Land Reuse in New York's Hudson Valley

Deaver, Wesley

The Plant Rhizosphere-Phyllosphere Connection: Analysis of root-associated Pseudomonas sp. -induced changes in Fruit Surface Phytochemical Profiles of Heirloom and Modern Tomato cultivars and effect on Salmonella enterica association

Stokes, Bridget Allison

Designing for the People: A Participatory Design Approach for Duane Avenue Park

Singh, Lovepreet

Multifaceted Approaches to Control Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat: Genetic Mapping, Mechanistic Studies, and Fungicide Efficacy Analyses

Liu, Xingchen

Integrating Food Safety and Sustainability: Investigating Lettuce and Kale Interactions with Salmonella as Influenced by Stress and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria

Moody, Kelsey

A Study into the Application of Occupational Therapy Theoretical Framework in a Public Space Design for Kirkwood Neighborhood Park

Ren, Xiaojin

A Nature Space for Wellness: Outdoor Design for the Villa Rosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

UNDERSTANDING SPECIES AND FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE IN COLLETOTRICHUM POPULATIONS FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC STRAWBERY FIELDS

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE 3.7 UNDERLIES ROOT MORPHOPOLGY AND SIGNALING VIA MEMBRANE POTENTIAL HOMEOSTASIS

INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF UVR8 IN BLANACING GROWTH AND ACCLIMATION TO UV-B RADIATION IN NATURAL AND TRANSGENIC POPULUS VARIANTS

Saltwater intrusion alters nitrogen and phosphorus transformations in coastal agroecosystems 

THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF COMMUNITY MANAGED OPEN SPACES ON RESIDENTIAL HOUSE SALE PRICES IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, MD 

IMPROVING IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AND ROW COVER USE IN STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION 

ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF URBAN FOREST PATCHES

EXPERIENTIAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR EDUCATION: OXON RUN PARK AS A REGIONAL EDUCATION RESOURCE

ECO-HABITATS - USING ECOLOGICAL DESIGN FOR AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE HABITATS ON GOLF COURSES: CASE STUDY AT LANGSTON GOLF COURSE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 

IDENTIFYING HIGHLY CONSERVED PATHOGENICITY GENES IN CHESTNUT BLIGHT AND POWDERY MILDEW FUNGI AS TARGETS FOR NOVEL FORMS OF HOST RESISTANCE 

Westport Waterfront: An Alternative Approach to Post-Industrial Rejuvenation in Baltimore 

SALMONELLA ENTERICA STRATEGIES FOR PERSISTENCE ON TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM) AND SEROVAR DYNAMICS IN SURFACE AND RECLAIMED WATER 

Nitrogen cycling by grass-brassica mixtures in the Mid-Atlantic 

Candace Pritchard

SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF PHOTOTROPISM IN ARABIDOPSIS SEEDLINGS 

ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE ON URBAN RESIDENTIAL STREETS BY CREATING PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND TREES 

MANAGING WATER, NITROGEN, AND ALLELOPATHY WITH A CEREAL RYE COVER CROP

Bt GENETICS EFFECT ON CORN HYBRID PERFORMANCE: A COMPARISON OF TWO NEAR ISOLINE CORN HYBRIDS

ANALYSIS OF ARABIDOPSIS ABCB AUXIN TRANSPORTER MUTANTS REVEALS A PRIMARY ROLE IN MEMBRANE EXCLUSION

UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF MICROBIAL SOURCES AND TIME ON THE DEVELOPING CREEPING BENTGRASS MICROBIOME

CHOREOGRAPHING A GREENWAY: EXPLORING EXPERIENTIAL DIVERSITY THROUGH CHOREOGRAPHIC DANCE PRINCIPLES

REGENERATIVE STORMWATER CONVEYANCE: TECHNIQUES TO WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP & TURNING STORMWATER LIABILITIES INTO AMENITIES

TRANSFORMING ECOLOGICALLY DEFICIENT ROADSIDE GREENSPACE INTO QUALITY POLLINATOR HABITAT

DESIGNING NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ACTIVE LIVING: THROUGH TRAIL AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

THE SURVIVORS’ MONUMENT: AN EMPOWERING AND HEALING LANDSCAPE FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THEIR SUPPORTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES IN TWO AMAZONIAN HARDWOOD GENERA

The MEIOTIC PROPHASE AMINOPEPTIDASE 1 regulates polyploidy in Arabidopsis thaliana

INVESTIGATION OF ARABIDOPSIS TSO1, A REGULATOR OF CELL PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION

Wild to Wildscape: Designing the Urban Wild

TRANSFORMING VACANT LAND: A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF DRUID HEIGHTS, BALTIMORE

WALK ALONG THE RIVER: COMMUNITY DESIGN PROCESS FOR THE NORTON RIVERWALK

Kintsugi: A New Framework For Post-Industrial Transformation 

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IAA OXIDASES AND THEIR ROLE IN IAA HOMEOSTATIC REGULATION IN ARABIDOPSIS 

UNDERSTANDING LATE SEASON FRUIT ROT PATHOSYSTEMS AND INSECT INTERACTIONS IN MID-ATLANTIC VINEYARDS 

Bacterial communities of the specialty crop phyllosphere: response to biological soil amendment use, rainfall, and insect visitation 

A MORE COMPLETE STREET A STREET FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY, NORTH EAST STREET, FREDERICK, MARYLAND – A DESIGN INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT STREET DESIGN THEORIES 

Changes in the community structure of urban and rural forest patches in Baltimore from 1998 to 2015 

MOWING TO GROWING: TRANSFORMING A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE TO URBAN AGRICULTURE IN BALTIMORE CITY 

SHIFTING SCALES, ADJUSTING LENSES: A FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTIGATING BALTIMORE’S URBAN VACANCY 

MAXIMIZING LANDSCAPE PERFORMANCE AT ADVENTIST HOSPITAL: HEALING THE PEOPLE, HEALING SLIGO CREEK 

Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance: Design Implications of an Urban Case Demonstration in Baltimore, Maryland 

EFFECT OF COMPOST ON THE MICROCLOVER ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF COMPOST AND MICROCLOVER TO REDUCE LAWN NUTRIENT RUNOFF 

Influence of Nitrogen and Sink Competition on Shoot Growth of Poplar 

Changing Course: Repurposing Golf Landscapes for Wildlife Habitat and Recreation 

Genetic Control of Flowering Time in a Soft Red Winter Wheat Doubled Haploid Population 

EVALUATION OF COMPOST TOPDRESSING, COMPOST TEA AND CULTIVATION ON TALL FESCUE QUALITY, SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITY 

MAPPING QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI FOR GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD RELATED TRAITS IN A HEXAPLOID WINTER WHEAT DOUBLED HAPLOID POPULATION 

SALMONELLA ENTERICA INTERACTIONS WITH TOMATO: PLANT GENOTYPE EFFECTS AND SALMONELLA GENETIC RESPONSES 

Diversity of Phytophthora Species in Costa Rica's Tropical Forest 

ENGAGING CHILDREN IN HAITI: UTILIZING FOUND MATERIALS AND PROVEN TECHNIQUES TO GROW FOOD AND FILTER WATER 

Rethinking Playgrounds: A Design Investigation of Playscape Theory 

Genotypic Diversity of Common Phytophthora Species in Maryland Nurseries and Characterization of Fungicide Efficacy 

A Comparison of Organic Matter Amendments for Use in Extensive Green Roof Substrates 

Matthew Morris 

Effects of a Simulated Dicamba Misapplication on Non-tolerant Soybeans (Glycine max) 

Choice Experiments and Design Decision-Making 

SALMONELLA-INDUCED SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE IN TOMATO AND ITS IMPACT ON SALMONELLA COLONIZATION OF TOMATO LEAVES 

Epidemiology and population structure of Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of bacterial leaf scorch, among urban trees in the District of Columbia 

EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF SUBSTRATE COMPOSITION: EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ON MATRIC POTENTIAL, HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY, PLANT GROWTH, AND STORMWATER RETENTION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC. 

Parchment to Touchscreen: Landscape Journey and Experience for 21st Century Learning 

Local lettuce: heat tolerant romaine cultivars and vermicompost soil amendment to increase sustainability in the Mid-Atlantic 

The Micro -Landscape Modular Urban Apartment Gardens 

REVIVAL THROUGH RESILIENCE: Small Craft Harbor Design within a Coastal Urban Community 

Operation Market Garden: Establishing a Sustainable Food System in West Baltimore's Poppleton Neighborhood 

Shifting Gears: Exploring Parametric Design to Renovate an Urban Waterfront 

Exploring Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Sustainability. How Cultural and Social Factors Inform a Sustainable Redesign of Whitmore Park (Annapolis, MD). 

Greenway as the Framework for Community Design on the Patapsco River Valley 

Anacostia: Community As Form 

MAPPING DISEASE RESISTANCE QTL FOR FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT AND LEAF RUST IN A WHEAT DOUBLED HAPLOID POPULATION 

SYSTEMATICS OF THE GENUS COSMOSPORA (NECTRIACEAE, HYPOCREALES), AND COSPECIATION OF COSMOSPORA SPECIES WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED FUNGAL HOSTS. 

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY AND TAXONOMIC REVISION OF FUNGI IN THE GENUS Thelonectria AND RELATED SPECIES WITH Cylindrocarpon-LIKE ANAMORPHS 

EVALUATION OF PLANT SPECIES FOR SURVIVAL, GROWTH AND CONTRIBUTION TO GREEN ROOF FUNCTION 

Megan Elizabeth McConnell 

Distribution and involvement of Phytophthora cinnamomi in white oak (Quercus alba) decline in mid-Atlantic United States forests 

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PLANT RESPONSES TO COLD, HEAT AND SALT STRESSES IN ARABIDOPSIS 

The comparative effects of three Sedum species on green roof stormwater retention 

Healing Invisible Wounds: Landscapes for Wounded Warriors Suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 

Designing for the Shrinking City: Re-imagining Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, OH 

Designing for Interpretive Signage: Best Practices for Increasing Attraction Power 

Mingyu Cui 

COMPLETE STREETS CODE FOR ROADWAY FACILITY IMPROVEMENT IN COLLEGE PARK CAMPUS, THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - A CONTEXT-SENSITIVE APPROACH 

Experiencing Temporary Artscapes 

Light in the Landscape 

The Purposeful Edge: Designing for Wildlife Along the Anacostia River 

WHAT DOES THE MINE HAVE TO TELL US? ART AS A RECLAMATION STREATEGY IN THE POST-MINED LANDSCAPE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN MINE IN THE WORLD, NGWENYA MINE SWAZILAND 

A SCENARIO PLANNING APPROACH FOR SCHOOL GREEN ROOFS TO ACHIEVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BENEFITS: A CASE STUDY OF BRIER'S MILL RUN SUBWATERSHED 

Revealing Risk & Redefining Development: Exploring Hurricane Impact on St. Croix, USVI 

Nitrogen Management in Corn: Influences of Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) Applications With and Without Nitrogen Stabilizer Products. 

MECHANISMS OF DISEASE SUPPRESSION BY A HAIRY VETCH (VICIA VILLOSA) COVER CROP ON FUSARIUM WILT OF WATERMELON AND THE EFFICACY OF THE BIOCONTROL ACTINOVATE. 

Emily Pettengill

Cecile Parmentier-Line

Gary D Coleman

Xiao Wang

James Culver

TRANSMISSION OF CYMBIDIUM MOSAIC VIRUS IN ONCIDIUM ORCHIDS BY PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASIAE 

Genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation and restoration 

Redox and Soil Manipulation Effects on Ditch Soil Phosphorus Processing 

COMMUNITY BASED APPROACHES TO STORMWATER DESIGN IN A BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD 

Wildness as Infrastructure 

DESIGNING FOR BIODIVERSITY TO INFLUENCE HABITAT ON A GREEN ROOF IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

"PUERTAS": THE MEANING OF GATEWAYS AND A DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR THEIR INTERPRETATION IN CASCO ANTIGUO, PANAMA

Addressing New Stormwater Policies in the Redesign of the National Grove of State Trees at the United States National Arboretum 

GREEN AND BLUE SCHOOLS: THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE RAINWATER DESIGN AT GEORGETOWN VISITATION PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON DC. 

Reimagining the Cambridge Shoreline: Encouraging Implementation of Sustainable Shoreline Erosion Controls in Cambridge, MD 

Nomadic Memorial: Dynamic Landscapes of Commemoration for the Civilian Public Service 

Evaluation of Raspberry (Rubus sp.) Genotypes for Postharvest Quality and Resistance to Botrytis cinerea 

The utility of saflufenacil on glyphosate-resistant horseweed and its effect on select soybean varieties 

EVALUATING THE ENDOPHYTIC FUNGAL COMMUNITY IN PLANTED AND WILD RUBBER TREES (Hevea brasiliensis) 

Redefining the ORILLA: community awareness at the water's edge in Baltimore 

SUSTAINABILITY OF AN URBAN TREE PLANTING GROUP: ASSESSING THE CONDITION AND BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH RECENTLY PLANTED TREES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Modeling Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Water Dynamics in Greenhouse and Nursery Production Systems 

REINFORCING COMMUNITY: THE MEANING OF PLACE ATTACHMENT AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE REDESIGN OF LANGLEY PARK 

Riverpark: Adaptive Reuse of South Capitol Street Bridge

SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DOLLAR SPOT EPIDEMICS IN MARYLAND AND NITROGEN EFFECTS ON FUNGICIDE PERFORMANCE IN CREEPING BENTGRASS 

Corn Residual Nitrate and its Implications for Fall Nitrogen Management in Winter Wheat 

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT IN SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT 

Scab Resistance QTLs are Associated with Quality and Agronomic Traits of Soft Red Winter Wheat 

Comparing Source of Agricultural Contact Water and the Presence of Fecal Indicator Organisms on the Surface of 'Juliet' Grape Tomatoes 

Kinetics of Tetrachloroethene-Respiring Dehalobacter and Dehalococcoides Strains and Their Effects on Competition for Growth Substrates 

Utilization of Gypsum as a Filter Material in Agricultural Drainage Ditches: Impacts of Land Application on Soil Fertililty Conditions

INVESTIGATING CRUMB RUBBER AMENDMENTS FOR EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF SUBSTRATES 

Redoximorphic Features Induced by Organic Amendments and Simulated Wetland Hydrology 

Ecological Values and Ecosystem Services of Natural Forests: A Study of Prince William Forest Park, Virginia 

Weed Suppression By Forage Radish Winter Cover Crops

EVALUATION OF SCAB RESISTANCE QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI (QTL) EFFECTS ON WHEAT 

CALIBRATING CAPACITANCE SENSORS TO ESTIMATE WATER CONTENT, MATRIC POTENTIAL, AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY IN SOILLESS SUBSTRATES 

IN VITRO INDUCTION OF POLYPLOIDY IN CERCIS YUNNANENSIS HU ET CHENG 

Alleviation of Soil Compaction by Brassica Cover Crops 

THATCH AND SOIL PESTICIDE DEGRADATION AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AS INFLUENCED BY TURF CULTIVATION PRACTICES 

THE INFLUENCE OF LAND-USE, ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS ON TREE SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. 

Forage Radish Cover Crop Effects on Mycorrhizal Colonization and Soil Test Phosphorus 

Factors Affecting Fungicide Performance when Targeting Dollar Spot Disease in Creeping Bentgrass 

HYDROMORPHOLOGY OF ANOMALOUS BRIGHT LOAMY SOILS ON THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

Microbial Ecology and Horticultural Sustainability of Organically and Conventionally Managed Apples

Multi-Scale Pedologic Investigation of Manganiferous Soils in the Maryland Piedmont 

Association Analysis in Soybean 

Oxidation-Reduction Transformations of Chromium in Aerobic Soils and the Role of Electron-Shuttling Quinones in Chemical and Microbiological Pathways 

Effects of nitrogen and calcium on photosynthesis and metabolic activity in Acer saccharum in the Catskill Mountains 

TYPE II MADS-BOX GENES ASSOCIATED WITH POPLAR APICAL BUD DEVELOPMENT AND DORMANCY 

Physiological and Molecular Studies of Ethylene Effects on Soybean Root Infection by Soybean Cyst Nematodes

Pedogenesis, Inventory, and Utilization of Subaqueous Soils in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland 

Winter annual rye cover crops in no-till grain crop rotations: impacts on soil physical properties and organic matter 

Soil Nematode Communities as Influenced by Cover Crops, with a Focus on Brassicaceae 

The effects of solar ultraviolet-b on the proteome and antioxidant defense systems in soybean leaves 

Quantifying Fine Sediment Sources in the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River, Maryland, Using Trace Elements and Radionuclides 

Won Jun

Structure-function relationships of periplasmic membrane-derived oligosaccharides in salmonella growth and virulence 

Characterization of PtFD1, a bZIP transcription factor using transgenic poplars 

Amy Kremen 

Nitrogen Mineralization from Brassica Cover Crops 

Brassica Cover Crops for Nitrogen Retention in the Maryland Coastal Plain 

Characterization and Expression of RUB1 Conjugase and Cullin1-like Genes in Poplar Associated with Vegetative Bud Development and Dormancy 

Mapping and Characterization of the Marlboro Clay Formation 

GRAPH THEORETIC CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION OF THE UNITED STATES

Chemotherapeutic Treatment Options to Manage Xylella fastidiosa in Shade Trees 

Agricultural Drainage Ditches: Soils and Implications for Phosphorus Transport and Retention 

DOLLAR SPOT AND GRAY LEAF SPOT SEVERITY AS INFLUENCED BY IRRIGATION PRACTICE AND PLANT PROTECTION MATERIALS 

Double-Cropped Soybean Response to Various Wheat Stubble Managements 

Sustainability of Cold-climate Strawberry Production Systems 

Utilizing Hybrid Poplar Trees to Phytoremediate Soils with Excess Phosphorus 

WATER QUALITY IN MANAGEMENT INTENSIVE GRAZING AND CONFINED FEEDING DAIRY FARM WATERSHEDS 

Shu-fei Lin

TRANSCRIPT PROFILING AS A METHOD TO STUDY FRUIT MATURATION, TREE-RIPENING, AND THE ROLE OF "TREE FACTOR" IN 'GALA' AND 'FUJI' APPLES 

GENETIC DIVERSITY AND LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM IN WILD SOYBEAN, LANDRACES, ANCESTRAL, AND ELITE SOYBEAN POPULATIONS 

Assessing evapotranspiration rates of a Mid-Atlantic red maple riparian wetland using sap flow sensors. 

Spatial Distribution of Surface Soil Moisture under a Cornfield 

Efficiency and Ecological Risks of Reducing Soil pH during Thlaspi caerulescens Phytoextraction of Cadmium and Zinc 

Biology of Ophiosphaerella agrostis, epidemiology of dead spot, and a molecular description of the pathogen 

FACTORS AFFECTING MEDIA pH AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE IN GERANIUMS 

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MYO-INOSITOL (3) PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE GENE (MIPS) AND MAPPING OF A LPA MUTANT IN SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERRILL). 

Soil Properties and Native Plant Communities in a Kansas Prairie 

Assessment of select isolates of Trichoderma virens as a potential biocontrol against Meloidogyne incognita 

Breeding Considerations for Improving Cadmium and Zinc Hyperaccumulation in Two Thlaspi caerulescens Populations 

Andrew George Ristvey 

WATER AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN CONTAINER-NURSERY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS 

Hydromorphology of Piedmont Floodplain Soils

The Origin and Pedogenic History of Quaternary Silts on the Delmarva Peninsula in Maryland 

Management of White Rust (Caused by Albugo Occidentalis) Of Spinach and Its Impact on the NonTarget Invertebrate Community 

CHARACTERIZATION OF GLOMALIN, A GLYCOPROTEIN PRODUCED BY ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI