Fall 2007
De La Pena, Clelia, Ph.D.
Advisor: Jorge Vivanco
Thesis: " Study of Bioactive Proteins in the Roots and Root Exudates of Model Plants"
Elsner, Karen, M.S.
Advisor: Harrison Hughes
Thesis: "Overcoming Seed Dormancy in Glaucium spp. (Papaveraceae)"
Howlett, Teri, M.S.
Advisor: Jim Klett
Thesis: "Efficacy and Phytotoxicity of Preemergence Herbicides in Container-grown Landscape Plants."
Ounsworth, James Matthew, M.S.
Advisor: Jim Klett
Thesis: "Water Use and Drought Resistance of Turfgrass and Landscape Shrubs"
Summer 2007
Chopra, Satinder Singh, M.S.
Advisor: Yaling Qian
Thesis:
"Urban Landscape Irrigation with Recycled Wastewater: Management Options for Mitigating Sodium Stress"
Thompson, Matthew Damian, M.S.
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff
Thesis: "Cancer Preventive Attributes of Selections from Malus"
Spring 2007
No Horticulture graduate students
Fall 2006
Todd Charles Einhorn, Ph.D.
Advisor: Horst Carpari
Thesis:
Emma Louise Locke, M.S.
Advisor: Steven E. Newman
Thesis: "Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides in Protection from Drought and Salinity Stresses and Graywater Application as an Alternative for Landscape Irrigation"
Hrvoje Rukavina, Ph.D.
Advisor: Harrison G. Hughes
Thesis: "Phenotypic Variability, Cold Hardiness and Flowering Induction of Saltgrass [Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene] Clones"
Summer 2006
Holtvoigt, Jennifer Ann, M.S.
Advisor: David Hartley
Thesis: "Vase Life and Thrips Treatments of Field Grown Cut Flowers in Colorado"
Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Mekhled Mutiran Al-Enazi, M.S.
Advisor: Harrison G. Hughes and David Holm
Thesis:
"Influence of Storage Temperature and Time in Storage on Pigment Content of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)"
Summer 2005
Dawn Yvette Henson, M.S.
Advisor: David Hartley and Steven Newman
Thesis: Performance of 19 Species of Bedding Plants and Kentucky Bluegrass Grown at Decreasing Levels of Irrigation"
Grant Johnson, M.S.
Advisor: Yaling Qian and Jessica Davis
Thesis: “Effects of Topdressing Established Kentucky Bluegrass with Composted Manure"
Spring 2005
Juma'a S. Al-Obeidani, Ph.D.
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff
Thesis: "Antioxidant Properties of Colorado Grown Potatoes"
Oktay Kulen, Ph.D.
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff
Thesis: "Potato Minituber Bud Dormancy Release"
Fall 2004
No Horticulture graduate students
Summer 2004
Jayraj Himanshu Muni, M.S. Plan B
Advisor: Steven Newman
Spring 2004
Saleh Mobarak Al-Turki, M.S.
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff
Thesis: "Total Phenolics and Antioxidant Capacity of Some Old World Cider Apples"
Fahrettin Goktepe, Ph.D.
Advisor: Harrison Hughes
Thesis: "Evaluation of Plant Characteristics and Disease Resistance in Cu-IPT Transformed Watermelon cv. Crimson Sweet"
Gregory Litus, M.S.
Advisor: James E. Klett
Thesis: "The Effects of Water Limitation and Heat on Flower Production, Resource Allocation and Partial Style Abscission in Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana"
Sang-Wook Park, Ph.D.
Advisor: Jorge Vivanco
Thesis:
"Biochemical and Biological Roles of Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins"
Fall 2003
Mohammed Al-Daej, M.S. Plan B
Advisor: Harrison Hughes
Summer 2003
Andrea K. Cummins, M.S.
Advisor: James Klett
Thesis: "Tree Production Utilizing Pot-In-Pot
Techniques"
Hope Anne Gruszewski, M.S.
Advisor: David Holm and Jorge Vivanco
Thesis: "Control of Late Blight of Potato
(Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary)
Utilizing Endogenous and Exogenous Plant Resources"
Nusret Ozbay, Ph.D.
Advisor: Steven Newman
Thesis: “Biocontrol of Fusarium Crown and
Root Rot of Fresh Market Tomato with Trichoderma
harzianum Strains Under Greenhouse Conditions”
Spring 2003
Kent Sather, M.S.
Advisor: Asunta Thompson
Thesis: “Performance of Russet Norkotah
Line Selections at Different Rates of Nitrogen”
Fall 2002
Hsiang Chang, Ph.D.
Advisor: Michelle Jones and Stephen Wallner
Thesis: “Cytokinin Regulation During Flower
Senescence in Petunia x hybrida ‘V26' Transformed
With SAG12-ipt”
James Robert Newberry, M.S.
Advisor: Anthony Koski
Thesis: “Conversion of Perennial Ryegrass
(Lolium perenne L.) Fairways to Kentucky Bluegrass
(Poa pratensis L.)
Joyce Pennycooke, Ph.D.
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff and Michelle Jones
Thesis: “Molecular and Physiological Analyses
of a Temperature Dependent Galactosidase in Petunia x hybrida ‘Mitchell’”
Travis Walker, M.S.
Advisor: Jorge Vivanco
Thesis: “Isolation and Characterization
of Root-secreted Secondary Metabolites, and Their
Role Against Pseupomonas aeruginosa”
Spring 2002
Mary Rebecca (Suplick) Ploense, Ph.D.
Advisor: Yaling Qian
Thesis: “Physiological, Morphological, and
Spectral Reflectance Characteristics of Kentucky
Bluegrass, Texas Bluegrass, and Their Hybrids
in Response to Water Stress”
Elizabeth Sears, M.S.
Advisor: James Klett
Thesis: “Weed Management and Cultivated
Wildflowers”
Mohamed Ahmed Shahba, Ph.D.
Advisor: Yaling Qian and Harrison Hughes
Thesis: “Environmental Stress Aspects of
Saltgrass [Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene]”
Fall 2001
Saad Al-Shammary, M.S.
Advisor: Yaling Qian and Stephen Wallner
Thesis: “Salinity Tolerance and Associated
Salinity Tolerance Mechanisms of Four Turf Grasses”
Scott Reid, M.S.
Advisor: Harrison Hughes
Thesis: “Chromosome Races and Polyploid
Cytoforms in Distichlis spicata”
Dianne (Oakley) Skogerboe, M.S.
Advisor: Harrison Hughes and James Klett
Thesis: “Seed Dormancy in Callirhoe involucrata (Torr. & Gray) Gray, (Malvaceae)”
Spring 2001
Samuel Eliot Cox, M.S.
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff
Thesis: “Lycopene Analysis and Horticultural
Attributes of Tomato”
Fall 2000
Deirdre (Anderson) Detjens, M.S.
Advisor: James Klett
Plan B: “Plant Introduction Programs and
Plant Select®”
Summer 2000
Judy Harrington, M.S.
Advisor: Tony Koski
Thesis: “Overcoming Seed Dormancy in Distichlis
spicata”
Laurel E. Potts, M.S.
Advisor: Stephen Wallner
Masters Paper: “Colorado Native Plants Survey
- Voices of the Green Industry”
Spring 2000
Yu-Jen Chiang, Ph.D
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff
Thesis: “Overexpression of Mannitol-1-Phosphate
Dehydrogenase Increases Monnitol Production and
Confers Salt and Chilling Tolerance in Transgenic
Petunia cv. Mitchell”
Celia Tannehill, M.S.
Advisor: James Klett
Plan B: Co-authored “Best Perennials for
the Rocky Mountains and High Plains”
Fall 1999
Andrea Christine Blaine, M.S.
Advisor: Steven Newman
Thesis: “Selection and Production of Six
Herbaceous Flowering Perennial Species As Greenhouse
Grown Alternative Cut Flowers”
Brian Grubb, M.S.
Advisor: James Klett
Thesis: “Post-harvest Storage & Establishment
of Balled and Burlapped Tilia cordata Mill. ‘Greenspire’.”
Eun-Sun Kim, M.S.
Advisor: Steven Newman
Thesis: “The Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene
in Preventing Petal Abscission of Geraniums”
(Pelargonium x hortorum L.H. Bailey)
Marianne Poxleitner, M.S.
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff
Thesis: “Stress Effects on Color Development
in Pinot Noir Wine.”
Izulme Santos, Ph.D.
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff
Thesis: “Desiccation and Freezing Tolerance
of Embryonic Axes and Lateral Buds of Citrus spp.:
Implications for Germplasm Conservation.”
Spring 1999
Douglas A. Findley, Ph.D.
Advisor: Stephen Wallner
Thesis: “Impact of the Irrigation Regime
on Trees and Turfgrass in a Landscape Setting.”
Chang Park, M.S.
Advisor: Cecil Stushnoff
Thesis: “Characterization of Bud Dormancy
in Potato”
Kirsten Blyth (Larson) Scott, M.S.
Advisor: James Klett
Thesis: “Enhancing Germination of Fraxinus
anomala”
Spring 1998
Erik Ervin, Ph.D.
Advisor: Tony Koski
Thesis: “Morphological and Physiological
Effects of Trinexapac-Ethyl, Traffic, and Nitrogen
on Kentucky Bluegrass”
Amy Jo Waldo, M.S.
Advisor: James Klett
Thesis: “The Effects of Three Nursery Productions
Methods On Tree Growth Rates”
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