Publications by authors named "Nicholas E Clark"

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  • - In 2018 and 2019, cowpeas in Tulare County, California were found to have serious root and stem problems that affected their growth, but only a small number of plants (less than 5%) were impacted.
  • - Scientists collected samples from these affected plants and discovered a harmful fungus called Fusarium solani, which can cause diseases in plants.
  • - They tested how this fungus could damage cowpea plants in a greenhouse and carefully measured the results to understand how it affects their growth.
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Variability of dairy process wastewater (PWW) nitrogen (PWW-N) content makes precise fertilizing of forage challenging. Our objective was to improve measurement accuracy of PWW-N. We characterized PWW-N and quantified its variability using over 1,000 PWW samples from 91 lagoons on commercial California dairies.

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