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PhD

Dissertation Title PhD

Joint Publications

Scow, K.M., O. Somasco, N. Gunapala, S. Lau, R. Venette, H. Ferris, R. Miller and C. Shennan.  1994.  Transition from conventional to low-input agriculture changes soil biology and fertility.  California Agriculture 48(5):20-26.

Ferris, H., S. Lau and R. Venette.  1995.  Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes:  respiration and metabolic rates based on carbon dioxide production.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 27:319-330.

Ferris, H., R. C. Venette and S. S. Lau.  1996.  Dynamics of nematode communities in tomatoes grown in conventional and organic farming systems, and their impact on soil fertility.  Applied Soil Ecology 3:161-175.

Ferris, H., M. Eyre, R. C. Venette and S. S. Lau.  1996.  Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes:  stage-specific development and fecundity rates.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28:271-280.

Ferris, H., R. C. Venette and S. S. Lau.  1997.  Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes:  Carbon and Nitrogen budgets.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:1183-1194.

 Venette, R. C. and H. Ferris.  1997.  Thermal constraints to population growth of bacterial-feeding nematodes.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:63-74.

 Lau, S. S., M. E. Fuller, H. Ferris, R. C. Venette and K. M. Scow.  1997.  Development and testing of an assay for soil-ecosystem health using the bacterial-feeding nematode Cruznema tripartitum.  Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 36:133-139.

 Venette, R. C., F. A. M. Mostafa and H. Ferris.  1997.  Trophic interactions between bacterial-feeding nematodes and the nematophagous fungus Hirsutella rhossiliensis in plant rhizospheres to suppress Heterodera schachtii.  Plant and Soil 191:213-223.

 Venette, R. C. and H. Ferris.  1998.  Influence of bacterial type and density on population growth of bacterial-feeding nematodes.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30:949-960.

Gunapala, N., R. C. Venette, H. Ferris and K. M. Scow.  1998.  Effects of soil management history on the rate of organic matter decomposition..  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30:1917-1927.

Ferris, H., R. C. Venette, H. R. van der Meulen and S. S. Lau.  1998.  Nitrogen mineralization by bacterial-feeding nematodes:  verification and measurement.  Plant and Soil 203:159-171.

Ferris, H., R.C. Venette and K.M. Scow. 2004. Soil management to enhance bacterivore and fungivore nematode populations and their nitrogen mineralization function.  Applied Soil Ecology 24:19-35.

Abstracts of Presentations

Ferris, H., R. C. Venette, S. A. Lau, K. M. Scow and N. Gunapala.  1994.  Bacterial-feeding nematodes in organic and conventional farming systems.  Journal of Nematology 26:544.

Ferris, H., E. P. Caswell-Chen and R. L. Sloan.  1995.  Synopsis of a developing database of the host status of plants to nematodes.  Journal of Nematology 27:499-500.

Venette, R. C. and H. Ferris.  1995.  Impact of temperature on population growth rates of bacterial-feeding nematodes:  Implications for invasion biology. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (Suppl.) 76:398.

Venette, R. C. and H. Ferris.  1996.  Net reproductive performance as a predictor of colonization success in biological invasions:  assessment using nematodes.  Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (Suppl.) 77:437.

Chen, J. and H. Ferris.  1997.  Nitrogen mineralization by Aphelenchus avenae associated with Rhizoctonia sp. and barley straw.  Journal of Nematology 29:572.

Ferris, H., R. C. Venette, H. R. van der Meulen and S. S. Lau.  1997.  Nitrogen mineralization by bacterial-feeding nematodes.  Journal of Nematology 29:577.

Ferris, H., R. C. Venette, H. R. van der Meulen and K. M. Scow.  1998.  Nitrogen fertility and soil food web management.  Journal of Nematology 30:495-496.

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