University of Idaho

Environmental determinants of phenazine- and 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing Pseudomonas in the wheat rhizosphere across a precipitation gradient

ABSTRACT The Columbia Plateau of the Inland Pacific Northwest (IPNW) encompasses one of North America’s largest dryland wheat production regions, where soil moisture strongly influences plant growth, health, and rhizosphere microbial communities. Two ecologically and genetically...

Wildfire social science: rigor, traditions, and best practices for an evolving field

Abstract Increased interest in and production of wildfire social science is a positive trend. Yet the increasing breadth and depth of researchers engaging in wildfire social science also suggest a need to constructively reflect on trends in the field and to illuminate considerati...

Root-Based Phytostabilization of Thorium and Uranium in Rare Earth Element-Rich Soils

The expansion of rare earth element (REE) mining has raised concerns about the environmental risks associated with radioactive elements, particularly thorium (Th) and uranium (U), which commonly occur alongside REE-bearing minerals. We investigated the uptake and distribution of...

Shared patterns of human milk composition link mammary gland function to infant growth

The mammary gland produces nutrient-rich human milk (HM), yet how mammary functional state shapes HM composition and infant outcomes remains poorly understood. We used HM multi-omics - metabolomics, proteomics, micronutrients, macronutrients, and HM oligosaccharides - across 1,54...

Microbial and Biogeochemical Responses to Streamwater Fecal and Nutrient Contamination

Abstract Lindsay Creek, a tributary of the Clearwater River in north-central Idaho, USA, is impaired by elevated nitrate and Escherichia coli(E. coli) levels. However, the relative contributions, spatiotemporal patterns, and ecological effects of known contamination sources remai...

Review of reintroduction as a conservation tool for Pacific salmon in western North America

Abstract Objective Reintroduction of Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. into historically occupied habitat is a widely used management strategy in western North America. Since the last major review, new information on donor populations, fish passage, dam removal, ecological interac...

Sensitivity of neutrino oscillations to the Earth’s interior properties

Understanding the Earth’s deep interior remains challenging, as traditional geophysical methods face ambiguities in linking seismic observations to temperature, composition, or mass density variations. Atmospheric neutrinos, produced by the constant flux of cosmic rays colliding...

Resilience of interdependent power and transportation networks under extreme events: A systematic literature review

Power distribution systems and transportation infrastructure networks constitute highly interconnected urban systems whose performance is increasingly threatened by extreme events and natural hazards. Disruptions in one system can rapidly propagate to the other, leading to cascad...

Inside the Dairy Industry’s Push for Lower Emissions: Insights from US Dairy Processors

This study examines how US dairy processors are responding to the Net Zero Initiative’s (NZI) 2050 goal through semistructured interviews. Findings suggest advancing decarbonization requires harmonized accounting and reporting standards, sustained financial support, and positioni...

The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases

Abstract Emerging infectious diseases are a hallmark of the Anthropocene 1,2 . Human-driven ecosystem changes and human–wildlife–livestock contact can drive the emergence of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases 3–5 , but how much these processes shape landscapes of outbreak risk is...

The Pocket Tutor Has a Price: Scaffolding Self-Paced Learning with AI

The dominant narrative casts large language models (LLMs) as a low-cost realization of Bloom’s two-sigma tutor: patient, always available, personalizing at scale. Self-paced online learning, the fastest-growing segment of higher and continuing education and the backbone of the da...

Resilient Control Under Side-Channel Compromise for IoMT Devices

As Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) ecosystems expand, life-critical devices become increasingly vulnerable to microarchitectural leakage attacks that enable adversaries to evade conventional digital authentication mechanisms. Exploiting timing and cache leakage allows adversari...

Fine-tune the stable diffusion model using mindat data to generate mineral images from textual descriptions of attribute combinations

Abstract Mindat (mindat.org) is a comprehensive mineral database that serves as a valuable resource for mineral data, encompassing a vast collection of textural descriptions and images from around the world. While the OpenMindat project accelerates knowledge discoveries in minera...

Simulating long-term drought-driven forest stand dynamics in East Texas using the Forest Vegetation Simulator

Drought is a major climatic disturbance affecting forest productivity, mortality, and long-term stand development. We used the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) to explore potential long-term drought effects on selected major forest types in East Texas. Forest Inventory and Analy...

Limitation of pantothenate bioavailability in Anopheles stephensi by second-generation pantazines enhances restriction of Plasmodium development

Plasmodium parasites require pantothenate (Pan) from their hosts to synthesize coenzyme A (CoA), an essential metabolic cofactor. While blood-stage parasites can utilize both Pan and the immediate CoA precursor phosphopantetheine from mammals to synthesize CoA, mosquito-stage par...

Four coding-complete genomes of bovine viral diarrhea virus-2a ( Orthopestivirus tauri genotype a) isolated from farmed white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) in Florida, USA, in 2018

To date, no bovine viral diarrhea virus-2 (BVDV-2) coding-complete genomes are available from white-tailed deer (WTD) in Florida. We determined the coding-complete genome sequences of four BVDV-2 isolates from farmed WTD that were found dead in 2018. These belonged to BVDV-2 sub-...

Case Study: Electrophoretic separation of bovine myosin heavy chain in samples stored long term at −20°C

ABSTRACT Objective Samples used for skeletal-muscle, fiber-type profiling are traditionally collected fresh and stored at −80°C until analysis. This study aimed to assess the vi-ability of using aged beef samples in prolonged storage at −20°C for muscle fiber typing. Materials an...

Automated workflow demonstrates mixed treatment impacts on burn severity across ecoregion scales

Background Intensifying wildfire activity in western North America has motivated focus on fuel treatments as a tool for moderating fire severity. Treatment effectiveness is influenced by complex interactions among biophysical settings, treatments and weather. Aims This study intr...

Identifying Research Priorities for the Development of High-Integrity Forest Carbon Credits

Abstract In the United States, voluntary carbon markets have gained significant traction in recent years. However, many offset standards, protocols, and credit ratings have come under scrutiny from the public and investors for failing to produce real or sustainable carbon offsets...

Resistance to Bean Common Mosaic Virus Conferred by the bc-u Gene Does Not Affect Replication or Systemic Spread of the Virus in Common Bean but Ameliorates the Strain-Specific Systemic Necrosis

Resistance to bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) in common bean is governed by four strain-specific, recessive (bc-u, bc-1, bc-2, and bc-3) and one strain non-specific, dominant (I) genes. BCMV exists as a complex of strains defined biologically based on host range and on their mole...