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Margaret Kaeiser

In SIUC Botany from 1947 to 1973

Born June 20, 1912, McAlester OK

BS and MS University of Oklahoma
Ph.D. 1947 University of Illinois

Before coming to SIU, taught at Chatham College and Cedar Crest College in Pennsylvania and at St. Joseph College in Connecticut. Research specialty: Plant Anatomy (particularly wood anatomy or conifers)

Deceased April 1973

Publications

  1. Boyce, S. G., and M. Kaeiser. 1961a. Environmental and genetic variability in the length of fibers of eastern cottonwood. Tappi J. 44:363-368.
  2. Boyce, S. G., and M. Kaeiser. 1961b. Why yellow-poplar seeds have low viability. US Forest Serv. Cent. States Forest Exp Sta. Tech. Pap.
  3. Boyce, S. G., and M. Kaeiser. 1964. Improve wood quality in eastern cottonwood by breeding and selecting for straight, vertical stems. South.
  4. Buchholz, J. T., and M. Kaeiser. 1940. A statistical study of two variables in the sequoias-pollen grain size and cotyledon number. The American Naturalist 74:279-283.
  5. Kaeiser, M. 1937. Transitional phenomena in the normal seedling of Althaea rosea Cav. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 17:62-65.
  6. Kaeiser, M. 1939. The pollen of certain Taxodiaceae. Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 32:91-983.
  7. Kaeiser, M. 1940. Morphology and embryology of the bald cypress, Taxodium distichum (L.) RichUniversity of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
  8. Kaeiser, M. 1953a. Microstructure of the wood of Juniperus. Botanical Gazette 115:155-162.
  9. Kaeiser, M. 1953b. Microstructure of the wood of the three species of Taxodium. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 80:415-418.
  10. Kaeiser, M. 1954a. Microstructure of wood of Podocarpus. Phytomorphology 4:39-47.
  11. Kaeiser, M. 1954b. A report on the mature wood of the syrian or drupe-fruited juniper, Juniperus drupacea Labill. American Midland Naturalist 51:306-310.
  12. Kaeiser, M. 1955. Frequency and distribution of gelatinous fibers in eastern cottonwood. American Journal of Botany 42:331-334.
  13. Kaeiser, M. 1956. Variations in fiber length of eastern cottonwood. Report no. 2047.
  14. Kaeiser, M., and S. G. Boyce. 1962a. Embryology of Liriodendron tulipifera. Phytomorphology 12:103-109.
  15. Kaeiser, M., and S. G. Boyce. 1962b. Use of an integrating stage for measurement of wood. Nature 195:1017.
  16. Kaeiser, M., and S. G. Boyce. 1962c. X-ray negatives for sorting yellow-poplar samaras with filled and empty seeds. Journal of Forestry 60:410-411.
  17. Kaeiser, M., and S. G. Boyce. 1965. The relationship of gelatinous fibers to wood structure in eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides). American Journal of Botany 52:711-715.
  18. Kaeiser, M., and D. T. Funk. 1971. Structural changes in walnut grafts. Northern Nut Growers Association Annual Report 62:90-94.
  19. Kaeiser, M., J. H. Jones, and D. T. Funk. 1965. Interspecific walnut grafting in the greenhouse. The Plant Propagator 2021:2-7.
  20. Kaeiser, M., and M. Y. Pillow. 1955. Tension wood in eastern cottonwood. Technical Paper No. 149. 9 pp.
  21. Kaeiser, M., and K. D. Stewart. 1955. Fiber size in Populus deltoides Marsh. in relation to lean of trunk and position in trunk. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 82:57-61.


Kaeiser photo 1957

Photo March 16, 1957

Kaeiser & Kaplan

Margaret Kaeiser and Leo Kaplan, ca. 1959.

Kaeiser photo 1968

Photo November 22, 1968

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