Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

OLSON, A. R. and J. R. RICHARDS. 1979. Temperature responses of germination in arctic poppy (Papaver radicatum Rottb.) seeds. Arctic and Alpine Research 11: 343-348.

OLSON, A. R. 1980. Seed morphology of Monotropa uniflora L. Amer. J. Bot. 67: 968-974.

OLSON, A. R. and D. D. CASS. 1981. In vitro placental pollination in Papaver. BioScience 32: 454-456.

OLSON, A. R. and D. D. CASS. 1981. Changes in megagametophyte
structure in Papaver nudicaule L. (Papaveraceae) following in vitro placental pollination. Amer. J. Bot. 68: 1333-1341.

OLSON, A. R. 1981. Embryo and endosperm development in ovules of Papaver nudicaule L. after in vitro placental pollination. Can. J. Bot. 59: 1738-1748.

OLSON, A. R. and T. A. STEEVES. 1982. Structural changes in the
developing fruit wall of Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. Can. J. Bot. 60: 1880-1887.

OLSON, A. R. and T. A. STEEVES. 1983. Frost damage in flowers and immature fruits of Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. (Maloideae). Can. J. Plant Science 63: 461-466.

OLSON, A. R. 1984. Structural aspects of pollination in Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. (Maloideae). Can. J. Bot. 62: 858-864.

KUIJT, J., D. BRAY, and A. R. OLSON. 1985. Anatomy and ultrastructure of the endophytic system of Pilostyles thurberi Gray (Rafflesiaceae). Can. J. Bot. 63: 1231-1240.

OLSON, A. R. and J. KUIJT. 1985. Sieve elements in the morphologically reduced mistletoe, Viscum minimum Harv. (Viscaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 72: 1220-1224.

OLSON, A. R. and J. KUIJT. 1986. Early development of the primary haustorium of Viscum minimum Harvey (Viscaceae). Can. J. Bot. 64: 1075-1080.

OLSON, A. R. 1987. Ovule maturity in relation to blossom age of a diploid clone of Solanum tuberosum L. Can. J. Bot. 65: 706-709.

OLSON, A. R. 1988. Postpollination placental development of a diploid Solanum tuberosum L. Can. J. Bot. 66: 1813-1817.

OLSON, A. R. and J. NOWAK. 1988. Free polyamines in postpollination placentae and ovules of potato. HortScience 23(6): 1042-1044.

OLSON, A. R. 1990. Observations on the floral shoots of Monotropa hypopitys L. (Monotropaceae). Rhodora 92: 54-56.

OLSON, A. R. 1991. Postfertilization changes in ovules of Monotropa uniflora L. (Monotropaceae). Amer. J.Bot. 78: 99-107.

STEEVES, T. A., M. W. STEEVES, and A. R. OLSON. 1991. Flower development in Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. (Maloideae). Can. J. Bot. 69: 844-857.

OLSON, A. R. 1991. Gynoecial pathway for pollen tube growth in
the genus Monotropa. Botanical Gazette 152: 154-163.

OLSON, A. R. 1993. Patterns of embryo and endosperm formation in Monotropa hypopitys (Monotropaceae) from North America and Western Sweden. Amer. J. Bot. 80: 839-846.

OLSON, A. R. 1994. Pollen tube pathway through the gynoecium of Monotropsis odorata (Monotropaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 81: 718-725.

SHINNERS, T. C. and A. R. OLSON. 1996. The gynoecial infection pathway of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium). Can. J. Plant Sci. 76: 493-497.

OLSON, A. R. and L. J. EATON. 2001. Spring frost damage to placental tissues in lowbush blueberry flower buds. Can. J. of Plant Sci. 81: 779-781.

NOORMETS, M. and A. R. OLSON. 2002. Stigma receptivity in sweet lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) and in velvet-leaf blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.). Bot. Lith. 8: 117-123.

NOORMETS, M. and A. R. OLSON. 2006. Bud-autogamy in velvet-leaf blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.). Can. J. of Plant Sci. 86: 245-250

NOORMETS, M. and A. R. OLSON. 2006. Observations on the gynoecial pathway for pollen tube growth in sweet lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.).
J. Applied Bot. and Food Qual. 80: 6-13

OLSON, A. R. and V. V. M. TOBIN. 2008. An Eastern Orthodox perspective on microbial life on Mars. Theology and Science. 6(4): 421-437.

KENNEDY, K.J., N.S. BOYD, V.O. NAMS, and A.R. OLSON. 2011. The impacts of fertilizer and hexazinone on sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) growth patterns in lowbush blueberry fields. Weed Science. 59: 335-340.

V. V. M. TOBIN and A. R. OLSON. 2011. An Eastern Orthodox Theological Basis for Interplanetary Environmental Ethics. Theology and Science 9(3): 341-361.