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GRAZINGLANDS CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN NORTHEASTERN GRAZING LANDS CONTROL OF CANADA THISTLE THROUGH MULTIPLICATION AND INUNDATION OF THE RUST FUNGUS PUCCINIA PUNCTIFORMIS CONTROLLING ODOR AND NUTRIENT LOSSES TO SURFACE RUNOFF, GROUNDWATER, AND AIR WITH NEW AND CONVENTIONAL MANURE INJECTION TECHNOLOGIES DETERMINATION OF "OUT-OF-SEASON" BREEDING TENDENCY FOR POLYPAY X BLACKFACE YEARLING EWES DEVELOPING A PROCESS-BASED MODEL FOR ESTIMATING AIR EMISSIONS FROM DAIRIES DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NEW BIOENERGY CROPPING SYSTEM STRATEGIES FOR THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. DIRECT INCORPORATION OF POULTRY LITTER INTO NO-TILL SOILS TO MINIMIZE NUTRIENT RUNOFF TO CHESAPEAKE BAY DISCOVERY AND EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF RUSSIAN THISTLE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF MULTIUSE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR THE LOWER MIDWEST EFFECTS OF POLYPHENOLIC SUBSTANCES ON SOIL ORGANIC MATTER ENDOPHYTE, PLANT AND ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT FOR MITIGATING FESCUE TOXICOSIS ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF HEAT STRESS AND PLANT FACTORS IN FESCUE TOXICOSIS ESTABLISHMENT AND MONITORING OF DIORHABDA BEETLES FOR CONTROL OF SALTCEDAR IN TEXAS EVALUATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EXOTIC PLANT PATHOGENS FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INTRODUCED, INVASIVE WEEDS EVALUATION AND PRODUCTION OF ENHANCED WHITE CLOVER AND ALFALFA GERMPLASM EVALUATION OF NEW PERENNIAL COOL-SEASON GRASSES AS COMPONENTS OF YEAR-LONG FORAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FATE AND TRANSPORT OF ARSENIC IN LAND-APPLIED POULTRY LITTER: EFFECTS ON SOILS, DITCHES, STREAMS, AND WETLANDS FEEDING AND GRAZING STRATEGIES TO CONTROL GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES IN MEAT GOATS FESCUE TOXICOSIS: MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT AT PLANT AND ANIMAL LEVELS FORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SMALE-SCALE RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION FOREIGN EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR YELLOW STARTHISTLE AND RUSSIAN THISTLE GENETIC & BEHAVIORAL DISCRIMINATION OF HOST PLANT POPULATIONS OF THE LEAF BEETLE, PSYLLIODES CHALCOMERA FOR BIOCONTROL OF YELLOW STARTHISTLE GRAIN AND FORAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED STEWARDSHIP AND PROFITABILITY IMPLEMENTING SUCCESSFUL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CANADA THISTLE WITH A HIGHLY SPECIFIC RUST FUNGUS WIDELY ESTABLISHED IN NORTH AMERICA INCORPORATION OF POULTRY LITTER INTO PERENNIAL PASTURE TO MINIMIZE NUTRIENT LOSSES INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NORTHEAST U.S. INTEGRATING FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR FOOD AND ENERGY PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS INVESTIGATING THE FATE OF PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN IN COASTAL PLAIN AGROECOSYSTEMS TO MINIMIZE LOSSES TO AND FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES INVESTIGATION OF EASTERN REDCEDAR INVASION; ECONOMIC UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT IN GRASSLAND ENVIRONMENTS MANAGEMENT OF PARROTFEATHER (MYRIOPHYLLUM AQUATICUM) AND WATERPRIMROSE (LUDWIGIA SPP) IN THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER MANAGEMENT OF TEMPERATE PASTURES AND SILVOPASTURES FOR SMALL FARM LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION MANAGING DAIRY FARMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND PROFIT MANAGING FORAGE AND GRAZING LANDS FOR MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES MEDICINAL BOTANICAL PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING METHODS TO ERADICATE HYDRILLA AND OTHER NON-NATIVE AQUATIC WEEDS MINIMIZING THE ADVERSE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF MYCOTOXINS AND PLANT TOXINS IN FOODS MODELING GASEOUS EMISSIONS FROM DAIRY FACILITIES MODELING PHOSPHORUS TRANSPORT IN AGROECOSYSTEMS: JOINING USERS, DEVELOPERS, AND SCIENTISTS NATIVE PERENNIAL WARM-SEASON GRASSES AS COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN USA NATIVE PLANT RESOURCES FOR SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN APPALACHIA NON-TRADITIONAL PLANT RESOURCES FOR GRAZING RUMINANTS IN APPALACHIA NORTHEAST PASTURE CONSORTIUM: PARTNERSHIP TO IDENTIFY, DEVELOP, COORDINATE, AND PROMOTE PASTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION OPTIMIZING FORAGE-BASED COW-CALF OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY OF BEEF CATTLE AGRICULTURE AND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT PASTURE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR NORTHEAST LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS PASTURE-BASED BEEF SYSTEMS FOR APPALACHIA - VA TECH PASTURE-BASED BEEF SYSTEMS FOR APPALACHIA - WVU PASTURELAND CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT LITERATURE SYNTHESEIS PRECISION PLACEMENT OF NUTRIENTS AND FERTILIZERS IN COMPLEX LANDSCAPES TO MINIMIZE TRANSFERS OF NUTRIENTS AND EMERGING CONTAMINANTS TO WATER PREDICTING SUCCESS OF THE FUNGAL PATHOGEN PUCCINIA JACEAE VAR. 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