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For Economical, Abundant, and Varied Fruits, forum, editorial, mangoes,
papayas, carambolas, kiwi fruit, imported, ethylene dibromide, EDB, methyl
bromide, hot-water treatment, Kenneth W. Vick, Beltsville, MD, 95JAN02
Mayag´ez Lab Helps Farmers in the Tropics, Mayag´ez, banana,
Heber Irizarry, plantains, sweetpotatoes, yams, cassava, beans, taniers,
tanier, or taro root, drip irrigation, ratoons, Ivoire, forage sorghum, Cacao,
Jackfruit, mangosteen, mango, avocado, lychee, mamey sapote, and carambola,
Antonio Sotomayor-Rios, Heber Irizarry, Edmundo Rivera, Ricardo Goenaga,
Francisco Vazquez, and Phillip Miklas Mayag´ez, PR, 95JAN04
Satellite Link to Improved Farm Practices, Data Transmission Network of
Omaha, NB, and FarmDayta2 of Des Moines, IA, Colorado, market and weather
reports, irrigation, COAGMET, Harold R. Duke, Fort Collins, CO, James R. Welsh,
Fort Collins, CO, 95JAN08
Peanut Flavor Traced to Oil Quality Factors, Timothy H. Sanders, Raleigh,
NC, 95JAN11
Microprocessor Improves Roller Ginning Efficiency, cotton, Marvis N.
Gillum, 95JAN11
Detached Antennae Tell What an Aphid Can Smell, pea aphid, Wilant van
Giessen, Charleston, SC, electroantennography, 95JAN12
Forgotten Hybrid Fills Forage Gap, Agritricum, Grazing, perennial
wheatgrass, cattle, Jerry D. Volesky, El Reno, OK, 95JAN13
Beyond Methyl Bromide, fumigation, kills weeds, insects, fungi, and
bacteria, ozone layer, U.S. Clean Air Act, CATTS, controlled
atmosphere/temperature treatment, Patrick V. Vail, Charles E. Curtis, Judy A.
Johnson, Edwin L. Soderstrom, Fresno, CA, Lisa G. Neven, Yakima, WA, Scott R.
Yates, Riverside, CA, 95JAN14
Soy Ink's Superior Degradability, soybean, Newspaper Association of America
(NAA), VOC emissions, Sevim Erhan and Marvin O. Bagby, Peoria, IL, 95JAN19
Fungi-Fragment Pesticides, sclerotia, biological insecticides, corn earworm
caterpillars, sap beetles, Shearinine B, Eupenicillium shearii, Donald T.
Wicklow and Patrick F. Dowd, Peoria, IL, 95JAN20
Getting Cadmium Out of Sunflower Seeds, Rufus L. Chaney, Beltsville, MD,
Jerry F. Miller, Fargo, ND, 95JAN21
Calorie Slashing and Overexertion Can Stress the Immune System, U.S. Army
Ranger training, T-cell response, interleukin 6 (IL-6), Tim R. Kramer,
Beltsville, MD, 95JAN22
Bees Take a Stroll for Biocontrol, talc and nuclear polyhedrosis virus,
John Hamm, GA, 95JAN23
Mysterious Pine Toxin Is Identified, ponderosa, cows, cattle, abort,
isocupressic acid, Lynn F. James, Logan, UT, 95JAN23
Computers Help Reap Bigger Soybean Yields, GLYCIM, Basil Acock, Beltsville,
MD, 95JAN23
Citrus Acid Could Find Textile Role, dyed cotton fabric, wrinkle-resistant,
Bombay Textile Research Association, Robert M. Reinhardt, New Orleans, LA,
95JAN23
Corn Grows Digital Ears, computerized catalog, Corn-Base, breeding, GRIN,
Peter K. Bretting, Ames, IA, 95JAN23
New Casaba Fights Off Mildew, mildew-resistant casaba melons, C931, Perry
E. Nugent, Charleston, SC, 95JAN23
Animal Health Programs in ARS, welfare, Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee (IACUC) Helene N. Guttman, Beltsville, MD, 95FEB02
Animal Research and Care Go Hand-in-Hand, cattle, brucellosis, welfare,
Cell culture, histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens, cytokines, prion gene,
scrapie, bovine babesiosis, polymerase chain reaction (PCR),Computer modeling,
genome maps, Helene N. Guttman, Thomas E. Walton, Joan K. Lunney, Beltsville,
MD Richard L. Witter, East Lansing, MI Katherine I. O'Rourke and Willard L.
Goff, Pullman, WA Jonathan D. Hanson, Fort Collins, CO, 95FEB04
Trading Wastewater for Crops, trout-farm, greenhouse, Freshwater Institute,
hydroponic, plastic strawberry tree, D. Michael Glenn and Fumiomi Takeda,
Kearneysville, WV, 95FEB10
Growing Garlic From True Seed, Alium sativum, Philipp W. Simon, Madison, WI,
95FEB09
Often-Requested Germplasm, sidebar, garlic, Western Regional Plant
Introduction Station, Richard M. Hannan, Pullman, WA, 95FEB09
DNA—Sequencing Is a New Tool for Insect Detectives, honey bees, genetic
markers, fingerprint, Mediterranean fruit flies, medflies, mitochondria,
mosquito, corn earworms, bluetongue virus, biting midges, sweetpotato whitefly,
Indianmeal moth and lesser grain borer, potato leafhopper, Steve Sheppard,
Hachiro Shimanuki, M. Christina Arias, Nathan Schiff, Beltsville, MD, Alan
Sylvester and Thomas E. Rinderer, Baton Rouge, LA, Andrew F. Cockburn and Truls
Jensen, Gainesville, FL S. Karl Narang, Fargo, ND, Walter J. Tabachnick,
Laramie, WY, Alan C. Bartlett, Phoenix, AZ, Bruce C. Campbell, Albany, CA, Alan K.
Dowdy, Manhattan, KS, Daniel Z. Skinner, Manhattan, KS, 95FEB12
New Farming System Catches On, dryland, soil erosion, wheat-sorghum-fallow
rotation, corn, Randy L. Anderson, Akron, CO, Ardell D. Halvorson, Mandan, ND,
95FEB19
Built-in Rust Resistance Means Better Beans, rust fungus, Uromyces
appendiculatus, or by bean common mosaic virus (BCMV), J. Rennie Stavely,
Beltsville, MD Matt J. Silbernagel, Prosser, WA, 95FEB20
Crisper Apples Sooner, controlled atmosphere (CA) storage, carbon dioxide
(CO2), cold, Stephen R. Drake is at the USDA-ARS Tree Fruit Research
Laboratory, 1104 North Western Ave., Wenatchee, WA, 95FEB21
AGNPS Tracks Pollutants to Their Source, watershed, Agricultural
Non-Point-Source, runoff, rain or snowmelt or irrigation, pesticides,
fertilizers, or sediment, Robert A. Young, Morris, MN, 95FEB22
Faster Harvester May Save Soil, Water, Too, combine, stripper header,
standing stubble, erosion, Dale Wilkins and Clyde Douglas, Pendleton, OR, Joseph
Pikul, Sidney, MT, 95FEB22
Dye + Sun = Dead Fruit Flies, red and yellow dye, alternative to malathion,
pesticide, insecticide, Robert Mangan, Weslaco, TX, Roy Cunningham, Hilo, HI,
95FEB23
Fly to Ant: Off With Your Head!, Pseudacteon flies, Sanford Porter,
Gainesville, FL, 95FEB23
Chickens Leaner With Amino Acid in Feed, N-methyl aspartic acid (NMA), John
P. McMurtry, Beltsville, MD, Claude R. Barb, Athens, GA, Mark J. Estienne,
95FEB23
Aging Limits Bounceback From Weight Gain or Loss, fat, muscle, bone, Susan
B. Roberts, Boston, MA, 95FEB23
Biosystematics: Putting Pests in Their Places, biocontrol, James L. Krysan,
Beltsville, MD, 95MAR02
Gotcha! Lady Beetles Gobble Aphids, beneficial organisms, Biocontrol,
parasitic wasps, Coccinella septempunctata, sevenspotted, Propylea
quatuordecimpunctata, Coccinella undecimpunctata, Hippodamia variegata,
Harmonia quadripunctata, and Harmonia axyridis, aggregation pheromone, William
H. Day, Paul W. Schaefer, Newark, DE, Louis Tedders, Jr., Byron, GA, Jeffrey R.
Aldrich, Beltsville, MD, 95MAR04
Averting Fishkill, catfish, Edwardsiella ictaluri, enteric septicemia, new
diagnostic kit, bacterium, Phillip H. Klesius, Auburn, AL, 95MAR09
Resuscitating Rice, germinate, germplasm collection, embryo rescue, Robert
H. Dilday, Stuttgart, AR, 95MAR10
Success Secrets of Desert Plants, water, drought, cacti, agaves, sagebrush,
creosote bush, Jornada Experimental Range, geotropism, hydrotropism can
actually override geotropism, mesquite, fungi, vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal
(VAM), Jerry R. Barrow, Robert P. Gibbens, Kris M. Havstad, Las Cruces, NM,
95MAR12
Natural Reseeding of the Desert, sidebar, Jornada Experimental Range,
pole-mounted seeders, 95MAR15
Rhizobial Magic, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, clover, alfalfa, soybeans,
beans, peanuts, and other legumes, Rhizobium Collection, Peter van Berkum ,
Beltsville, MD, 95MAR16
Supercritical Fluid Fat Extraction, hamburger, cholesterol, SFE, carbon
dioxide (CO2) Jerry W. King, Peoria, IL 95MAR18
A Good Pirate, beneficial bug, biocontrol of stored-product
insects,Indianmeal moths, Mediterranean flour moths, almond moths, red flour
beetles, sawtooth grain beetles, warehouse beetles, computer model, Thomas W.
Phillips, Hilo, HI, 95MAR19
Toward More Tender Beef, marbled, enzyme-inhibiting protein, calpastatin,
calpain, calcium chloride, Calcium-Activated Tenderization (CAT), Dan Laster,
Mohammad Koohmaraie, Larry V. Cundiff, Steven D. Shackelford, Tommy L. Wheeler,
Clay Center, NE, 95MAR20
Speeding Natural Rubber Production, Latex, goldenrod and guayule, Katrina
Cornish and Deborah Siler, Albany, CA, 95MAR22
Hey! Carambola, starfruit, Mediterranean, oriental fruit flies, melon
flies, John W. Armstrong, Hilo, HI, 95MAR22
Is Cottonseed a Good Choice for Bull Diet?, Beef, cattle, gossypol,
infertility, testicular tissue damage, Chad C. Chase, Jr., Brooksville, FL,
95MAR23
Why Melons Go Bland, cantaloupe, sugar, root stress, oxygen, Gene Lester,
Weslaco, TX, Steven Huber, Raleigh, NC, 95MAR23
Apple Buds Snooze in Deep Freeze, liquid nitrogen, cryopreservation,
germplasm repository, Philip L. Forsline, Geneva, NY, Leigh Towill, Fort
Collins, CO, 95MAR23
Lupin: A Cool Alternative to Soybeans, legume, high protein, fiber William
Clapham, Orono, ME, 95MAR23
Carbon Dioxide and the Human Community, (CO2), global climate change, Gary
R. Evans, Washington, DC, 95APR02
FACE-ing the Future, CO2, Water Conservation, Free Air Carbon Dioxide
Enrichment, global climate change, cotton, wheat, water, Bruce A. Kimball,
Phoenix, AZ, 95APR04
Less Thirst--More Growth! Sidebar, carbon dioxide, CO2, water, rangeland
brush, acacia, wheat, Herman S. Mayeux, and H. Wayne Polley, Temple, TX, 95APR06
Chickpea Growers Back in Business, Ascochyta blight, Dwelley, Sanford,
kabuli, Myles, desi, Walter J. Kaiser, Frederick J. Muehlbauer, Pullman, WA,
95APR08
Calcium Sprays: Better Fruit, Healthier Trees, apple, pear, chloride,
nitrate, bitter pit, scald, internal breakdown, cork spot, Stephen R. Drake, J.
Thomas Raese, Wenatchee, WA, 95APR09
Pepper Weevils: New Trap Aids IPM, bell and jalapeno, Anthonomus eugenii,
pheromone trap, CRADA, Trece, Inc., Donald A. Nordlund, Weslaco, TX, Catolaccus
hunteri, Robert J. Bartelt, Peoria, IL, Peoria, IL, 95APR10
News From the Aquatic Weed Front, Egeria densa, Brazil, Sacramento River,
herbicide, Komeen, rhizomes, Sonar, Lars W. J. Anderson, Davis, CA, 95APR12
Growing the Living Daylights Out of Kleingrass, mesocotyl, coleoptile,
grass, rangeland reseeding, auxin, Charles R. Tischler, Temple, TX, 95APR14
Salinas Stands Lettuce Industry on Its Head, tipburn disease, mosaic virus
disease, Edward J. Ryder, Salinas, CA, 95APR14
Microbes Clean Up Cattle Dip, tick-killing coumaphos, carbon dioxide,
cattle fever, Jeffrey S. Karns, Walter W. Mulbry, Daniel R. Shelton,
Beltsville, MD, 95APR15
Palouse Revolution in the Making, 3-year crop rotation, IPM, erosion, crop
diseases, and weeds, integrated pest management, winter wheat, spring barley,
and spring peas, conservation tillage, herbicide, Frank L. Young, Pullman, WA,
95APR16
Anatomy of a Snowflake, scanning electron microscope (SEM),ice crystals,
irrigation water, snowmelt models, SRM, William P. Wergin, Eric F. Erbe, and Albert
Rango, Beltsville, MD, 95APR18
New Storage for Hazelnuts, liquid nitrogen, cryopreservation, germplasm,
embryo tip, axis, Barbara M. Reed, Corvallis, OR, 95APR22
Onions Are Safe Sheep Feed, sulfides, Rick Estell and Ed Fredrickson, Las
Cruces, NM, 95APR22
Our Survey Says: What America Eats, food, Alanna Moshfegh, Riverdale, MD,
95APR23
New Link to Artery Narrowing, amino acid, homocysteine, heart disease and
stroke, folate (folic acid) and vitamin B6, Framingham Heart Study, Jacob
Selhub, Boston, MA, 95APR23
Hormone Snippet to Kernel: Don't Sprout! wheat, abscisic acid, Kay Simmons,
Pullman, WA, 95APR23
Tiber Thwarts Tipburn, iceberg lettuce, Edward J. Ryder, Salinas, CA,
95APR23
CRADA Targets New Bean Virus, cooperative research and development
agreement (CRADA) Silverleaf whiteflies, biotype B sweetpotato whiteflies,
golden mosaic virus, Phillip N. Miklas, Mayag´ez, PR, 95APR23
Arboretum Deploys Good Mites Against Bad Ones, Phytoseiulus persimilis and
Amblyseius californicus, bonsai, roses, integrated pest management (IPM),
pesticide, Scott Aker, Washington, DC, 95APR23
Improving on Linnaeus, forum, editorial, systematics, taxonomy, database,
U.S. National Fungus Collection, Mary Palm and David F. Farr, Beltsville, MD,
95MAY02
Reinventing Systematics, attines, parasol mushroom, leaf-cutter ants,
mycologists, spores, DNA fingerprinting and expert systems, trichinosis, pigs,
pork, hogs, swine, Amy Y. Rossman, Gary J. Samuels, Steve A. Rehner, J. Ralph
Lichtenfels, Douglass R. Miller, Beltsville, MD, 95MAY04
On Chalcid Corner, sidebar, parasitic wasps, Colorado potato beetle,
Mexican bean beetle, expert system, Michael E. Schauff, Eric E. Grissell,
Beltsville, MD, 95MAY08
Vetch Mulch Fetches More Veggies, tomato, plastic films, polyethylene,
organic, nitrogen, Aref A. Abdul-Baki, John R. Stommel, John R. Teasdale,
Beltsville, MD, 95MAY10
Bulletin Available, sidebar, Farmers' Bulletin 2279, Sustainable Production
of Fresh-Market Tomatoes With Organic Mulches, Aref Abdul-Baki, Beltsville, MD,
95MAY11
Nutrient Accountants, food, diet, USDA Agriculture Handbook, Composition of
Foods - Raw, Processed, Prepared, nationwide health and nutrition survey,
NHANES, Ruth Matthews, Rena Cutrufelli , Riverdale, MD, Wayne R. Wolf,
Beltsville, MD, 95MAY12
Data You Can Trust, sidebar, food composition, human nutrition, carotenoid,
expert system, INFOODS, Joanne M. Holden, Riverdale, MD, 95MAY15
Whitefly Fungus on Its Way to Growers, sweetpotato whiteflies, melons,
cucumbers, cole crops, tomatoes, Beauveria bassiana, GHA, Mycotrol-WP, IPM, Ray
Carruthers is at the USDA-ARS Subtropical Agricultural Research Laboratory,
Biological Control of Pests Research Unit, 2413 E. Highway 83, Weslaco, TX,
95MAY16
Getting the Lowdown on Worms, formaldehyde, nightcrawlers, earthworms,
atrazine, alachlor, herbicides, organic residue, no-till and conservation
tillage, soil erosion, middens, Pheretima, grass hedges, Edwin C. Berry, Ames,
IA, Bill Edwards, Coshocton, OH, Doral Kemper, Beltsville, MD, 95MAY18
Insectary Workers Can Breathe Easier, moth scales, mass-rearing, ALERT, for
Advanced Lepidoptera Environment Rearing Technology, filter, filtration system,
Frank M. Davis and Johnnie N. Jenkins, Mississippi State, MS, 95MAY22
Wheat Aphid Is Target of Biotech R&D, (CRADA) J. Troy Weeks, Albany,
CA, 95MAY23
ARS Designs Automated System To Aid Poultry Inspection, fiber optic probes,
chicken, septicemia disease, Yud-Ren Chen, Beltsville, MD, 95MAY23
When Alcohol Is Drunk, Calories Count, metabolism, William V. Rumpler,
Beltsville, MD, 95MAY23
With New Corn, Worms May Bite Off More Than They Can Chew, CRADA,
southwestern corn borer, Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, BT, armyworms, W.
Paul Williams, Mississippi State, MS, 95MAY23
California Is Cleared of Fungal Guilt-by-Association, wheat, Tilletia
controversa fungus, dwarf bunt, U.S. National Fungus Collection, Amy Rossman,
Beltsville, MD, 95MAY23
Letting Go of Certain Myths, forum, editorial, rangeland, livestock, sheep,
cattle, grazing, Taylor Grazing Act, R. Dennis Child, Beltsville, MD, 95JUN02
Sheep at Home on the Wild Summer Range, Centennial Mountains, grazing on
Idaho fescue, cinquefoil, antelope bitterbrush, 1964 Wilderness Act, John W.
Walker and Gary D. Snowder, Dubois, ID, 95JUN04
Signs Along the Continental Divide, sidebar, sheep, John Walker, Dubois, ID,
95JUN07
St. Croix Sheep Produce More Spring Lamb, heat-tolerant, hair instead of
wool, Michael A. Brown, Booneville, AR, 95JUN09
Fill Your Tank With Citrus, orange, ethanol, waste,Karel Grohmann,
galacturonic acid, arabinose, E. coli KO11, Karel Grohmann, Winter Haven, FL,
95JUN10
Monitoring Methane, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide,
emissions from cattle, sniffing corral, belching, rumen, animal waste lagoons,
ammonia, Lowry A. Harper and Ronald R. Sharpe, Watkinsville, GA, 95JUN12
Hiking Human Zinc Absorption, amino acid, methionine, lysine, William A.
House and Ross M. Welch, Ithaca, NY, 95JUN15
Good Earth, healthy smell, filamentous microbes, odor, soil, geosmin and
2-methylisoborneol, fungi and actinomycetes, Timothy B. Parkin and Peter D.
Stahl, Ames, IA, 95JUN16
New Strain Slows Silage Spoilage, inoculant, U.S. Dairy Forage Research
Center, alfalfa, corn, Lactobacillus buchneri, lactic acid, acetic acid,
Cargill, Inc., CRADA, Richard E. Muck, Madison, WI, 95JUN17
Treating the Bees' Wheeze, Varroa mites, Golden Angels, honey bees,
tracheal, pollination, fluvalinate, pyrethroid, thymol, eucalyptus oil, Nick
Calderone, Beltsville, MD, 95JUN18
Fruit Sorters Need More Light, cherries, fluorescent bulbs, eyestrain,
Galen K. Brown, East Lansing, MI, 95JUN19
The Next Bioherbicide?, fungus, hemp sesbania, weeds, Colletotrichum
truncatum, liquid fermentation cultures, biocontrol, spores,
microsclerotia, Mark A. Jackson and David A. Schisler, Peoria, IL, C. Douglas
Boyette, Stoneville, MS, 95JUN20
Haute Cuisine for Lab Rodents, rats and mice, nutrition, diets, Philip G.
Reeves, Grand Forks, ND, 95JUN21
Computer Figures Stored-Grain Insect Risk, Stored Grain Advisor (SGA),
aeration, fumigation, insecticide, rusty grain beetle, lesser grain borer, red
flour beetle, sawtoothed grain beetle, Paul W. Flinn and David W. Hagstrum,
Manhattan, KS, 95JUN22
Space Flight Didn't Crack Moth's Adaptive Armor, gypsy moth, Robert A.
Bell, Beltsville, MA, 95JUN23
EPA OK's Biofungicides from ARS Research, ASPIRE and BIO-SAVE-11, Candida
oliophila yeast, Pseudomonas syringae, apple, pear, and citrus. Charles L.
Wilson and Wojciech J. Janisiewicz, Kearneysville, WV, 95JUN23
ARS Research Summaries on the Internet, gopher.nalusda.gov., 95JUN23
Bacterial Sugars Taste Sweet to Industry, (CRADA) , Leuconostoc bacteria
make dextrans, Michael R. Smith, Albany, CA, 95JUN23
Hessian Fly Could Meet Its Match in Resistant Wheat, Roger Ratcliffe, West
Lafayette, IN, 95JUN23
Spray-on Bugs for Biocontrol, CRADA, lacewings, aphids, whiteflies,
leafhoppers, mites, and scales. W. Louis Tedders, Byron, GA, 95JUN23
Food Security: New Tools and New Teamwork, pest control, pesticides,
integrated pest management (IPM), codling moth, apples and pears, biocontrol,
corn rootworm, cotton-damaging pink bollworm and tobacco budworm, and Colorado
potato beetle, Bio-Save-11 and Aspire, Richard M. Parry, Beltsville, MD, 95JUL02
IPM Goes Areawide, codling moth, integrated pest management, apple pear,
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) sterile male, biocontrol, pheromones, mating
disruption, Carrol O. Calkins, Alan L. Knight, and Tom R. Unruh, Yakima, WA,
Robert M. Faust, Beltsville, MD, 95JUL04
Evolution of IPM, sidebar, integrated pest management, 95Jul08
Grappling With E. coli, foodborne disease, PCR polymerase chain reaction,
E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria, National Animal Disease Center, NADC, cattle, calves,
Brad T. Bosworth, Thomas Casey, William C. Cray, Jr., and Mark A. Rasmussen,
Ames, IA, 95JUL09
Decolorizing Textile Wastewater, dyes, cotton fabrics, quaternized
cellulose, sugarcane bagasse, Remazol Brilliant Red F3B, Joseph A. Laszlo,
Peoria, IL, 95Jul10
Southwest Runner Peanut Resists Blight, Sclerotinia minor fungus,
biocontrol, Hassan A. Melouk, Stillwater, OK, 95JUL10
Tissue-Culturing Plants on Cornstarch, gelling mixture, apples, pears, and
raspberries, Gelrite, agar, Ingrid M. Fordham, Beltsville, MD, 95JUL11
Subtle Larceny: Too Little Protein in Elders, Recommended Dietary Allowance
RDA, adductor pollicis muscle, Marilyn C. Crim and Carmen Castaneda, Boston, MA
95Jul12
Fine-Tuning Elders' Protein Needs, RDA Recommended Dietary Allowance,
muscle, Janet R. Hunt, Grand Forks, ND, 95JUL13
Fruits and Veggies, Good for Our Good Cholesterol, HDL, LDL, oxidizers,
artery-clogging plaque, vitamin C, ascorbic acid, antioxidants, Paul Jacques,
Boston, MA, Robert Jacob, Presidio of San Francisco, CA, 95JUL15
Cleaner Well Water, vegetable oils, groundwater, nitrogen fertilizers,
organic filter, pollution, nitrate, irrigation, cattle manure, William J.
Hunter, Fort Collins, CO, Ronald F. Follett, Fort Collins, CO, 95JUL16
Where's the Fat?, hogs, magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, body composition,
fat-to-lean meat ratio, Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, DEXA, Al D. Mitchell,
Beltsville, MD, 95JUL18
Bioengineered Tomatoes Taste Great, Endless Summer, gene, DNA Plant
Technology Corporation (DNAP) of Oakland, California, ethylene, Athanasios
Theologis, Albany, CA, 95Jul20
New Anti-Inflammatory Drug From Ag Products, lipid, nonsteroidal drugs,
inflammation, aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen, leukotriene biosynthesis
and lipoxin biosynthesis, Robert A. Moreau, Philadelphia, PA, 95JUL22
Cotton Ginner's Handbook Revised, rotary-knife roller gin, Stanley Anthony,
Stoneville, MS, 95JUL22
Avian Flu: A Weak Strain Takes Deadly Shape, influenza, virus, Mexican
poultry, hemagglutinin, respiratory tract or gut cells, Michael L. Perdue and
David E. Swayne, Athens, GA, 95July23
New Bean Rots Not, Probst soybean, disease-resistant variety, Phytophthora
sojae, fungus, Jim Wilcox, West Lafayette, IN, 95JUL23
U.S. Holsteins Still World Champs in Gene Competition, milk production,
bulls, Rex L. Powell, Beltsville, MD, 95JUL23
Y Not?—Virus-Resistant Biotech Potato Has Wild Genes, PVY, Solanum
etuberosum, John P. Helgeson, Madison, WI 95JUL23
Getting to the Root of Wheat Take-All, forum, editorial, biocontrol,
antibiotic, fungus, R. James Cook, Pullman, WA, 95AUG02
Tackling Wheat Take-All, beneficial bacteria, fungus, biocontrol,
fermentation, Pseudomonas fluorescens , PCA, Pythium root rot, Rhizoctonia root
rot, R. James Cook, David M. Weller, and Linda S. Thomashow, Pullman, WA Rodney
J. Bothast, Patricia J. Slininger, and David A. Schisler, Peoria, IL, 95AUG04
STEEP Solutions to Soil Erosion, Solutions to Environmental and Economic
Problems, Palouse, soft white wheat, barley, peas, and lentils, freezes, thaws,
Chinooks, strawbreaker foot rot, fungus, Madsen, Universal Soil Loss Equation
(USLE), RUSLE, downy brome, Russian thistle, herbicides, rhizoctonia, Alex G.
Ogg, Jr., Pullman, WA, 95AUG08
New Forage Grasses Stand Up to Grazing, drought-tolerant, wildlife and
cattle, Douglas and Vavilov crested wheatgrass, Kay H. Asay, Kevin B. Jensen,
W. Howard Horton, Douglas A. Johnson, and Jerry Chatterton, Logan, UT, 95AUG13
Gamagrass Genes Could Protect Corn, rootworm resistance, Tripsacum
dactyloides, exotic maize, B. Dean Barry, Bruce E. Hibbard, Larry L. Darrah,
and Edward H. Coe, Jr., Columbia, MO, 95AUG13
Weight Loss: A Sex-Linked Trait, burn fat, exercise, American College of
Sports Medicine, heart rate, Nancy L. Keim, Teresa F. Barbieri, Presidio of San
Francisco, CA, 95AUG14
Quest for Best Cover Crop, winter hardiness, erosion, organic residues,
legumes, crimson clover, southern spotted burclover, Medicago, tropical corn,
white lupin, Lupinus albus L., Seth M. Dabney, Oxford, MS, D. Wayne Reeves,
Auburn, AL, 95AUG16
Biotech Vaccine Protects Peanuts, viruses, genetically engineer, Peanut
stripe and tomato spotted wilt, USDA National Research Initiative, Robert
Jarret, Griffin, GA, 95AUG18
Seed Imaging—New Tool in Germplasm Preservation, National Seed Storage
Laboratory, NSSL, M. Scott Howarth, germination, root length measurements,
Phillip C. Stanwood, Fort Collins, CO, 95AUG19
A Volatile Idea for a Better Mexfly Trap, citrus, bacterial perfume
volatiles,Staphylococcus aureus, polydimethylsiloxane, gas chromatograph, David
C. Robacker, Weslaco, TX, Robert A. Flath, Albany, CA, 95AUG20
Phomopsis Eludes Postive I.D.—Until Now, soybeans, citrus, blueberries,
apples, and cucumbers, fungus, Smithsonian-ARS National Fungus Collections,
Martin M. Kulik, Beltsville, MD, Steve Rehner, Beltsville, MD, 95AUG21
Citrus Bitterness, Begone! limonin and nomilin, limonoid glucosides,
genetically engineered navel orange, Shin Hasegawa and Wan Jean Hsu, Albany,
CA, 95AUG22
Virus Makes Moths Too Sick for Sex, corn earworms, gonad-specific virus,
Ashok K. Raina, Beltsville, MD, 95AUG23
Computers Put Weevils, Woodpeckers on the Map, boll weevils,
computer-generated maps, Mississippi wildlife refuge, Glenn Wiygul and John
Reinecke, Mississippi State, MS, 95AUG23
ARS Kit Checks Fruits and Vegetables for Fungicide Residues, thiabendazole,
potatoes, apples, bananas, lemons, oranges, monoclonal antibodies, David L.
Brandon, Albany, CA, 95AUG23
Threesome Is Berry Good News, strawberry, Mohawk, Northeaster, and
Delmarvel, Gene J. Galletta, Beltsville, MD, 95AUG23
Cooperation Crosses Our Southern Border, Mexico, winter fruits and
vegetables such as oranges, strawberries, melons, cucumbers, and tomatoes,
agricultural imports, North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, plant
germplasm, biocontrol, Floyd P. Horn, Washington, DC, 95SEP02
Joint Venture Pays Ag Dividends, biocontrol, Africanized bees, Cotton, boll
weevil, wasp, Catolaccus grandis, Helicoverpa zea, corn earworm, cotton
bollworm, soybean podworm, or tomato fruitworm, satellite images, soil
salinity, irrigated land, Mexflies, citrus, avocados, mangos, guavas, and other
tropical fruits, southern cattle tick, Boophilus microplus, coumaphos,
cattle-dipping vats, Edgar G. King, Jr., Robert L. Mangan, Juan A.
Morales-Ramos, Jimmy R. Raulston, Craig L. Wiegand, Antonio A. Guerra, Anita M.
Collins, and William T. Wilson, Weslaco, TX, Leonard J. Lane, Tucson, AZ, John
E. George, Kerrville, TX, 95SEP04
A Diet As Good As the Real Thing, sidebar, insect mass-rearing, boll
weevils, Catolaccus grandis wasp, 95SEP05
Newest Soil Erosion Formula Goes Commercial, RUSLE—Revised Universal Soil
Loss Equation, George R. Foster, Oxford, MS, 95SEP11
A Fantesk-tic Starch-Oil Combo, corn and soybeans, Kenneth Eskins and
George F. Fanta, Peoria, IL, 95SEP12
Rangeland Can Improve With Grazing, sagebrush steppe of eastern Oregon,
bunchgrasses, environmentally compatible, experimental range, wild horses,
cattle, and sheep, Sandberg's bluegrass, larkspur, Tony Svejcar, Burns, OR,
95SEP15
More Milk With Less Feed, cattle, cows, indirect calorimetry, digestibility
of feedstuffs, methane gas, manure, dairy producer, Energy Metabolism Unit,
Barbara Glenn, Randy Baldwin, Kyle McLeod, and Vic Wilkerson, Beltsville, MD,
95SEP16
Boosting Plants' Virus Resistance, genetic engineering, tobacco mosaic
virus, or TMV, tomato, hypersensitive response, gene shuttle, Arabidopsis
thaliana, bacterium, Pseudomonas syringae, TMV-resistance gene, transposons,
CSIRO, Barbara J. Baker and Steven A. Whitham, 95SEP18
Fatal Cherry Disease Is Treed, buckskin disease, X-disease, mycoplasmalike
microorganism, leafhoppers, Flor's leafhoppers, Fieberiella florii, mahaleb
rootstock, Jerry K. Uyemoto, Davis, CA, 95SEP21
Better Beans From ARS Breeders, dry and snap beans, USDA germplasm, Matt J.
Silbernagel, Prosser, WA, 95SEP22
Proteins Protect Insects From Cold, freezing temperatures, common house
fly, fruit fly, cryoprotection, Culicoides variipennis sonorensis, no-see-em,
bluetongue virus, Richard A. Nunamaker, Laramie, WY, 95SEP22
Ag Waste Takes On Toxic Metal, granular-activated carbons, or GACs,
byproducts, hulls of soybeans, cottonseed, and rice, blackstrap molasses, zinc,
copper, nickel, wastewater, New Orleans, LA, 95SEP23
ARS and France Agree on Insect Gene Transfer, Medflies and malaria,
oysters, mosquitoes, Alfred M. Handler, Max Bergoin, and Ruxton Villet, Beltsville,
MD, 95SEP23
Bacteria Dine on Weed Killers, pesticide-gobbling microbe, Klebsiella
terragena , chemicals, contaminated rinse water, herbicides, atrazine,
cyanazine, and simazine, alachlor, metolachlor, and 2,4-D. Cathleen Hapeman,
Beltsville, MD, 95SEP23
New Blueberry Is Pick-Your-Own Bonanza, Chandler, highbush, Bluecrop, Chad
Finn, Corvallis, OR, 95SEP23
Forming a Global Plant Genetics Insurance Policy, plant diversity,
germplasm, The Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, plant exploration,
wheat, China, Phytophthora root rot resistance genes, Henry L. Shands,
Beltsville, MD, 95OCT02
Genebanks: Treasure Houses of Uncommon Foods, kiwi, bok choy, germplasm,
repositories, Beans, Cherimoya, soursop, and sugar apple, Gooseberries,
Pummelo, papaya, Tomatillo, Wampee, Scarlett runner beans, Tepary beans,
95OCT04
The National Plant Germplasm System, Sidebar, repository locations in the
U.S., 95OCT08
Bacteria Break Kidney Stone-Oxalate Link, Spinach, rhubarb, Oxalobacter
formigenes, halogeton, Milton J. Allison and Albert L. Baetz, Ames, IA, 95OCT09
Nitrogen Needs Assessed More Accurately, phosphorous, potassium,
fertilizers, inorganic nitrogen, microbial degradation, MINIMO, Mineralization
and Immobilization, CERES-Maize, Merle F. Vigil, Akron, CO, 95OCT09
Dairy Science to the Defense, reconstituted powdered milk, lactose, lactase
enzyme, glucose and galactose, LACTAID products, Aspergillus oryzae,
spray-dried, free-flowing dehydrated butter powder, Virginia H. Holsinger,
Philadelphia, PA, 95OCT10
WISE Awards to ARS Women, SIDEBAR, Women in Science and Engineering,
Virginia H. Holsinger, Antoinette A. Betschart, Phyllis E. Johnson, Elizabeth
L. Klepper, Janice M. Miller, Frances M. Latterell, 95OCT12
New Rice Survives Extended Flooding, flood-resistance trait, rice breeding,
Japonica, David J. Mackill, Davis, CA, 95OCT13
Managing Change in Irrigated Agriculture, water, cotton, Eduardo Bautista,
Albert J. Clemmens, Allen R. Dedrick, and Shirley A. Rish, Phoenix, AZ, 95OCT14
High Selenium Leads to Weight Gain, slower metabolism, thyroid hormones,
T3, or triiodothyronine, Nancy L. Keim and Wayne Chris Hawkes, Presidio of San
Francisco, CA, 95OCT18
Selenium Can Lift the Spirits, moods, antioxidant, good sources are fish,
shellfish, meat, poultry, eggs, breads, many cereals, sunflower seeds, cashews,
Brazil nuts, James G. Penland and Lori Matthys, Grand Forks, ND, 95OCT19
Soil Secrets Probed, state-of-the-art controlled-environment growth
chambers, rhizotrons, root growth, root/soil interactions, soil columns, Jerry
L. Hatfield and Thomas C. Kaspar, Ames, IA, 95OCT20
Charleston Hot Sizzles to Market, pepper, Carolina Cayenne, habanero, root
knot nematode resistance, Philip D. Dukes and Richard L. Fery, Charleston, SC,
95Oct22
Cotton Bollworm Virus in Final ARS Field Test, Wild geraniums, bollworm
nuclear polyhedrosis virus, budworms, Marion R. Bell, Stoneville, MS, 95OCT23
ARS Signs 500TH R&D Agreement, Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement, CRADA, Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, Mycotech, silverleaf
whiteflies, Mark A. Jackson, Peoria, IL, 95OCT23
Researchers Explore Rain Forest Chemicals, CRADA, biopesticides,
pharmaceuticals, Pharmacognetics, Inc., Hank Cutler, Athens, GA, 95OCT23
Lake Getting Cleaner Water, runoff, pollution, Arkansas' Lake Chicot,
cotton, soybeans, and rice, Charlie Cooper, Oxford, MS, Frank Schiebe, Durant,
OK, 95OCT23
An Island Fortress for Biosecurity, Plum Island, foreign animal diseases,
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), biotechnology, APHIS, K.D. Murrell and Lonnie J.
King, Washington, DC, 95DEC02
Alcatraz for Animal Disease, foot-and-mouth disease, (FMD), biotechnology,
Plum Island, APHIS, vesicular stomatitis, swine vesicular disease, and
vesicular exanthema, Cecelia A. Whetstone, Fred Brown, Juan Lubroth, John F.E.
Newman, vaccine, Barry Baxt, A. Elizabeth Reider, Thomas St. C. McKenna, Peter
Mason, Marvin J. Grubman, Maria E. Piccone, Charles A. Mebus, cattle, Jim
House, Alfonso Torres, and Harley W. Moon, Orient Point, NY, 95DEC04
Nightmare in Tilling Fields—a Horror for Weed Pests, farming in darkness,
light requirements, dormancy, military-issue night goggles, farmer Doug Alert,
common lambsquarters, common ragweed, black nightshade, pigweed, smartweed, and
wild mustard, herbicide, velvetleaf and cocklebur, barnyard grass and green,
yellow, and giant foxtail, corn and soybean, Douglas D. Buhler, Ames, IA,
95DEC10
The Grinch That Spoils Christmas Trees, pine shoot beetles, Tomicus
piniperda, predatory beetle, Thanasimus formicarius, biocontrol, Richard
Dysart, Montpellier, France Robert Haack, East Lansing, MI, 95DEC12
Boosting Built-In Immunity, apple, polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein
(PGIP), Botrytis cinerea, fungus, biocontrol, William S. Conway and Chenglin
Yao, Beltsville, MD, 95DEC14
Sex Pheromone To Foil Cranberry Fruitworm, Acrobasis vaccinii Riley,
blueberries, integrated pest management, (IPM), insecticide, patent No.
08/432,923, Leslie M. McDonough and Constance L. Smithhisler, Wapato, WA,
95DEC15
Fall-Seeding Alfalfa Can Be Risky Business, Sclerotinia trifoliorum fungus,
Mississippi Sclerotinia-Resistant, MSR, germplasm, Robert G. Pratt and Dennis
E. Rowe, Mississippi State, MS, 95DEC16
New Electronics Guide Seeds to Water, moisture-sensing planter attachment,
patent application 08/352,650, Lyle M. Carter, Shafter, CA, 95DEC17
Resetting Sorghum's Internal Clock, Sorghum Conversion Program, day length,
or photoperiod, germplasm, Joseph C. Stephens, Keith F. Schertz, Harry B.
Warmke, George F. Sprague and Darrell T. Rosenow, College Station, TX, Jeffery
A. Dahlberg, Mayag´ez, PR, 95DEC18
Lean Genes More Weighty Than Fat Genes, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition
Research Center on Aging, inheritance and lifestyle, bone density, DEXA, or
dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, body fat and lean tissue, Elizabeth A. Krall
and Bess Dawson-Hughes, Boston, MA, 95DEC20
Black Females Absorb Calcium More Efficiently, women, girls, Steven Abrams,
Houston, TX, 95DEC21
Jasmine Blocks Sprouting of Stored Potatoes, fragrance, jasmonates, Edward
C. Lulai, East Grand Forks, MN, 95DEC21
ARS Method Wins OK to Ship Florida Carambola to Japan, Arkin cultivar,
Caribbean fruit flies, cold treatment, Brooks Tropicals, Inc., Walter P. Gould,
Miami, FL, 95DEC21
Red Yeast Could Put Salmon in the Pink, Farm-raised, carotenoids, vitamin
A-like compounds, ethanol, thin stillage, condensed distiller's solubles, and
corn gluten feed, Phaffia rhodozyma, astaxanthin, pigment, shrimp byproduct
meal, Timothy D. Leathers, Peoria, IL, 95DEC21
Green Remediation: Letting the Earth Heal Itself, Alpine pennycress, herb,
phytoremediation, green remediation, toxic waste sites, zinc, cadmium,
hyperaccumulator gene, contaminated soils, heavy metals, Rufus Chaney, Yin Li,
Jan van Schilfgaarde, Beltsville, MD, 95NOV02
Metal-Scavenging Plants To Cleanse the Soil, heavy metals, contaminated
soils, smelter and mining sites, landfills, nuclear waste dumps, lead, cadmium,
zinc, nickel, or radioactive isotopes such as uranium or cobalt,
hyperaccumulators, green remediation, ragweed and Thlaspi rotundifolium, Alpine
pennycress, Thlaspi caerulescens, uranium, cesium, strontium, Arabidopsis,
Rufus L. Chaney, Yin Li, and Donald D. Bills, Beltsville, MD, 95NOV04
Irradiation Helps Keep Meat Safe, Escherichia coli, E. coli 0157:H7,
kiloGrays, chicken breasts, pork chops, Donald W. Thayer, Jay B. Fox, Jr., Leon
Lakritz, Jeffrey D. Brewster, and Arthur J. Miller, Philadelphia, PA, 95NOV10
New Cukes Boast Higher Beta Carotene, orange pickle, cucumbers, carrots,
Carotenoids, Philipp W. Simon, Madison, WI, 95NOV13
Biological Basis for Broodiness, turkey eggs, hormone, prolactin,
vasoactive intestinal peptide, or VIP, lactotrophs, somatotrophs, John A.
Proudman, Beltsville, MD, 95NOV14
Carrying New Vaccines to Newcastle, CRADA's, virus, Henry D. Stone, Athens,
GA, 95NOV16
A Curator Minds His Peas, ARS national pea collection, isolated DNA,
germplasm, Marx Genetic Stocks Collection, Charles J. Simon, Pullman, WA,
95NOV18
Resistant Cotton Stymies Pests, boll weevil eradication, bait tubes,
pheromone, parasitic wasps, Jack C. McCarty, Paul A. Hedin, and Johnie N.
Jenkins, Mississippi State, MS, 95NOV20
Shedding Light on Mystery Pig Disease, diagnosis, virus, PRRS—porcine
reproductive and respiratory syndrome, alveolar macrophages, William L.
Mengeling and Kelly M. Lager, Ames, IA, 95NOV22
Preventing Deformed Snouts in Pigs, Atrophic rhinitis, bacterial disease,
Pasteurella multocida, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Mark R. Ackermann, Ames, IA,
95NOV22
Toxin Arrests Essential Fat, fumonisin, corn, sphingolipids, sphinganine,
Ronald Riley and Kenneth Voss, Athens, GA, 95NOV23
Landscapers, Birds To Get Cold-Hardy Viburnum rhytidophyllum, Cree, Ruth
Dix, Washington, DC, 95NOV23
'Net Gains New Resource on Pesticides, Water pollution, agrichemicals,
Internet, ARS Pesticide Database, Basil Acock, Beltsville, MD, 95NOV23
Modeling the Effect of Climate Change on Western Hydropower, snowmelt
water, Albert Rango, Beltsville, MD, 95NOV23
Solving Problems, Meeting Needs, response to action agencies, Jesse W.
Goble, Beltsville, MD, 94JAN02
Fighting the Fire Ant, Brazilian Trip, Envira, Logic, Ciba-Geigy, David
Williams, Danel Haile, Gainesville, FL, 94JAN04
Oat Chromosomes on Display! computers, video, Avena sativa, cameras,
C-banding, crown rust, Howard W. Rines, St. Paul, MN, 94JAN10
Detecting Poultry Drug Residues, chicken, coccidiosis, Larry H. Stanker,
Ross C. Beier, Marcel H. Elissalde, Jr., and Loyd D. Rowe, Jr. College Station,
TX, ionophores, monensin, salinomycin, lasalocid, narisin, 94JAN11
Jumping Genes Make Genetic Leaps, chromosomes, transposable elements,
glossy-15, wax and leaf hairs in corn, Paul H. Sisco, Raleigh, NC, 94JAN12
An Ancient Crop, Updated, corn, George F. Sprague, open pollination,
hybrid, 94JAN15
It's Over for Clover When Gnat Larvae Strike, Tim Springer, Booneville, AR,
legumes, dark-winged fungus gnats, 94JAN15
Super Slurper—Two Decades and Still Growing, absorbent, saponified
starch-graft polyacrylonitrile copolymers, Sta-Wet, William M. Doane, George F.
Fanta, Edward B. Bagley, Peoria, IL, 94JAN16
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, subsoil layers, fragipans, erosion, Fred Rhoton,
Dave Lindbo, Oxford, MS, 94JAN18
Pheromone Monitoring Tracks Borers, mint root borer, sugarbeet crown borer,
patent, Harry G. Davis, Leslie M. McDonough, Yakima, WA, 94JAN20
Powerful Promoter Speeds Genetic Engineering Tests, corn gene, Ubiquitin-1,
marker, Mycogen Corporation, Peter H. Quail, Albany, CA, 94JAN21
New Seed Separator Gets the Goatgrass Out, wheat, Richard A. Caskey,
Corvallis, OR, David E. Zimmer, Athens, GA, 94JAN22
Scientists Putting Chickens on the DNA Map, gene segments, markers, Hans H.
Cheng, East Lansing, MI, 94JAN23
Soil Bacteria Guard Wheat From Its Worst Weed Enemy, jointed goatgrass,
Pseudomonas, Ann C. Kennedy, Pullman, WA, 94JAN23
Electrical Engineering for Genes?, British Technology Group USA, Inc.,
licensed to use electroporation, genetic engineering, pollen, James A.
Saunders, Beltsville, MD, 94JAN23
New Garbanzos Resist Blight, fungus, Frederick J. Muehlbauer, Walter J.
Kaiser, Pullman, WA, 94JAN23
Corn Plants Gang Up To Shade Out Weeds, no-till, double plants per acre,
atrazine, metolachlor, John R. Teasdale, Beltsville, MD, 94JAN23
Beneficial Wasp May Tolerate Insecticide, sweetpotato whiteflies,
Eretmocerus mundus, cypermethrin, thiodicarb, Walker A. Jones, Weslaco, TX,
94JAN23
ARS/Industry R&D Takes Aim With Bio-Based Pest Solutions, Cooperative
Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), biosys of Palo Alto, CA, genetic
engineering, biocontrol, sugarbeet root maggot, Steinernema and Heterorhabditis
nematodes, Garry A. Smith, Fargo, ND, 94JAN23
CRADA, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA, corn, genetic
engineering, resists beetle and moth damage during storage, Karl J. Kramer,
Manhattan, KS, 94JAN23
CRADA, EcoScience Corp., Worcester, MA, beneficial yeasts that protect post
harvest apples, pears, and other fruits from molds and rots, fungicides,
Cryptococcus laurentii, Mucor rot., Rodney G. Roberts, Wenatchee, WA, 94JAN23
CRADA, Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, genetic engineering vaccine
against poultry coccidiosis, Mark C. Jenkins, Beltsville, MD, 94JAN23
From Apples to Zucchini—Biotechnology for Agriculture, genetic
engineering, DNA, Plant Gene Expression Center, Gerald G. Still, Albany, CA,
94FEB02
Can Better Barley Be Bred? California biotech consortium seeks to increase
barley's commercial value, Plant Gene Expression Center, barley yellow dwarf
virus, tomato trichomes, CRADA, gene gun, Phil Bregitzer, Aberdeen, ID, Peggy G.
Lemaux, Yuechun Wan, Anthony C. Waiss, Jr., and Sheila M. Colby, Albany, CA,
94FEB04
Developing CRADAs, sidebar, Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements, Willard J. Phelps, Beltsville, MD, 94FEB06
Corn Genetic Engineering Expanded, sidebar, Yuechun Wan, University of
California, Berkeley, CA, 94FEB05
The Busiest of Bees, wild bees, crop pollination, native pollen bees,
Blueberry bee,osmia ribifloris, Giant carpenter bee, xylocopa, honey bee, apis
mellifera, Hornfaced bee, osmia cornifrons, Native bumblebee, bombus sonorus,
Oxaeid bee, ptiloglossa arizonensis, Polyester bees, colletes thoracicus, Shaggy
fuzzyfoot, anthophora pilipes villosula, Suzanne Batra, Beltsville, MD, Stephen
L. Buchmann, Tucson, AZ, Philip F. Torchio and Vincent J. Tepedino, Logan, UT,
94FEB08
Chemical Messengers Addle Insect Brains, neuropeptides, corn earworm
pheromones, Ronald J. Nachman and G. Mark Holman, College Station, TX, 94FEB13
Harmonizing Rangeland Interests, ranchers, environmentalists, and U.S.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Malheur Lakes Basin Working Group, Steens
Mountain, cattle, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, and sage grouse, grasses,
juniper, Tony Svejcar, Burns, OR, 94FEB14
A Working Vision For Steens Mountain, sidebar, Malheur Lakes Basin Working
Group, Burns, OR, 94FEB15
Seven-Foot Soybeans for Sustainable Silage, tall, experimental legumes,
Thomas Devine, Beltsville, MD, 94FEB17
Riobravis: Nematode the Magnificent, Steinernema riobravis, corn earworms,
fall armyworms, or pink bollworms, biosys, Ecogen, Jimmy R. Raulston and
Enrique Cabanillas, Weslaco, TX, Thomas J. Henneberry, Phoenix, AZ, 85040,
94FEB18
Tomatoes/Potatoes: More in Common Than Meets the Eye, Solanum,
Lycopersicon, David M. Spooner, Madison, WI, 94FEB20
A Better Amylose Test? Thank the Guy Down the Hall! corn millers, Clarence
A. Knutson, Peoria, IL, 94FEB20
Senepols Keep Their Cool, beef cattle that thrive in hot, humid regions,
Andrew C. Hammond, Brooksville, FL, 94FEB21
Lysimeters Bridge Lab and Field Tests, groundwater pollution, chemicals,
fertilizers, arsenic, molybdenum, boron, soil, Dennis L. Corwin and James D.
Rhoades, Riverside, CA, 94FEB22
Fungus May Defang Medusahead, western range weed, Fusarium culmorum, Paul
Quimby, Jr., Bozeman, MT, 94FEB23
Cattle Make Rangeland Safer for Sheep, coyotes, lambs, bonding, Dean M.
Anderson, Las Cruces, NM, 94FEB23
Flea Debris Can Trigger Allergy Flare-ups, Richard J. Brenner, Gainesville,
FL, 94FEB23
Overfishing Can Deplete Immune System, omega-3 fatty acids, Simin N.
Meydani, Boston, MA, 94FEB23
Bean Beetles Have Little Use for New Soybean, HC83-193, Richard L. Cooper,
Wooster, OH, phone (216) 263-3875, 94FEB23
New Diagnostic Test for Foreign Swine Disease, VESV, vesicular exanthema,
pigs, hogs, Roger D. Woods, Ames, IA, Science Update, 94FEB23
Augmenting Natural Pest Controls, parasitic Catolaccus grandis wasp, Edgar
G. King, Weslaco, TX, 94MAR02
Evicting the Boll Weevil, cotton, Catolaccus Wasp, Beauveria bassiana, bait
tubes, bait sticks, pheromone, Jon Roberson, James W. Smith, Glenn Wiygul,
Gerald H. McKibben, Joseph C. Dickens, Mississippi State, MS, James E. Wright,
Antonio Guerra, Juan Morales-Ramos, Guadelupe Rojas, K. Rod Summy, and Arthur
Richardson, Weslaco, TX, 94MAR04
Rearing Weevils as Fodder for Parasitic Wasps, Catolaccus grandis, flash
sterilizer to cook boll weevil diet, Jon L. Roberson, Mississippi State, MS,
94MAR06
Banishing the Boll Weevil, Boll Weevil Eradication Program, cotton,
big-eyed bugs, pirate bugs, and parasitic wasps, beneficials, 94MAR08
Building Terraces—Naturally, soil erosion, perennial tall wheatgrass,
barriers, J. Kristian Aase, Sidney, MT, 94MAR11
Better Traps Mean Fewer Flies, house fly, stable fly, parasitic wasps,
Calves, dairy farmers, Dora K. Hayes, Richard W. Miller, Lawrence G. Pickens,
and Edward T. Schmidtmann, Beltsville, MD, 94MAR12
Flies: Nebraska Cattle Have a Big Beef, sidebar, feedlots, sticky traps,
Gustave D. Thomas, Lincoln, NE, 94MAR14
Cloud-Making Mix May Boost Beverage Appeal, citrus pectin and purified soy
protein, orange or lemon juice, patent application No. 07/965,308, Jerome A.
Klavons, Raymond D. Bennett, Pasadena, CA, 94MAR16
A Pest That's a Chinch To Return, chinch bug, corn, Frank M. Davis and W. Paul
Williams, Mississippi State, MS, 94MAR16
Storms Increase Cattle Poisoning, larkspur, James A. Pfister, Michael H.
Ralphs, and Lynn F. James, Logan, UT, 94MAR17
Portable Water Gauge Patented, irrigation, weirs, flumes, Patent No.
5,156,489, John A. Replogle, Phoenix, AZ, 94MAR18
Older People May Need More B Vitamins, homocysteine, Jacob Selhub, Boston,
MA, Science Update, 94MAR19
Kale: Gourmet Fare for the Nutrition-Conscious? beta carotene, carotenoids,
Frederick Khachik, Beltsville, MD, Science Update 94Mar19
Veg-Oil Ink Licensed to Oklahoma Firm, soy ink, soy oil, biodegradable,
Marvin O. Bagby, Peoria, IL, Science Update, 94MAR19
No Yield Boost From Methanol, wood alcohol, John Radin, Beltsville, MD,
Science Update, 94MAR19
Biocontrol-in-a-Bag Delivers the Good Bugs, braconid wasps, Caribbean fruit
flies, John N. Sivinski, Gainesville, FL, Science Update, 94MAR19
New Southern Soybean Wards Off Nematodes, Other Pests, Lyon, race 3 soybean
cyst nematodes, stem canker, root knot nematodes, leaf-feeding insects,
bacterial pustule, phytophthora rot, Edgar E. Hartwig, Stoneville, MS, Science
Update, 94MAR19
USDA, Military Continue War on Insects, forum, editorial, mosquitos, ticks,
flies, pesticides, repellents, deet, Desert Storm, Somalia, Ralph Bram,
Beltsville, MD, 94APR02
TICKED OFF! arthropods, Lyme disease, cattle, deer tick, Lone Star tick,
LYMESIM, John E. George, J. Mathews Pound, J. Allen Miller, and Craig A.
LeMeilleur, Kerrville, TX, Edward T. Schmidtmann, Beltsville, MD, Gary A. Mount,
Danel G. Haile, and Eric Daniels, Gainesville, FL, 94APR04
Cattle Take a Dip at the U.S. Border, organophosphate pesticide, coumaphos,
cattle fever ticks, Mexico, John E. George, L. Carmen Soileau, and Felix
Guerrero, Kerrville, TX, Ronald Davey and Elmer Ahrens, Mission, TX, Jeffrey S.
Karns and Daniel R. Shelton, Beltsville, MD, 94APR07
Small Is Beautiful When It Comes to Apple Trees, dwarf, tissue culture,
Golden Delicious, Miklos Faust, Beltsville, MD, 94APR10
Eastern Gamagrass: Corn's Comeback Cousin, dual-purpose forage-grain crop,
methionine, embryo rescue, Chester L. Dewald and Bryan K. Kindiger, Woodward,
OK, C. Ann Blakey, Columbia, MO, Robert Becker, Albany, CA, 94APR12
High BUN Level a Sign of Protein Waste, beef, cattle, blood urea nitrogen
test, Andrew C. Hammond, Brooksville, FL, 94APR16
Toward Retrovirus-Resistant Sheep, Genetically engineered sheep, ovine
progressive pneumonia, visna virus, encephalitis, pneumonia, arthritis, Caird
E. Rexroad, Beltsville, MD, 94APR17
Cotton Advice You Can Bank On, computer program, GOSSYM/COMAX rbWHIMS, or
rule-based (W) Holistic Insect Management, James M. McKinion, Mississippi State,
MS, 94APR18
Leafy Spurge Is Reunited With Old Enemy, range weed, copper leafy spurge
flea beetle, Aphthona flava, A. nigriscutis, Paul C. Quimby, Jr., Anthony J.
Caesar, and Norman E. Rees, Bozeman, MT, Neal A. Spencer, Sidney, MT, Luca
Fornisari, Montpellier, France, James H. Everitt and Gerry L. Anderson,
Weslaco, TX, 94APR20
Science Update on Whiteflies, (Bemisia tabaci), silverleaf whitefly, Robert
Faust or James Coppedge, Beltsville, MD, 94APR23
One Potato, Two Potato, forum, editorial, Phytophthora infestans, 94MAY02
Potato Blight, What Was Around Comes Around, Phytophthora infestans, fungus
types A1 and A2, metalaxyl, somatic hybrids, Kenneth Deahl, Robert Goth, and
Kathleen Haynes, Beltsville, MD, John P. Helgeson, Madison, WI, Paul W. Tooley,
Frederick, MD, 94MAY04
Yeasts and Bacteria Battle Decay, molds, fungicides, apples, peaches,
flowers, Sporobolomyces roseus, pyrrolnitrin, Pseudomonas syringae, EcoScience,
Wojciech J. Janisiewicz, Charles L. Wilson, and Ahmed El Ghaouth,
Kearneysville, WV, 94MAY08
A Cleanup for Poultry Litter, Alum, chickens, fertilizer, nitrogen,
phosphorus, Ammonia Philip A. Moore, Jr., Fayetteville, AR, 94MAY10
Rooftop Greenhouse Provides Nutrition Answers, vitamins, minerals, amino
acids, food crops, calcium, iron, or nitrogen mutant pea plants, hydroponics,
osteoporosis, iron reductase, Michael A. Grusak and Steven A. Abrams, Houston,
TX, 94MAY12
It Pays To Irrigate Plantains and Bananas, Puerto Rico, first-ratoon, Heber
Irizarry, Ricardo Goenaga, Mayaguez, PR, 94MAY15
Insect I.D.'s Now at Your Fingertips, Mediterranean fruit fly, Tephritidae,
BIOTA—Electronic Identification and Classification, F. Christian Thompson and
Allen L. Norrbom, Washington, DC, 94MAY16
Deer Scents May Guide Ticks to Hosts, Lyme disease, Ixodes scapularis, John
F. Carroll, Edward T. Schmidtmann, and Jerome A. Klum, Beltsville, MD, 94MAY19
After the Flood—Satellites Show Damage to Midwest Farmlands, satellite
images, color maps, NOAA-AVHRR, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer,
sensor EROS Earth Resources Observation Service Paul C. Doraiswamy, Beltsville,
MD, 94MAY20
Fish Fed Corn Byproducts Taste Good, ethanol, tilapia, corn gluten meal,
corn distillers grain and soy flour, Kathleen Warner and David J. Sessa, Peoria,
IL, 94MAY22
ARS Develops First Livestock Gene Maps, DNA, chromosomes of cattle and
swine, Craig W. Beattie, Clay Center, NE, 94MAY23
Florida Citrus Company Licenses A-Peeling Process from ARS, enzyme,
oranges, grapefruit, albedo, pectinase, Robert A. Baker, Winter Haven, FL,
94MAY23
Yugoslavian Plants Adapt to Midwest Landscape, trees and shrubs, European
cranberry bush, Austrian pine, Scotch pine, and hedge maple, Mark P.
Widrlechner, Ames, IA, 94MAY23
New Southern Soybean Wards Off Nematodes, Other Pests, Lyon, cyst, stem
canker, Edgar E. Hartwig, Stoneville, MS, 94MAY23
New Pink Phlox and Red Raspberry, Gerald E. Schuman, Cheyenne, WY, 94MAY23
Two Faces of Wind, solar power, pumping water, energy, R. Nolan Clark,
Bushland, TX, 94JUN02
Wind Power Where You Want It, water, cattle, solar, windmill, turbines,
electricity, energy, R. Nolan Clark, Bushland, TX, 94JUN04
The Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, wind turbines,
sidebar, 94JUN05
Stemming Wind Erosion, dust storms, Dust Bowl, topsoil, sandblast
seedlings, Revised Wind Erosion Equation, RWEQ, WEPS, Wind Erosion Prediction
System, Lawrence Hagen, Manhattan, KS, Donald Fryrear, Big Spring, TX, 94JUN08
Very Fine Dust Contributes to City Problems, PM-10, sidebar, 94JUN12
Scientists Redesign White Wheat, Klasic, flour, C. James Peterson, Lincoln,
NE, Craig F. Morris, Pullman, WA, Thomas (Stan) Cox, Manhattan, KS, 94JUN16
Lipsticks to Lubricants Lesquerella, desert shrub, hydroxy fatty acid,
water-soluble gum, Thomas P. Abbott, Peoria, IL, 94JUN17
New Soybeans Open the Planting Window, juvenile trait, Kuell Hinson,
Gainesville, FL, 94JUN18
Neem Locks Out Spores, Oil, powdery mildew and rust, margosa, James C.
Locke, Beltsville, MD, 94JUN20
Spot-Checking for Successful Aerial Spray, pesticide applications, computer
image analysis, Ivan W. Kirk, College Station, TX, 94JUN21
Computer Custom-Designs Flumes, flow-measuring devices, irrigation, water,
FLUME 3.0, weirs, Albert J. Clemmens, Phoenix, AZ, 94JUN21
MODWht3 for Modern Wheat Planning, PLANTEMP, MODCROP, Ronald Rickman and
Sue Waldman, Pendleton, OR, 94JUN22
Producing Beef Cattle: Two Head Are Better Than One, twins, Keith E.
Gregory, Clay Center, NE, Science Update, 94JUN23
New Test Detects Lily Virus, tissue blot immunoassay, Hei-ti Hsu,
Washington, DC, Science Update, 94JUN23
Ag Byproducts Could Clean Wastewater, soybean and rice hulls, rice bran,
and sugar beet pulp, Joseph A. Laszlo, Peoria, IL, Science Update, 94JUN23
Catch More Rain, Grow More Cotton in the Rye, winter cover crop, Philip J.
Bauer, Florence, SC, Science Update, 94JUN23
New Partnership Addresses Chemical Spray Drift, environment, Spray Drift
Task Force, Richard M. Parry, Beltsville, MD, Science Update, 94JUN23
New Kenaf Shrugs Off Root Pest, root-knot nematodes, Charles G. Cook,
Weslaco, TX, Science Update, 94JUN23
IPM—Integrating the Best of Current Knowledge, biocontrol, sustainable
means of managing pests, James R. Coppedge, Beltsville, MD, 94JUL02
Assault on the Senses, pheromones, biocontrol of diamondback moth, Plutella
xylostella, Bt insecticide, Bacillus thuringiensis, IPM, cabbage, Cotesia
plutellae, parasitic wasp, Everett Mitchell, Gainesville, FL, John McLaughlin,
Shafter, CA, 94JUL04
Narrower Rows, Higher Planting Density Cut Corn Herbicide Use, leaf canopy,
John R. Teasdale, Beltsville, MD, 94JUL08
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Melons and Cucumbers, computer
database, Cucumis, Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr., Beltsville, MD, 94JUL09
Streambed Erosion, channel, sediment, National Sedimentation Laboratory
(NSL), erosion, SedBed Monitor, acoustic technique, Roger Kuhnle, John Cox, and
Joe Willis, Oxford, MS, 94JUL10
Russian Wheat Aphids Leave Glowing Tracks, barley, punctures, genetic
resistance, David R. Porter, Stillwater, OK, 94JUL12
Insect Drafted To Fight Fungus It Spreads, dusky sap beetles, corn,
Aspergillus flavus, fungus, aflatoxin, Aspergillus parasiticus, Patrick F. Dowd
and Fernando E. Vega, Peoria, IL, 94JUL13
Putting the Bite on Caribbean Fruit Flies, maggots, chewing sounds,
parasitic wasps, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata, citrus, fumigant ethylene
dibromide (EDB), John Sivinski, Gainesville, FL, 94JUL14
Developing Plants' Own Self-Defenses Through Biotechnology, chitin, citrus,
enzymes, gibberellic acid, methyl bromide, fumigant, chitinase genes, Richard
T. Mayer, Jeff Shapiro, Greg McCollum and molecular biologists, Hamed Doostdar,
Joseph Nairn, Randall P. Niedz, and Roy McDonald, Orlando, FL, 94JUL16
Twin-Screw Extruder Transforms Cornstarch, resins, adhesives, packing
materials, starch-based plastic, biopolymers, Merle E. Carr, Bill Doane, Robert
E. Wing, and Edward B. Bagley, Peoria, IL, 94JUL18
Extruder Speeds Bean Flourmaking, sidebar, twin-screw, Richard H. Edwards,
Robert Becker, Albert P. Mossman, Gregory M. Gray, and Linda C. Whitehand,
Albany, CA, 94JUL20
Improved Vaccine for Cattle Shipping Fever, pneumonic pasteurellosis,
sheep, goats, Pasteurella haemolytica, Kim A. Brogden, Ames, IA, 94JUL21
Reduced Tillage Helps Build Soil Carbon, conservation, Patrick G. Hunt and
Terry A. Matheny, Florence, SC, Douglas L. Karlen, Ames, IA, 94JUL21
Forestalling Citrus Shrinkage, oranges, coating, grapefruit, wax, Robert D.
Hagenmaier, Winter Haven, FL, 94JUL22
Mineral Supplements Could Strengthen Preemies' Bones, calcium phosphorus,
infants, mineral-fortified milk, Richard J. Schanler, Houston, TX, 94JUL23
Legume Finds Fall Niche in Florida, Stylosanthes giuanensis, winter
pastures, cattle, Mimi J. Williams, Brooksville, FL, 94JUL23
Grazer Ryegrass Grows Winter Forage for the South, cattle, beef,
bermudagrasses, Grazer ryegrass, Wayne W. Hanna, Tifton, GA, 94JUL23
Bacteria Could Guard Potato Bins from Fungi, Fusarium sambucinum, David A.
Schisler, Peoria, IL, 94JUL23
ARS Releases Breeding Line of Pummelo, Exotic Citrus, Herb C. Barrett or
Randall E. Driggers, Orlando, FL, 94JUL23
Improving Animal Disease Diagnosis, cattle, swine, and sheep, malignant
catarrhal fever, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy,
scrapie, John Gorham, Pullman, WA, 94AUG02
Diagnosing the Tough Ones, animal disease, ticks, flies, malignant
catarrhal fever, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy,
(BSE), scrapie, CI-ELISA, major surface protein 5, MSP-5, monoclonal antibody,
gamma-interferon, John Gorham, David Shen, Don Knowles, Will Goff, Katherine
O'Rourke, and Mark Robinson, Pullman, WA, David Stiller and Michael Coan, Moscow, ID,
94AUG04
Wingbeat Counter Fingers Invading Bees, Africanized honey, Hayward G.
Spangler, Tucson, AZ, 94AUG09
Biotech Probes Identify Food Yeasts, DNA matching, Douglas King, Jr.,
Albany, CA, 94AUG09
Bringing Idled Land Back Into Production, CRP, Conservation Reserve
Program, water and air quality wildlife habitat, runoff, erosion, flooding,
sedimentation, W. Doral Kemper, Beltsville, MD, 94AUG10
An End to Dirty Days, sidebar, Conservation Reserve Program, CRP, John
Stulp farm, 94AUG10
Nutrient Deficiency Unleashes Jekyll-Hyde Virus, heart muscle, Orville A.
Levander, Beltsville, MD, Melinda A. Beck, Chapel Hill, NC, antioxidants,
selenium or vitamin E, Coxsackievirus, 94AUG14
Exploring the Secret Life of Seeds, native plants, germination, Indian
ricegrass, crested wheatgrass, cheatgrass, Jim Young and Debby Palmquist, Reno,
NV, 94AUG16
Friendly Flier—Gypsy Moth Biocontrol Readied, Korea, Germany, Blepharipa
schineri fly, Cotesia melanoscelus wasp, Parasetigena silvestris fly, oak
trees, Robert W. Pemberton, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Jang-Hoon Lee, Stillwater, OK,
Roger W. Fuester, Newark, DE, Franck HÇrard, Montpellier, Cedex 5, France,
94AUG18
Extrafloral Nectaries May Help Plant Defense, sidebar, nectar, poplar,
viburnum, black locust, wild cherry, Cotesia melanoscelus wasp, Parasitigena
silvestris fly, Blepharipa schineri fly, Robert W. Pemberton, Fort Lauderdale,
FL, 94AUG21
MLO's—Invisible Crop Destroyers, mycoplasmalike organisms, new test,
Robert E. Davis and Ing-Ming Lee, Beltsville, MD, 94AUG22
More on Envira's Fire Ants, Brazil, Logic, Ciba-Geigy, Danel Haile,
Gainesville, FL, 94AUG23
First Artificial Wasp Diet Released, Catolaccus grandis wasp, boll weevil,
Edgar G. King, Weslaco, TX, 94AUG23
Crossbred Cattle Less Affected by Fescue Fungus, endophyte, Angus, Brahman.
Polled Hereford, Michael A. Brown, Booneville, AR, 94AUG23
Inactive Microorganism Breaks Down Milk Sugar, bacteria, cheese, yogurt,
lactose, dairy, Streptococcus thermophilus, enzyme, George A. Somkuti,
Philadelphia, PA, 94AUG23
ARS and Biotech Firm Tackle Postharvest Rot in Potatoes, Tomatoes,
bacterial soft rot, ring rot, blackleg, gene fragment, William Belknap, Albany,
CA, 94AUG23
Who Owns the World's Plant Genes? vegetables, seeds, germplasm, Convention
on Biological Diversity, Henry L. Shands, Beltsville, MD, 94SEP02
New Flower Power! floral crops, U.S. National Arboretum, nursery plants,
poinsettias, kangaroo paw, Cupressus, Geraldton Wax flower, Eucrosia, Erica,
Sinningia, gesneriads, Exacum (Persian Violet), Correa Mannii Australian
fuchsia, Clematis, Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum), Eustoma (lisianthus),
Roger Lawson, Mark Roh, and Robert Griesbach, Beltsville, MD, 94SEP04
Gene Gun Technique May Broaden Color Range of Orchids and Other Flowers,
sidebar, DNA, Robert Griesbach, Beltsville, MD, 94SEP06
Erosion Study Crosses the Border, NAFTA, erosion, Desarrollo de los
Recursos Naturales de Sonora (CIDESON), Conservation, sustainability, Walnut
Gulch, rainfall simulator, Simulator for Water Resources on Rural Basins-Water
Quality, SWRRBWQ, Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, RUSLE, Water Erosion
Prediction Project, WEPP, Leonard J. Lane, Mary H. Nichols, John R. Simanton,
and Howard D. Larsen, Tucson, AZ, 94SEP10
Cheese Pizza—Hold the Fat, mozzarella, proteolytic process Edyth L. Malin,
Michael H. Tunick, Virginia H. Holsinger, and Philip W. Smith, Philadelphia, PA,
94SEP14
Onward, Vernonia! Vernonia galamensis, Africa, petitiana, Mayaguez, Puerto
Rico, oilseed, drying agent, paints, plastics, interpenetrating polymer
networks David A. Dierig, Phoenix, AZ, 94SEP16
Technology Tattles on Mastitis, dairy cow mammary glands, milk, bacteria,
cells, proteins alpha and beta casein, alpha-lactalbumin, and lactoferrin,
epithelial cells, Albert J. Guidry, Beltsville, MD, 94SEP18
Cleaner Chicken Ahead, Sanitizing Poultry chiller, Water,
cross-contamination, chlorine dioxide, Salmonella, Listeria, E. coli
(Escherichia coli), Campylobacter, Entobacteriaceae, turkeys, Lee-Shin Tsai,
Albany, CA, Huda S. Lillard, Athens, GA, 94SEP20
Monitoring Water Gain During Pregnancy, bioimpedance spectroscopy, BIS,
Marta D. Van Loan and Patrick L. Mayclin, Presidio of San Francisco, CA, William
W. Wong, Houston, TX, 94SEP22
Beneficial Bacteria Crowd Out the Bad Guys in Poultry, campylobacter,
salmonella, food poisoning, chicken intestines, Norman J. Stern, Athens, GA,
94SEP23
Cholesterol Cousin Could Be New Piece of Heart Disease PuAlbany) 94Seple,
blood lipid, Lp(a), Ernst J. Schaefer, Boston, MA, 94SEP23
Will Leafminer Pest Cave In to Biocontrols? citrus, Paecilomyces and
Metarhizium fungi, Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, nuclearpolyhedrosis virus,
and Steinernema carpocapsae, S. riobravis nematodes, Jeffrey P. Shapiro and
William J. Schroeder, Orlando, FL, 94SEP23
Gene Found To Control Tomato Sugar, sucr, John R. Stommel, Beltsville, MD,
94SEP23
Hairy Vetch Mulch Covers the Tomato Patch, legume, sustainable
agricultural, erosion, fertilizer, herbicides, Aref Abdul-Baki, Beltsville, MD,
94SEP23
Breeding and Good Taste, apples, pear-breeding, Plant Genome Mapping,
Howard J. Brooks, Beltsville, MD, 94OCT02
More Luscious Fruits, plums, Black Emerald and Flame Seedless grapes,
Castlebrite and Helena apricots, Friar and Blackamber plums, Fantasia
nectarine, Flavorcrest, Redglobe, Coronet, Springcrest, Juneprince, Sunbrite,
Sunprince, Goldprince, Sentry and Bounty peaches, embryo culture, Peach Tree
Short Life, PTSL, David W. Ramming and Craig A. Ledbetter, Fresno, CA, Ralph
Scorza, Kearneysville, WV, Dick Okie and Tom Beckman, Byron, GA, 94OCT04
Black Emerald Seedless Grapes: A New Late Spring Taste Treat, sidebar,
David W. Ramming and Ronald Tarailo, Fresno, CA, 94OCT08
Breeding a Better Beer, malting barley, ARS National Small Grains Germplasm
Research Facility, Klages, Russell, Crystal, Darrell Wesenberg, Aberdeen, ID,
Berne Jones, Madison, WI, 94OCT09
Citrus That's Clearly Superior, Sunburst, Fallglo, and Ortanique
tangerines, Ambersweet, Midsweet, Gardner, and Sunstar oranges, Flame
grapefruit, C. Jack Hearn, Orlando, FL, 94OCT10
With Soybeans and Wheat—Good Breeding Has Made All the Difference, Vernal,
Padre, Lee and Forrest soybeans, soybean cyst nematodes, long-juvenile
genotype, Gaines semidwarf wheat, Charles F. Murphy, Beltsville, MD, 94OCT12
USDA Bolsters Science at 1890 Schools, McMinnville, TN, Centers of
Excellence, R. Dean Plowman, Korona Prince, Washington, DC, 94OCT14
Small Fruits Make It Big, blueberries, Earliglow, Lester, Allstar, Tribute
and Tristar, strawberries, thornless blackberries, Gene J. Galletta, John L.
Maas, and Lisa J. Rowland, Beltsville, MD, James Spiers, Barbara J. Smith, and
Creighton L. Gupton, Poplarville, MS, 94OCT16
Chipeta! A New Chipping Potato, Dennis L. Corsini and Joseph J. Pavek,
Aberdeen, ID, 94OCT19
RICE—Thicker Stems, Fatter Yields, semidwarf rice, Lemont, Gulfmont,
Maybelle, Rosemont, Texmont, Dellmont, Magnolia, Sunbonnet, Doro, Lacrosse,
Nato, Saturn, Della, Calrose 76, Anna M. McClung, Beaumont, TX, J. Neil Rutger,
Stuttgart, AR, 94OCT20
That Gray Melon From Charleston, watermelons, Charleston Hot Cayenne
Pepper, Provider and Contender snap beans, Wando pea, Bettersnap, Bettergro,
and Bettergreen southern pea, Homestead tomato, Carolina Bunch sweetpotato,
Richard L. Fery and Philip D. Dukes, Charleston, SC, 94OCT23
Cataloguing the Seed Catalogs, sidebar, Garden Seed Inventory, published by
Seed Saver Publications of Decorah, IA, 94OCT25
Sweetening America's Sugarcane Industry, Jimmy D. Miller, Canal Point, FL,
Benjamin L. Legendre, Houma, LA, Paul H. Moore, Aiea, HI, 94OCT26
Science in Your Salad, carrots, onions, cucumbers, and garlic, vegetable
seed, Philipp W. Simon, Michael J. Havey, and Jack E. Staub, Madison, WI,
94OCT28
Infrared Bug-Counter Goes to Disney World, Opius dissitus wasps,
leafminers, biocontrol, Dennis Shuman, Gainesville, FL, 94OCT31
New Apples, Nectarine for the Southeast, Hardy Cumberland and Early
Thompson apples, Sunsplash nectarine, Ann Amis, Byron, GA, 94OCT31
Company To Market New ARS Bacterium for Soybeans, Bradyrhizobia bacteria,
nitrogen, David Kuykendall, Beltsville, MD, William J. Hunter, Fort Collins, CO,
94OCT31
Promising Biotech Vaccine To Be Tested, Japanese encephalitis, swine, pigs,
poxviruses, vaccinia virus and canarypox, Peter W. Mason, Orient Point, NY,
94OCT31
Rating Rangeland Health, forum editorial, cattle, grasslands, savannas,
shrublands, deserts, tundras, marshes, meadows, Dennis Child, Beltsville, MD,
Mark Weltz, Tucson, AZ, Walter Heck, Raleigh, NC, Jim Young, Reno, NV, 94NOV02
Science at Home on the Range, buffalo, bison, grass, rangeland, cattle,
sheep, prairie, forage, SPUR (Simulation of Production and Utilization of
Rangelands), SMART (Simple Model to Assess Range Technology), STEERISK, Jornada
Experimental Range, grazing, lysimeters, rain-out shelters, drought, Rodney K.
Heitschmidt, Miles City, MT, Kris M. Havstad, Las Cruces, NM, Gerald E. Schuman
and Richard H. Hart, Cheyenne, WY, Jonathan D. Hanson, Fort Collins, CO, 94NOV04
Planting With a Feather-Light Touch, seeds, tractor tool bar frame, Patent.
No. 5,234,060, Lyle M. Carter, Shafter, CA, 94NOV09
Genome Mapping Points the Way, genetic engineering, databases, cattle,
swine, sheep, chromosomes, DNA, polymerase chain reaction (PCR),
electrophoresis, alleles, markers, Beattie, Dan Laster, Larry V. Cundiff, Clay
Center, NE, 94NOV10
Walking for Exercise, bone loss, calcium, Bess Dawson-Hughes, osteoporosis,
Elizabeth Krall, Boston, MA, 94NOV13
Probing the Soils of the Frozen North, underground weather observers, Frost
Crew, snow, frost/thaw cycle, erosion, Brenton S. Sharratt, James A. Staricka,
Morris, MN, John Daniel, Durant, OK, 94NOV14
What Makes Tortillas and Tacos Taste So Good?, 2-aminoacetophenone, yellow
corn flour, Ronald G. Buttery and Louisa C. Ling, Albany, CA, 94NOV17
ROOTS: Returning to the Apple's Birthplace, germplasm, plant exploration,
genetic resistance, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, pistachios, Johnny
Appleseed, Phillip L. Forsline, Geneva, NY, 94NOV18
Natural Microbes Curb Salmonella, CF-3, beneficial bacterial blend,
chickens, ceca, lactose, mannose, Pollo Pic´, Coamo, Puerto Rico, Tony
Oyofo, Don Corrier, John DeLoach, David J. Nisbet, Clayton J. Myers, James D.
Snodgrass, Albert G. Hollister, Robert E. Drolesky, College Station, TX,
94NOV22
The Search for Alternatives, Sidebar, lactose, milk sugar, Milk Specialties
Co., 94NOV26
Lure Sought for Tiger Mosquito, Asian tiger mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus,
Daniel L. Kline, Gainesville, FL, 94Nov27
Natural Chemicals Hit Pesky Weeds and Fungi, Bacillus subtilis, Fusarium
and Aspergillus fungi, Alternaria alternata, johnsongrass, tentoxin, soybean,
corn, Alan Lax, New Orleans, LA, 94NOV27
Pumping Iron at 80 and Up, exercise, weight training, muscle weakness,
physical frailty, Maria Fiatarone, Boston, MA, 94NOV27
Test for Saline or Sodic Soils To Be Commercialized, soil conductivity,
James D. Rhoades, Riverside, CA, 94NOV27
Mite Makes Right for the Gorse, gorse spider mites, Tetranychus lintearius,
Charles E. Turner, Albany, CA, 94NOV27
Forum, Taking an Areawide Offensive, editorial, pest management, IPM,
codling moth, corn rootworm, insect migration, James R. Coppedge, College
Station, TX, 94DEC02
Migratory Pests: Hit 'Em With All We've Got, radar, weather balloons, and
aircraft,Heliocoverpa zea,corn earworm, cotton bollworm, or tomato fruitworm,
insect migration, pollen grains, cornfields, Peter D. Lingren, Ted N. Shaver,
Kenneth R. Beerwinkle, Juan D. Lopez, Jr., John K. Westbrook, Wayne W. Wolf,
Jesus F. Esquivel, and Gretchen D. Jones, College Station, TX, Jimmy R.
Raulston, Weslaco, TX, 94DEC04
Sweetpotatoes: Not Just for the Holidays, beta carotene, cellulose
texturizing agents, frozen, William M. Walter, Raleigh, NC, 94DEC09
Enlisting the Help of Soil-Searching Wasps, corn earworm and fall armyworm
pupae, tobacco budworm, parasitic, kairomones, Diapetimorpha introita, Cryptus
albitarsus, Ichneumon promissorius, Jim Carpenter, Tifton, GA, Sam Pair, Lane,
OK, Pat Greany, Gainesville, FL, William Schlotzhauer, Athens, GA, 94DEC10
Native Americans Fight Weeds To Keep Their Land, Canada thistle, bindweed,
leafy spurge, Indian reservations, BIA, Aphthona flava, A. nigriscutis, and A.
cyparissiae, Chrysolina beetles, St. Johnswort, Anthony J. Caesar and Norman E.
Rees, Bozeman, MT, 94DEC12
Weeds Imperil Buffalo Herd, sidebar, National Bison Range, 94DEC14
Fungus and Nematode Pesta, pesticides, wheat-flour dough, fungi, hemp
sesbania, Colletotrichum truncatum, William R. Nickle, Beltsville, MD, William
J. Connick, Jr., and Kelley S. Williams, New Orleans, LA, C. Douglas Boyette,
Stoneville, MS, 94DEC16
A Dual Citrus Threat, brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricida, tristeza
virus (CTV) Stephen M. Garnsey, Tim R. Gottwald, Raymond K. Yokomi, and Herb C.
Barrett, Orlando, FL, Vernon D. Damsteegt, Frederick, MD, 94DEC19
Citrus Groves in Maryland, citrus tristeza virus (CTV), brown citrus aphid,
94DEC20
Very Fine Dust Contributes to City Problems, PM-10, sidebar, 94JUN12
Forum, editorial, A Milestone for Agricultural Research, fifth decade,
January 1953, 93JAN02
Taking Apart and Rebuilding Plant Genes, Plant Molecular Biology
Laboratory, soybeans, tomatoes, peaches, rice, potatoes, sugarbeets, cecropin
and lysozyme genes, rubisco, William Belknap, Albany, CA, Reid Palmer, Ames,
IA, Thomas Devine, Eliot Herman, Benjamin Matthews, Peter Ueng, Lowell Owens,
Ann Smigocki, Autar Mattoo, Mark Tucker, Gideon Schaeffer, Freddi Hammerschlag,
Beltsville, MD, 93JAN04
Prescription Farming: Fine-Tuning Agricultural Inputs, managing fertilizer,
herbicides, and irrigation water, combine harvester, Global Positioning System
(GPS), AGMED, near-infrared reflectance soil sensor, Kenneth A. Sudduth,
Columbia, MO, John W. Hummel, Urbana, IL, 93JAN16
Popcorn Heads West, resistance to corn earworm and European corn borer,
maysin, Zapalote Chico, Richard L. Wilson, Ames, IA, Billy R. Wiseman and
Maurice E. Snook, Tifton, GA, 93JAN19
Salmonella Carriers Worry Scientists, pigs, swine, carriers, Salmonella
typhimurium, bacteria, Paula J. Cray and Thomas J. Stable, Ames, IA, 93JAN20
Stopping Jointed Goatgrass in Wheat, weed in winter wheat, Randy L.
Anderson, Akron, CO, Alex G. Ogg, Jr., Pullman, WA, 93JAN21
Seasonal Seesaw in Body Composition, fat and lean mass, women, Bess
Dawson-Hughes, Boston, MA, 93JAN21
Off-Season Cover Crops Control Erosion, frost, wind, soil, James D. Bilbro,
Jr., Big Spring, TX, 93JAN21
Gene Predicts Lamb Leanness, breeding lambs with less fat, sheep, Gary D.
Snowder, Dubois, ID, 93JAN21
Vitamin A's Relative Benefits, beta carotene, cancer, retinoic acid,
Xiang-Dong Wang, Boston, MA, 93JAN21
Two Nitrogens Better Than One, fertilizer, water pollution, ammonium and
nitrate, Sterling R. Olsen, Fort Collins, CO, 93JAN21
Maternal Gene Means Life or Death for Red Flour Beetle, natural
population-control gene, MEDEA factor, maternal self-selection, Richard W.
Beeman, Manhattan, KS, 93JAN21
Forum editorial, ARS Plans Now for Future Scientists, 1890 Initiative,
historically black land-grant colleges and universities, William H. Tallent,
Washington, DC, 93FEB02
ARS Helps Science Flourish at 1890 Schools, Morrill Act , Historically
Black Land-Grant Institutions, 1866 - Lincoln University, Missouri, 1871 -
Alcorn University, Mississippi, 1872 - South Carolina State University, 1873 -
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 1875 - Alabama A&M University, 1876 -
Prairie View A&M University, Texas, 1880 - Southern University, Louisiana,
1881 - Tuskegee University, Alabama, 1882 - Virginia State University, 1886 -
Kentucky State University, 1886 - University of Maryland—Eastern Shore, 1887 -
Florida A&M University, 1891 - Delaware State College, 1891 - North
Carolina A&T State University, 1895 - Fort Valley State College, Georgia,
1897 - Langston University, Oklahoma, 1912 - Tennessee State University,
93FEB04
Farmer-Friendly Herbicide Applicator, ultra low volume (ULV) of water,
T-miser, weeds, johnsongrass, barnyardgrass, Chester McWhorter and James Hanks,
Stoneville, MS, 93FEB11
Climate Change on the Great Plains, carbon dioxide (CO2), computer models,
SPUR (Simulation of Production and Utilization of Rangeland) and CBCPM
(Colorado Beef Cattle Production Model), Barry B. Baker and Jon D. Hanson, Fort
Collins, CO, 93FEB12
Tougher Peel Repels Fruit Flies, grapefruit, gibberellic acid (GA), natural
plant growth-regulating hormone, Patrick D. Greany, Gainesville, FL Philip E.
Shaw, Winter Haven, FL, Roy E. McDonald, Orlando, FL, 93FEB14
Rock Phosphate—An Rx for Poor Soils, phosphorus, fertilizer and lime,
Robert J. Wright, Beltsville, MD, V.C. Baligar, Beckley, WV, 93FEB19
New Cayenne Pepper Available, high-yielding variety, Charleston Hot,
southern root knot nematode, Philip D. Dukes and Richard L. Fery, Charleston,
SC, 93FEB19
Beneficials Are Money in the Bank, Boll Weevil Eradication Program, corn
earworms, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, parasitic wasps, Cotesia
marginiventris and Microplitis croceipes, W. Joe Lewis, Tifton, GA, James
Tumlinson and Ted Turlings, Gainesville, FL, 93FEB20
Soviet Botanist Nikolai I. Vavilov, germplasm bank, Henry Shands,
Beltsville, MD, 93FEB23
Russian Wheat Aphid Resistant Wheat Line, Cheryl A. Baker, Stillwater, OK,
93FEB23
Hydroponic Lettuce and Strawberries With Waste Water from Rainbow-Trout
Ponds, Aquaculture, Fumiomi Takeda, Kearneysville, WV, 93FEB23
Biotechnology Research and Development Corp. of Peoria, Ilinois,
cornstarch-encapsulated pesticides, corn borers, CRADA, Michael R. McGuire,
Peoria, IL, 93FEB23
Weevil From Australia, melaleuca tree, biocontrol, Ted Center, Fort
Lauderdale, FL, 93FEB23
Steinernemario Bravis Nematode Uses Bacterial Chefs, biocontrol for
Helicoverpa zea caterpillars, Jimmy R. Raulston, Weslaco, TX, 93FEB23
Fast Field Test for Cattle Ticks That Resist Organophosphate Pesticides.
John E. George, Kerrville, TX, 93FEB23
Northern Fowl Mites Prevented From Feeding by Peppermint, John F. Carroll,
Beltsville, MD, 93FEB23
Forum, editorial Aquaculture—Netting Bigger Profits fish farming, trout,
catfish, Lewis W. Smith, Beltsville, MD, 93MAR02
Aquaculture Springs Up in West Virginia, fish farming, Morgan's Spring,
rainbow trout, purify wastewater, Paul Adler, Kearneysville, WV, Freshwater
Institute, Shepherdstown, WV, Peter B. Johnsen, New Orleans, LA, 93MAR04
Fat, Lean, and the Role of Diet, beef cattle, Angus steers, forage or
grain, Robert H. Gallavan, Samuel W. Coleman, El Reno, OK, 93MAR09
Meat Tenderness Enhanced With Calcium Process, steak, beef, cattle,
Brahman, Mohammad Koohmaraie, Clay Center, NE, 93MAR11
Cutting the Use of Laboratory Solvents, supercritical fluid extraction,
SFE, NCAUR, carbon dioxide (CO2) or nitrous oxide, Jerry W. King, Peoria, IL,
93MAR12
Fighting for Survival Against Bee Mites, honeybee, varroa, tracheal,
Acarapis woodi, Varroa jacobsoni, Menthol, Amitraz, Fluvalinate, Hachiro
Shimanuki, Beltsville, MD, William Wilson, Weslaco, TX, 93MAR14
Breeding Bees for Mite Resistance, Yugoslavian, Buckfast, varroa, tracheal,
Thomas Rinderer and Robert Danka, Baton Rouge, LA, Ralph Bram, Beltsville, MD,
93MAR16
Ramifications of Sheep Breeding Behavior, sexual behavior, James A.
Fitzgerald, Dubois, ID, 93MAR18
Ceramic Microfilters Clean Up Brine, hams, sausages, cured meats, cuts
water pollution, Marcus R. Hart, Albany, CA, 93MAR20
Hammocks Reduce Harvest Rough and Tumble, vegetable, carrots, cucumbers,
onions, and potatoes, Dale Marshall, East Lansing, MI, 93MAR22
Science Update, flowerhead weevils, musk thistle, Paul E. Boldt, Temple, TX,
93MAR23
Science Update, carbohydrates can boost the endurance of marathoners, Joan
M. Conway, Beltsville, MD, 93MAR23
Science Update, confused sap beetles, traps baited with feeding attractant,
Robert J. Bartelt, Peoria, IL, 93MAR23
Science Update, new plum varieties, William R. Okie, Byron, GA, 93MAR23
Science Update, burning old grass from Old World bluestem reduces
subsequent yields, William A. Berg, Woodward, OK, 93MAR23
Science Update, reniform nematodes, cotton, Gary L. Windham, Mississippi
State, MI, 93MAR23
Science Update, Irrigated soybeans, extra nitrogen, managed the water
table, Richard L. Cooper, Wooster, OH, 93MAR23
Science Update, grain sorghum's ancestral African roots could lead to new
varieties that tolerate acid soils. Ralph Clark, Beckley, WV, 93MAR23
Science Update, nematode resistance in soybean line J87-233, Lawrence D.
Young, Jackson, TN, 93MAR23
Forum or editorial, Looking for Watershed Answers, lakes, ponds, rivers,
streams, 93Apr02
Protecting,—and Taming—Watersheds, streams, creeks, rivers, rain, snow,
pollution, SHAW (Simultaneous Heat and Water), USCLIMAT.BAS, weather, Little
Washita, Kenneth C. Stone and Patrick G. Hunt, Florence, SC, Keith R. Cooley,
Gerald N. Flerchinger, Clayton L. Hanson, and Kirk Cumming, Boise, ID, George
W. Langdale, Watkinsville, GA. William M. Edwards and Lloyd B. Owens, OH, Larry
A. Kramer, Council Bluffs, IA, Leonard J. Lane and Kenneth G. Renard, Tucson,
AZ, Frank R. Schiebe, Durant, OK, 93APR04
Bottom Ash Boosts Poor Soil, calcium, gypsum, fluidized bed bottom ash,
sulfur, limestone, Ronald F. Korcak, Beltsville, MD, 93APR12
How Parasites Hamper Livestock Growth, tapeworms, cytokines, Sarcocystis,
hormone, somatostatin, Ronald Fayer and Theodore H. Elsasser, Beltsville, MD,
93APR14
Have You Had Your Molybdenum Today? beans, peas, and whole grains, sulfite
oxidase, Judith R. Turnlund, Presidio of San Francisco, CA, 93APR16
With Tomatoes Looking Good Isn't Enough, flavor volatiles, hexenals,
Elizabeth A. Baldwin, Winter Haven, FL, 93APR17
Apomixis: It Could Revolutionize Plant Breeding, buffelgrass, asexual
reproduction, strawberries, mangos, pearl millet, corn, and wheat. Wayne Hanna,
Tifton, GA, 93APR18
Weather Network Helps Protect Crops, Cut Irrigation, Colorado onion
growers, fungus control, Harold R. Duke, Fort Collins, CO, 93APR22
Testing Fumosin Activity, mycotoxins, molds Fusarium moniliforme and F.
proliferatum, turkey blood donors, John L. Richard and Mary Ann
Dombrink-Kurtzman, Peoria, IL, 93APR22
Science Update, American students got a bug's eye view of biological pest
control, Educational Resource Network, Inc., Richard S. Soper, Beltsville, MD,
93APR23
Science Update, In Washington State last January, two children died and
more than 250 other people got sick after eating beef patties tainted with a
bacterium, Escherichia coli 0157:H7. Donald W. Thayer, Philadelphia, PA, 93APR23
Science Update, cigarette, breast-feeding, milk calories, Judy M.
Hopkinson, Houston, TX, 93APR23
Science Update, Ambersweet, hybrid, processed orange juice, C. Jack Hearn,
Winter Haven, FL, 93APR23
Science Update, phone books, mulch, recycle to the soil, James Edwards,
Auburn, AL, 93APR23
Science Update, dairy cow, radio, mastitis, Alan M. Lefcourt, Beltsville,
MD, 93APR23
Science Update, Oat plants, gene-engineered, Howard W. Rines, St. Paul, MN,
93APR23
Forum, editorial, Everyday Products Based on Ag Research, orange juice,
newspaper ink, penicillin or a similar antibiotic, potato flakes, R.D. Plowman,
Washington, DC, 93MAY02
Industry Consorts With Science, Biotechnology Research and Development
Corp. (BRDC) technology transfer, Michael R. McGuire, Baruch S. Shasha, Gregory
L. Cote, Richard V. Greene, and Richard L. Dunkle, Peoria, IL, 93MAY04
Preserving Georgia's Peach Pride, brown rot, biocontrol, ultraviolet (UV)
light, radiation hormesis, gummosis, (PTSL), ring nematodes, William R. Okie,
P. Lawrence Pusey, Carroll E. Yonce, and Andrew P. Nyczepir, Byron, GA, 93MAY10
Tall Whitetop's Crowding Out the Natives, weed, perennial pepperweed,
poisonous to farm animals, James Young and Robert R. Blank, Reno, NV, Lynn
James, Logan, UT, 93MAY16
Lab-Grown Pinkies Cotton to New Fast Food, extruders for preparing diet for
sterile pink bollworm moths, Richard H. Edwards, Albany, CA, 93MAY17
Rumen Bacteria Rob Cattle of Nutrients, wasting up to 25 percent of protein
in cattle diets, ionophores, antibiotics, James B. Russell, Ithaca, NY, 93MAY18
Where Do Chemicals Go When It Rains? atrazine and alachlor, runoff,
herbicides, simulated rainfall, fenamiphos, chlorpyrifos, a copper fungicide,
nitrogen, phosphorus, zinc fertilizers, potassium bromide, Don Wauchope,
Tifton, GA, 93MAY20
Not Too Sweet, and Not Too Tart, currants, germplasm repository, Kim E.
Hummer, Corvallis, OR, 93MAY22
Add-on Speedometer Cuts Costs, Helps Environment, for tractors, helps
farmers more accurately apply fertilizer and herbicides, Steven E. Hinkle,
Akron, CO, 93MAY22
Science Update, Why Not Guayule? latex from guayule (why-YOU-lee), a
southwestern desert shrub, could be used to make allergen-free surgical gloves,
condoms, elastic for clothing, toys, and other products. Katrina Cornish,
Albany, CA, 93MAY23
Science Update, Lupin Makes Good Food, Feed, and Fertilizer, Wayne Reeves,
Auburn, AL, 93MAY23
Science Update, Get Your Goat! Roasted or broiled chevon is a lower-fat way
to put red meat on the dinner menu. Morse B. Solomon, Beltsville, MD, 93MAY23
Science Update, Cross-Species Immunity in Poultry, coccidiosis, turkeys,
Patricia C. Augustine, Beltsville, MD, 93MAY23
Science Update, African Sorghums May Improve U.S. Varieties, World
Collection of Sorghum in Griffin, Georgia, Ralph Clark, Beckley, WV, 93MAY23
Science Update, Teen Overweight Can Lead to Adult Health Problems, Aviva
Must, Boston, MA, 93MAY23
Science Update, Cretans Tested for U.S. Whitefly Control, biocontrol wasps,
beetles, and fungi from six countries. Alan A. Kirk and Lawrence A. Lacey,
Montpellier, France, 93MAY23
Atwater's Vision Still Guides Us, human nutrition, vitalimins, Forum,
editorial, Jacqueline Dupont, Beltsville, MD, 93JUN02
Wilbur O. Atwater—Father of American Nutrition Studies, human, Centenial
story by with contributions from nutrition research center directors Buford
Nichols, Forrest Nielsen, Joseph Spence, and Judith Turnland, 93JUN04
The Calorimeter Today: Atwater's Copper Box Revisited, human nutrition,93JUN12
Complex Interactions Frustrate Nutrition Researchers, iron, copper, zinc,
heart disease, rats, high-fructose, free radicals Meira Fields, Beltsville, MD,
93JUN14
Discovering Plants' Master Genes, corn, homeobox, mutations, tomatoes,
barley, peas, and rice, Sarah C. Hake, Albany, CA 93Junxx16
Flightless Wasp a Step Ahead in Biocontrol, cotton bollworm, Microplitis
croceipes, William W. M. Steiner, Columbia, MO, 93JUNxx17
Research Links Zinc, Vitamin A Status, Thailand, James C. Smith and Tim R.
Kramer, Beltsville, MD, 93JUNxx18
Wasps, Computers Used Against Cotton Pest, Mexican, boll weevils,
Catolaccus grandis, Edgar G. King, K.R. Summy, and J.A. Morales-Ramos,
Weslaco, TX, 93JUN19
To Lose Calories, Better To Burn 'Em Than Spurn 'Em, weight, diet,
body-fat, Susan B. Roberts, Boston, MA, 93JUN19
Kenaf Has Alfalfa Beat On Protein, William A. Phillips, El Reno, OK, 93JUN19
Licensee Named for Food and Water Bacterial Test, Yersinia enterocolitica,
Saumya Bhaduri, Philadelphia, PA, 93JUN19
New Test Monitors Soy Oil Quality, phospholipids, soybean, Timothy L.
Mounts, Peoria, IL, 93JUN19
Diversity Is Key to Biocontrol Success, forum, editorial, R. James Cook,
Pullman, WA, 93JUL02
Manhattan Lab Seeks Total Quality Wheat, bread, flour, proteins,
classification, singulator, mechanized nose, Virgil W. Smail, Okkyung Kim
Chung, George L. Lookhart, James L. Steele, Charles R. Martin, Robert Rousser,
Daniel L. Brabec, Inna Y. Zayas, Donald B. Bechtel, Larry M. Seitz, David B.
Sauer, Manhattan, KS, 93JUL04
Acoustic Sensors Detect Insects Deep Inside Grain Bins, sidebar, beetles,
David W. Hagstrum, Manhattan, KS Dennis Shuman, Gainesville, FL, 93JUL06
Pest Arrest in Manhattan, Kansas, stored grain pests, Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt), red flour beetle, MDEA factor, William H. McGaughey, Karl
J. Kramer, Brenda Oppert, Thomas D. Morgan, Richard W. Beeman, Cheng S. Chang,
Paul W. Flinn, David W. Hagstrum, Merle G. Eversmeyer, J.H. Hatchett, Thomas
(Stan) Cox, Ralph W. Howard, 93JUL07
Weed-Eating Insects Take the Starthistle Challenge, Charles E. Turner,
Albany, CA, Bangasternus orientalis, 93JUL10
Watching Out For Honey Bees, diseases, mites, identification lab,
chalkbrood, foulbrood, Hachiro Shimanuki, David A. Knox, Mark F. Feldlaufer,
William R. Lusby, Beltsville, MD, 93JUL12
COP1 Protein May Spur Sprouting, light, phytochrome, genes, Arabidopsis
thaliana, Peter H. Quail, Albany, CA, 93JUL14
Cotton Yields Linked to Heat Tolerance, shortcut to breeding superior Pima,
John W. Radin, Phoenix, AZ Richard G. Percy, Maricopa, AZ, 93JUL15
Keeping Tabs on Plant Viruses and Viroids, plum pox virus (PPV), peaches,
plums, apricots, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, PCR,
prunus-latent virus, Potyviruses, Ahmed Hadidi, Laurene Levy, Roger Lawson,
Ramon Jordan, John Hammond, Ed Podleckis, Beltsville, MD, 93JUL16
Making Plants Immune to Viruses, Sidebar, antisense genetic engineering,
RNA, John Hammond, Beltsville, MD, 93JUL19
Will Salty Water Sabotage Almonds? irrigation, boron, selenium, Robert B.
Hutmacher, Fresno, CA, 93JUL20
Cows Can Be Pretty Picky Eaters, cattle, pasture, dead crested wheatgrass,
wolf plants, Ganskopp, Burns, OR, 93JUL22
Key Enzyme Linked for First Time to Corn Growth, invertase, Prem S.
Chourey, Gainesville, FL, 93JUL22
'Charleston Hot' Ignites Pepper Passions cayenne, seeds, Philip D. Dukes,
Charleston, SC, 93JUL23
Women's Energy Use Jumps During Ovulation Juliette Howe, Beltsville, MD,
93JUL23
New Grass for Cattle Means More Seed for Growers, Bison, buffalograss,
Texoka, Timothy L. Springer, Booneville, AR, 93JUL23
Bacteria To Make Egg-Stopping Hormone in Mosquitoes? oostatic hormone,
David A. Carlson, Gainesville, FL, 93JUL23
Fungi Among the Whitefly, fungus, sweetpotato whiteflies, Paecilomyces
farinosus, Raymond I. Carruthers, Weslaco, TX, 93JUL23
ARS Finishes New Erosion Yardstick, Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation,
RUSLE, Kenneth G. Renard, Tucson, AZ, 93JUL23
ARS, NIH Join To Gather Data on Carotenoids, Anticancer value of beta
carotene, Gary R. Beecher and Joanne M. Holden, Beltsville, MD, 93JUL23
The Rhizosphere—A Great Unknown, forum, editorial, soil, rhizotron,
minirhizotron, Richard W. Zobel, Ithaca, NY, 93AUG02
Scientists Go Underground To Check Water Quality, caves, groundwater,
pollution, USDA Water Quality Initiative, fertilizers, manure, pesticides,
Appalachian Karst, Doug Boyer, Beckley, WV, 93AUG04
GRENZWURZELN? basal roots, adventitious, tap, lateral, radicle, primary
root, boundary, Leon V. Kochian, Richard W. Zobel, Ithaca, NY, 93AUG10
Subterranean Fixation, soil nitrogen, alfalfa and soybeans, roots, Michael
P. Russelle, St. Paul, MN, 93AUG13
Fighting Fruit Decay Nature's Way, grapefruit, fruit flies, yeast, Candida
guilliermondii, wax, Penicillium, green mold, Raymond G. McGuire, Miami, FL,
93AUG14
Protective Yeast Is Patented, sidebar, Candida guilliermondii, Charles L.
Wilson, Kearneysville, WV, 93AUG15
Sugarbeets: Controlling Pests in the Next Century, sugarbeet root maggot,
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), Xanthomonas maltophilia, Steinernema nematodes,
Cercospora leaf spot, World Beta Network, Rhizomania, Garry A. Smith, Chris A.
Wozniak, John D. Eide, Larry G. Campbell, Fargo, ND, 93AUG16
Defining Mineral Needs of Pregnant Cows, William A. House, dairy calves,
cattle, fetus, Ithaca, NY, 93AUG20
Fighting the Insect Enemy in Somalia, malaria, mosquitoes, ticks, flies,
permethrin, deet, Carl E. Schreck and Danel G. Haile, Gainesville, FL, 93AUG21
Berry Delightful! strawberry, Redgem and Bountiful, Francis J. Lawrence,
retired, Corvallis, OR, 93AUG22
Medflies Prefer Less-Acidic Bait, Mediterranean fruit flies, NuLure, traps,
Robert Heath, Gainesville, FL, 93AUG22
New Low-Fat Mozzarella for Pizza, cheese, Edyth L. Malin, Philadelphia, PA,
93AUG23
ARS Helps Grape Growers with Vineyard Viruses, wine, raisin, Deborah
Golino, Davis, CA, 93AUG23
Stain Removers from Oilseed Crops, peanuts and soybeans, motor oil,
ketchup, mustard, ink, lipstick, and mascara. Remon F. Joubran, Philadelphia,
PA, 93AUG23
New Peppers Have Ornamental Pizzazz, Tabasco-like, John R. Stommel, Robert
J. Griesbach, Beltsville, MD, 93AUG23
When a Disease Gets Sick, Will Melons Stay Healthy? Viruses, phage, Erwinia
ananas bacteria, honeydews and cantaloupes, Cynthia G. Eayre, Weslaco, TX,
93AUG23
Jojoba Toxin Disarmed by Bacteria, cattle feed, Lactobacillus arizoniae,
James L. Swezey, Peoria, IL, 93AUG23
Pear Pest Falls to Fungi, psylla, aphids, biocontrol, Beauveria,
Verticillium, and Paecilomyces. Gary J. Puterka, Kearneysville, WV, 93AUG23
The MSEA Water Quality Research Program, forum, Management Systems
Evaluation Area, Dale A. Bucks, Beltsville, MD, 93SEP02
Midwest Water Quality Project Matures, MSEA, groundwater, surface runoff,
pesticides, nitrates, fertilizer, pollution, environment, USDA Water Quality
Initiative, herbicides, atrazine, Dale Bucks, Beltsville, MD, Norm Fausey and
Steve Workman, Columbus, OH, Jerry Hatfield, Ames, IA, Gene Alberts, Columbia, MO,
Robert W. Dowdy and William C. Koskinen, St. Paul, MN, Jim Schepers, Lincoln, NE,
93SEP04
A Dip-Stick Test for Soil Nitrogen, sidebar, pre-sidedress soil nitrate
test (PSNT), fertilizer, Jack Meisinger, Beltsville, MD, Jim Schepers, Lincoln,
NE, 93SEP07
Shrinking Screwworm's Domain, Caribbean Eradication Effort, Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), biocontrol, fly trap in the Tropics, SWFSIM
(Screwworm Fly Simulation Model), Ralph Bram, Beltsville, MD, Frank D. Parker,
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, Danel G. Haile Gainesville, FL, David Taylor, Lincoln,
NE, 93SEP12
Erosion Takes a Powder, polyacrylamide (PAM), soil particles, irrigation,
water, Robert E. Sojka and Rick D. Lentz, Kimberly, ID, 93SEP16
The Cleanest Little Chicken House in America, germ-free, poultry, broilers,
eggs, Charles W. Beard, retired, Athens, GA, FAPP (filtered-air positive
pressure), 93SEP18
Getting Cholesterol in A-1 Condition, HDL, LDL, apos, apolipoproteins,
identical and fraternal twins, Stefania Lamon-Fava, Boston, MA, 93SEP19
Hydrogenated Fat's Role in Cholesterol-Lowering Diets, margarine, HDL, LDL,
Alice Lichtenstein, Boston, MA, 93SEP19
Mapping Blueberry Genes, genome, chromosomes, Random Amplified Polymorphic
DNA, RAPD, chilling requirement, Lisa J. Rowland, Beltsville, MD, 93SEP20
Natural Compounds Inhibit Decay Fungi, raspberries, strawberries, aroma,
Alternaria alternata, Botrytis cinerea, and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides,
aldehydes, alcohols, ketones, and esters, biocontrol, Baruch S. Shasha, Steven
F. Vaughn, Gayland F. Spencer, Peoria, IL, 93SEP21
Peanut's Flavor Source Revealed, low-fat, aromas, Gary R. Takeoka, Ron G.
Buttery, Albany, CA, 93SEP22
Irrigation Delivers Biocontrol, Along With Water, water, nuclear
polyhedrosis virus, Helicoverpa (Heliothis), John J. Hamm and Laurence D.
Chandler, Tifton, GA, 93SEP22
Gravity Table Separates Low-and High-Protein Wheat, protein, Dale E.
Wilkins, Pendleton, OR, 93SEP23
Insulator Keeps Genetic Wires From Touching, matrix attachment site,
chromosome, Robert J. Wall, Beltsville, MD, 93SEP23
Remote Data Gives Environmental Close-Ups, satellite imagery, low-altitude
video, black mangroves, ocelot, Northern Aplomado falcon, James H. Everitt,
Weslaco, TX, 93SEP23
Cornstarch R&D With Illinois Firm, food additives, natural gums, fat
substitutes, food thickeners, xanthan and guar George F. Fanta, Peoria, IL,
93SEP23
The Case of the Disappearing Beachgrass, nematode, Meloidogne, Zafar Handoo
and Morgan Golden, Beltsville, MD, 93SEP23
Forum, The Miracle Crop Just Keeps on Growing, soybeans, 93OCT02
To Build a Better Soybean, protein, nitrogen fixation, soyoil, breeding,
nodules, restricted index selection, genome maps, phytophthora rot, soybean
cyst nematode (SCN), subirrigation, Howard J. Brooks, David Kuykendall,
Beltsville, MD, Thomas C. Kilen, Lavone Lambert, Larry G. Heatherly, Reid Smeda,
Edgar E. Hartwig, Stoneville, MS, Joseph Burton, Raleigh, NC, Randy C.
Shoemaker, Ames, IA, Gregory R. Noel, James E. Harper, Urbana, IL, Lawrence D.
Young, Jackson, TN, W. James Hunter, Fort Collins, CO, Richard Cooper, Wooster,
OH, Norman Fausey, Columbus, OH, 93OCT04
The USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection, curator, Randall L. Nelson, Urbana,
IL, 93OCT11
Streams of Conscientiousness, Demonstration Erosion Control project (DEC),
sediment, environment, watersheds, Yazoo River basin, fish, Doug Shields,
George Foster, Charlie Cooper, Scott Knight, Sam Testa, Earl Grissinger, Bill
Blackmarr, Joe Murphey, Oxford, MS, 93OCT12
Filming a Bird's-Eye View, National Sedimentation Laboratory, videotape,
LANDSAT, DEC project, Earl Grissinger, Oxford, MS, 93OCT15
Trash to Treasure: Recycling Waste Paper, Jim Edwards, Auburn, AL,
pelletizing newspapers, phone books, landfills, wind erosion, Donald Fryrear,
Big Spring, TX, Donald D. Kaufman, Kutztown, PA, Patricia D. Millner, James F.
Parr, Beltsville, MD, 93OCT18
Catfish Fillets Checked for Flavor, rancidity, Donald W. Freeman,
Tishomingo, OK, 93OCT22
Workout Tones Up More Than Muscles, aerobic exercise, glucose tolerance,
diabetes, insulin, Virginia A. Hughes, Boston, MA, 93OCT23
Genetic Sunscreen for Crops, leaf protein, D1, photosynthesis, Autar
Mattoo, Beltsville, MD, 93OCT23
Dairy Model Available, DAFOSYM, computer, Richard E. Muck, Madison, WI, C.
Alan Rotz, East Lansing, MI, 93OCT23
Bait Makes Pests Bearers of Bad News, cockroaches, ants, insecticides,
fluorosulfonates, Robert K. Vander Meer, Gainesville, FL, 93OCT23
Computer Model To Help Save Streams' Sparkle, Opus, water quality, Roger E.
Smith, Fort Collins, CO, 93OCT23
Test-Tube Livestock Finding Safer Berth in the Lab, growth medium, eggs,
embryos, genes, Ross A. Waterman, Beltsville, MD, 93OCT23
Forum, For a Stronger Fruit Industry, apples, strawberries, pears, Stephen
S. Miller, Kearneysville, WV, 93NOV02
Scientists Seek Limits on Pear Pests, psylla, MARYBLYT, fire blight
control, Tom van der Zwet, Richard L. Bell, Gary W. Lightner, Gary J. Puterka,
93NOV04
Soy! It's No Ordinary Bean, soy ink, tofu, soybeans James F. Cavins, Gary
R. List, Herbert J. Dutton, Kathleen Warner, Timothy L. Mounts, Sevim Erhan,
Marvin O. Bagby, Loyd M. Wax, Chester G. McWhorter, Floyd Fulgham, James Hanks,
David J. Sessa, David L. Brandon, Anne H. Bates, Charles R. Cremeens, Mendel
Friedman, Walter J. Wolf, John A. Rothfus, Frederick F. Shih, Niels Nielsen,
Tsung Min Kuo, all at various locations, 93NOV11
Heat-Processing Soybeans for Ruminants, dairy cows, Larry D. Satter,
Richard G. Koegel, and Timothy J. Kraus, Madison, WI, 93NOV17
Gynogenesis: Shortcut to Superior Catfish, single-sex reproduction, Cheryl
Goudie, Stoneville, MS, 93NOV18
Getting Research to Users—a Coordinated Approach, technology transfer,
James R. Welsh, Fort Collins, CO, 93NOV20
Strategic Weed Control for the 90's, herbicides, cultivation/cultivators,
Edward E. Schweizer, Fort Collins, CO, 93NOV22
Sex-selection, method licensed, Lawrence A. Johnson, Beltsville, MD, 93NOV23
Wheat, MoreCrop computer model, Roland F. Line, Pullman, WA, 93NOV23
Pasture, alternative crops for, Donald J. Makus, Booneville, AR, 93NOV23
Orange, juice flavor components, Philip E. Shaw, Winter Haven, FL, 93NOV23
Wine, new test for quality, Roger F. McFeeters, Raleigh, NC, 93NOV23
Food safety, test for salmonella, J. Stan Bailey and Nelson A. Cox, Athens,
GA, 93NOV23
Two Thumbs Up for Oatrim, fat replacer, fat substitute,
cholesterol-lowering, beta glucan, improved glucose tolerance, insulin, fiber,
R&D 100 Judith Hallfrisch, Kay Behall, and Daniel Scholfield Beltsville,
MD, George Inglett, Peoria, IL 93DEC04
Genetic Fingerprinting Helps Sort Out Look-Alikes, DNA, diversity,
germplasm, brassicas, canola, microsatellites, Steve Kresovich, Griffin, GA,
Sharon Bliek, Phil Forsline, Warren Lamboy, Jim McFerson, Win Phippen, and Amy
Szewc-McFadden Geneva, NY, 93DEC08
Exotic Lettuces Enliven Tomorrow's Salads, Edward Ryder and William
Waycott, Salinas, CA, 93DEC12
Great-Tasting Peanuts? Try Hairy!, hirsuta, hairy leaves defend against
pests, superior flavor, germplasm collection, David E. Williams, Beltsville, MD,
93DEC14
Pretty & Hot!, peppers, ornamental, Capsicum annuum L., germplasm,
resistance to root knot nematode, bacterial wilt, and Phytophthora root rot,
Robert J. Griesbach, John R. Stommel, Beltsville, MD, 93DEC15
Selecting for Survival, grass seedling, seed weights, Hycrest crested
wheatgrass and Swift, Mankota, and Bozoisky-Select Russian wildryes, Douglas A.
Johnson and Kay H. Asay, Logan, UT, 93DEC16
Fruitful Mountain Ash, Sorbopyrus, mountain ash and pear cross, shade tree,
Kim E. Hummer, Corvallis, OR, 93DEC16
As Vitamin Sources—Food or Supplements?, antioxidant vitamins C and E,
cancer and heart disease, Orville A. Levander, Beltsville, MD, 93DEC17
Secrets of Soil Nutrient Uptake, enzyme, iron, copper, manganese,
magnesium, ferric-chelate reductase, Ross M. Welch, Ithaca, NY, 93DEC18
Constructed Wetlands Clean Up, pollution, dairy farms, wastewater,
nitrogen, phosphorus, ammonia, Demonstration Erosion Control Project, DEC,
Charlie Cooper, Scott Knight, and Sam Testa, Oxford, MS, 93DEC20
Early Cotton Can Escape Late Insects, Storms Charles Cook, Weslaco, TX,
93DEC21
Outdoor Bait Evicts Pharaoh Ants, David H. Oi and David F. Williams,
Gainesville, FL, 93DEC21
ARS To Place Nursery Crop Team at University Site, Tennessee State
University, anthracnose-resistant dogwoods, 1890 land-grant college, nursery
crops, Bill Butt, McMinnville, TN, 93DEC21
Maine Yew Bush: Alternate Taxol Source? ovarian cancer, James Duke,
Beltsville, MD, 93DEC21
Fungus Stops Sesbania Weed, Colletotrichum truncatum, hemp sesbania,
southern soybean, cotton, and rice, C. Douglas Boyette, Stoneville, MS,
93DEC21
Experimental Foot-and-Mouth Vaccine Passes First Test, genetic engineering,
Marvin J. Grubman, Greenport, NY, 93DEC21
Chinese Bean Has Anti-Flood Genes, soybean, flood tolerant, Tara T. Van
Toai, Columbus, OH, 93DEC21
ARS Releases 'Florico,' New Tropical Forage, stargrass, adapted to Florida,
Mimi J. Williams, Brooksville, FL, 93DEC21
Slow-Release Fertilizer Avoids Groundwater Pollution methylene urea, Lloyd
B. Owens, Coshocton, OH 92DEC21
Forecasting Fat Loss dieting muscle loss fatty acids, Nancy L. Keim, Teresa
F. Barbieri, and Marta D. Van Loan, San Francisco, CA, 92DEC21
Purslane Eyed as Rich Food Source weed fatty acids vitamin E Portulaca,
Helen A. Norman, Beltsville, MD, 92DEC20
ARS' Accommodating GRIN Germplasm Resources Information Network computer
database, Jimmie D. Mowder, Beltsville, MD, 92DEC20
Blight Threatens Oregon's Hazelnuts filberts fungus Anisogramma anomala,
John Pinkerton and Barbara Reed, Corvallis, OR, 92DEC19
Improved Ginning for Better Cotton, W. Stanley Anthony, Stoneville, MS, fiber
infrared sensors trash content, 92DEC16.
Pecans in Peril scab fungicides Phytophthora shuck and kernel rot
anthracnose stinkbugs hickory shuckworm fire ants lacewings lady beetles aphids,
Bruce W. Wood, Charles C. Reilly, W. Louis Tedders, Byron, GA, 92DEC12
Cattle and Sheep Relish Nutritious Globemallow forage, Melvin D. Rumbaugh,
Logan, UT, Henry F. Mayland, Kimberly, ID, 92DEC11
Hedging Against Erosion stiff grasses (Vetiveria zizanioides) water runoff
silvergrass, Doral Kemper, Beltsville, MD, Keith McGregor, Oxford, MS, switchgrass, Al
Black and J. Kristian Aase, Sidney, MT, James D. Bilbro, Big Springs, TX, Larry
Kramer, Traynor, IA, E. Eugene Alberts, Columbia, MO, 92DEC8
Sidebar, Seasonal Symbol From Mexico poinsettia, 92DEC5
A Blooming Industry poinsettias flowers Amo 1618 H. Marc Cathey, Beltsville,
MD, Donald T. Krizek, Beltsville, MD, 92DEC4
Poinsettias nursery plants, Howard J. Brooks, Beltsville, MD, 92DEC2
Understanding Aluminum Toxicity in Plants acid soils lime potassium
chlorine calcium, Leon V. Kochian, Ithaca, NY, 92NOV23
Grazing Moldy Fescue calves cows cattle fescue fungus, Angus Brahman
bermudagrass, Michael A. Brown, Booneville, AR, 92NOV22
Sweetpotatoes Ward Off Weeds yellow nutsedge allelopathy, Howard F. Harrison
Jr. and Joseph K. Peterson, Charleston, SC, 92NOV22
Reading Snow Waves A Key To Improving Crops?, barley winter hardiness aerial
photographs arabinoxylans mucilages, C. Robert Olien, East Lansing, MI, 92NOV20
Parasite Collection—A Century of Service livestock human tapeworms
protozoans arthropods, J. Ralph Lichtenfels, Patricia A. Pilitt, Beltsville, MD,
92NOV18
Evading the Shade oleic acid soybean oil sunlight, Steven J. Britz,
Beltsville, MD, Richard F. Wilson, Raleigh, NC, 92NOV17
After the Harvest: Less Stressed Spuds Are Best potato storage Ranger
Russett genetic engineering wax moth bruising accelerometers suberization
SUBERMAX Paul H. Orr Lewis Schaper Yannis Gounaris East, Grand Forks, MN, Joseph
J. Pavek, Dennis L. Corsini, Aberdeen, ID, William R. Belknap, Albany, CA, Jeffrey C.
Suttle, Fargo, ND, Steven F. Vaughn, Peoria, IL, 92NOV14
Get the Whitefly Swatters—Fast! sweetpotato detergent and vegetable oil
biocontrol, James E. Wright, Weslaco, TX, Allen C. Cohen, Thomas J. Henneberry,
George D. Butler, F. Douglas Wilson, and Donald L. Hendrix, Phoenix, AZ, James E.
Duffus, Salinas, CA, Henry H. Perkins Jr., Clemson, SC, Ed Hughs, Mesilla Park, NM,
William J. Schroeder, Orlando, FL, Kim A. Hoelmer, Apopka, FL, Jo-Ann Bentz, John W.
Neal Jr., and James Locke, Robert Faust, Beltsville, MD, D.D. Hardee, Stoneville, MS,
Alan A. Kirk, Lawrence A. Lacey, European Biological Control Laboratory,
Montpellier, France, 92NOV04
Forum editorial Teaming Up To Swat the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci sweetpotato,
James Coppedge, Beltsville, MD, 92NOV02
Pears Wax Cold or Hot carnauba, Stephen R. Drake, Wenatchee, WA, 92OCT27
Bagging Boosts Banana Quality Profits Puerto Rico Heber Irizarry, Mayaguez,
PR, 92OCT27
Pill or Pesticide? It's Both! allopurinol cockroach uric acid, Daniel R.
Suiter, Gainesville, FL, 92OCT27
Food Poisoning Cases Linked by DNA Fingerprints Listeria monocytogenes
bacterium, Irene V. Wesley, Ames, IA, 92OCT24
Major Milestones for the Horticultural Research Laboratory, sidebar, 92OCT21
Safeguarding Winter's Food Supply chilling injury mangos cucumbers
galactose arabinose monoclonal antibodies Thrips palmi, Richard Mayer, Roy E.
McDonald, J. Schroeder, Kim Hoelmer, Elizabeth Mitcham, T. Gregory McCollum, David
T. Kaplan, Stephen M. Garnsey, Jeffrey P. Shapiro, Desmond Jimenez, 92OCT18
Antifreeze for Underage Citrus Trees Cold-hardiness supercooling, George
Yelenosky, Orlando, FL, 92OCT17
The Evergreen Peach Mexico, 92OCT15
Peach Research Reinforces the Survival Response, cold hardy supercooling
evergreen peach, Michael Wisniewski, Ralph Scorza, Rajeev Arora, Kearneysville, WV,
92OCT14
What a Waste! Phosphogypsum Enriches the Soil Florida, phosphate fertilizer
citrus, Stanley Nemec, Orlando, FL 92OCT12
Trace Elements' Psychological Effects, sidebar, James G. Penland, Grand Forks,
ND, 92OCT11
Good (for you) to the last drop! Researching Nutritional Trace Elements
trace elements boron copper selenium manganese fluoride chromium molybdenum
iron iodine and zinc dietary studies, Forrest H. Nielsen, Curtiss D. Hunt, and
James E. Penland, Phyllis E. Johnson, Henry C. Lukaski, Curtiss D. Hunt, Leslie M.
Klevay, Jack T. Saari, David Milne, Grand Forks, ND, 92OCT04
Forum Speaking With One Voice, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Food Guide
Pyramid, vitamins minerals trace elements, Jacqueline Dupont, Beltsville, MD,
92OCT02
Scientists Sort Out Major Corn Virus Diseases, maize chlorotic dwarf virus
mosaic wheat streak mosaic virus, Roy E. Ginger,y Wooster, OH, 92SEP23
Searching for Plants That Make Their Own Insecticide tropical palm, Costa
Rica, Cindy Goodman and Art McIntosh, Columbia, MO, 92SEP23
Getting the Jump on Grass Fires sagebrush dry lightning green strips, James
A. Young, Robert R. Blank, Reno, NE, Stuart P. Hardegree, Boise, ID, 92SEP20
When These Chips Are Down Rice Borers Just Can't Get It Together, rubber and
plastic chips pheromone Consep Membranes Inc. of Bend, Oregon, Ted N. Shaver and
Harold E. Brown, College Station, TX, 92SEP19
Let's Hear It For Lesquerella!, vegetable oil cosmetics resins waxes nylons
plastics high-performance lubricants corrosion inhibitors, Anson E. Thompson,
David A. Dierig, Douglas J. Hunsaker, and Francis S. Nakayama, Phoenix, AZ, 92SEP16
Breeding Salt-Tolerant Tomatoes Galapagos Islands, genes irrigation waters,
Michael C. Shannon, Riverside, CA, 92SEP15
Vitamin E Is for Exercise, muscle damage oxygen free radicals, Mohsen Meydani
Simin N. Meydani, Boston, MA, 92SEP14
Minimizing Catfish Flavor Problems, algae geosmin, Peter B. Johnsen, David F.
Millie, New Orleans, LA, remote-sensing system, 92SEP12
Natural Microbes May Curb Range Hoppers, Mormon crickets grasshoppers
protozoan, Vairimorpha Nosema locustae Melanoplus entomopoxvirus, Jerome A.
Onsager, Douglas A. Streett, and Stephen A. Woods, Bozeman, MT, 92SEP10
Termites of the sea sidebar marine shipworms, Teredinidae, 92SEP09
Shipworms Bring You Another Washday Miracle, enzyme termites detergents,
Harold L. Griffin, Richard V. Greene, and Michael A. Cotta, Peoria, IL, 92SEP09
Inventions Waiting in the Wings, technology transfer 1200 patents 411
licenses starch-based rubber latex plastic crambe Nylon 1313 plastic from fats
glycerol acrylic acid, William M. Doane and Kenneth D. Carlson, Rodney J. Bothast,
Peoria, IL, detergents tallow cocoa butter substitute chocolate, Warner M.
Linfield and James W. Hampson, Philadelphia, PA, cotton yarn, Devron Thibodeaux, New
Orleans, LA, cancer-fighting drugs sesbanimide terphenyllin, Horace G. Cutler,
Athens, GA, 92SEP04
Forum, A Product Orientation for Agriculture, value-added products, Federal
Technology Transfer Act of 1986, CRADA, Ruxton Villet, Beltsville, MD, 92SEP02
A New Natural Insecticide...From Fungi?, Aspergillus nomius sclerotia
nominine, Donald T. Wicklow, Peoria, IL, 92AUG23
Measuring Melon Maturity . . . While It's Still On the Vine, cantaloupes
honeydews ethylene carbon dioxide, Krista C. Shellie, Weslaco, TX, 92AUG23
Electron Microscopy Technology, Russell L. Steere: A Pioneer, freeze etching,
Eric Erbe, Beltsville, MD, 92AUG21
Of Poplar Twigs and Organ Transplants . . . American Red Cross, frozen kidneys,
electron microscopy, William P. Wergin and Eric F. Erbe, Beltsville, MD, 92AUG20
Cattle Gain Faster on Tifton, Eighty-five spriggers stolons and rhizomes,
Glenn W. Burton, Roger N. Gates, Tifton, GA, 92AUG18
Special Protein in Insect Sperm Is a Turnoff, sperm PBAN neuropeptides, Ashok
Raina, Beltsville, MD, 92AUG16
Weevils Mites May Thwart Gorse's Spread heather B. David Perkins and
Charles E. Turner, Albany, CA, 92AUG14
Great Grapes! Getting Rid of Sulfite Residues fumigation sulfur dioxide,
Joseph L. Smilanick, Fresno, CA, 92AUG13
A Botanical Body Builder Strengthens Rice, growth regulator gibberellic acid,
Robert H. Dilday, Stuttgart, AR, 92AUG10
Settling the Great Plains, sidebar, 92AUG06
Conserving the Great Plains for All beef cattle, wheat soil erosion and
water pollution, Natural Resources Research Center NRRC, James R. Welsh, Fort
Collins, CO, 92AUG04
Forum, ARS Excels in Public-Private Cooperation, Technology Transfer Act of
1986 CRADA, ARS Office of Cooperative Interactions, William H. Tallent, Beltsville,
MD, 92AUG02
Tapping Annual Medics for Forage Medicago, genus legumes related to alfalfa,
Gary R. Bauchan, Beltsville, MD, 92MAR18
Genetic marker protein flags disease susceptibility soybean bacterial
pustule, Reid G. Palmer, Ames, IA, 92JUL31
Sodic Soil Problems?, whey cheese salt sodium, Charles W. Robbins, Kimberly, ID,
92MAR15
Blowing in the Wind, soil wind rains, TSS factor erosion, Donald W. Fryrear,
Big Spring, TX, 92JUL28
Fish Oil Product Possible From Fungi, seeds saplings roots disease, Pythium
eicosapentainoic acid fermenting filamentous, Dennis J. O'Brien, George A.
Somkuti, Eric W. Wessinger, Edgar E. Stinson, 92JUL27
Filamentous Fungal Fermentations, fungal inoculum reactor economics, Dennis
J. O'Brien and Wolfgang K. Heiland, Philadelphia, PA, 92JUL26
Our Edible Staple Grasses, plains eastern prairies, Great Plains grasses,
92JUL25
Finding the Right Rangeland Grass, computer soil weather data bufflegrass
weeping lovegrass kleingrass lehman lovegrass temperature plant survival, Jerry
R. Cox, RAPPS computer model, Logan, UT, 92JUL23
Getting the Most From Forage, grass legume lignin alfalfa, U.S. Dairy Forage
Research Center digestion Dwayne R. Buxton, Ames, IA, Richard B. Koegel and David
R. Mertens, Madison, WI, 92JUL20
Soybean Oil Quality National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
linolenic acid oil odors Canola Co., Timothy L. Mounts and Kathleen A. Warner,
Peoria, IL, 92JUL17
Resetting a Plant's Thermostat, temperature cucumber enzyme hydroxypyruvate
reductase Thermal Kinetic Windows, John J. Burke, James R. Mahan, Melvin J. Oliver,
Lubbock, TX, Eric A. Curry, Wenatchee, WA 92JUL14
A Beeline to Control honey bee Apis mellifera fire blight Erwinia Amylovora
orchardists Psuedomonas flourescens Bacillus thuringiensis, John D. Vandenberg,
Logan, UT, Harry R. Gross, James E. Carpenter, John J. Hamm, Tifton, GA, 92JUL10
Subduing the Screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax, Coquerel biocontrol measures
fertile females sterilize males X-Ray, United Nations' Food and Agriculture
Organization, Edward F. Knipling, Beltsville, MD, 92JUL06
20th Century Insect Control, biological control Formula MYL lice DDT
chloronated hydrocarbons Rodolia cardinalis Bacillus popilliae World War II
Army, Edward F. Knipling, Beltsville, MD, 92JUL04
Forum: The Working Month of July farmers insect population orchardists soil
forage heat 92JUL02
No Bones About It, high-pressure water jets sonic sensors unwanted meat
parts, 92JUN31
Nothing Worse Than Rusty Grass, perennial ryegrass, National Forage Seed
Production Research Center, airborne fungus, fungal spores, rust-resistant plants,
Ron Welty, Covallis, OR, 92JUN31
Climbing Mount Everest—An Energy Crisis, U.S.-Mexican expedition burning
calories, weight loss, diet, fa, carbohydrates, 92JUN30
New Pima Cotton: Longer Fibers for Finer Fabrics, Pima S-7, Pima S-6, Pima
Belt, pesticide fiber cotton Gossypium barbadense Gossypium hirsutum, Edgar L.
Turcotte and Richard G. Percy, Maricopa, AZ, 92JUN30
Better Alfalfa for Harsh Climates, yellow-flowered alfalfa drought-tolerant
purple-flowered alfalfa Medicago sativa subsp. falcato heavier seeds Charley E.
Townsend Fort Collins, CO, 92JUN30
History Sheds Fresh Light on Phytochrome protein Pigment of the Imagination
A History of Phytochrome Research germination photoreversibility, H. Marc Cathey,
R. Jack Downs, Karl H. Norris, Albert A Piringer, H. William Siegelman, Vivian K.
Toole, 92JUN29
Shock Waves Map Chemical Shortcuts to Groundwater, nitrate pesticides soil
wells springs contaminated James B. Urban, University Park, PA, 92JUN29
Vitamin C Boosts Iron Absorption, women iron thyroid hormone T3 metabolism
Janet R. Hunt Grand Forks, ND, 92JUN29
World's Largest Collection of Molds Yeasts and Bacteria, National Center for
Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS Patent Culture Collection freeze-dried,
Thom and Church Collection, Cletus P. Kurtzman, Peoria, IL, 92JUN27
Fungal Diseases Beware! yeast toxins antifungal cytotoxic proteins Pichia
inositovora P. acaciae Kluyveromyces lactis linear plasmids G. Thomas Hayman
Peoria IL 92Jun26
Wormwood: A New Crop To Combat Malaria, ARS Southern Weed Science Laboratory,
Research Institute of Pharmacy Science, World Health Organization, treating
Malaria artemisinin herbicides chloramben aciflourfen fluazifop mosquito,
Charles T. Bryson Stoneville, MS, 92JUN24
Corn Pest Logs Thousands of Frequent Flyer Miles, black cutworm moth migrate
corn decimation predict trouble areas, Agrotis ipsolon Computer versus Cutworm,
William B. Showers, Delores Gunnarson, James McNutt Ankeny, IA, 92JUN20
Cocoa Butter From Cottonseed Oil, Foreign trade gap substitute for cocoa
butter cottonseed oil high-oleic acid sunflower oil reaction container, George
Abraham, New Orleans, LA, 92JUN18
Mysteries of Ripening, slowing down the aging process polygalacturonase
pectins enzymes cell walls N-glycans, Cindy Tong, Kenneth C. Gross, Beltsville, MD,
92JUN16
ARS Hosts Institute for Higher Learning-About Alfalfa, anthracnose
Colletotrichum trifolii Research Science Institute germplasm, Nichole O 'Neil,
Beltsville, MD, 92JUN14
Bruising in Tomatoes genes spoilage ethylene glycine bacteria fungi, Barbara
L. Parsons and Auter K. Mattoo, Beltsville, MD, 92JUN13
Probing for Stress-Tolerant Plants, fiber optic probes stress in plants
nodule legumes, R. Ford Denison, Beckley, WV, 92JUN12
Miracle Moss: Add Water And Watch it Grow, tortula ruralis cell repair,
Cropping Systems Laboratory, RNA DNA drought tolerance, Mel Oliver, Lubbock, TX,
92JUN10
Vitamin C Shortage Undermines Antioxident Defense System, Glutathione,
Vitamin E, carotenes, Recommended Dietary Allowance, Western Human Nutrition
Research Center Robert A. Jacob, Susanne M. Henning, Jian Z. Zhang, Marion E.
Swenseid, Los Angelos, CA, 92JUN09
Potato Chippers See Orange, beta carotene, zeaxanthin, lutein, xanthophylls,
pigment, Frito-Lay, Bob Hoopes, Rhinelander, WI, 92JUN08
Microbe Blows Those Hornworms Away, celery looper virus biopesticide
pale-green celery looper worm cabbage looper tomato and tobacco horn worm
cotton bollworm, Bacillus thuringiensis, Patrick V. Vail, Fresno, CA, Donald
L.Hostetter, Kimberly, ID, 92JUN04
ARS Commitment to Feeding People, Forum, diet nutrients, Beltsville Human Nutrition
Research Center, chromium studies, U.S. Plant Soil and Nutrition Research
Laboratory, (R.D. Plowman), 92JUN2
Forum: John R. Gorham Distinguished Scientist of 1991, disease control,
Chediak-Higashi steatitis scientific excellence, 92MAR2
Solid Future for Tomatoes, tomatoes less water better flavor deeper red
color, Rogers NK Seed Company plantlets, Merle L. Weaver, Western Regional
Research Center, Albany, CA, 92MAR04
Seeking Solutions to Chayote's Sprouting, mirliton temperature, Louis H. Aung,
Richard L. Emershad, Charles M. Harris, David C. Fouse, and Roger E. Rij, Fresno, CA,
92MAR06
Featuring a Bloatless Legume, legume, alfalfa, bloat tannins sainfoin trefoil,
Morocco, Paul R. Beuselinck, USDA Plant Genetic Research Unit, Columbia, MO, 92MAR08
Forage Research Symposium, cell wall digestion, lignified cell, 92MAR09
Nursery Nurture, seedling survival, evergreen, Rhizopogon vinicolor
mycorrhizae ethylene DCPTA, Robert G. Lindeman, Corvallis, OR, Henry Yokoyama,
Pasadena, CA, 92MAR10
Targeting Euonymus Scale for Biocontrol Unaspis, euonymi scale insects
Chilocorus kuwanae Cybocephalus prob. nipponicus beetles, Michael D. Bryan, Jack Drea (retired), Niles,
MI, 92MAR12
Diagnosing Pseudorabies, livestock disease pigs Aujesky's disease, Andrew
Cheung, William L. Mengeling, Kelly Lager, David Volz, Susan Brockmeier, Ames, ID,
92MAR16
One-Two Punch for the Woolly Apple, Aphid aphicide nematodes Steinernema
carpocapsae, Mark W. Brown, Kearneysville, WV, 92MAR18
Leaner Chicken Through MRI, chickens leaner spectrophotometer, Alva D.
Mitchell, Beltsville, MD, 92MAR19
What's a Better Blueberry Pollinator?, Osmia ribifloris erica ceae bees,
Philip Torchio, Logan, UT, (Julie Corliss Albany), 92MAR19
Forum: Today's Students—Tomorrow's Workforce, student contributions,
agriculture, Teacher's Research Fellowship Program, College Work-Study Program,
(R.D. Plowman ARS Administrator), 92APR02
Lab Liasons to Indian Nations, Native American students medicine nursing
INMED, Mike Colombe, Alyssa Martinez, Ellie Giron, Students featured at UND, 92APR04
Sweet Success in Texas, sugarcane ripening, Ruben Salinas Jr., student
featured from Texas Christian Univ., Sarah Lingle, Weslaco, TX, 92APR07
Saving the Trees From Gypsy Moths, gypsy moths, Belleplain State Forest, LASER
Coccygomimus disparis, 92APR08
Up With the Midnight Sun, Subarctic Research Unit, Fairbanks, AK, tillage
practices, barley, Teacher Fellowship Program, Willie Karidis, teacher featured
Elena Sparrow Fairbanks, AK, 92APR11
Watching Cholesterol—in the Lab, ARS Human Nutrition Research Center,
apprentice fats cholesterol steroid alcohol molecule, Steven Crone, Glenn Flaim,
and Danielle Spearman, featured Aldo Ferretti, Beltsville, MD, 92APR12
Agriculture Research Brings Big Opportunities to Small Towns, Hands on work,
Teacher Fellowship Program Dana Daniels student Poplarville, MS, Michelle Dyal,
Byron, GA, Mary Louise Grable, Kim Ruhle, Judy Smith, and Claudia Walls, Orlando,
FL, featured teachers Barbara Smith, Poplarville, MS, George Yelenosky Orlando, FL,
92APR16
Partners With the Public Schools, Kennedy High School Teacher 's Research
Fellowship Program, one-on-one contact with scientists, SRRC, Alan R. Lax, New
Orleans, LA, 92APR20
Adopt a School, ENRICH A STUDENT, Calvin Coolidge Middle School, NCAUR
activities, 92APR22
Turn 'Em On to Science, Turn 'Em Into Scientists, agricultural science majors,
ARS Biological Control of Weeds Research Unit Entomology, For the Fun of It,
hands on work, 92APR24
A Little Help From Their Friends, careers in science, science fair, students,
Agriculture careers, 92APR26
Winning With Val-Sal, cattle horn flies entomology slide preparation,
parasite, Floyd P. Horn, Michael A. Brown, AR, Shirlee Meola, TX, 92APR28
SEED for Tomorrow, student insect work protoplast fusion, Science Education
for the Economically Disadvantaged, Anthony Waiss, Albany, CA, 92APR30
Forum: Michelangelo Computer Security and the Research Community, computer
virus, 92MAY02
The Perils of Pulling . . . Weeds, thistles, spurges, Euphorbiae sula L., Centaurea
solstitialis, Immigrants Romania U. scutellus aromatic compounds, P. Chondrilla
guidelines, Rick Bennett & William Bruckhart, Frederick, MD, 92MAY04
Pitting Fungus Against Fungus, Aspergillus parasiticus, A. Flavus Peanut
Advisory Board aflatoxin OMS, Richard A. Cole, Joe W. Dorner & Paul D.
Blankenship Dawson, GA, 92MAY08
Micro-Pests Inflict Macro-Headaches, soybean cyst nematodes, Heterodera
Nematology APHIS pheromone Verticilliam lecanni, Susan L.F. Meyer, Albert D.
DeMilo, Beltsville, MD, 92MAY10
Woes of a Fruitless Diet, fruits, vegetables, diet, vitamin C, high blood
pressure, Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), Paul F. Jaques & Elain S.K.
Choi, Boston, MA, 92MAY13
Breeding a Better Cocoa Plant for Chocolate Lovers, Theobroma cacoa, Witches
Broom Crinipellis perniciosa Erythroxylum coca, William J. Schnell, Miami, FL,
92MAY14
Lean on Me, age-related muscle tissue immune system tumor necrosis factor
(TNF) body mass index (BMI), knee-height, Ronenn Roubenoff, Boston, MA, 92MAY17
Carbon Rating Your Fat Status, lean tissue fat-free mass measuring body
carbon skinfold bio-impedance total body potassium, Joseph J. Kehayias, Boston, MA,
92MAY19
Protein-Rich Edible Coatings for Food, soybeans plastics soy isolate
proteins, Frederick F. Shih, New Orleans, LA, 92MAY20
Researchers Find New Use for Plumbers' Pipes, Pasteurellahae molytica bovine
pneumonia, National Animal Disease Center (NADC), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Glynn
H. Frank & Robert E. Briggs, Ames, IA, 92MAY22
Blossom Thinner Ends Bloom/Bust Cycle, apples, Elgetol EPA Red Delicious
Golden Delicious Gala Fuji urea calcium sulfate, Max W. Williams, Wenatchee, WA,
92MAY22
Tapeworm Test Near Taenia Saginata cattle Escherichia coli antigen
cysticercosis, parasite, Marcia L. Rhodes & Dante S. Zarlenga, Beltsville, MD,
92MAY23
Lower Water Pressure Less Water Waste, Great Plains sprinklers irrigation
low-energy precision applicators (LEPA), Arland D. Schneider, Bushland, TX, 92MAY23
Extending the Forage Season, range grasses grazing Bromus tectorum
cheatgrass cool temperature fructan carbohydrate, N. Jerry Chatterton, Logan, UT,
92FEB23
Barnyard Flies Don't Make Good Neighbors, dairy farms, insects cattle
fly-control system, parasite, wasp Muscidifurax raptor biocontrol Richard W.
Miller, Beltsville, MD, 92FEB23
Intensifying Tomato's Flavor, aroma, Ronald G. Buttery, Albany, CA, 92FEB22
Checking Honey Bee Productivity, electronic scale hive weight beekeeping,
Stephen L. Buchmann, Tucson, AZ, 92FEB22
Overcoming Greenbugs in Wheat, aphids, toxin hybridize biotypes plant
breeding, David R. Porter, Stillwater, OK, 92FEB21
When Is an Orange Not an Orange? Ambersweet hybrid grapefruit tangerine
Citrus sinensis flavor aroma juice volatiles essence Manuel G. Moshonas and
Philip E. Shaw Winter Haven FL 92Feb18
Rain Runoff and Underground Water, erosion no-till computer model, Ali M.
Sadeghi, Beltsville, MD, 92FEB16
Rust-No-More Beans, fungus Uromyces appendiculatus, J. Rennie Stavely,
Beltsville, MD, 92FEB12
Victims No One Mourns, allelopathy ducksalad rice, Robert H . Dilday,
Stuttgart, AK, quackgrass, Roger D. Hagin, Ithaca, NY, 92FEB10
Extra Irrigations Protect Cotton, water stress root boll assimilate yield,
John W. Radin, Phoenix, AZ, 92FEB09
Satellites Key to New Farming Aids Global Positioning System, GPS, Joint
Agricultural Navigation Using Satellites JANUS salinity mapping, Thomas S.
Colvin, Ames, IA, James D. Rhoades, Riverside, CA, 92FEB04
Forum, editorial, Tending the Fields from Afar, remote sensing video VCR
monitoring drought prediction, 92FEB02
Watching Cholesterol—in Worms and Oysters, nematode sterol liquid
chromatography David J. Chitwood, Beltsville, MD, algae Chesapeake Bay, Glen W.
Patterson, College Park, MD, 92JAN27
Enzyme Gets the Guava Juice Out pectinase Aspergillus niger, Harvey T. Chan,
Hilo, HI, 92JAN27
Disease-Free Peas Fusarium, root rot pea wilt plant breeding resistant
varieties, John M. Kraft Prosser, WA, 92JAN26
Super Bacteria Boost Yields soybeans legume inoculate nitrogen fixation
Bradyrhizobium L. David Kuykendall, Beltsville, MD, William J. Hunter, Fort Collins,
CO, 92JAN26
High-Tech Hides Make Better Leather, electron beam irradiation brine curing
collagen laser photometry James Chen and Paul L. Kronick, Philadelphia, PA,
92JAN23
Keeping Your Carcass Clean, high-pressure carcass washe,r organic acids,
Salmonella, James S. Dickson, Ed K. Daniels, and Neal E. Woollen, Clay Center, NE,
antibiotic residues penicillin, William A. Moats, Beltsville, MD, 92JAN21
Flavor Gains Over Flavor Loss, beef meaty peptide (BMP), Arthus M. Spanier,
New Orleans, LA, chitin chitosan NCMC, John R. Vercellotti, New Orleans, LA, potato
starch gel, Bradford W. Berry, Beltsville, MD, 92JAN18
Researchers Mind the Mint, Mentha Pycnanthemum, National Clonal Germplasm
Repository, Henrietta Chambers, Corvallis, OR, 92JAN15
Giant Scales Weigh Water, lysimeter drought evapotranspiration irrigation,
Bobby A. Stewart, Arland D. Schneider, and Jean L. Steiner, Bushland, TX, 92JAN12
Good Fats Don't Diminish Good Cholesterol, polyunsaturates HDL LDL
arteriosclerosis, James M. Iacono and Rita M. Dougherty, San Francisco, CA, 92JAN11
Leaner Beef Benefits the Health Conscious, cattle genetic traits herd
management range forage systems, Tommy L. Wheeler, Clay Center, NE, Christopher K.
Reynolds, Beltsville, MD, Bob Short, Miles City, MT, 92JAN08
From Cattle Toxin to Anti-Cancer Drug, locoweed, Astragalus lentiginosus
Oxytropis sericea alkaloid swainsonine, Russell J. Molyneux, Albany, CA, Lynn F.
James, Logan, UT, 92JAN07
Cranking Up the Cranberry, black rot, Allantophomopsis lycopodina A.
cytisporea Strasseria geniculata biocontrol plant breeding disease resistance,
Allan W. Stretch Rutgers, Chatsworth, NJ, water use, Ronald E. Yoder, Prosser, WA,
92JAN04
Forum, editorial, From Asparagus to Mint—Research Makes it Better, cranberries,
Nylon 1313, 92JAN02
A Better Medfly Lure, Mediterranean fruit fly, Trimedlure, Terrence P.
McGovern, Beltsville, MD, or Roy T. Cunningham, Hilo, HI, Patent Application
Serial No. 07/042,920, Persistent Attractants for the Mediterranean Fruit Fly,
the Method of Preparation and Method of Use, 87NOV/DEC16????
Better Zinc, Iron, and Chromium Supplements, picolinic acid, Phyllis E.
Johnson, Grand Forks, ND, Patent No. 4,315,927, 86JAN16????
Herbicide-Coated Seeds, EPTC (ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate), Jean H. Dawson,
Prosser, WA, Patent No. 4,272,920, 85NOV/DEC16????
Sex Pheromone To Foil Cranberry Fruitworm, Acrobasis vaccinii Riley,
blueberries, integrated pest management, (IPM), insecticide, Patent No.
08/432,923, Leslie M. McDonough and Constance L. Smithhisler, Wapato, WA,
95DEC15
Keep those Cows and Cars Moving Along, forum, technology transfer, editorial,
91JAN2
Fort Keogh: Legacy of the Old West, (sidebar), Colonel George Armstrong
Custer and Colonel Myles Keogh, 91JAN10
Beef Research in Big Sky Country superovulation cattle Fort Keogh
electronic scale crested wheatgrass and Russian wildrye, Rod Heitschmidt,
Marshall R. Haferkamp, Mike MacNeil, Scott Newman, Robert Bellows, Robert Short,
Miles City, MT, 91JAN4
Protecting Parasites Prevents Gastro-damage vaccine immune, Ostertagia
ostertagi eosinophils, Phillip H. Klesius, Auburn, AL, 91JAN11
One Stunt Tomato Growers Don't Want to See, tomato bushy stunt virus
fumigating methyl bromide, James E. Duffus and James S. Gerik Salinas, CA, 91JAN12
Thermal Fabric Attracts Commercial Interest, Polytherm Neutratherm patent
license, Tyrone L. Vigo and Joseph S. Bruno, New Orleans, LA, 91JAN14
Whitefly Causes Bleak Times for Growers, biosoap Nicotiana tomato lettuce
sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), John W. Neal, Jo-Ann Bentz, Richard
S. Soper, Beltsville, MD, Raymond K. Yokomi and Desmond R. Jimenez, Orlando, FL,
Hollis Flint, Phoenix, AZ, 91JAN16
Better Beans From Tanzania Bean-Cowpea Collaborative Research Support
Program (CRSP), Mathias J. Silbernagel, Prosser, WA, 91JAN18
Is There a Good Chance of Rain?, RPI Rainfall Probability Index, irrigate
weather field drainage, James L. Fouss, Baton Rouge, LA, 91JAN20
Higher Yields More Years for Sugarcane, subsurface drain pipes Cade E.
Carter Baton Rouge LA 91JAN20
Food Fat Lingers in Older Folks' Blood, triglycerides, vitamin A, retinyl
ester, Ernst J. Schaefer and Jeffrey S. Cohn, Boston, MA, 91JAN20
It's Iturin, bacterial byproduct for chemical fungicides, Bacillus biocontrol,
Alan R. Lax, John M. Bland, Maren A. Klich, New Orleans, LA, 91JAN20
Why Scientists Cotton To Egyptian Cotton, Gossypium barbadense natural
antibiotic desoxyhemigossypol or dHG, Marshall E. Mace, Robert D. Stipanovic, and
Alois A. Bell, College Station, TX, 91JAN20
Apple Tree Disease Blamed on MLO, apricot leaf roll mycoplasmalike organism,
C. Lee Parish, Wenatchee, WA, 91JAN20
Eat Right and Build Immunity, polyunsaturated fats omega-6 fatty acids,
Darshan S. Kelley, Presidio of San Francisco, CA, 91JAN20
Forum, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, satellite, low altitude video land
management 91FEB02
Airborne Video—A Ride on ARS' Own Air Force 1, three camera video image-processing software evaluating crop condition irrigation management, James H.
Everitt, Charles Cooke, David E. Escobar, Noel Garcia, Rick Villareal, Juan R.
Noriega, Rene Davis, Weslaco, TX, Jack DeLoach, Temple, TX, 91FEB04
Sidebar: On Camera Researchers Capture the Beast, Punte del Monte ranch,
91FEB08
A Rainbow of No-Wrinkle Cotton, Robert M. Reinhardt, Eugene J. Blanchard, and
Robert J. Harper Jr., New Orleans, LA, stone-washed jeans no-wrinkle finish
synthetic fibers dye colorfastness, 91FEB10
The Mystery of the Sexual Jungle Fungus, Gary J. Samuels, Beltsville, MD,
Trichoderma fungus enzyme extraction taxonomy ribosomal DNA, 91FEB12
Replacing Fumigants with Beneficial Insects, John H. Brower, Savannah, GA,
Anisopteromalus wasp Sitophilus weevils fumigation stored grain, 91FEB14
Linguine and Nematodes, William J. Connick Jr., New Orleans, LA, William R.
Nickle Beltsville, MD, C. Douglas Boyette, Stoneville, MS, nematodes Pesta
Biocontrol, 91FEB17
Ancient Forage Found Useful, Daniel P. Mowry, El Reno, OK, sainfoin drought-resistance nitrogen fixing Rhizobium, 91FEB18
Enzyme Causes Soybean Oil Refining Loss, Gary R. List, Peoria, IL, soybean oil,
phospholipase D degumming nonhydratable phosphatides, 91FEB18
Increasing Cotton's Nonwoven Market, biodegradability comfort
hydroentanglement better than synthetics waste disposal, Jerry P. Moreau, New
Orleans, LA, 91FEB19
New Grasses Fulfill Many Needs, Reed E. Barker, Corvallis, OR, Dacotah
switchgrass Bison big bluestem, Tomahawk indiangrass forage, 91FEB18
Forum: From Plastics to Salad Oil—Soybeans Do It All, nonfood products,
newspaper ink world market for soybeans, industrial uses, 91MAR02
Scientists Forage for Foreign Nuts, Jerry A. Payne, Bruce W. Wood, Byron, GA,
J.J. Grauke, Somerville, TX, hickory, Vietnam Peoples Republic of China, Carya,
91MAR04
Meat Inspectors Just Say No to Drug Residues, David L. Brandon, Anne H. Bates,
Ronald G. Binder, William C. Montague Jr., Elizabeth H. Seet and Robert E. Wilson,
Albany, CA, benzimidazoles fenbendazole chemical monitoring of meat carcasses
monoclonal antibodies, 91MAR06
From Fiber to Fabric: A Better Blend, A. Paul S. Sahney, New Orleans, LA,
yarn-making synthetic fiber blended with cotton fiber dye, roving bobbin
pilling improved textiles, 91MAR08
All-Soy Ink Splashes Into Print, Sevim Erhan, Marvin Bagby, Peoria, IL, black
and color soybean-based inks ruboff problem printing qualities petroleum-based
inks penetration of paper, 91MAR10
Just Call Her Ink 26, sidebar about Sevim Erhan, 91MAR12
Computer Programs Help the Environment, Stephen Rawlins, Beltsville, MD, James
M. McKinion, Mississippi State, MS, James S. Berry, Bozeman, MT, Dennis L. Corwin,
Riverside, CA, Hal E. Lemmon, Albany, CA, GOSSYM/COMAX cotton grasshoppers TETrans
contaminants and soil movement salt seeping, 91MAR13
What's New In Oilseeds? Check Out Crambe!, Kenneth D. Carlson, Peoria, IL, and
John R. Barrett, West Lafayette, IN, oilseed high eruric acid new crop
computer-aided decision making potential as cattle feed, 91MAR16
Will Soy-Spiked Pellets Please Palates of Succulent Shrimp? Chhorn E. LIm,
Kanoehe, HI, David J. Sessa, Peoria, IL, Penaeus vannemei aquaculture flavor
research new market for soy products shrimp culture, 91MAR19
Irrigating Drip By Drip, Claude Phene, Fresno, CA, drip irrigation tomatoes,
vegetables, underground drains, selenium cotton saving water, 91MAR20
Glowing Eggs Speed Screening of Lemons, Louis H. Aung, Fresno, CA, luciferase
detecting insects Fuller rose beetle trade with Japan, 91MAR22
Smaller Cows More Calves in Florida, cattle body size Angus cows limited
forage pregnancy and nutrition in cattle Florida subtropical environment,
91MAR22
New Weed Weapon Possible, C. Douglas Boyette, Stoneville, MS, sicklepod
Fusarium oxysporum natural herbicide soil-borne pathogen, 91MAR23
Inbreeding May Cause Sheep Losses, S. Keith Ercanbrack, Dubois, ID, sheep
Ramboullet Columbia Targhee breeds inbreeding reproduction rates wool
production, 91MAR23
Forum, Choosing the Proper Potato, varieties of potato breeding, Zoopthora,
nutritional value of potato, Verticillium wilt Solanum tuberosum, 91APR02
Growing High-Quality Spuds is No Small Potatoes, Joseph J. Pavek, Dennis L.
Corsini, Aberdeen, ID, Mark Martin, Peter E. Thomas, Charles R. Brown, Prosser, WA, Bt Ranger Russet Frontier Russet chipping potatoes percentage of solids Norchip
nematodes biocontrol market characteristics, 91APR04
Preserving Potato Plant Diversity, sidebar, plant exploration, IR-1 germplasm,
collecting breeding programs, 91APR07
Potatoes for Tomorrow, sidebar, genetic engineering of potatoes, tyrosine
greater wax moth, 91APR9
Computer Model Helps Ensure Clean Water, Marvin J. Shaffer, Fort Collins,
CO, Ardell D. Halvorson, Akron, CO, Richard Amerman, Beltsville, MD, Ronald F. Follett,
Fort Collins, CO, NLEAP groundwater pollution and contamination nitrate leaching
agricultural runoff computer modeling, 91APR10
Do Earthworms Affect Groundwater?, William M. Edwards, Coshocton, OH, Jerry L.
Hatfield, and Edwin C. Berry, Ames, IA, Lumbricus terrestris underground channels
soil aeration water movement groundwater, 91APR15
Quest to Counter CLA, sheep disease caseous lymphadenitis, Corynebacterium
pseudotuberculosis vaccination, 91APR16
Lean Bodies Make Texels Desired Lamb, Mike Wallace and Kreg Leymaster, Clay
Center, NE, imported sheep from Finland compared to Suffolks twinning, 91APR17
Predicting Accidental Bee Kills, Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, PC-BEEPOP computer
model honey bee populations beekeeping pesticides, 91APR18
Carrot Sticks Can Keep Their Color, Harold R. Bolin, Albany, CA, carrot
discoloration water/citric acid solution polyphenol oxidase enzymes
phenylalanine ammonia lyase vegetable market value, 91APR17
Southern Blueberries Need Honey Bees, Robert G. Danka, Baton Rouge, LA,
Gulfcoast variety of blueberrysouthern highbush varieties, Sharpblue growers
bees, 91APR19
Wash-Off Data Surprises Pesticide Planners, Guye H. Willis, Baton Rouge, LA,
intensity of rainfall pesticide persistence, GLEAMS computer model, 91APR19
Forum, Editorial, Information Retrieval: A Key to Progress, National
Agricultural Library on-line systems, AGRICOLA CD-ROM ISIS libraries CALS, Dean
Plowman, Beltsville, MD, 91MAY02
Gypsy Moths: Thwarting Their Wandering Ways, Barbara A. Leonhardt, Ralph Bram,
Martin Shapiro, Edward Dougherty, Ralph Webb, James Svoboda, Edward Masler, Thomas
Kelly, Beltsville, DEET biocontrol pheromones, IPM Lymantria dispar Coccygomimus
disparis Abby Bt Bacillus thuringiensis, forestry cell lines, 91MAY04
Dwarf in Size Giant in Productivity, gibberellic acid micropropagation
grafting fruit trees apples, 91MAY12
Cutting Energy Costs for Irrigation, Gerald Buchleiter, Dale Heerman, Fort
Collins, CO, 91MAY14
Making the Plant\Soil\Nutrition Connection, 50 years of research, soil
uptake selenium grass tetany animal diet opaque-2 genetic engineering, Darryl
Van Campen, David Grunes, James Russell, Leon Kochian, Ross Welch, William House,
James Madison, James Thompson, Earle Cary, Wednell Norvill,and Richard Zobel, Ithaca, NY,
91MAY16
Salad Days of a Lettuce Breeder, Edward Ryder, James McCreight, William
Waycott, Salinas, CA, mini-lettuce downy mildew corky root vegetable breeding,
91MAY22
Walking—Backmending Exercise for Women, Miriam Nelson and William J. Evans,
Boston, MA, calcium in bone, human nutrition, thigh bone trabecular bone, 91MAY24
Babesiosis Test is on the Fast Track, Donald P. Knowles, Pullman, WA, babesia
equii merozoites monoclonal antibodies ticks, 91MAY26
Now It's Sugar Now It's Alternan, Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextrans aylase
gum arabic substitute, 91MAY27
Wheat Hardness: High Precision Knife Tells All, Gregory M. Glenn, Albany, CA, wheat hardness technology flour, 91MAY27
Editorial: Nightmare on Weed Street, herbicides postemergence treatment
diphenyl ethyl herbicides sicklepod biocontrol weed damage, 91JUN02
Ten Weeds We Could Live Without, morningglory Canada thistle cocklebur
lambsquarters ragweed bindweed pigweed purple nutsedge velvetleaf wild oats,
91JUN04
On the Woad Again, Steven Vaughn, Anita Brinker, Peoria, IL, dyer's woad
allelopathy dyestuff, Regina Wiggen, Beltsville, MD, 91JUN09
Mothproofing Walnut Trees of the Future, Patrick Vail, Fresno, CA, Bacillus
thuringiensis codling moth navel orangeworm Indianmeal moth gene transfer
genetic engineering, 91JUN10
Conserving Cropland for the Future, Frank Young, Alex Ogg, Pullman, WA, Donald
McCool, Keigh Saxon, Pullman, WA, retaining topsoil, preventing erosion
conservation, tillage crop residues, Palouse spring, wheat winter, wheat crop,
management computer model, 91JUN12
Just the Fibers Please, Robert W. Seagull and Barbara Triplett, New Orleans, LA,
ovule culture, biochemical signals, cell structures, cryogenics, cotton fiber,
microfibrils, 91JUN16
Floral Lures May Doom Corn Earworm, Peter Lingren and Roy Teranishi, Albany, CA,
Helicoverpa zea night-blooming guara biocontrol floral essences lures, 91JUN18
Hunting Moths by the Dark of the Night, night-blooming guara night vision
goggles tracking insects cabbage looper black cutworm true armyworm, 91JUN20
Another Natural Form of Neem, James C. Locke, Beltsville, MD, botanical
insecticide oilseed azadiratchin fungicide, 91JUN21
Less Waste Sugar Better Soybeans, Patrick T. Smith and Tsung Min Kuo, Peoria,
IL, raffinose stachyose verbascose soybeans galactinol synthase/enzyme, 91Jun21
Test for Toxin-Producing Molds, Stephen W. Peterson and Kerry O'Donnell,
Peoria, IL, Aspergillus flavus genetic fingerprinting mold identification DNA
probe, 91JUN22
RANGETEK a Rancher's Best Friend, J. Ross Wight, Boise, ID, computer program
cattle grazing overgrazing grasses forage, self-help program, 91JUN22
Flash Drying Saves Seeds, Christina Vertucci, Fort Collins, CO, frozen seed
storage recalcitrant seeds, Landolphia kirkii, 91JUN23
Broken Rice Tied to Nitrogen, Robert H. Dilday, Stuttgart, AR, rice quality,
Lemont rice, semidwarf varieties nitrogen application, 91JUN23
Editorial, Down and Dirty and Loving Every Minute, germplasm collectors,
cookie bakers, insect rearing science as a robust real-world process, 91JUL02
Bring 'Em Back Alive and Growing, numerous scientists including Calvin
Sperling and David Spooner, Beltsville, MD, botanic diversity, germplasm
preservation, history of plant collection, Richard Schultes, in situ preservation
sea beets, expeditions to Latin America, origins of plant species, sidebar, guidelines for plant hunters, wheat gene bank, David Fairchild, 91JUL04
Sidebar, Changing the Landscape, Theodore R. Dudley, National Arboretum,
collecting germplasm for woody landscape plants, Beltsville, MD, 91JUL13
Spying on an Elusive Virus, Vernon Damsteegt, Frederick, MD, soybean dwarf
virus aphid, ELISA, different strains of same virus, damage to legume crops
soybeans, 91JUL14
A Unique Evlolutionary Relationship, parthenogenic aphids, Acrthosiphon pisum
pea aphid, soybean dwarf virus, 91JUL16
Fine Dining for the Loathsome Screwworm, David B. Taylor, Fargo, ND, H. Chris
Hofmann, Laredo, TX, rearing insects, artificial gel diet, sterile release program
biocontrol, 91JUL17
The Great Wheatgrass Bake-Off, Robert Becker, Albany, CA, John D. Berdahl,
Mandan, ND, new market for forage crop taste tests, wheat gluten ,intermediate
wheatgrass muffins, chocolate chip/oatmeal cookies, new grain crop, 91JUL18
How Sweet It Isn't, Sheldon Reiser, Kay Behall, diabetes, heart disease, human
nutrition, sugars, human metabolism, amylase and amylose sugars, insulin, fiber in
diet, fructose, assimilation of monosaccharides and disaccharides starch, 91JUL20
Update for an Ancient Watering Strategy, Gary W. Frasier, Fort Collins, CO,
water harvesting runoff semirigid membrane polyethylene sheeting, 91JUL25
Dances With Goats, Sam Coleman and Stephen P. Hart, El Reno, OK, connection
between diet and milk production, boosting weight gains, forage milk content,
Nubians Alpines Angoras, 91JUL26
A Step Forward for Embryo Culture, Caird E. Rexroad, Jr., Beltsville, MD,
sheep embryos, oviduct cultured embryos, embryo transfer, 91JUL27
Forum, Oh No Mosquitoes!, 91AUG02
Slapping the Mosquito—Scientifically, biocontrol deet, Gary A. Mount, Donald
L. Barnard, and Jack A. Seawright, Gainesville, FL, 91AUG04
Learning What Pest Eaters Had for Lunch, biocontrol corn earworm, Matthew H.
Greenstone, Columbia, MO, 91AUG09
Life-saving drugs could be genetically produced, blood clotting factors,
hemophiliacs, whey acidic protein, sows, pigs, genetic engineering, Robert J. Wall,
Vernon Pursel, Beltsville, MD, 91AUG10
Sheep Breeding Gains From Frozen Sperm Technology, liquid nitrogen, dry ice,
Fernando Rodriguez, Dubois, ID, 91AUG12
Seeding Guayule—Making It Work, rubber, new crop, Francis S. Nakayama, Phoenix,
AZ, 91AUG15
Apples Without Bruises: They're In the Bag, bagging machine, Dale Marshall,
East Lansing, MI, Marcie Gerrietts, Peoria IL, 91AUG16
Apple Computer Records Impacts, bruises, instrumented sphere, Galen Brown, East
Lansing, MI, Marcie Gerrietts, Peoria, IL, 91AUG17
Natural Enemies Gang Up on Corn Pests, corn earworm, biocontrol stalk rot,
Leslie C. Lewis, Ankeny, IA, Nader G. Vakili, Ames, IA, 91AUG17
Thwarting One of Cotton's Nemeses, pink bollworm, traps pheromones biocontrol,
Thomas J. Henneberry, Phoenix, AZ, 91AUG21
A Better Bug Trap Is a PVC Pipe Dream plastic dusky sap beetles and picnic
beetles, Patrick F. Dowd, and Robert J. Bartelt, Donald T. Wicklow, Peoria, IL,
91Aug23
Irrigation Tubing Does Double Duty, layflat water furrow, Allan S.
Humphreys, Kimberly, ID, 91AUG24
No More Soggy Sandwiches Thanks to Experimental Filmwrap, lauric acid,
coconut oil, chitosan, edible new food, Dominic W.S. Wong, Albany, CA, 91AUG25
Grasp at Straws Irrigators Are Advised, furrow irrigation water, Melvin J.
Brown, Kimberly ID, Julie Corliss, Albany, CA, 91AUG25
Off to Market Stressful Affair, hogs, shipping weight losses, G. LeRoy Hahn or
John A. Nienaber, Clay Center, NE, Marcie Gerrietts, Peoria, IL, 91AUG25
Blocking Insect Immune Reponse, tobacco, hornworm, biocontrol, Ralph W. Howard,
Manhattan, K,S 91AUG25
Milk Doesn't Block Cereal's Iron, Study Reveals, Judith R. Turnlund, San
Francisco, CA, 91AUG25
Altered Biocontrol Proves Effective Against Damping-Off Disease, fungus,
fungicide resistance, benomyl, Nina Ossanna and Sue Mischke, Beltsville, MD, 91AUG25
Forum, Groping for the Master Switch, editorial on phytochrome light, Karl
Norris, Beltsville, MD, (retired), 91SEP02
Tripping the Light Switch Fantastic, phytochrome plants, Borthwick Hendricks,
photoperiod, Beltsville, MD, 91SEP04
Phytochrome Sends the Signals—Sprout! Flower! Grow!, plants, Peter H. Quail
and Margaret T. Boylan, Albany, CA, 91SEP06
Dress for Success Mulch, plastic tomatoes potatoes, light near infrared,
Michael J. Kasperbauer and Patrick G. Hunt Florence, SC, 91SEP10
Scanner To Measure Soil Erosion, wind laser, Joe M. Bradford and Chi-hua
Huang, West Lafayette, IN, 91SEP14
Cuphea Plants With a Beautiful Future, lauric and capric acid soap
detergents, William W. Roath, Ames, IA, 91SEP16
Hoppiness is Brewing Better Beer, hops barley malting, Alfred Haunold,
Corvallis, OR, 91SEP18
For Vitamin A: Eat An Orange Tomato, John R. Stommel, Beltsville, MD, 91SEP20
Iron Absorption: Root Enzymes Are in Control, chlorosis, Douglas G. Luster
and Marcia J. Holden, Frederick, MD, 91SEP21
Resisting the Hessian Fly, wheat/rye hybrid, winter wheat, J.H. Hatchett,
Manhattan, KS, 91SEP22
Building a Better Strawberry, ellagic acid, Gene J. Galletta and John L. Maas,
Beltsville, MD, 91SEP24
Looking into a Cotton Cell, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Judy Timpa, New
Orleans, LA, 91SEP26
Inhibit Melanin: Your Fungal Problems Are Over, fungus, Michael H. Wheele,r
Alois A. Bell, and Robert D. Stipanovic, College Station, TX, 91SEP26
Artificial Flowers: So Lovely, So Lethal to Moths, cabbage looper jessamine
shrub, Peter J. Landolt, Gainsville, FL, 91SEP27
Forum, Putting the Bio in Biocontrol, editorial question and answer with
Richard Soper, Beltsville, MD, 91OCT02
It's Bugs-R-Us, beneficial insects, biocontrol, Trichocaps, Lawrence R. Ertle,
Kenneth Swan, Paul W. Schaefer, and William Day, Newark, DE, 91OCT04
Biocontrol Quarantine Facilities, Newark, DE, Albany, CA, Frederick, MD,
Stoneville, MS, Ithaca, NY, and College Station and Temple, TX, 91Oct07
Orient Express for Wasps, China Ageniaspis fuscicollis apple ermine moth,
Robert W. Pemberton, Seoul, Korea, 91OCT12
Spying on Silage Inoculants, silos bacterial inoculants, Richard E. Muck,
Madison, WI, 91OCT13
More For Less: A New Way To Grow Tomatoes, hairy vetch mulch, Aref A. Abdul-
Baki and John Teasdale, Beltsville, MD, 91OCT14
Exotic Fruits Promise Taste of the Tropics, lychee rambutan pulasan
pineapple, passionfruit, papaya, breadfruit, macadamia nuts, guava, carambola or
starfruit atemoya pili nut peach, palm acerola, cherry germplasm respository,
Francis T.P. Zee, Hilo, HI, 91OCT18
In Antibodies, Bigger Isn't Always Better, white blood cells, neutrophil
mastitis immunoglobulins, Max J. Paape and Millie Worku, Beltsville, MD, 91OCT21
Skipping Preplant Irrigation Saves Water Cash Texas High Plains, Ron Allen,
Bushland, TX, 91OCT22
Insecticide Adherence Triples With Soybean Oil, chlorpyrifos, corn earworms.
chemigation, Don Wauchope, Tifton, GA, 91OCT22
Sorghum Cleanses Nitrogen-Laden Soil, groundwater pollutants, Kenneth J.
Moore, Jeffrey F. Pedersen, Lincoln, NB, 91OCT22
Please Release Me—But Slowly, cyclodextrins cornstarch encapsulation, Jacob
A. Rendleman Jr., Peoria, IL, 91OCT23
Good Breeding: From Simple Beginnings to Genetic Engineering, cattle sex
selection embryos heifer nutrition twinning project, Lawrence A. Johnson,
Beltsville, MD, Andrew C. Hammond, Brooksville, FL, Robert B. Staigmiller and Robert
A. Bellows, Miles City, MT, Keith E. Gregory, Sherrill E. Echternkamp, and Calvin L.
Ferrell, Clay Center, NE, 91NOV04
Mapping a Route to Better Beef, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research
Center (MARC), cattle genetic makeup genome, Roger T. Stone, Larry V. Cundiff, E.
Travis Littledike, and Dan Laster, Clay Center, NE, 91NOV18
How Now Beef Cow?, breeds Longhorns cattle Bos indicus Bos taurus Senepol
Brahmans Larry V. Cundiff, Clay Center, NE, Michael A. Brown, Booneville, AR,
Andrew C. Hammond, Brooksville, FL, 91NOV12
Forum editorial, Beef—Conception to Consumption, cattle, Robert Oltjen,
Beltsville, MD, 91NOV02
Typical Modern Beef Cattle, line drawings of 6 breeds, Angus Brahman,
Charolais Hereford Limousin Simmental, 91NOV10
Confronting a New Fungal Nightmare, peanut stems sclerotinia blight, Hassan
A. Melouk, Stillwater, OK, Peter B. Adams, Beltsville, MD, 91NOV20
Duck Droppings: Fungal Time Bombs?, sclerotia, Hassan A. Melouk, Stillwater, OK,
91NOV23
Heed the Mummichog!, fish carcinogenic water pollutants, George Gassner,
Beltsville, MD, 91NOV24
Dwarf Daylily Debuts This Fall, Yellow Tinkerbell, Robert J. Griesbach,
Beltsville, MD, 91NOV26
Lakebed Sediment Cut by Farming Practices, soil erosion, water pollution,
Charlie Cooper, Oxford, MS, 91NOV27
Bovine Johnny Appleseed Revitalizes Ranges, grass, cattle, sheep, goats, gelatin
capsules, Jerry R. Barrow and Kris M. Havstad, Las Cruces, NM, 91NOV26
Concocting the Ultimate Beetle-Juice, stored grain pests, Freeman sap beetle,
aggregation, pheromones, Robert J. Bartelt, Peoria, IL, 91NOV26
Hungry Mice Shed Light on Boosting Elders' Immunity, vitamin E, prostaglandin
E2 (PGE2), Simin Nikbin Meydani, Boston, MA, 91NOV27
Forum, editorial, Hard-Fought Victories Against Animal Diseases, animal health,
Bureau of Animal Industry, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, 91DEC02
Better Beefsteak Begins With Healthy Cattle, brucellosis, Brucella abortus
disease resistance vaccine, Bos taurus Bos indicus Pasteurella haemolytica,
National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay
Center, NE, Forage and Livestock Research Laboratory, El Reno, OK, 91DEC08
Cattle and Sheep Together: Partners in Grazing, rangeland grasses woody
species, Dean M. Anderson and Kris M. Havstad, Las Cruces, NM, John W. Walker,
Dubois, ID, Greg M. Riegel, Reno, NV, 91DEC14
Animal Care Tightly Regulated Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee,
Helene N. Guttman, Beltsville, MD, 91DEC17
Hard Times in the Old West, cattle drive, cowboys, 91DEC18
Infants to Benefit from Golden Eggs, essential amino acids, Spirulina
algae, Stable Isotope Lab, Heiner K. Berthold, Houston, TX, 91DEC20
Transgenic Cotton Scores Knockout Against Worms, Bacillus thuringiensis,
tobacco budworm, cotton bollworm, pink bollworm, David Altman, College Station,
TX, Johnie Jenkins, Starkville, MS, Doug Wilson, Phoenix, AZ, 91DEC22
Scent of Jasmine Leads to New Business, (Charles N. Bollich, retired, Beaumont,
TX), jasmine rice, premium rice, Gulf Coast region aromatic, 91APR13
Forum Food Safety: The Case for An Integrated View, Sanford A. Miller,
University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, 90JAN2
Search for Young Scientists Pays Dividends, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Program, Kevin C. Vaughn, Stoneville, MS, 90JAN4
Rooting Out Groundwater Contamination, sunflowers and wheat crop rotation, Al
Black, Mandan, ND, 90JAN7
Diagnosing a Stealthy Stalker, citrus blight, oranges, Michael G. Bausher,
Orlando, FL, 90JAN8
Unlocking the Hidden Energy in Plants, lignin cellulose and hemicellulose
forages switchgrass Trailblazer. Kenneth P. Vogel, Lincoln, NE, Hans G. Jun,
Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 90JAN10
Nutrition Research Reaches New Heights, Mt. Everest, food, Robert D. Reynolds,
Beltsville, MD, 90JAN12
Microbial Combinations for Tomorrow's Agriculture, mycorrhizal fungi,
rhizobia, Robert G. Linderman, Corvallis, OR, 90JAN17
Building a Better Papaya, Puerto Paul R. Hepperly, Mayaguez, PR, 90JAN18
Gene Bank Preserves Papayas, sidebar, Francis T.P. Zee, Hilo, HI, 90JAN19
Taste Panel Ok's Catfish Feed, flavor, Peter B. Johnsen, New Orleans, LA,
90JAN20
Biocontrol Agent for Mushroom Flies, Steinernematid nematodes, William R.
Nickle and William Cantelo, Beltsville, MD, 90JAN20
Rice Nurseries in Puerto Rico, Charles Bollich, Beaumont, TX, 90JAN21
Faster-Acting Menthol for Bees, tracheal mites, honey shortening, William T.
Wilson, Weslaco, TX, 90JAN22
Wasp Takes Whiff and Grain Pest Is History, rusty grain, beetle, Cephalonomia
waterstoni, Ralph W. Howard, Manhattan, KS, 90JAN22
Rice Seed Dunked in Growth Regulator, semidwarfs, Lemont and Gulfmont Robert
H. Dilday, Stuttgart, AR, 90JAN23
Probe Pinpoints Powerful Hormones, cytokinin, David L. Brandon and Joseph W.
Corse, Albany, CA, 90JAN23
Forum Relating to Insects, 90FEB2
Snuffing the Fruit Fly Medfly Mediterranean, Donald O. McInnis, Honolulu, HI,
90FEB4
Systematic Entomologists Those Illustrious Namers of Bugs, insects, Douglass
R. Miller, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, 90FEB8
Brightening Triticale's Future, wheat and rye, J. Perry Gustafson, Columbia, MO,
90FEB12
Puzzling Microbe Thrives In Cold Food, Aeromonas hydrophila diarrhea and
vomiting, Samuel A. Palumbo, Philadelphia, PA, 90FEB14
Irrigate? Why Not Chemigate?, water, fertilize, Ralph A. Leonard, Tifton, GA,
90FEB15
Paving the Way for Altering Pests Crops, genetic engineering technique
vortex mixer Andrew F. Cockburn, Gainesville, FL, 90FEB16
Counteracting Aflatoxin in Livestock Feed, hydrated sodium calcium
aluminosilicate or HSCAS anticaking compound, Roger B. Harvey, College Station, TX,
90FEB18
Ripening Gene May Be Controlled, ethylene, Athanasios Theologis, Albany, CA,
biotechnology, 90FEB20
Afternoon Drop in Photosynthesis, corn, carbon dioxide, James A. Bunce,
Beltsville, MD, 90FEB23
Rating Rice Weeds for Yield Damage, barnyardgrass bearded sprangletop, Roy J.
Smith Jr., Stuttgart, AR, 90FEB23
Forum Animal Protection Research From Conception to Consumption, Robert R.
Oltjen, Beltsville, MD, 90MAR2
Edible Coating Preserves Produce, oils or waxes and cellulose tomatoes,
oranges, and carambolas, Myrna Nisperos-Carriedo, Winter Haven, FL, 90MAR4
Nutrition Probes For the 90's, vitamins and minerals, niacin, James M. Iacono,
San Francisco, CA, 90MAR6
Weeds Attract Root-dwelling Bacteria, rhizobacteria, Robert J. Kremer,
Columbia, MO, 90MAR10
Driving Out Shipping Fever, El Reno, OK, respiratory infections bacterial
pneumonia Michael T. Zavy, 90MAR12
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places, paper, wasps, NASA Kennedy Space
Center, Peter J. Landolt, Gainesville, FL, 90MAR14
Ticked off about babesiosis bovine cattle Boophilus ticks, parasite,
Willard L. Goff Pullman, WA, 90MAR17
Squeezing Profits From Evening Primrose, oil gamma-linolenic acid, James Duke,
Beltsville, MD, and Jerry W. King, Peoria, IL, (Matt Bosisio Peoria), 90MAR20
Turnips: A New Hit With Sheep, Steven P. Hart, El Reno, OK, 90MAR21
Natural Gum Finds Many Uses, levan sugar, Bacillus polymyxa, Youn W. Han, New
Orleans, LA, 90MAR22
Sweet Dreams for Plants, sweetpotatoes germplasm tissue culture, Robert L.
Jarret, Griffen, GA, 90MAR22
Predicting Nematode Damage to Soybeans, Sally M. Schneider, Oxford, NC, 90MAR23
New Tactics for Ticks, Boophilus annulatus, BCTSIM, Boophilus Cattle Tick
Simulation, parasite, Ron Davey, Mission, TX, 90MAR19
Shedding Light on Genetics and Environment, blue and red light, mouse-ear
cress, Arabidopsis, Kenneth Eskins, Peoria, IL, 90MAR23
Forum, Technology Transfer Makes Business Sense, R.D. Plowman, Washington, DC,
90APR2
Working Wonders, 50 years at the Regional Research Centers, penicillin, orange
juice, leather, wool, Philadelphia, PA, Albany, CA, Peoria, IL, New Orleans, LA, 90APR4
Leftovers Again!, meat flavor deterioration, N-carboxymethylchitosan (NCMC),
Allen J. St. Angelo and John R. Vercellotti, New Orleans, LA, 90APR7
Longer Lasting Biocontrol With Starch, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), Michael
R. McGuire and Baruch S. Shasha, Peoria, IL, (Matt Bosisio Peoria), 90APR9
Rice Bran Moves to the Breakfast Table, cholesterol, Robin M. Saunders, Albany,
CA, 90APR11
Whiter Wool in Fewer Steps, urine stain black fibers patent, William N.
Marmer, Philadelphia, PA, 90APR12
No Fence But the Grass Is Greener, zoysiagrass-fescue turfgrass mixture,
Kevin Morris, Beltsville, MD, 90APR13
Busting Rusty Lawns, zoysiagrass Puccinia zoysiae, Martin M. Kulik and Pierre
D. Dery, Beltsville, MD, 90APR14
Toward A Safer Food Supply, biocontrol ethylene bisdithiocarbamates (EBDC's),
yeast (US-7) peach pear, Charles L. Wilson and Wojciech J. Janisiewicz,
Kearneysville, WV, 90APR15
Patents: Creative Problem Solving In Action, taxol Pacific yew tree, Alice
Christen, New Orleans, LA, catfish disease Edwardsiella ictaluri Phillip H.
Klesius, Auburn, AL, 90APR18
Frozen Milk—Low Cholesterol Less Fat Tastes Great, George N. Bookwalter,
Peoria, IL, 90APR19
Research Fuels Local Economies, rural revitalization, technology transfer,
super slurper, boll weevil eradication, cotton, beetle traps, Jasmine Rice kenaf
no-calorie dietary fiber, 90APR20
Tracking Iron in Children, new test ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay), Buford L. Nichols, Houston, TX, 90APR23
Disease-Fighting White Cells in Chickens Key To Improved Vaccines?, avian
influenza virus Peter S. Holt, Athens, GA, immune-system-stimulating compound
concanavalin A, 90APR23
Forum Plant Hardiness Info At Your Fingertips, USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map,
H. Marc Cathey, Washington, DC, 90MAY2
Research Can Be Beautiful US National Arboretum, azaleas crapemyrtle, Bonsai
Penjing Japanese cherry, Gotelli Conifer, Collection Bradford & Whitehouse
pear Latrobe capitol columns, Friends of the National Arboretum, FONA, Marc Cathey,
Donald Egolf, Frank Santamour, Washington, DC, 90MAY4
Plant Hardiness Zone Map, Marc Cathey, Washington, DC, 90MAY10
Dying Elms: New Test Offers Hope, trees mycoplasmalike organism or MLO, Ing-
Ming Lee and Robert E. Davis, Beltsville, MD, 90MAY14
Protecting Endangered Plant Species, grasshoppers insecticides wild bees
pollen grasshoppers, Sacramento Mountain thistle, Vincent J. Tepedino and Terry
L. Griswold, Logan, UT, 90MAY16
Revealing the Mayhaw Secret, native fruit, Jerry A. Payne, Byron, GA, 90MAY19
Growing Technology Hastens Lily Blossoms, patent, Mark S. Roh, Beltsville, MD,
90MAY19
Editorial: Researching the Staff of Life, wheat genetic engineering green
revolution, Orville A. Vogel, 90JUN2
Wheat A Crop In Transition, wheat, genetic engineering, computers, plant
breeding, Russian wheat, aphid, protein, nutrition, starch, granules, first of a
3-part series, 90JUN4
Achoo! Must Be the Roaches!, cockroaches, allergy, home construction, insect
behavior, Richard J. Brenner, Gainesville, FL, 90JUN18
Profiles in Forage, kleingrass weeping lovegrass forage range grasses cattle
grazing plant breeding, Paul W. Voigt, Temple, TX, 90JUN22
The Rice Stuff, Rice Breeding, rice, diseases, allelopathy hybridization,
germplasm collection, Robert H. Dilday, Stuttgart, AR, 90JUN24
Sweeter Onions are More Bee-Guiling, honey bees, onion, pollen, plant breeding,
James R. Hagler, Tucson, AZ, 90JUN26
New Tests Pinpoint Soy Compounds, soybeans, trypsin inhibitors protein patent,
David L. Brandon, Albany, CA, 90JUN26
Computer Guides Cattle Stocking Rate, SMART, forage herd size stocking
practices, Richard H. Hart, Cheyenne, WY, 90JUN27
Spotting Swine Dysentery, bloody scours, Treponema hyodysenteria, pork
production, spirochete, Neil S. Jensen, Thad B. Stanton, Ames, IA, 90JUN27
Editorial: Yikes Fire Ants!, insect spread, Mirex, damage to agriculture,
multiple queens, 90JUL2
Turning Up the Heat On Fire Ants, pheromone, multiple queens, damage to roads,
Streptomyces avarmitilis, soybean damage biocontrol, David F. Williams, Robert
Vander Meer, and Juan Briano, Gainesville, FL, 90JUL4
Real-World Research: It's Pigs and Chickens, animal models, trichinosis,
chickens, pigs, guidelines for animal studies, coccidiosis, Joan Lunney, Mark
Jenkins, and Marc Castle, 90JUL10
Hope in the Orange Orchard, Ambersweet orange, cold-hardiness, citrus breeding,
genetic engineering, biotechnology, rootstock, Jack Hearn, Michael G. Bauscher,
Herbert C. Barrett, and Randall P. Niedz, Orlando, FL, 90JUL13
Wheat: Grappling with Ingrained Problems, Pseudomonas fluroscens genetic
engineering rust Russian wheat aphid septoria leaf blotch tan spot erosion
control computer model PLANTEMP, second of a 3-part series, 90JUL16
Defining the Link Between Diet and Cancer Risk, SOS Chromatest, E. coli,
genetic engineering, mutation, human nutrition, Padmanabhan P. Nair, Beltsville, MD,
90JUL24
Tanks for Saving Water, livestock, water conservation, wildlife, Allen R.
Dedrick, Phoenix, AZ, 90JUL27
Wilt-Not Maples, Verticillium, wilt fungus, genetic engineering, natural
resistance, Jade Green and Parkway varieties, Alden M. Townsend and Lawrence R.
Schrieiber, National Arboretum, Washington, DC, 90JUL27
Treatment for Africanized Bee Stings, possible bee venom, honey bees,
antibodies, Justin O. Schmidt, Tucson, AZ, 90JUL27
Editorial: The Good the Sweet and the Seedless, new grape varieties,
seedlessness, Flame Fantasy Crimson, 90AUG02
Grape Research Presses On, Flame embryo rescue, genetic engineering, germplasm,
quarantine, rootstock, grapevine, leafroll virus, ELISA, soil fungi grape root borer
botrytis rot seedlessness, 90AUG04
Reviving an American Tradition, muscadine grapes juice market wine culture
practices James M. Spiers, Poplarville, MS, 90AUG09
Wheat: Breathing New Life into an Old Crop, wheat gluten, glutenins, gliadin,
genetic engineering, kernel size, protein content in wheat, marketing, baking
quality, near-infrared radiation, spectrometry hardness, Cephalanomia waterstoni,
biocontrol, weight standards, packaging, third of a 3-part series, 90AUG12
Sun Thwarts Key Wheat Genes, temperature, glutenin, genetic engineering, 90AUG20
Corn Aids Wheat's Genetic Engineers, protoplasts gene blasting gene transfer
promoter, Frank Greene, Gary Lorens, Ann Blechl, Olin Anderson, Albany, CA, 90AUG17
Cargo Surveys Scrutinize Exported Grain, flour, yield, kernel, protein, moisture
levels, wheat sampling, grain, shipping, transport, Craig F. Morris, Pullman, WA,
90AUG15
Lethal Genes May Wipe Out Pollen, hybrid, seed pollen, crossbreeding, genetic
engineering, LAT52 LAT59 promoters gene gun, Sheila McCormick, David Twell, Judy
Yamaguchi, Albany, 90AUG22
Fish Oil Can Have Its Drawbacks, vitamin E supplements, immune response, human
nutrition, Mohsen Meydani and Simin Meydani, Boston, MA, 90AUG24
Stomach Worm Interferes With Vaccine, Ostergagia ostertagi parasites,
immunity, cattle, vaccination, weight gains, Phillip Klesius, Auburn, AL, 90AUG26
Higher Protein, Great Yield, soybeans, relation between yield and protein,
breeding, Joseph Burton, Raleigh, NC, 90AUG26
Corn Mold Hazard Leucoencephalomacia (ELAM), horse disease corn, Fusarium
moniliforme Aspergillus flavus fumonisins fungus, William P. Norred, Athens, GA,
90AUG27
Prolactin Part of Milk's Riddle, cow, mammary glands, milk production, tumors,
cell, receptors, lactation, pituitary hormone, protein, Anthony Capuco and James J.
Smith, Beltsville, MD, 90AUG27
Forum, A Coordinated Approach to Water Quality, groundwater contamination,
chemical leaching, Water Quality Research Plan, Harry C. Mussman, Washington,
90SEP2
Reviving the Chesapeake Bay, estuarine, ecosystem, agricultural runoff point,
pollution, atmospheric nitrogen oxides filter strips, manure, soil tests, no-till
numerous scientists, 90SEP4
Rescuing Oats' Heart-Helpers, Beta-glucans, beta-glucans, dry-milling, Benny E.
Knuckles, Albany, CA, 90SEP13
Tricky Business: Raising Cattle in Florida, beef production, grazing, forage,
Senepol breed, bahaigrass peanut, Andrew C. Hammond, Chad C. Chase Jr., and Mimi J.
Williams, Brooksville, FL, 90SEP16
Picture of First Century Agriculture, volcanic eruption at Pompeii, Italy,
Vesuvius, ancient crops, walnuts, history of agriculture, carbonized specimens,
Frederick G. Meyer, U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, DC, 90SEP16
For Alternative Crops—He's the Duke, germplasm, collecting drug sources,
wildflowers, folk medicine, AIDS drugs, evening primrose, St. Johns wort, Moreton
Bay chestnut, James A. Duke, Beltsville, MD, 90SEP18
Water Weeds Tamed With Promising Compound, bensulfuron methyl Eurasian
milfoil hydrilla sago pondweed elodea, Lars W.J. Anderson, Davis, CA, 90SEP21
Ellis Island for Plants, plant germplasm quarantine, Plant Protection and
Quarantine Program diseases, dutch elm disease, graft testing, serology, rice, apple
dapple disease apple scar skin viroid, Howard Waterworth, Suzanne S. Hurtt, Ahmed
Hadidi, and Glenn Dale, MD, 90SEP22
Measuring Salinity Fast, 60-second test, battery-operated measuring device
measures weight and electrical resistance, James D. Rhoades, Riverside, CA, 90SEP27
Estimating Fumigant Residues, methyl bromide residues, indirect, test fruit,
export, market patent, 90SEP27
Forum, Mapping the Plant Genome, gene transfer, low-resolution and high-resolution maps, desirable plant traits, Arabidopsis, Jerome Miksche, Beltsville, MD,
90OCT2
In Search of Perfect Plants, germplasm collection, germplasm preservation,
plant pathology, insects, National Plant Germplasm System, GRIN, crop breeding
objectives, sugarcane, genetic engineering, traditional plant breeding, pollen
storage, Henry L. Shands, Beltsville, MD, 90OCT4
Breeding Better Berries, Redcrest strawberry, Waldo blackberry, Summit
raspberry, golden raspberry, disease resistance, Francis J. Lawrence, Corvallis, OR,
90OCT11
Breaking the Salmonella/Chicken Connection, irradiation of poultry, foodborne
pathogens, vitamin content of chicken, Salmonella, Donald W. Thayer and Jay B. Fox
Jr., Philadelphia, PA, 90OCT12
Preventing Diabetes with Chromium, fat and sugar metabolism, blood insulin,
blood sugar, hypoglycemia, chromium supplements, Richard A. Anderson, Beltsville, MD,
90OCT14
Giving Broccoli Bugs the Brush Off, cabbage loopers, imported cabbage worms,
diamondback, moth larvae, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, parasitic wasps, flies,
viruses, K. Duane Biever, Yakima, WA, 90OCT17
Insects Good and Bad—Scientists Must Grow their Own, insect rearing, Voria
ruralis, Phryxe vulgaris, Artogeia rapae, Trichoplusia ni, Plutella xylostella,
90OCT19
Greenhouse Effect May Not be All Bad, global warming, temperature change in
United States, climate, carbon dioxide in atmosphere, effects of pollution on
crops, crop growth simulation in controlled atmosphere, Shirwood Idso and Bruce
Kimball, Phoenix, AZ, 90OCT20
Budworms and Bollworms Targeted by a Virus, Helicoverpa zea, Heliothis
virescens, spraying live insect virus, Marion R. Bell and D.D. Hardee, Stoneville,
MS, 90OCT24
Mighty Mite Takes On Bindweed, Aceria malherbae, Tyta luctuosa, imported
insects, biocontrol, Sara S. Rosenthal, Bozeman, MT, Culver J. Deloach Jr., and Paul E.
Boldt, Temple, TX, 90OCT26
Fungus Found by Accident Protects Lettuce, Sporidesmium sclerotivorum,
Sclerotinia minor, lettuce, drop natural biocontrol, mycoparasite, Peter B. Adams,
Beltsville, MD, 90OCT26
St. Croix Sheep Resist Worms, hair sheep breed, immunity to nematode
parasites, globule leucocytes, inbreeding, H. Ray Gamble, Beltsville, MD, 90OCT27
Forum, Setting the Table for Research, technique-oriented science, basic
research instrumentation, 90NOV2
When the Hard Rains Come, rainfall measurements, synthetic aperture, radar,
Walnut Gulch semiarid rangelands, climate storms, soil moisture, William P. Kustas,
Beltsville, MD, 90NOV4
A New Look at Irradiated Citrus, grapefruit irradiation, Salmonella, control
of insects, quarantine, Donald L. von Windeguth, Miami, FL, 90NOV10
How Do You Grade Wild Rice?, inspection, new grading technique, new national
standards, export market, Albert P. Mossman and Robert N. Sayre, Albany, CA, 90NOV12
Chance Discovery to Aid Muscle Research, cyclopiazonic acid aflatoxin
toxicity cell membranes calcium transport enzyme, Ronald T. Riley, Athens, GA,
90NOV14
A Stick to Control Boll Weevils, bait sticks, attracticide, pheromone, insect
control, cyfluthrin, Gerald H. McKibben, Starkville, MS, 90NOV16
Learning Lessons on Reclamation, cattle grazing, strip mining, erosion,
bentonite, spoil wood chips and fertilizer, Gerald E. Schuman, Cheyenne, WY, 90NOV17
Viewing Anew the Structures of Life, new stage, higher resolution for
scanning, tunneling, microscope, digitized and colorized micrographs, computerized
image scanning, low- temperature microscopy, William P. Wergin, Eric F. Erbe, and
Christopher Pooley, Beltsville, MD, 90NOV18
Flax Message: New Variety for the Health Conscious, Omega flax seed, alpha-linolenic omega-3 fatty acids, oilseed, yellow-seeded flax, Jerry F. Miller, Fargo,
ND, 90NOV22
Insect Gene Mapping, Culicoides variipennis, biting midge, bluetongue disease,
DNA restriction, fragment length polymorphisms, Walter Tabachnick, Laramie, WY,
90NOV22
Avoiding Cataracts, human nutrition, antioxidant ,vitamins, vitamin C,
carotenoids, Paul F. Jacques, Boston, MA, 90NOV22
Higher Producing Honey Bees, weighing hives, selective breeding for honey
production, queens, honey production, Nicholas W. Calderone, Beltsville, MD, 90NOV23
Forum, Norman F. Cheville, Distinguished Scientist of 1990, ultrastructural
studies, electron microscopy, Newcastle disease, fowlpox infectious bursal disease,
veterinary pathology, 90DEC2
The Africanized Honey Bees, hybrid honey bees, killer bees, trap lines first
entry into U.S., threat to humans, effect on pollination, honey production
identification of sugar syrup, bait for marking queens, Ralph Bram Beltsville, and
numerous others, 90DEC4
Stingometer Finds Savage Stingers, European honey bees, Africanized honey
bees, DEET repellents, Hayward Spangler and Eric Erickson, Tucson, AZ, 90DEC9
Rare Immune System Disease Found in Cattle, Human Leukocyte Adhesion
deficiency (LAD), MAC-1 protein, Holstein breed, gene transfer test for carrier
animals, Marcus E. Kehrli Jr., Ames, IA, 90DEC12
The Cranberry Girdler: Sex is Its Undoing, Chrysoteucia topiaria, pheromone
traps, Douglas fir seedlings, cranberry bogs, endophyte-resistant grasses, James A.
Kamm, Corvallis, OR, Leslie M. McDonough, Yakima, WA, 90DEC13
Modern Air May Favor Rangeland Brush, atmospheric carbon dioxide, CO2,
controlled atmosphere studies, photosynthesis increase in biomass, time tunnel,
Herman S. Mayeaux, Jr., Hyrum B. Johnson, and H. Wayne Polley, Temple, TX, 90DEC14
Biting Into Apple Research, Elgetol codling moth (Cydia pomonella), leaf
miners, aphids, biocontrol apple ermine moth (Yponomenta mallimellus), mechanized
harvesting, postharvest controlled atmosphere, storage, Cryptococcus yeast
inhibits molds and rots, Max W. Williams, Eric A. Curry, James P. Mattheis, Stephen
R. Drake, Rodney G. Roberts, Wenatchee WA, David F. Brown, Harry G. Davis, J.
Franklin Howell, Leslie M. McDonough, Thomas R. Unruh, and James L. Krysan, Yakima,
WA, Stephen S. Miller, Kearneysville, WV, 90DEC18
The Apple Collection National Germplasm Repository, Rambo variety disease-resistance, genetic variability, Stephen Kresovich, Geneva, NY, 90DEC20
Of Crops and Crawfish: Diversity Sweeps the South, goldenberries, Mississippi
delta, chayote, muscadine grapes, blueberries, intercropping, Xenia Y. Wolff, Baton
Rouge, LA, 90DEC24
Grass-Fungus Symbiosis Saving Lawns, hairy chinch bug, endophyte fungus,
ryegrass, turfgrass, Roger H. Ratcliffe, Beltsville, MD, 90AUG11
Editorial: How Reliable is our Scientific Data?, alachlor solubility,
computer modeling programs, 89JAN2
The Year of the Africanized Bee?, apis mellifera, bait hives, honey
production, insect migration, Deet, Thomas Rinderer, Steve Shepherd, Robyn Glass,
Gerald Loper, Wayne Wolf, and Alan Sylvester, 89JAN4
Can't Tell Your Bees Apart? Bar Code 'Em!, Stephen L. Buchmann, 89JAN7
A-Peeling New Citrus Technology, orange peel, albedo, vacuum infusion, fruit,
grapefruit, Robert A. Baker, 89JAN8
Innovation in Foods: Safety First, Clostridium, botulinum, botulism, food
poisoning, bacteria, Robert L. Buchanan, Walter Fiddler, Jay B. Fox Jr., and Arthur J.
Miller, 89JAN10
Milk Protein Mystery Finally Solved, casein, curd cheese, cheese-making
enzymes in cheese-making process, Thomas F. Kumosinski, Helmut Pessen, and Harold M.
Farrel, 89JAN12
Soy Oil Has All the Moxie of Fish Oil, linolenic acid, omega-3 fatty acids,
marine oil, fat cholesterol-lessener, Edward A. Emken, 89JAN12
Goodbye Height Weight Tables?, fat-to-lean ratio, TOBEC, fat measurement, Marta
Van Loan, 89JAN13
Walnut Gets a New Gene, Abrobacterium, tumefaciens, walnut, embryos, gene
transfer, embryogenesis, Gale H. McGranahan, 89JAN14
Patent: Cucumber Pickles: More Crunch and Less Salt pickle fermentation
Lactobacillus plantarum carbon dioxide bloater damage cucumbers Henry P.
Fleming 89Jan15
Editorial: Can We Scale Up Fish Farming?, aquaculture, catfish, water quality,
Donald W. Freeman, 89FEB2
Catfish Farming: It's a Male-Order Business, hormones, catfish, sex selection,
aquaculture, Gary J. Carmichael, Cheryl A. Goudy, Wendell J. Lorio, and Peter B.
Johnsen, 89FEB4
Pond-Raised Shrimp Thrive on Sugarcane, bagasse, sugarcane, Penaeus vannamei,
feedlot, manure, aquaculture, 89FEB9
Meadowfoam: Pretty Flowers Pretty Possibilities, oilseed, soaps, limnanthes,
alba nutlets, 89FEB10
Vitamin E May Boost Immunity in Old Age, immune system, aging process,
supplements, vitamins, interleukin-2 white blood cells, Simin Meydani, 89FEB12
Poultry Diseases Fowl Threats to Broiler Industry, ascites, poultry, chickens,
birds, coccidiosis, Donald Witzel, Michael D. Ruff, Richard L. Witter, and Charles W.
Beard, 89FEB13
Frozen Soil Pulls Water Up From Below, soil erosion patterns, snow, no-till
frost, George R. Benoit, 89FEB14
Russian Gauges at Reynolds Creek, snowmelt, water supplies, climatic data
precipitation, Clayton L. Hanson, 89FEB16
Harmful Seeds: Taking a Closer Look, morning glory, nightshade, jimsonweed,
sicklepod, velvetleaf grain toxicity, Mendel Friedman, 89FEB17
Why Some Cows Fight Mastitis Better, neutrofils, white blood cells in cows,
dairy cows, flow cytometer, Max J. Paape and Albert J. Guidry, 89FEB17
Self-Destructing Alfalfa?, medicarpin, natural herbicide, David L. Dornbos, Jr.,
Peoria, IL, 89FEB18
Breeding for Early Bloom, soybean, crossbreeding pod fill, Randall L. Nelson,
89FEB19
Patent: New Lure Attracts Medfly Males, Ceratitis capitata, Ceralure,
Tridmedlure attractant, Mediterranean fruit fly, Terrence P. McGovern, 89FEB19
Editorial: Biological Pest Control, a winning strategy, crop rotation,
beneficial insects, genetic engineering, nematodes, weeds, screwworm, R. James Cook,
Pullman, WA, 89MAR2
Biological Control Turns 100 This Year, insects, nematodes, weeds, vedalia
beetle, parasitic wasps, Bt Bacillus thuringiensis, St. Johnswort, DDT, Jack R.
Coulson, 89MAR4
Friendly Flies May Stop Starthistle, Chaetorellia australis peacock fly,
biocontrol, Charles E. Turner, Albany, CA, 89MAR9
The Conqueror of Klamathweed, weed biocontrol, Klamathweed beetle, 89MAR8
Immigrant Pests: Locating Enemies Abroad, musk, thistle, apples, ermine moth,
hyperparasites, Richard S. Soper, Beltsville, MD, 89MAR10
Blunting the Peachtree Borer, lesser peachtree borer traps, pheremone, peach,
J. Wendell Snow, 89MAR14
Natural Sugar Cuts Salmonella in Broilers, D-mannose sugar, chickens,
salmonella, typhimurium, poultry, John R. DeLoach and Anthony B. Oyofo, 89MAR16
Herbicide Spray Melts Leaf Wax, johnsongrass, signalgrass, fall panicum,
Chester McWhorter and Floyd E. Fulgham, 89MAR18
Coping with Crop Residues, conservation tillage, coulters, Donald C. Erbach,
Ames, IA, 89MAR19
Process May Sweeten Sugarbeet Profits, beet process, sugar, Richard H. Edwards
and Wayne M. Camirand, 89MAR21
Shade Umbrella Stops Weeds, corn herbicide, canopy, Frank Forcella, 89MAR21
Shortcut for Bluetongue Research, sheep disease, insect borne disease, biting
midge, Sally J. Wechsler, 89MAR22
Patent: Bacteria Zap Wheat Weeds, downy brome pseudomonas, soil bacteria, Anhn
C. Kennedy, 89MAR22
Editorial: Potential Danger in Excess Supplements, diet, vitamins, selenium,
Curtiss D. Hunt, 89APR02
Farm Animals of the Future (part I), genetic engineering, poultry disease
resistance, pigs, cattle, rumen, lignin, sperm sorting, Robert J. Wall, James W.
Deaton, Michael D. Ruff, Norman C. Steele, Lawrence A. Johnson, and Larry V. Cundiff,
89APR04
Waste from Power Plants Conditions Soil, coal, electricity, generating
fluidized bed combustion, sulfur, William L. Stout, 89APR9
Vernonia New Industrial Oil Crop, Vernonia galemensis, epoxidized oil,
Ethiopia alkyd-resin paint, Robert E. Perdue Jr., 89APR10
The Making of an Essential Element, boron, brain function, hormones, vitamins,
metabolism, brain, James G. Penland, Forrest H. Nielsen, Terrence R. Shuler, and Curtiss
D. Hunt, 89APR12
Stethoconus: Dirty Harry of the Azaleas, azalea, lace bug, biocontrol,
Systematic Entomology Lab, John W. Neal Jr., 89APR14
Polyester Repairman is Really a Bee Epeolus, Colletes, Philip F. Torchio,
Logan, UT, 89APR18
Bitter Compounds in Citrus May Be Beneficial, nomilin cancer, limonin, Shin
Hasegawa, Pasadena, CA, 89APR18
Which Little Pig Is Fated to be Fat?, swine, lean meat, fat test for obesity,
diabetes, 89APR19
Scientists Fight Brush With Imported Insects, snakeweed, Heilipodus ventralis,
Carmenta haematica, mesquite, saltcedar, seepwillow, C. Jackson DeLoach Jr. and Paul E.
Boldt, 89APR16
Editorial: Great Expectations and Practical Realities, funding programs,
technology transfer, R.D. Plowman, 89MAY02
Tracking the Elusive Viroid, potato spindle tuber disease, RNA virus, viroid,
apple scar, skin viroid test, Theodor O. Diener and Ahmed Hadidi, 89MAY04
Selenium-Loving Plants Cleanse the Soil, mustard soil contamination,
irrigation, boron, phytochelatins, 89MAY08
Farm Animals of the Future Part II, lambs, twinning, dairy cattle, milk
production, BST, hormone poultry disease, swine disease, parasite, Hudson A. Glimp,
H. Duane Norman, Larry D. Satter, Henry F. Tyrrell, Vernon G. Pursel, Charles W.
Beard, and Alex B. Thiermann, 89MAY10
Weed-Free Fields Not Key to Highest Profits, Corn/Weed Bioeconomic Model,
herbicide use, crop rotation, Edward E. Schweizer, 89MAY14
Groundwater Under the Cornfields, irrigation, herbicides, soil microbes, GLEAMS,
William C. Koskinin, 89MAY15
Predicting Cattle Parasite Numbers, brown stomach worm, barberpole worm,
intestinal worms, computer model, Daniel E. Snyder, 89MAY16
Sugar Beets Breathe Lightly, Save Energy, storage rot fungi, Phoma betae,
sugar processing germplasm, Larry G. Campbell and Ben Hardin, Peoria, IL, 89MAY16
Active People May Need Extra Protein, diet, nutrition, endurance, exercise, RDA,
Carol N. Meridith, 89APR17
Odorless Lasting Protection for Wool, Streptomyces avermitilis, insect
resistance, Avermectin, Roy E. Bry, 89MAY17
Grow-Your-Own Diesel Fuel Not Forgotten, soybean oil, safflower oil, sunflower
oil, rape seed oil, Marvin O. Bagby, 89MAY18
The Perfume Fruit Flies Just Can't Resist, Malaysian fruit fly, cyclohexyl
and cyclohexenyl aliphatic alcohols and ketones, Dacus latifrons Latilure,
Terrence P. McGovern 89MAY19
Patent: Inhibiting Nitrogen Fertilizer Loss, leaching calcium carbide,
acetylene encapsulation, Arvin R. Mosier, 89MAY18
Editorial: Filling the Rice Bowl, exports, biotechnology, hybrid rice, genetic
engineering, rice, water, weevil, stinkbug, blast sheath, blight stem rot, J. Neil
Rutger 89JUN02
Silent Tracers Leave Their Mark, Carbon-13 stable, isotopes, nutrition, rice,
deuterium, calories, protein, deficiency, premature infants, RDA for infants,
breast-fed infants, fat, Peter Klein, Nancy Butte,David Hachey, and William Wong,
89JUN04
Nutritionally Enhanced Rice Genetically True, mutation, lysine, amino acids,
genetic engineering, 89JUN09
Crops in Space!, NASA growth culture, medium roots, light spectrum, closed
environment, root restriction, plant stress, Steven J. Britz, Donald T. Krizek, and Todd
A. Peterson, 89JUN10
Blast those Genes!, gene transfer, bioblaster mutations, genetic engineering,
electroporation, microprojectiles, Theodore M. Klein and Michael E. Fromm, 89JUN14
Ground-Nesting Bee Best for Blueberries, blueberry, bee, rabbiteye, blueberry
pollination, Habropoda laboriosa, Jerry A. Payne, 89JUN16
Kenaf Tops Equal High-Quality Ha,y paper, forage, alfalfa hay, William Phillips,
89JUN18
From the Flower Garden: Natural Insect Resistance, Heliothis zea, petunia,
tomato, fruitworm, tomatillo, protoplast fusion, microinjection, Carl A. Elliger
and Anthony C. Waiss Jr., 89JUN18
Patent: Zinc Helps Keep Fruits Fresh, zinc, chloride, bath fruit, browning,
polyphenol, oxidase, enzyme, Harold R. Bolin, 89JUN19
Less Pickleworm Pesticide, cucumbers, pesticides, trap, pheromone, Kent D. Elsey,
89JUN19
Editorial: Where Will Tomorrow's Scientists Come From?, education, volunteers,
students, recruiting work force, Mary E. Carter, 89JUL02
Wanted: Breathing Room for Crops, air pollution, Ethylenediurea plant
regulator, plant stress, ozone, corn, Edward H. Lee and Donald T. Krizek, 89JUL04
Treasure Maps to Pest Control, Calepitrimerusl eriophyid, gall mite, grape
vines, Systematic Entomology, cunaxid biocontrol, Robert L. Smiley, 89JUL07
Fungal Trublemaker Under Fire, Fusarium mold, tricothecene toxins, enzyme
phytoalexins, genetic engineering, Marian Beremand, Anne Desjardins, Thomas Hohn,
Susan McCormick, and Odette Shotwell, 89JUL8
Treatment Lands Fruit Pests in Hot Water, tropical fruit, mango, pest,
quarantine, fruit fly, carambolas, Caribbean fruit fly, Jennifer Sharp, 89JUL09
Nitrogen Overload May Shrivel Vitamin Content, nitrogen, fertilizer, vitamin C,
iron, nutrition, vegetables, fruit, beta carotene, Sharon Hornick, 89JUL10
Tiny Parasite Taking on Grasshopper Hordes, Nosema locustae biocontrol,
bacteria and fungi, protozoa, entomopox virus, John E. Henry, Jerome A. Onsager,
William P. Kemp, Douglas A. Streett, and James S. Berry, 89JUL12
Computerized Crystal Ball for Wheat Growth, computer model, PLANTEMP, drought,
Universal Soil Loss Equation, weather data, Elizabeth Klepper, Pendleton, OR,
89JUL15
Uncovering Food Pathogens' Nasty Secrets, bacteria, Listeria monocytogenes,
Shiugella, flexneri, immune response, bacteria, James L. Smith, 89JUL16
Pinning Down Copper's Place In Diet, minerals, nutrition, RDA, vitamin C,
Phyllis Johnson, 89JUL18
Deadliest Days of Drought Stress, microscopic reconnaissance, drought, stress,
cotton, plants, computer, photographs, photosynthesis, Eugene L. Vigil, 89JUL19
Moth Recruited to Gnaw Knapweed, biological control, yellow-winged root moth,
Agapeta zoegana, Sara S. Rosenthal, 89JUL19
Seeds Safely Doze Under Laughing Gas, nitrous oxide, seed storage, germplasm
preservation, tropical and subtropical plants, 89JUL21
Solving Plant Hormone Puzzle, abscisic acid, sprouting, genetic engineering,
enzymes growth regulator, M.K. Walker-Simmons, Shirley M. Norman, and Stephen M.
Poling, Peoria, IL 89JUL21
Cooking Creates Host of Cholesterol Compounds, oxides, carcinogenic, Gerhad
Maerker, Philadelphia, PA, 89JUL22
More Precision in Brucellosis Tests, Bang's disease, abortion in cattle,
undulant fever, vaccinated test, livestock, Louisa Tabatabai, 89JUL23
Fat Cells, Fat Chicks, chickens, poultry, adipsin, genetic engineering,
chickenfeed, Teresa L. Blalock, 89JUL23
Editorial Computer Models Aid Groundwater Protection, pesticide movemen,t
decision-making tools, mobility, persistence, management systems, slow-release
formulations, application scheduling, selective placement, agricultural chemicals,
David A. Farrell, 89AUG02
Water Models Save Resources, computer models, pesticides, peanuts, EPIC, soil
erosion, ALMANAC SWRRB, intercropping, soil type, topography, sediment, James I.
Davidson Jr., Jimmy R. Williams, and Jeffrey G. Arnold, 89AUG04
Weather Wizard, rainfall, CLIMATE, computer model, forecast, weather, data base,
John F. Zusel, David A. Woolhiser, and Russell S. Karow, 89AUG10
Pinpointing Pollutants with Soil Samples, supercritical fluid extractor,
chromatograph, soil contaminants, groundwater, Jerry W. King, 89AUG11
Guard Dogs Mean Business, sheep, coyotes, predators, livestock, Jeffrey Green,
89AUG12
Superscales Help Growers Save Water, lysimeter, precision, irrigation soil,
moisture, drip irrigation, Claude J. Phene, 89AUG14
Adapt-a-Plant, aluminum in soil acid soil, genetic engineering, wheat,
limpograss, mine-spoil soil, bluegrass, salt in soil, iron, Charles D. Foy, Michael
C. Shannon, Robert T. Ramage Jr., James J. Murray, Gerald A. Jung, Rufus Chaney, and
Thomas E. Carter, 89AUG16
Streambank Plants Vital to Water Quality, roots, streamside vegetation,
environment, erosion, sedimentation, rhizotron, Tony J. Svejcar, 89AUG19
Nunas: A Nutritious Snack Food, nunas, South America, high protein, bean,
popcorn, Stephen C. Spaeth and Matt J. Silbernagel, 89AUG20
NIRS Detection Saves Labor, dairy, cattle, milk, lactation, near infrared
reflectance spectroscopy, estrus, David H. Clark, 89AUG20
Eat-All Melon, fruit, nutrition, marketing, flavor, Perry E. Nugent, 89AUG21
Underground Microbes Counter Chemicals, herbicides, groundwater, alachlor,
metribuzin, Thomas B. Moorman and Sidney S. Harper, 89AUG22
Grasses Control Excess Fertilizer, nitrogen, groundwater, pollution, cereal,
grasses, Jack Meisinger, 89AUG22
Patent: A Mover and a Shaker, thornless blackberries, harvesting small fruits,
Donald L. Peterson, 89AUG23
Editorial: The Cockroach Controversy, pesticide, asthma, food safety,
sulfluramide, Asian cockroach, Salmonella, 89SEP02
Cockroaches in the Attic, electronic sensors, home construction, German
cockroach, insect activity affected by humidity temperature, ventilation, airflow,
Richard J. Brenner, 89SEP4
New Cockroach Ant Insecticide, sulfluramid fire ants, Clifford Lofgren and Robert
K. Vander Meer, Gainesville, FL, 89SEP7
World's Friendliest Biotechnology Lab, EPCOT Center, biotechnology laboratory,
cloning, tourists, genetic engineering, Jerome P. Miksche, 89SEP08
Better Tasting More Healthful Oils, soybean, sunflower, cannola flavor,
lipoxygenase storage conditions, oilseeds, 89SEP10
Pastures Need Help for Clean Bill of Health, groundwater, nitrogen, manure,
livestock, pollution, Lloyd B. Owens, 89SEP13
Mutant Pea Glutton for Iron, E107, hemochromatosis, ferric, iron mutation, Ross
M. Welch, 89SEP14
Smelling Just Peachy Keen, fruit, peach aroma, market conditions, shelf-life,
Robert J. Horvat, 89SEP14
Patent: No-Calorie Flour, high-fiber flour, lignin bread, J. Michael Gould,
89SEP15
Editorial: Sustaining Agriculture, alternative farming management systems,
research, funding, erosion control, genetic engineering, R.D. Plowman, 89OCT02
Alternative vs. Conventional Farming, ridge tillage, worms, fertilizer,
herbicides, nitrogen, groundwater livestock, farmers, David Synder and Dick
Thompson, Jerry L. Hatfield, Douglas L. Karlen, Edward C. Berry, Thomas S. Colvin, and
John W. Doran, 89OCT04
The Eyes of Texas Track the Boll Weevil, cotton, infrared photography, aerial
reconnaissance, Kenneth R. Summy, Weslaco, TX, 89OCT08
An Acre in the Palm of Your Hand, allelopathy, natural herbicides, duckweed,
weed control, bioassay, Gerald R. Leather, 89OCT09
Manure Without Pollution, fertilizer, nitrogen, liquid manure, triple crop, sod
system, forage, James Butler, 89OCT10
Helping Small Farmers Make Big Decisions, computer system, expert system, APEX,
commodities, Yao-Chi Lu, 89OCT13
Tools for Sustaining the Soil, paraplow, crop residue, seed fertilizer, cross-slot drill, sustainable agriculture, slot mulcher, sweep plow, Lloyd N. Mielke,
Lloyd F. Elliot, Keith A. Saxton, and Robert Papendick, 89OCT14
When Plant Cooling Fails . . . , drought transpiration, thermal, kenetic, window,
genetic engineering, enzymes, corn, wheat, cotton, spinach, cucumbers, Jerry E.
Quisenberry, Lubbock, TX, 89OCT17
The Best Bacteria for Soybean Roots, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, nitrogen,
fertilizer, Perry B. Cregan and Harold H. Keyser, Beltsville, MD, 89OCT18
Probing Plant Preferences, cells, nitrate, ammonia, fertilizer, Leon V. Kochian,
Ithaca, NY, 89OCT18
Predicting Insecticide Resistance, population, genetics vs. quantitative
genetics, Jane L. Hayes and Michael Firko, Stoneville, MS, 89OCT18
Nikkomycin—Antibiotic for Plants, bacterium, Streptomyces, tendae, fungi, Paul
Engel, New Orleans, LA, 89OCT19
Kearneysville: Where New Ideas Come to Fruit, apples, peaches, pears, apricots,
plums, blackberries, strawberry, Stephen Miller, Kearneysville, WV, 89NOV04
Can Crops Tolerate Acid Rain, lettuce, tomato, winter wheat, Denis T. DuBay and
Allen S. Heagle, Raleigh, NC, 89NOV09
Underground Allies of Plants, fungi mycorrhizae, Gabor J. Bethlenfalvay,
Albany, CA, 89NOV10
Collecting Ryegrass in the Soviet Union, forages, germplasm, Kay H. Asay, Logan,
UT, 89NOV14
Chinese Pigs May Perk Up Production, hogs, China, Roger J. Gerrits, Beltsville,
MD, 89NOV16
Pecan Breeders Crack a Tough Nut, hickory, germplasm, Tommy E. Thompson,
Brownwood, TX, 89NOV18
Blush With Death, nematode, Heterorhabditis heliothidis, Andrew P. Nyczepir,
Byron, GA, 89NOV21
Weight Loss Is Simple Arithmetic: Subtraction, calorimeter, diet, metabolism,
William V. Rumpler, Beltsville, MD, 89NOV22
Breeding Super Sweetpotatoes: Regal Southern Delite, Excel, southern potato
wireworm, tobacco wireworm, banded cucumber beetle, spotted cucumber beetle,
elongated flea beetle, pale-striped flea beetle, and sweetpotato flea beetle,
Philip Dukes, Charleston, SC, 89NOV24
Editorial: Chester G. McWhorter, Distinguished Scientist of the Year, weeds,
johnsongrass, 89NOV02
The Cheese Detectives, food adulteration, Michael H. Tunick, Philadelphia, PA,
89NOV26
Catfish Disease Step Closer to Control, Edwardsiella ictaluri, bacterium,
Phillip H. Klesius, Auburn, AL, 89NOV26
Neckbands: An Alternative to Ear Tags, cattle, horn flies, face flies, ticks
and mites, parasite, J. Allen Miller, Kerrville, TX, 89NOV2
Editorial—Many
Success Stories are Yet To Be Written, for Jane Giles student programs, science
research associates, personnel, 89DEC02
Opening the Door to Agricultural Science, National Visitors' Center, teachers,
science workshop, log lodge, 89DEC04
These Students Track Disappearing Soybean Gene, genetics, Rj4, bradyrhizobia,
soil, bacteria, Thomas E. Devine, Beltsville, MD, 89DEC06
An ARS Lab Reaps What It Has Sown, cotton fiber, quality summer apprentice
program, student in agriculture, Barbara Triplett. New Orleans, LA, 89DEC08
ARS Programs for Student and Temporary Help, student employment guidelines,
Nancy Bakes, Beltsville, MD, 89DECInsert
All Summer, Teacher's a Researcher, Teachers' Research Fellowship Program,
John R. DeLoach, 89DEC10
Growing Our Own Scientists, minority students, high school students, David E.
Zimmer, Athens, GA, 89DEC14
Memorable Teaching, Memorable Science Teacher Fellowship Program, microbial
degradation, J. Michael Gould, Peoria, IL, 89DEC16
An Extra Push from Extracurriculars, Tomorrow's Scientists, Technicians, and
Managers student clubs, Grant St. Julian, Peoria, IL 89DEC17
Potato Chips, minority students, Philadelphia school district, volunteerism,
John P. Cherry Philadelphia, PA, 89DEC18
Soil . . . Some Call It Dirt, wheat, PLANTEMP, Saturday Academy, Elizabeth L.
Klepper, Pendleton, OR, 89DEC19
From Coast to Coast Showing Their Class in Science, teaching agricultural
science, minority student programs, women in agriculture, high school programs,
numerous scientists, 89DEC20
My Summers With Science, papaya, bacteria, fungi, Mediterranean fruit fly, Kate
A. Nishijima, Hilo, HI, 89DEC21
The Beltsville Break-In, editorial, animal rights activists, African miniature
swine cats, Terry B. Kinney, Washington, DC, 88JAN2
Orlando Lab Helps Protect Florida Citrus, oranges, grapefruit, tristeza, canker,
cold hardiness, Richard T. Mayer, Orlando, FL, Edwin Civerolo, Beltsville, MD,
88JAN6
Menthol Clears Bees Breathing Tubes, tracheal mites, honey, William Wilson,
Weslaco, TX, 88JAN11
Planned Parenthood for More Perfect Potatoes, Atlantic, BelRus, Raymon Webb,
and Kathleen G. Haynes, Beltsville, MD, 88JAN12
Soil Yields 72 New Varieties of a Natural Pest Control, Bt, Bacillus
thuringiensis, Susan Martin, Beltsville, MD, 88JAN14
New Test Helps Guard Against Food Poisoning, purple dye, Yersinia
enterocolitica, Saumya Bhaduri, Philadelphia, PA, 88JAN4
Which Little Piggy Stays Home?, hog breeders, STAGES, Swine Testing and
Genetic Evaluation System, Dewey L. Harris, Clay Center, NE, 88JAN4
White Lupin: Future Grain for the North?, legume, Lupinus albus also lupine,
William M. Clapham, Orono, ME, 88JAN5
Fiber Component May Bring Down Colon Cancer Risk, calcium pectate,
cholesterol, Peter D. Hoagland and Philip E. Pfeffer, Philadelphia, PA, 88JAN5
A Vaccine for Swine Trichinosis, hogs, pigs, Patent Application Serial No.
07/068499, Vaccine for Swine Trichinosis, Kenneth D. Murrell, Beltsville, MD,
88JAN16
A Fungal Foe for Jimsonweed, fungus, Alternaria crassa, Clyde D. Boyette,
Stoneville, MS, Patent Application Serial No. 07/092100, Control of Jimsonweed,
88JAN16
Soil Yields New Varieties of Bt, Patent Application Serial No. 07/050450,
Acetate Selected Bacillus thuringiensis and the Method of Use, 88JAN16
Editorial: Improving Groundwater Quality, underground water, pesticide,
chemicals, wells, soil decontamination, Terry B. Kinney Jr., 88FEB2
Caterpillars Held In Perpetual Youth, biocontrol, wasp, bollworms, armyworms,
Euplectrus plathypenae, Thomas A. Coudron and Benjamin Puttler, Columbia, MO,
88FEB4
Culprit in Winter Lettuce Price Rise, virus, white flies, James D. McCreight
and James E. Duffus, St. Salinas, CA, 88FEB4
Vaccine Planned Against Cattle Grub, pest vaccine, parasitic larva, bacteria,
parasite, John H. Pruett Jr., Kerrville, TX, 88FEB5
Bored Boars: A $50 Million Problem, tests to predict sexual performance, J.
Joe Ford, Clay Center, NE, 88FEB5
Safeguarding Our Essential Resource . . . , Water, pesticides, herbicides, chemicals,
pollution, David A. Farrell, Beltsville, MD, 88FEB6
Asian Children May Quell Nutritional Controversy, Thailand, zinc, vitamin A,
blood, James C. Smith, Beltsville, MD, 88FEB11
New Plow Saves Soil, Harnesses Microbe Power, wheat, moldboard erosion,
underground plow, Lloyd N. Mielke, Lincoln, NE, 88FEB12
Fungi are Key Future Sources of Safe Chemicals, infestans, Penicillium
cyclopium, Hank Cutler, Athens, GA, 88FEB13
Spiroplasmas Tempted By Laboratory Soup, parasites, fruit flies, Kevin J.
Hackett, Beltsville, MD, 88FEB14
Potato Plants Make Their Own Insect Repellent, leptine cell fusion, Stephen
L. Sinden, Beltsville, MD, 88FEB15
Protecting Chickens Against Marek's Disease, vaccines, nonpathogenic strain,
Richard L. Witter, East Lansing, MI, Patent Application Serial No. 07/071949,
Serotype 2, Marek's Disease Vaccine, 88FEB16
Cellulose III Cotton Fiber Resists Abrasive Wear, durable press, Timothy A.
Calamari and Lawrence Yatsu, New Orleans, LA, Patent Application Serial No.
07/063357, Stable Crystalline Cellulose III Polymorphs, 88FEB16
Editorial: An Imperative for Computer Modeling, modules, carbon dioxide, code
Basil Acock, Beltsville, MD, 88MAR2
Anticaking Agent May Detox Chicken Feed, aflatoxin, Aspergillus flavus, Leon
F. Kubena, College Station, TX, 88MAR4
Tomatoes Prefer Red Mulch, Potatoes Like It White, colored plastic mulch
yield color, Michael J. Kasperbauer and Patrick G. Hunt, Florence, SC, 88MAR4
Tiny Homes in Plant Leaves Shelter Beneficial Mites, coffee, dogwood, camphor,
domatia, facultative, mutualism, Robert W. Pemberton, Bozeman, MT, and Charles E.
Turner, Albany, CA, 88MAR5
Dwarf Corn Shades Weeds, herbicide, soil conservation, Frank Forcella, Morris,
MI, 88MAR5
Agriculture and the Greenhouse Effect, sun's rays, heat temperature, carbon
dioxid,e CO2, W. Doral Kemper, Beltsville, MD, 88MAR6
It's Code Named Carna 5 Cucumber Mosaic Virus RNA, Jacobus M. Kaper,
Beltsville, MD, 88MAR10
New Cornbread Adds Flavor to Sandwiches, flour, gluten, bread, texture, Kathleen
A. Warner, Leo L. Navickis, and Edward B. Bagley, Peoria, IL, 88MAR11
Self-Shielded Crops Possible, vaccinating alfalfa, apple,s oranges, Nichole R.
O'Neill and C. Jacyn Baker, Beltsville, MD, 88MAR12
Pawprint Test for Vitamin B6 Deficiency, rat, abnormal gait, Monica C.
Schaeffer, San Francisco, CA, 88MAR13
Carbonated Milk: Soft Drink That's Not Junk Food, soda, milk, strawberry
apricot juice, CO2, Ranjit S. Kadan, New Orleans, LA, 88MAR14
Diet Studies To Rely On Home Computers food, Mary J. Kretsch, San Francisco,
CA, 88MAR14
Editorial Sixty Years of Conservation Research, native grasses, soil, M.E.
Carter, 88APR2
Computers Fill a GAPP For Plant Explorers, Germplasm Acquisition Priority
Program, seeds spores, Alan A. Atchley, Beltsville, MD, 88APR4
Super Slurper Saves the Day for Good Nematodes, absorbent, moist, cornstarch,
William J. Schroeder, Orlando FL, 88APR4
Antiweed Bacteria May Replace Some Herbicides, rhizobacteria, Robert J.
Kremer, Columbia, MO, 88APR5
Small Tomato Pots Are Perfect Space Savers, windowboxes, Donald T. Krizek,
Beltsville, MD, 88APR5
Farmers Look to Science for Anti-Erosion Plan, Bluegrass heavy sod soil, W.
Doral Kemper, Beltsville, MD, 88APR7
Future Lawns To Save Mowing Time, Zoysia grass, turfgrass, Jack J. Murray,
Beltsville, MD, 88APR11
Oats Are Not Just For Horses, lowers blood cholesterol, cereal grain, Charles
F. Murphy, Beltsville, MD, 88APR12
Corn Bred Successfully for Higher Photosynthesis Rate, higher yields, Doyle
B. Peters, Urbana, IL, 88APR12
Counting Insects: The High-Tech Way, sodar, computer, pesticide, Don E.
Hendricks, Weslaco, TX, 88APR14
Wetting Agent Unbungles Fungals, weed killer, fungal herbicide, water/oil
emulsion, Charles Quimby Jr., Stoneville, MS, Patent Application Serial No.
07/114952 Control of Undesirable Vegetation. 88APR16
Dyeing Flame-Retardent Fabrics Urea, Robert J. Harper Jr. and John V.
Beninate, New Orleans, LA, Patent Application Serial No. 07/075169, Process for
Dyeing Flame-Retardent Fabrics, 88APR16
Editorial: At Boston A Model Research Facility, aging, elderly population,
nutrition, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 88MAY2
Varroa Nemesis of the Beehive, varroa, jacobsoni, mite bee, Hachiro Shimanuki,
Beltsville, MD, 88MAY4
Mosquito Larvae are Color Coded, anopheline, homochromy, sterility, Mark Q.
Benedict and Jack A. Seawright, Gainesville, FL, 88MAY5
More Grama Grass With Atrazine, herbicide, range, grass, forage, nitrogen, beef,
profits, Marvin C. Shoop, Fort Collins, CO, 88MAY5
Super Carrots Healthful Carrots, vitamin A, carotene, Beta III, mechanical
harvest, Philipp W. Simon, Madison, WI, 88MAY5
Taking the Initiative in Puerto Rico, tropical farming, sorghum, winter
nursery, yams, Caribbean Basin Initiative, Antonio Sotomayor-Rios, Paul Hepperly, and
Edmundo Rivero, Mayaguez, PR, Keith F. Schertz, College Station, TX, 88MAY6
New Houseplants To Boost U.S. Floral Industry, dwarf lisianthus cupressus
lilies, potted plants, floriculture, Roger H. Lawson and Mark S. Roh Beltsville, MD,
88MAY9
New Lima Bean Tolerates Drought Like a Camel, water, vegetable, pods, dry,
drought tolerance, 88MAY10
The ABC's of Coronary Artery Disease, Human Nutrition Research Center on
Aging at Tufts University, apolipoproteins, atherosclerosis, blood cholesterol,
coronary artery disease, HDL LDL, Ernst J. Schaefer and Jose Ordovas, Boston, MA,
88MAY12
Circulation of Lipoproteins and Apolipoproteins in the Human Body,
chylomicron, dietary lipids, triglycerides, 88MAY13
Nation's Tallest VAWT Turning Out the Watts, electricity, wind, windpower,
turbine, R. Nolan Clark, Bushland, TX, 88MAY15
Moisture-Shrinkable Films, shrink films wrap water-soluble starch, graft
copolymers, George F. Fanta, Peoria, IL, 88MAY16
Removing Endotoxin from Cotton, byssinosis, lint, dust fiber, Linda N.
Domelsmith, New Orleans, LA, 88MAY16
Editorial: Gene Stock: Locating the Best, animal breeding, genetics, germplasm,
Keith E Gregory and Roger J. Gerrits, 88JUN2
Overhead Volts Do Bossy No Harm, cattle grazing, electric lines, power lines,
David C. Ganskopp, Burns, OR, 88JUN4
Worm vs. Worm: Farmers Benefit, nematode, steinernema feltiae, corn rootworms,
Jan J. Jackson, Brookings, SD, 88JUN4
SweetPotatoes Make Good French Fries, Wolensky's chef, Kevin Long, vitamin A,
William M. Walter Jr., 88JUN5
Nitrogen Losses From Soil Calculated, ozone layer, nitric acid, nitrous oxide,
Gordon L. Hutchinson, Fort Collins, CO, 88JUN6
Stop—Don't Slice that Tomato!, flavor, aroma, Z-3-hexenal, Ronald G. Buttery,
Albany, CA, 88JUN6
High Tech Lends Helping Hand to Cattle Producers, embryo splitting cattle
histocompatibility twinning washing gene stock, Sherril E. Echternkamp and Keith
E. Gregory, Clay Center, NE, Charles A. Mebus, Greenport, NY, Michael T. Zavy, Reno,
OK, Robert A. Bellows and Robert B. Staigmiller, Miles City, MT, and Louis C.
Gasbarre, Beltsville, MD, 88JUN7
Sperm: the Other Half of the Reproduction Equation, laser, fluorescent dye,
sex selection, 88JUN10
Better Bread Through Biotechnology, wheat, dough, yeast, saccharomyces,
cerevisiae, gliadin, Frank C. Greene, Albany, CA, 88JUN11
Wonderful World of Yeast, collection bread, Northern Regional Research Center,
strains, bacteria molds, P. Cletus Kurtzman, Peoria, IL, 88JUN12
Plant Hormones Could Help Shape Tomorrow's Crops, indole-3-acetic acid, mass
spectrometer, bioengineering, growth inhibitors, ripeness, Jerry D. Cohen,
Beltsville, MD, 88JUN14
Making Travel Easier for Nematodes, worms, osmotic dessication, dormant, dried,
biocontrol, James E. Lindgren, Fresno, CA, 88JUN15
Conservation Offers Best Odds in a Drought LID, dryland farming, water
conservation tillage limited, irrigation on dryland, James F. Parr, Beltsville, MD,
88AUG2
Dyer's Woad Wages Chemical War in West, weed toxin, herbicide, isastis
tinctoria, James A. Young, Reno, NV, 88AUG4
Farmers Sell Strawberries All Season, Tribute Tristar, late-bearing
everbearing, Gene Galletta, Beltsville, MD, 88AUG4
Computerized Apple Records Bumps, damaged fruit, melons, peaches, tomatoes,
potatoes, packing, handling, transit, Galen K. Brown, E. Lansing ,MI, 88AUG5
Early Sex May Doom Pear Psylla, diapause, juvenoids, biocontrol, hormones, James
L. Krysan, Yakima, WA, 88AUG6
Fungus Sides With Bug Against Weed, velvetleaf, niesthrea, louisianica,
fusarium, Robert J. Kremer, Columbia, MO, 88AUG6
New Matmaker Hastens Hay Making, forage, alfalfa, mowing, silage, Richard G.
Koegel, Madison, WI, 88AUG7
Cultivating an Indifference to Drought, ww-spar, bluestem, hycrest, pearl
millet, fungus, VAM, peanuts, blueberries, citrus, 88AUG7
Drought: A Farmer's Diary, corn shoot seedlings, water stress, John J. Burke,
Lubbock, TX, 88AUG10
When It Never Rains Enough, dryland, aquifers, irrigation, sprinkler, trickle,
drip, level basin, Dale A. Bucks, Beltsville, MD, 88AUG11
Genetic Road Signs Point to Higher Yields, corn, chromosomes, breeding, genes,
Charles W. Stuber, Raleigh, NC, 88AUG15
Gene Transport Vehicles Found in Yeasts, linear plasmids, saccharomyces,
cerevisiae, shuttle, genes, strains, Paul L. Bolen, Peoria, IL, 88AUG16
Traffic Lanes Protect Plants, squashed soil pores, compaction, alfalfa, Burl D.
Meek and Eric A. Rechel, Shafter, CA, 88AUG17
USDA Clearinghouse for Plant Germplasm Exchange Tristan da Cunha potatoes
germplasm PIO strains teff barley coffee, George A. White, Beltsville, MD, 88AUG18
New Permanent Press Cotton Fabric Treatment, wrinkles, dry polycarboxylic
acids, textile, Clark M. Welch, New Orleans, LA, 88AUG19
Editorial: Biologicals Favored in Crop Protection Plans, Interview with
Richard S. Soper, biocontrol, weeds, microplitis, 88SEP2
No Bone Loss When Seniors Work Out, osteoporosis, estrogen, calcium, vitamin D,
William Evans, Boston, MA, 88SEP4
Test For Tickborne Cattle Disease, anaplasmosis diagnosis, DNA probe,
parasite, Willard L. Goff and David Stiller, Pullman, WA, 88SEP4
Oil From Myrrh's Cousin Repels Ticks, Commiphora, erythraea,
furanosesquiterpenoid Africa, John F. Carroll, Beltsville, MD, 88SEP4
Elemental Sleep Problems, copper, iron, trace elements, diet, RDA, James G.
Penland, Grand Forks, ND, 88SEP5
Teaching a Lab Wasp Field Tricks, Microplitis croceipes Heliothis tobacco
budworm bollworm parasitic wasp pyretheroids, James H. Tumlinson, Robert Heath,
Patrick Greany, and Steven Ferkovitch, Gainsville, FL, W. Joe Lewis, Tifton, GA,
Edgar G. King, Weslaco, TX, Gary W. Elzen, Stoneville, MS, Janine E. Powell and Jon
L. Roberson, Mississipi State University, MS, William M. Steiner, Columbia, MS,
Keith R. Hopper, Behoust, France, Don L. Bull, College Station, TX, 88SEP6
National Heliothis Suppression Program, genetic control, biological control,
behavioral control, chemical control, host-planet resistance, cultural control,
88SEP9
Scientists Take Aim on Lettuce Menaces, vacuum, infectious yellow mosaic
virus, sweetpotato whitefly, James E. Duffus and Edward Ryder, Salinas, CA, 88SEP14
Eat Fat Be Fat—Yes It's True, diet, body weight, fat-to-lean ratio,
carbohydrates lipids, Joan M. Conway, Beltsville, MD, 88SEP14
Chemical Cuts Off Weed Reproduction, red rice, fluazilfop, soybeans, rice, Roy
J. Smith Jr., 88SEP14
Patent: Bathing Technique Frees Pollen Cell's Contents, protoplasts, enzymes,
saline solution gelatin, Merle L. Weaver, Albany, CA, 88SEP15
Editorial: ARS Developed New Crops and Products, surpluses, kenaf, crambe,
jojoba, lesquerella, cuphea guayule, L.H. Princen, Peoria, IL, 88OCT2
Gene Transfers Quick Answers, leaner meat, embryo transplants, genetic
engineering, Donna A. King and Robert J. Wall, 88OCT4
Diet Needn't be Spartan, low cholesterol, lower blood pressure, nutritional
substitutions, fat intake, Rita M. Doughetry, 88OCT4
Tomatoes May Stay Fresh Longer, galactose stimulates production of ethylene,
ripening enzyme, synthesis sugars, Ken C. Gross, 88OCT5
Don't Overdo the Vitamin A, vitamin supplements for people over 60, retilnyl
esters liver damage, bone and joint pain dermatitis, Stephen Krasinski, 88OCT5
Kenaf Paper: A Forest-Saving Alternative, newsprint joint venture,
partnership, new crop, paper, Marvin O. Bagby, 88OCT7
Homegrown Lubricants and Plastics, lesquerella new crop source of lysine
oilseed, Anson Thompson, 88OCT8
The Age-Old Battle Against Parasites, toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidium,
trichinella, spiralis, trichinosis, filarid worms, Leon W. Bone, Phillip Klesius,
Michael W. Fleming, Ray Gamble, and Jitender Dubey, 88OCT10
Veterinary Research Facility Underway, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal
Research Center, 88OCT13
Fruit Flies Can't Take the Heat, new treatment for papayas eliminates
Mediterranean oriental and melon flies, 88OCT13
Penjing Comes to Washington National Arboretum, dwarf pine, Chinese art form,
Marc Cathey, 88OCT14
Patent: Heat Alkali Convert Crops to Chemicals, oxalic acid, glycolic acid,
John M. Krochta, 88OCT15
Editorial: Janice M. Miller Distinguished Scientist, bovine, leukosis,
retrovirus, herpes c-type viruses, leukoassay-B, diagnostic kit, 88NOV2
Exports: Overcoming the Obstacles, ethyl dibromide, fumigation, grapefruit,
cherries, exports to Japan, peanuts, watermelon, soybeans, raisins, blueberries,
Gordon C. Rasmussen, John R. Vercellotti, Paul D. Blankenship, Ken Severn, Richard
Kinney, Thurman T. Hatton Jr., Timothy L. Mounts, Robert Davis, Lawrence Risse, and
Doyle A. Smittle, 88NOV4
Japan Okays California Nectarines, fumigation treatment, codling moths,
Patrick V. Vail, 88NOV7
Now Starring on Your Thanksgiving Table, Beltsville Small White artificial
insemination stud farms, Thomas J. Sexton and Edward J. Robel Jr., 88NOV8
Semidwarf Rice: A Giant in World Trade, less lodging fertilizer, Gulfmont
variety, Charles Bollich, 88NOV10
Dud Rams Cost Big Bucks, breeding homosexual sheep, James A. Fitzgerald and
Anne Perkins, 88NOV11
Hot Peppers Spice Up Profits for Farmers, Louisiana cajun cuisine, Carolina
Cayenne pepper don't need nematicides, southern root knot nematode, Alec
Gillespie, 88NOV11
Australian Chestnut Serves Two Purposes, AIDS research, moreton bay chestnut,
castanospermum australe ornamental, James A. Duke, 88NOV12
Russian Wheat Aphids Invade, resistant varieties of wheat, biological
controls, mulching, screening, insecticides, computers, Richard Soper, 88NOV12
Patent: New Virus Mix Kills Insects in Raisins, indianmeal moth granulosis,
Patrick V. Vail, 88NOV13
Forum, editorial, Janice M. Miller, distinguished Scientist, 88DEC02
Exports: Overcoming the Obstacles, grapefruit, oranges, soybeans, wheat
,phosphine, fumigation, Thurman T Hatton, Orlando, FL, Gordon K. Rasmussen, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands, 88DEC04
Japan Okays California Nectarines, fumigation, codling moth, Patrick V. Vail,
Fresno, CA, 88DEC07
Now Starring on Your Thanksgiving Table, Thomas J. Sexton, Beltsville, MD,
88DEC08
Semidwarf Rice: A Giant in World Trade, Charles Bollich, Beaumont, TX, 88DEC10
Dud Rams Cost Big Bucks, sheep, ewes, sexual performance, James A. Fitzgerald
and Anne Perkins, Dubois, ID, 88DEC11
Hot Peppers Spice Up Profits for Farmers, Carolina Cayenne, Richard L. Fery,
Charleston, SC, 88DEC11
Australian Chestnut Serves Two Purposes, Moreton Bay, anti-AIDS drug, James A.
Duke, Beltsville, MD, 88DEC12
Russian Wheat Aphids Invade, barley oats, rye, Richard S. Soper, Beltsville, MD,
88DEC12
New Virus Mix Kills Insects in Raisins, patent, Indianmeal moth, Patrick V.
Vail, Fresno, CA, 88DEC13
Forum, The Future of Nutrition Research, interactions of nutrients, human
nutrition, Walter Mertz, Beltsville, MD, 87JAN2
What's That Chewing?, listening device, J.C. Webb, Gainesville, FL, Patent
Application No. 861,770, Acoustical Detection of Hidden Insects, 87JAN16
Debittering Citrus Juices, with bacteria, limonoids, Shin Hasegawa
Pasadena, CA, Patent No. 4,447,456, Strain of Corynebacterium Fascians And Use
Thereof To Reduce Limonoid Bitterness in Citrus Products, 87JAN16
Strawberry Clones Frozen in Time, cryogenics, Germplasm Repository, liquid
nitrogen, Harry B. Lagerstedt, Corvallis, OR, 87JAN4
Carbon Dioxide Makes Heat Therapy Work, blueberry and raspberry, virus,
tissue culture, Richard H. Converse, Corvallis, OR, 87JAN4
A True Elm Pioneer, trees from protoplasts, biotech, Dutch elm disease,
Subhash C. Domir, Delaware, OH, 87JAN5
Mesquite Pods Into Nutritious Foods, new foods, new crops, gum, Robert
Becker, Albany, CA, 87JAN5
Insect Control at Sea, grain, ships, intransit fumigation, exports, food
storage, biocontrol insects, Robert Davis, Savannah, GA, 87JAN6
Selenium: Finding the Delicate Balance, human nutrition, antioxidant,
Orville A. Levander, Beltsville, MD, 87JAN11
Wheat Hardness Test May Aid Exports, Wheat Quality, sounds of grinding,
grains, high-tech, David R. Massie and Karl H. Norris, Beltsville, MD, 87JAN13
Underground Channels Mapped by Radar, groundwater, high-tech, pesticides,
fertilizer, Ralph A. Leonard, Tifton, GA, 87JAN14
Robot Chemist Assesses Nutrients in Today's Foods, human nutrition,
high-tech, Darla J. Higgs, Beltsville, MD, 87JAN15
Making Fabric More Colorful, cotton, rayon, linen dyes, Tyrone L. Vigo, New
Orleans, LA, Patent App. No. 903,173, Arylsulfonium Cellulosic Fibers
Substantive to Many Dye Classes, 87FEB16
Helping Roundworms Swallow Nematicides, dopamine, serotonin, and histamine,
Leon W. Bone, Auburn, AL, Patent Appl. No. 905,209, Enhancing Anthelmintic
Uptake in Nematodes by Phagostimulants, 87FEB16
Forum, Reporting Science: Whose Responsibility?, 87FEB2
Old Wheat Seed Invites Fungus, root disease, Pythium, R. James Cook,
Pullman, WA, 87FEB4
Popcorn Scent May Sell More Rice, 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, Ronald G. Buttery,
Albany, CA, 87FEB4
Barley Survives on Less Water, irrigation, Robert T. Ramage, Tucson, AZ,
87FEB5
Cockroaches on the Move, Asian, smokeybrown, german, bioccontrol with wasp,
hydroprene, carbamate, Richard S. Patterson and Richard J. Brenner,
Gainesville, FL, 87FEB6
Roach and Human Hormones Similar, sidebar, gastrin II, cholecystokinin,
neuropeptides, leucosulfakinin, Ronald J. Nachman, Albany, CA, 87FEB7
Team Research Gets Results, multidisciplinary approach, cotton, corn,
forage, Johnie N. Jenkins, Mississippi State, MS, 87FEB10
Color TV Best for Robot Fruit Pickers, oranges, lemons, citrus, Florida,
David C. Slaughter, Gainesville, FL, 87FEB14
Trichinosis Research Goes Commercial, tests licensed, pigs, swine, pork, H.
Ray Gamble, Beltsville, MD, 87FEB15
Forum, Viroid Discoverer Receives the Wolf Prize, Theodor O. Diener,
87MAR02
Biological Defense for Many U.S. Crops, good soil molds fight bad, soil
wars, biocontrol, fungus, Trichoderma flavus, pellets, George Papavizas,
Beltsville, MD, 87MAR06
A Little Stress Can Help Plants Cope, coleus, chilling, conditioning,
Donald T. Krizek, Beltsville, MD, 87MAR08
Ticks Look Up When Hitching a Ride, ticks see colors of blue & green,
sense carbon dioxide, John F. Carroll and Lawrence G. Pickens, Beltsville, MD,
87MAR09
Bioengineered Chickens for the Future, genetic engineering, retrovirus,
Lyman B. Crittenden, East Lansing, MI, 87MAR10
The Sunshine Vitamin Isn't Just Kid Stuff, vitamin D, calcium, Michael F.
Holick, Boston, MA, 87MAR11
Infant Formula—More Like the Real Thing, human milk, premature babies,
Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX, 87MAR12
Predicting Wheat Development From Air Temperature, Ronald Rickman, Pullman,
WA, 87MAR04
Many Parts to Fresh-Squeezed Flavor, Orange juice flavor code of 21
chemicals, Manuel G. Moshonas, Winter Haven, FL, 87MAR04
Soybean Roots Follow Wormholes, pore spaces, Doyle B. Peters, Urbana, IL,
87MAR04
It's a Mistake To Study Only Males, female rats survived copper deficiency
experiments that killed males, Meira Fields, Beltsville, MD, 87MAR05
Building a Better Steak Burger, restructured meat, sodium triphosphate
additive, research done at Roman L. Hruska Meat Anicmal Research Center,
87MAR05
An Apple A Day All the Year Round, controlled atmosphere storage CA, Max W.
Williams, Wenatchee, WA, 87MAR14
Fungus To Control Fusarium Wilt, Patent Biological Control System, and
Method for Screening Bacteria and Application Thereof for Field Control of
Pythium spp. on Small Grain Crops, 87MAR16
Instant Timed-Release Capsules, insecticides, herbicides, slow-release gel
beads from algin or alginate, William J. Connick, Jr., New Orleans, LA, Patent
Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials Using Alginate Gel Beads, 87MAR16
Red Blood Cells as Timed-Release Capsules, John R. DeLoach, College
Station, TX, Patent Method of Providing Systemic Protection From Bloodsucking
Insects and Other Parasites Using Encapsulated Additives in Resealed
Erythrocytes, 87MAR16
Forum, Safeguarding the World's Seeds, genes, seeds, plants, genetic,
germplasm, Henry L. Shands, 87APR2
Preserving the Stuff of Life, germplasm, GRIN, National Plant Germplasm
Slystem, George A. White and Henry L. Shands, Beltsville, MD 87APR6
Very Cold Storage Extends Seed Life, sidebar on liquid nitrogen storage of
germplasm, Phillip Stanwood, Fort Collins, CO, 87APR9
Cleaning Wool's Reputation, removing stains, grease, and trash from sheep's
wool, William N. Marmer, Philadelphia, PA, 87APR10
Insect Fighters Gear for War, ticks, mosquitos, predicted with new computer
program, Gary A. Mount, Gainesville, FL, 87APR12
Putting the Soft Touch on Cherry Trees, trunk shaker, Galen K. Brown, East
Lansing, MI, 87APR13
Irradiating Corn for Alcohol Production, cereal, gamma radiation, mash,
grain, sugar, starch molecules, alcohol yield, patent, 87APRl6
Sweetpotato Weevil Pheromone, pests, larvae fee, natural scent, patent,
87APRl6
Temperature-Adaptable Fabrics, Polytherm, patent, 87APRl6
Trash and Snow Blankets in Minnesota, cornstalks, no till, moldboard plow,
87APR4
Fungus Helps Soybeans Beat Drought, VAM, vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae,
James R. Ellis, Lincoln, NE, 87APR4
Starch Goes Straight To Help Diabetes Victims, amylose, amylopectin, Kay
Behall, Beltsville, MD 87APR5
New Lettuce Resists Major Disease, big vein, Pacific variety, Edward J.
Ryder, Salinas, CA 87APR5
Vitamin D Hormone May Heal Psoriasis, Michael F. Holick, Boston, MA, 87APR4
New Ways to Leaner Meat, beef, pork, fat, flavor, Roger J. Gerritts,
Beltsville, MD, 87APR14
Smart Fabrics Watch the Temperature, Polytherm, PEG's, polyethylene glycol,
Tyrone L. Vigo and Joseph S. Bruno, New Orleans, LA, 87APR14
Editoral, Toward a New Science of Trees, nomenclature, fertilizer, Alex
Shigo, Durham, NH, 87MAY2
Starving Witchweed, strigol, striga asiatica Oliver D. Dailey, Jr., New
Orleans Patent Appl. No. 8l4, 944, Process for Preparing Seed Germinating
Stimulants, 87MAYl6
Better Soybean Growth?, nitrogen, bacterial strain, Rhizobium, Tsuneo
Kaneshiro, Peoria, IL Patent Appl. No. 06/89l,939, Enhancement of
Nitrogen-Fixation with Rhizobial Tan Variants, 87MAYl6
Ridges Gain Favor, corn belt, seedbeds, tillage, Norman Fausey, Columbus,
OH, 87MAY4
Tracking Wasps With Rubidium, alfalfa fields, insect, egg, bug, Harry M.
Graham and Charles G. Jackson, Tucson, AZ, 87MAY4
Aluminum Replaces Lead in Sugar Test, sugarbeets, Susan Martin, Fort
Collins, CO 87MAY4
Rebuilding Soil in a Year, alfalfa, Nitro, Donald K. Barnes and Gary
Heichel, St. Paul, MN, 87MAY5
Putting the Bite on Water Weeds, biocontrol, hydrilla, water hyacinth, sago
pondweed, alligatorweed, Ted Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Gary Buckingham,
Gainesville, FL, Lars W.J. Anderson, Davis, CA, 87MAY6
When Biological Controls Don't Work, insects, fish, weeds, reed
canarygrass, biocontrol, Richard D. Comes, Proser, WA, 87MAYl0
The Arboretum is Blossoming Out All Over, gardens, plant, magnolia,
insects, diseases, drought, Alden M. Townsend, Washington, DC 87MAYl2
The Pinking of America, National Arboretum, cherry trees, Roland M.
Jefferson, Washington, DC, 87MAYl2
Second Generation Sterility, gypsy moth, eggs are irradiated, APHIS,
(Victor C. Mastro and Charles P. Schwalbe, Otis ANGB, MA, Thomas M. ODell,
Hamden, CT, and Robert A. Bell, Beltsville, MD, 87MAYl5
Forum, Our Place in Science, plants, animals, disease, pest resistance,
87JUN2
Natural Herbicides, fungal byproducts, compounds, barnyardgrass,
morningglory, wild mustard, corn, soybeans, Patent, Judson V. Edwards, New
Orleans, LA, 87JUNl6
Controlling Lesser Mealworms in the Coop, insecticides, fly larvae,
chicken, pest, Alphitobius diaperinus, excreta, Richard W. Miller, Beltsville,
MD, 87JUNl6
Keeping Bad Things out of Corn, fungus, toxin, grain, livestock, poison, A.
flavus, larvae, beetles, soil, Donald T. Wicklow, Peoria, IL, 87JUN4
Unusual Iron-Fiber Combo in Soy Hulls, dietary iron, soybeans, breads,
fiber, Joseph A. Laszlo, Peoria, IL, 87JUN4
New Test for Killer Livestock, heartwater, ticks, vaccine, rickettsia,
typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Charles A. Mebus, Greenport, NY, 87JUN5
The Cicadas are Here, misnamed l7 year locusts, red eyes, Douglass R.
Miller, Beltsville, MD, 87JUN5
Ranchers Battle Leafy Spurge, biocontrol, weeds, 2 1/2 million acres,
sheep, cattle, Gary D. Manners, Albany, CA, and Norman E. Rees, Bozeman, MT,
87JUN9
Blueberries From Field to Muffin Tin, rabbiteye, high bush, wild blueberry,
Arlen D. Draper, Beltsville, MD, 87JUNl0
Vitamin K Tests May Answer Medical Questions, blood clotting, bleeding
disorders, zinc, metabolism, proteins, kidneys, green vegetables, bacon,
coffee, tea, James A. Sadowski, Boston, MA, 87JUNl3
Scientists Shine New Light on Treasures of the Past, fibers, rapid pulses,
lignin, cellulose, light, molecule, digestable feedstocks, oxidation in cotton
fibers, J. Michael Gould, Peoria, IL, 87JUNl5
Fingerprinting Roses, piracy, hybrid, patented, nurseries, stomata, leaves,
anthorns, Charles R. Krause, Delaware, OH, 87JUN15
Forum, Strategic Controls Possible for Migratory Insects?, insect migration,
defensive strategy, radar, meteorology, Alton N. Sparks, Tifton, GA, 87AUG2
Migration Team Tracks Night Flyers, corn earworm moths, cotton bollworms,
radar, migratory behavior, flight patterns, aircraft, insect population
densities, Alton N. Sparks, Sammy D. Pair, John K. Westbrook, and Wayne W.
Wolf, Tifton, GA, Jimmy R. Raulston, Weslaco, TX, Kenneth Beerwinkle, College
Station, TX, 87AUG9
Action Sites Best Place to Stop Corn Borers, grassy areas around
cornfields, field borders, grassy runoff, biocontrol, European corn borers,
predator beetles, midsummer, William B. Showers, Ankeny, IA, 87AUG9
Wild Bees Make Money Not Honey, Pollination, alfalfa, horn-faced bees, blue
orchard bees, disposable plastic nest, Frank D. Parker and Philip F. Torchio,
Logan, UT, 87AUG12
In the Works: A New Way to Predict Wind Erosion, updated equation, blowing
soil, wind erosion, Leon Lyles, Manhattan, KS, Donald W. Fryrear, Big Spring,
TX, 87AUG13
Fruits and Vegetables Kept Fresh With Vitamin C Compounds, prevent browning
in apples, cauliflower, mushrooms, lettuce, ascorbic acid derivatives, Kevin B.
Hicks and Gerald M. Sapers, Philadelphia, PA, 87Aug4
Artificial Gene Aids Study of Oilseed Crops, synthetic plant gene, segments
of DNA, acyl carrier protein, synthesis of fatty acids, nucleic acids, oilseed
crops, higher yields, vegetable oilsm John B. Ohlrogge, East Lansing, MI,
Philip D. Beremand, Peoria, IL, 87AUG4
Scientists Replace Soybean's "Turned Off" Genes, genetic
engineering, biotech, root growth, soybean shoots, Lowell D. Owens, Beltsville,
MD, 87AUG5
Berry Fungus Tricks Wild Bees, wild bees, floral mimicry, blueberry,
huckleberry, mummy-berry disease, Lekh Batra, Suzanne W.T. Batra, Beltsville,
MD, 87AUG5
Individual Wrapping Holds Key, food storage, plastic film keeps fruits and
vegetables fresher longer, polyolefin, cantaloupe, Roger E. Rij, Fresno, CA,
Gene E. Lester and Thomas H. Camp, Weslaco, TX, Lawrence A. Risse, Orlando, FL,
87AUG15
Lo-Cal Sweeteners, patent, high-fructose, corn syrup, glucose, L-glucose,
aldose sugar, L-fructose, ketose sugars, Kevin B. Hicks, Philadelphia, PA,
87AUG16
An Easy Way to Automate Irrigation Valves, patent, compressed air controls,
air pressure keeps valves open, clamps on top of an irrigation valve, Clayton
H. Gibson and Ronald E. Yoder, Grand Junction, CO, 87AUG16
Forum, Needed: More Dialog with Industry, farm machinery manufactureres,
Harold J. Schramm, Hinsdale, IL, 87SEP2
Resetting a Sheep's Biological Clock, lamb, melatonin, twinning, James A.
Fitzgerald, Dubois, ID, 87SEP6
A Dairy Program That Helps Everybody, Dairy Herd Improvement Association
(DHIA) cattle, cows, milk, mastitis, Frank N. Dickenson, Beltsville, MD, 87SEP9
The Wonder Grass: A Mixed Blessing? Kentucky 31 tall fescue, Acremonium
coenophialum, endophyte, John A. Stuedemann, Watkinsville, GA, Charles W. Bacon
and James K. Porter, Athens, GA, 87SEP12
Clear Juice May Boost Apricot's Uses, not cloudy nectar, enzymes, Charles
C. Huxsoll, Albany, CA, 87SEP14
Yeast May Add Value to Farm Commodities, Aureobasidium pullulans, sugar
xylose, xylan, Timothy D. Leathers and Rodney J. Bothast, Peoria, IL, 87SEP14
Changing Fats and Oils Into Higher Value Products, glycerol, hydrolysis,
lipase enzyme, Samuel Serota, Philadelphia, PA, Patent Application Serial No.
06/882,103, Lipolytic Splitting of Fats and Oils, 87SEP16
A New Wrinkle-Resistant Fabric Finish, permanent-press, formaldehyde, Leon
H. Chance or Gary F. Dana, New Orleans, LA, Patent Application Serial No.
07/050,436, Wrinkle Resistant Fabric Produced by Crosslinking Cellulosic
Materials With Acetals of Glyceraldehyde, 87SEP16
Herbicide Resistance Exacts Yield Penalty, oilseed rape, wild mustard,
photosynthesis, Frank Forcella, Morris, MN, 87SEP4
Exercise May Exorcise Diabetes Risk, USDA-Tufts University nutrition
research, William J. Evans, Boston, MA, 87SEP4
Accounting in the Orchard, bar codes, quarantined plant stock, Germplasm,
Bruce J. Parliman and Helen-Jean Talbott, Glenn Dale, MD, 87SEP4
"Hay-podermic" Safeguards Livestock, anhydrous ammonia, propionic
acid, baler, C. Alan Rotz, East Lansing, MI, 87SEP5
New Turkey Vaccine Licensed, hemorrhagic enteritis, intestinal disorder,
live virus, Keyvan Nazerian, 87SEP11
Forum, Research To Help Rural Revitalization, Terry B. Kinney, Jr., 87OCT2
Strides in Spotting Johne's Disease, paratuberculosis, cattle, chronic
diarrhea, milk, Diana L. Whipple, Ames, IA, 87OCT4
Please Pass the Asparagus Fern, sprengeri, Gilbert D. McCollum, Beltsville,
MD, 87OCT4
War Against AIDS: The Armyworm Enlists, MicroGeneSys, Inc., vaccine, cell
line, James L. Vaughn, Beltsville, MD, 87OCT4
A Breakthrough for Bottle Babies, infant formula, lactoferrin, milk iron,
Buford L. Nichols, Houston, TX, 87OCT5
ARS "Sows" New Crops in Oklahoma, peaches, watermelons,
cucumbers, strawberries, cantaloupes, tomatoes, broccoli, Christmas trees, and
even catfish, E. Van Wann, Lane, OK, 87OCT06
Goodbye Boll Weevil—Hello Again Cotton, farmer Marshall Grant, Willard A.
Dickerson, Jr., Raleigh, NC, 87Oct9
PASTURE Software Helps Small Farmer, computer model, beef, cattle, Michael
A. Brown, Booneville, AR, 87OCT10
New Uses for Starch From Surplus Corn, super slurper, plastic film, William
Doane, Peoria, IL, 87OCT11
Pick-Your-Own Profits, blackberries, strawberries, Gene Galletta,
Beltsville, MD, 87OCT12
Heel Fly Project Adds Dollars for Ranchers, grubs, Blackfeet Indian
Reservation, Philip J. Scholl, Kerrville, TX, 87OCT13
Expanding Alaska's Farmland, barley, wheat, bromegrass, bluegrass, Delta
Junction, Jeffery S. Conn, Fairbanks, AL, 87OCT14
Monitoring Microbial Pesticides, BTI, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis,
Kevin B. Temeyer, Kerrville, TX, Patent Application Serial No. 050,451,
Construction and Use of a Murine Hybridoma and Its Secreted Monoclonal
Antibody Specific for Crystal Protein (Delta-Endotoxin) of Bacillus
thuringiensis subspecies israelensis, 87OCT16
Upgrading Fats and Oils With Enzymes, glycerol, lipase, Frank Taylor,
Philadelphia, PA, Patent Application Serial No. 06/860,360, Reactions
Between Immiscible Fluids, 87OCT16
Today's Plans for Tomorrow's Plants, Plant Gene Expression Center, Gerald
G. Still, Albany, CA, 87NOV/DEC2
A Better Medfly Lure, Mediterranean fruit fly, Trimedlure, Terrence P.
McGovern, Beltsville, MD, or Roy T. Cunningham, Hilo, HI, Patent Application
Serial No. 07/042,920, Persistent Attractants for the Mediterranean Fruit
Fly, the Method of Preparation and Method of Use, 87NOV/DEC16
Avian Interleukin-2, chickens, poultry, Jagdev M. Sharma, East Lansing, MI
Patent Application Serial No. 07/54,638 and 07/54,561, Avian
Interleukin-2, 87NOV/DEC16
Antibiotic for Wheat Roots, Patent Serial No. 06/817,374, Novel
Phenazine Antibiotic From Pseudomonas fluorescens, 87NOV/DEC16
Wanted: An Ugly Christmas Tree, Austrian pine, Japanese black pine, road
salt, Alden M. Townsend, Washington, DC, 87NOV/DEC5
USDA Helps Save Cranes, moldy grain, fungus, whooping, Patuxent, John L.
Richard, Ames, IA, 87NOV/DEC4
New Antibiotic Helps Protect Plants, "take-all" disease of wheat,
David M. Weller, Pullman, WA, 87NOV/DEC4
Male Insect's Sex Lure To Trap Females, pheromone, papaya fruit fly, Peter
J. Landolt, Gainesville, FL, 87NOV/DEC5
Top Researchers In The Limelight, 1987 Distinguished Scientist of the Year,
Richard F. Wilson, Raleigh, NC, and Thomas J. Sexton, Beltsville, MD,
Outstanding Scientists of the Year, Marvin J. Grubman, Greenport, NY, and
Edward B. Bagley, Peoria, IL, 87NOV/DEC6
Magnetic Resonance: A View From Within, nuclear, image, NMR, X-rays, this
is a picture story, several scientists are named in captions, 87 NOV/DEC8
USDA Fat-Measuring Meter To Be Made Commercially, near infrared light, NIR,
Futrex Inc., Karl H. Norris, and Joan M. Conway, Beltsville, MD, 87NOV/DEC11
Banishing Brittle Bones With Boron? calcium, osteoporosis, estrogen,
estradiol 17B, Forrest H. Nielsen and Curtiss D. Hunt, Grand Forks, ND,
87NOV/DEC12
Better Zinc, Iron, and Chromium Supplements, picolinic acid, Phyllis E.
Johnson, Grand Forks, ND, Patent No. 4,315,927, 86JAN16
Sure way to diagnose livestock disease, bluetongue virus, monoclonal
antibodies, Michael M. Jochim or Suzanne C. Jones, (both gone from ARS),
Denver, CO, Patent No. 06/708,613, 86JAN16
Curing Hides Faster, nonpolluting, butyl carbitol acetate, etc cattlehides,
William J. Hopkins, Philadelphia, PA, Patent No. 4,478,728, 86JAN16
Tracking Salty Soil, Saving Fresh Water, computer mapping of potentially
saline spots, soil sample, irrigation waste water, James L. Rhoades, Riverside,
CA, 86JAN7
Rhizomania Threatens Sugarbeet Industry, "bearded root," beet
necrotic yellow vein virus, Polymyxa betae, James E. Duffus, Salinas, CA,
86JAN11
Groundwater Movement Studied, irrigation water, potassium bromide, Herman
Bouwer, Robert S. Bowman, and Robert C. Rice, Phoenix, AZ. Lloyd B. Owens,
Coshocton, OH, 86JAN12
Have You Had Your Chromium Today? Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition, chromium
maintains blood-sugar levels, Richard A. Anderson and Marilyn M. Polansky,
Beltsville, MD, 86JAN4
Antipollution Injection for Trees, ozone, ethylenediurea (EDU),
honeylocust, red maple, pin oak, and sweetgum, Bruce R. Roberts, Delaware, OH,
86JAN4
In the Clover With Bigbee, berseem, cold tolerant, William E. Knight,
Mississippi State, MS, 86JAN4
Walter G. Knisel, Jr., and Ralph A. Leonard, Tifton, GA, 86JAN5
Stored Grain Spraying—Less Water? Bacillus thuringiensis, wheat, corn,
Indian meal moth, insecticide. biocontrol, William H. McGaughey, Manhattan, KS,
86JAN6
New Weed Spreading in Upper Midwest, prickly smartweed, 40 Minnesota
counties, Robert N. Anderson, St. Paul, MN, 86JAN6
Computer Simulates Ideal Forage Use, dairy farmers, harvesting alfalfa,
model, C. Alan Rotz, East Lansing, MI, 86JAN6
Chronic Obesity May Lead to Mineral Deficiency, low blood levels of iron
and zinc, Mark L. Failla, Beltsville, MD, 86JAN6
Forum, Scientist Thwarts Yield-Robbing Fungi, R. James Cook, 1985
Distinguished Scientist of the Year, fungal diseases of wheat, Pythium, 86JAN2
Fusarium Foot Rot, "take-all", 86JAN2
Temperature Integrator Reduces Spraying, battery-operated device measures
heat from the sun tells apple growers when to spray for codling moths, J.
Franklin Howell, Yakima, WA, 86JAN14
Freeze-Dried Seeds Really Last, onion, pepper, and parsley, Lowell
Woodstock, Beltsville, MD, 86JAN14
New Detector for Hidden Injuries in Fruit, DLE, measures delayed light
being emitted from chlorophyll molecules, tomatoes or peppers, Judith A. Abbott
is at the USDA-ARS Horticultural Crops Quality Laboratory, Rm. 113, Bldg. 002,
BARC- West, Beltsville, MD, 86JAN15
Forum, Research: Why Invest Now?, John E. Lee, ERS 86FEB2
Name That Insect!, Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL), Judy McBride,
Beltsville, MD and Lloyd Knutson, Beltsville, MD, 86FEB7
An Oilseed Crop With Promise, Cuphea, soaps, detergents, surfactants, and
lubricants, Anson Thompson, Phoenix, AZ, 86FEB12
Aiming for a Chick's Genetic Blueprint, virus, avian leukosis,
tumor-causing disease, Lyman B. Crittenden, East Lansing, MI, 86FEB4
Meat Quality Forecast for Buyers, hamburger, lactic acid, sour odor
spoilage, 86FEB4
American Elm—More Than a Lone Survivor, Dutch elm disease research,
Lawrence R. Schreiber, Delaware, OH, 86FEB4
Low-Salt Soy Sauce Tastes Just as Good, sodium-potassium ratio, Wayne
Camirand, Albany, CA, 86FEB5
Screen Test for Bad-Acting Bees, Africanized bees, FABIS, (sometimes called
killer bees), Thomas Rinderer, Baton Rouge, LA, 86FEB6
Cultured Fibers Boost Cotton Gene Research, differentiated cells growing in
nutrient solution, Barbara A. Triplett, 86FEB6
Electron Beam Shines Leather, hides, radiation curing, Frank Scholnick,
Philadelphia, PA, 86FEB14
Computer "Fingers" Grain Thieves, wheat, electrophoresis, (PAGE),
protein patterns, George L. Lookhart, Manhattan, KS, 86FEB15
Double-Dip Keeps Papayas Fly-Free, H. Melvin Couey, USDA-ARS Pacific Basin
Area, P.O. Box 4459, Hilo, HI, 96720, Patent No. 757,396,
A Quarantine System for Papaya, 86FEB16
A Better Way to Wrap Vegetables, Lettuce, cauliflower, cabbage—all can be
wrapped mechanically in heat-sealable film, Patent No. 4,516,385,
Wrapping Machine, 86FEB16
Forum, Wanted: Developers for ARS Inventions, interview with M. Ann
Whitehead, on ARS National Patent Program, 86MAR2
Designer Genes for Better Crops, Robert J. Griesbach, Beltsville, MD,
injects chromosomes into cells, 86MAR6
Crop Wastes Converted to Livestock Feed, cellulose, straw, crop residues,
hydrogen peroxide, J. Michael Gould, Peoria, IL, 86MAR7
Snow is Water in the Bank, annual cropping, Wheat, Alfred L. Black, Mandan,
ND, 86MAR8
Cataract Prevention May Be In Sight, Human Nutrition Research Center on
Aging at Tufts, Allen Taylor, Boston, MA, 86MAR9
Trees Never Heal, They Just Seal, trees wall-off wounds, Frank S.
Santamour, Jr., Washington, DC, 86MAR10
Female Fruit Flies Desire Loud Males, ultrasensitive sound recordings, John
M. Sivinski and J.C. Webb, Gainesville, FL, 86MAR12
Microphones Monitor Plants' Water Needs, corn, xylem, measuring drought
resistance, Edwin L. Fiscus, Fort Collins, CO, 86MAR12
Jetstream Hitchhikers, adult aster leafhopper travels Northern Great Plains
barley fields, Roland G. Timian, Fargo, ND, 86MAR4
Mysteries of Plant Roots Tapped, exert 150 pounds per sq inch, miniature
pressure guage, Arnold Klute, Fort Collins, CO, 86MAR4
Bollworms Find Okra-Leaf Cotton Less Tasty, F. Douglas Wilson, Phoenix, AZ,
86MAR5
Exploring East for Landscape Plants, U.S. National Arboretum, Japan, Korea,
Barry Yinger, Theodore Dudley, and Sylvester G. March, Washington, DC, 86MAR5
New Flower Seed Thresher Cuts Hand Labor, spinning filament, Arnold G.
Berlage, Corvallis, OR, 86MAR14
Night Light Curbs Hydrilla Reproduction, water weed, biocontrol, Potomac
River, Lars Anderson, Davis, CA, 86MAR15
Softer Permanent-Press, Flame Retardent Clothing, Robert J. Harper, New
Orleans, LA, Patent No. 749,905, 86MAR16
Cancer Inhibitor Found in Plant, ansa macrolide found in Trewia nudiflora,
Richard G. Powell, Peoria, IL Patent No. 4,313,946, 86MAR16
Fungicide Pellets With Live Fungi Inside, biocontrol for Rhizoctonia
solani, damping-off disease of cotton and sugar beet seedlings, Jack Lewis,
Beltsville, MD, Patent No. 749,906, 86MAR16
Forum, Genesis From A Single Cell, tissue culture, 86APR2
Assembly Line Plants Take Root, tissue culture, sugar cane, apple, peach,
A. Graves Gillaspie, Richard H. Zimmerman, Olivia C. Broome, and Freddi A.
Hammerschlag, Beltsville, MD, Brent Tisserat and Carl E. Vandercook, Pasadena, CA,
86APR6
Elderly Cautioned on Overuse of Antibiotics, antacids, B vitamins, Robert
M. Russell is with Tufts University, Boston, MA, 86APR12
Natural Neem Kills Cockroaches and Greenhouse Pests, Hiram Larew, Victor E.
Adler, Beltsville, MD, and Robert J. Knight, Miami, FL, 86APR13
Waxy Leaves Are Healthy Leaves, alfalfa, cattle bloat, drought resistant,
Melvin D. Rumbaugh, Logan, UT, and Edgar L. Sorenson, Manhattan, KS, 86APR4
Eggs of Cotton Pest Devoured, pink bollworms, green lacewings, lady bird
beetles, and collops beetles, Thomas J. Henneberry, Phoenix, AZ, 86APR4
Greenbugs Fooled and Leashed, wheat, grain sorghum, aluminum foil, Robert
L. Burton, Stillwater, OK, 86APR5
Rare Bacterium Helps Cattle Digest Toxic Plant, Leucaena, goats, mimosine,
Milton J. Allison, Ames, IA, 86APR5
Embryo Rescue Saves New Gene Combinations, drought-resistant wheatgrass,
Richard R-C. Wang, Logan, UT, 86APR15
Lettuce, Melons, Grapes Travel Cooler, Advanced Design Perishables Trailer,
van refrigerated, R. Tom Hinsch, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 86APR15
A Better Way To Shake Trees, harvester, fruit, neoprene-on-nylon sheet
stretched over a tubular steel frame, Donald L. Peterson, Kearneysville, WV, Patent No. 732,320, 86APR16
Natural Preservatives, compounds derived from vegetable fatty acids and
glycolic acid inhibited Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Penicillium
mold, and Candida utilis. August V. Bailey or Gene Sumrell, New Orleans, LA, Patent Nos. 4,346,043 and 4,347,378, 86APR16
Permanent-Press Fabrics That Can Be Dyed, nonformaldehyde compounds, Patent
No. 774,698, 86APR16
Forum, Research Would Boost Farm Profits, Exports, based on the 6-year
implementation plan, 1986-1992, 86MAY2
Grazing Poisonous Plants, halogeton, threadleaf groundsel, false helebore,
cattle, horses, sheep Lynn F. James, A. Earl Johnson, Richard F. Keeler, and M.
Coburn Williams, Logan, UT, 86MAY6
New Clue to Livestock Poisonings, enzymes, liver, pyrrolizidine alkaloids,
William F. Haddon, Albany, CA, 86MAY8
New Chemical Bait Lures Yellowjackets, pheromones, Jeffrey R. Aldrich,
Beltsville, MD, 86MAY10
Molds, Mildew, and More, fungus collections, mycology, world's largest
collection of fungi, Amy Y. Rossman and David F. Farr, Beltsville, MD, 86MAY12
Taste Survey Rates Sweet Sandwich Mild, onion, cucumber, Clinton E.
Peterson, Madison, WI, 86MAY4
Dwarfed Sunflowers Easier To Harvest, herbicide difenzoquat shortens stalk
internodes, Jeffrey C. Suttle, Fargo, ND, 86MAY4
Variety Is More Than Spice of Life, National Clonal Germplasm Repository
for Apples and Grapes, Philip L. Forsline, Geneva, NY, 86MAY4
Soaked Seeds Grow Poorly, legumes, cracks allow disease to enter the seed,
water, Stephen C. Spaeth, Pullman, WA, 86MAY5
Drying Cotton With Waste Heat, relocating air intake ducts for dryers in
gins, J. Weldon Laird, Lubbock, TX, 86MAY14
Porkers' Hides Underused for Leather, pigskin, swine, hogs, tanning,
William A. Hopkins, Philadelphia, PA, 86MAY15
Wind Tunnel Checks Spray Drift, pesticide, airblast systems deflected by
wind and groundspeed, Robert D. Fox, Wooster, OH, 86MAY14
Improved Seed Planter, punch planter, Maurice R. Gebhardt, Columbia, MO,
Patent No. 059,385, 86MAY16
More Effective Lure for Corn Borer Traps, pheromone, Paul A. Hedin or Frank
M. Davis, Mississippi State, MS, Patent No. 785,639,
86MAY16
Artificial Pheromones, lures yellowjackets into traps, Jeffrey R. Aldrich,
Beltsville, MD, Patent No. 681,394, "Synthetic
Pheromones for the Spined Soldier Bug, Podisus maculiventris," 86MAY16
Forum, What Will Bring The Grass Back, brush, Jornada Range, Gary R. Evans,
Beltsville, MD, 86JUN/JUL2
Jornada Experimental Range: We're Still Learning, grasses, brush,
cattle-sheep bonding, Lehmann lovegrass, Kleingrass, Carlton H. Herbel,
Clarence V. Hulet, Dean M. Anderson, Las Cruces, NM, 86JUN/JUL6
Battle Plans for National Assault on Aphids, Operation C-7, sevenspotted
ladybeetles, knapweed, Richard J. Dysart, Newark, DE, 86JUN/JUL10
Mold-Eating Mold Might Save Corn, Sphaeronaemella helvellae, fungus, Nader
G. Vakili, Ames, IA, 86JUN/JUL12
Milk for the Mature Majority, calcium, vitamin D, lactose, yogurt,
acidophilus, Frank E. McDonough, Beltsville, MD, 86JUN/JUL4
Weight-Control Enzyme, pigs, obesity, Gary J. Hausman, Athens, GAm
lipoprotein lipase (LPL), 86JUN/JUL4
Purplestraw Wheat Makes a Half Million, 500,000th entry in Plant
Introduction System (this is different than Germplasm Inventory Network GRIN),
George A. White, Beltsville, MD, 86JUN/JUL4
Natural Control of Pecan Pest, pesticides, biocontrol with convergent lady
beetle (Hippodamia convergens), W. Louis Tedders, Byron, GA, 86JUN/JUL5
The Light Way To Measure Body Fat, infrared interactance (IRI) also NIR,
Joan M. Conway and Karl H. Norris, Beltsville, MD, 86JUN/JUL14
New Vitamin C Test More Accurate, ascorbic acid, Stanley T. Omaye, San
Francisco, CA, 86JUN/JUL15
Breathalyzer for Alcoholic Peanuts, Harold E. Pattee, Raleigh, NC,
86JUN/JUL15
Natural Lure for Grapevine Pest, grapeleaf skeletonizer, Edwin L.
Soderstrom, Fresno, CA, Patent No. 4,563,348, "Sec-butyl
(Z)-7-tetradecenoate and Its Use as a Sex Attractant for the Grapeleaf
Skeletonizer," 86JUN/JUL16
Laundering Soiled Plants, William W. Donald, Fargo, ND, Patent No. 06/825,004, "Washer for Plant Roots and Other Articles,"
86JUN/JUL16
Forum, E.F. Knipling—A Pioneer in Insect Control, screwworm, Hall of Fame,
86AUG2
Shutting Off the Water, Texas High Plains, irrigation, dryland farming,
Sandfighter, Ogalalla Aquifer, pumping costs, James Parr, Beltsville, MD,
86AUG6
Genetic Defect Could Signal Heart Disease, cholesterol, lipoprotein, Jose
M. Ordovas and Ernst J.Schaefer, Tufts University in Boston, MA, 86AUG13
Duckweed May Unlock Sunflower's Secret, allelopathic chemicals, sunflower,
sorghum, Gerald R. Leather, Frederick, MD, 86AUG12
Sore Muscles: Studies Offer New Clues, interleukin-1, a polypeptide,
William J. Evans, Tufts University in Boston, MA, known to be part of the
body's immune system, 86AUG4
Sugar Byproduct Removes Bitterness From Grapefruit Juice, cyclodextrin
polymer filter, limonin and naringen, Philip E. Shaw, Winter Haven, FL, 86AUG4
Juice Bitterness May Be Blocked With Hormones, auxins, limonin, Shin
Hasegawa, Pasadena, CA, 86AUG5
New Cotton Processing System Saves Energy, Cuts Pollution, gin, lint,
cottonseed, Ed Hughs, Mesilla Park, NM, 86AUG14
Tank Provides New Home for Pickling, salt brine, fermenting of cucumbers,
Henry P. Fleming, Raleigh, NC, 86AUG15
Debittering Citrus Juice With Cyclodextrin Polymers, Philip E. Shaw, Winter
Haven, FL, Patent No. 526,753, "Method of Debittering
Citrus Juice With Cyclodextrin Polymers," 86AUG16
Papaya Wax Component Removed by Freeze Drying, cutin, cutinase, an enzyme,
Harvey T. Chan, Jr., Hilo, HI, Patent No. 4,421,775, "Method for Removing
the Outer Waxy Cutin-Containing Layer From Papaya," 86AUG16
Purple Color Signals Almond Contamination, ultraviolet light, aflatoxins,
John E. Schade, Albany, CA, Patent No. 4,535,248, "Method for Detecting
Aflatoxin in Almonds," 86AUG16
Forum, The Great Cotton-Yield Mystery, Hal E. Lemmon, Crop Simulation
Research Unit, Mississippi State, MS, 86SEP2
Pollen Put in Deep Freeze, pearl millet, tolerates drought, pollen storage,
Wayne W. Hanna, Tifton, GA, 86SEP5
Iron and Aging: A Look at Ferritin, oxidation of cell membranes, Tufts
University, Hamish Munro, Boston, MA, 86SEP4
Tomato Product Repels Grain Weevils, 2-tridecanone, wheat, corn, Karl J.
Kramer and Richard W. Beeman, Manhattan, KS, 86SEP4
Grasshopper Virus: Possible Control Tactic, entomopox, John E. Henry,
Bozeman, MT, 86SEP5
New Bacterium Fights Pythium Disease of Cucumbers, Peas, Pseudomonas
cepacia, Robert D. Lumsden, Beltsville, MD, Patent No. 4,588,584, "Medium
for the Isolation of Pseudomonas Cepacia Biotype From Soil and the Isolated
Biotype," 86SEP16
New Sensor Ensures Top Quality Cotton Fiber, gins, moisture measurements,
Ed Hughs, Mesilla Park, NM, Patent No. 818,564, "Fluidic
Permeability Measurement Bridge," 86SEP16
When Comax Speaks, Farmers Listen, cotton expert system, computer modeling,
GOSSYM, Donald N. Baker, Hal E. Lemmon, James M. McKinion, Mississippi State,
MS, 86SEP6
Strange Names, Fancy Flavors, subtropical fruit lab, mamey, carambola,
lychee, atemoya, Robert J. Knight, Miami, FL, 86SEP11
Port of Entry for New Crops, sidebar on USDA's Subtropical Horticulture
Research Station at Miami, FL, 86SEP13
Genes Found To Help Bacteria "Eat" Pesticides, Achromobacter,
carbofuran, corn rootworm, Flavobacterium, coumaphos, Jeffrey S. Karns,
Beltsville, MD, 86SEP14
TEKTRAN Offers Preview of ARS Research, Technology Transfer Automated
Retrieval System, database on new findings, James T. Hall, Beltsville, MD,
86SEP14
Unshelled Walnuts OK for Export to Japan, codling moths, fumigant methyl
bromide, vacuum chamber, Patrick V. Vail, Fresno, CA, 86SEP15
Plant Fiber Additive for Food, Patent No. 06/809,803,
"Modified Plant Fiber Additive for Food Formulations," 86OCT16
Turning Surplus Crops Into Plastics, Patent No. 4,454,268,
"Starch-Based Semipermeable Films", Patent No. 4,337,181,
"Biodegradable Starch-Based Blown Films," and Patent No. 894,140, "Production of 3HPA From Glycerol by Klebsiella
pneumoniae," 86OCT16
Detection of Agricultural Contraband, Patent No. 4,539,648, "Detection
of Agricultural Contraband in Luggage," 86OCT16
Computerized Windmills, Patent No. 06/680,615,
"Output Responsive Field Control for Wind-Driven Alternators and
Generators," 86OCT16
Detecting Immunoglobulins in Swine, "Patent No. 4,468,346,
"Monoclonal Antibodies to Porcine Immunoglobulins," 86OCT16
Forum, Breaking the Time Barrier, time saving innovations by ARS scientists
speed up research answers, 86OCT2
Vapor-Locked Plants Resist Freezing, flowers, plums, wild violets, and wild
currants, John W. Cary, Kimberly, ID, 86OCT4
Asthma Symptoms Eased by Vitamin B-6, 100-milligram oral dose helps
bronchial asthma patients, Robert D. Reynolds, Beltsville, MD, 86OCT4
Test for Spoilage in Liquid Eggs, dimethyl sulfide, uracil, Cletus E.
Morris, New Orleans, LA, 86OCT15
Brownies With Fewer Calories, no-calorie, high-fiber supplement, hydrogen
peroxide treated corn stalks, J. Michael Gould, Peoria, IL, 86OCT5
Exploded Mushrooms: Gourmet Food or Snack, puff-dried, Michael Kozempel,
Philadelphia, PA, 86OCT4
Electrical Probes Reveal How Insects Smell, Mediterranean fruit fly
(medfly), boll weevil, antennae, electroantennograms, Eric B. Jang, Hilo, HI,
86OCT6
New Peach Unmarked by Leaf Spot Disease, Sunhigh, tissue culture screening
of 3 million cells, mutants, cloned, biotech, Freddi A. Hammerschlag,
Beltsville, MD, 86OCT8
Sidebar, Tissue Culture for Fast Growth, Sri Lanka, Ceylon tea orchards,
Freddi A. Hammerschlag, Beltsville, MD, 86OCT9
Flight Tests Show How Wasps Locate Prey, caterpillars, flight chamber,
odors, biocontrol, W. Joe Lewis and Michael A. Keller, Tifton, GA, 86OCT10
Choosy Soybeans Fix More Nitrogen, soil bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum,
exclusion genes, Perry B. Cregan and Harold H. Keyser, Beltsville, MD, 86OCT11
Farm Surpluses: Sources for Plastics, corn, soybeans, starch,
petrochemicals, films, glycerol, acrylic, acrolein, mulches, diesel fuel, Felix
Otey and Patricia Slininger, Peoria, IL, 86OCT12
X-Ray System Finds Contraband Fruit, Plants, mango seed weevil, APHIS,
inspection, computers, food shapes, Thomas F. Schatzki and Richard Young,
Albany, CA, 86OCT14
Forum, Starting Point for Action, research for the action agencies, Terry
Kinney, 86NOV/DEC2
A Tidy Way to Plant and Fertilize, right distance from seeds, Dale E.
Wilkins, Pendleton, OR, Patent No. 06/876,047, "Method
and Apparatus for Placement of Fertilizer Below Seed with Minimum Soil
Disturbance," 86NOV/DEC16
Colorful Cotton, multicolor dyeing, yarn, fabric, Robert J. Harper, Jr.,
New Orleans, LA, Patent No. 878,106, "Process for
Crossdyeing Cellulosic Fabrics," 86NOV/DEC16
Corn's Wild Cousin Undergoes "Sex Change", eastern gamagrass,
Chester L. Dewald, Woodward, OK, 86NOV/DEC4
CAT Scanning Farm Animals, computer assisted tomography, lean meat, fat
research, Kreg A. Leymaster, Clay Center, NE, 86NOV/DEC4
Test-Tube Intestines, response to viruses, drugs, toxic materials and
colostrum, pig, Phletus P. Williams, Ames, IA, 86NOV/DEC4
More Beef Per Acre, cattle, silage, bermudagrass, weight gains, William A.
Phillips, El Reno, OK, 86NOV/DEC5
Research Assesses Ozone Damage, air pollution, soybeans, cotton, Walter W.
Heck, Raleigh, NC, 86NOV/DEC6
Animal Electronics Make Cows "Bionic Bovine", sensors, weight
gain, estrus, temperatures, disease detection, (Fort Keogh, MT), Roger J.
Gerrits, Beltsville, MD, 86NOV/DEC8
Senepol: New for Subtropical Herds, beef cattle, Zebu, Brahman, Will T.
Butts, Brooksville, FL, 86NOV/DEC11
Computer Keeps Potatoes Breathing Freely, storage, gas monitoring,
temperature, and wind sensors, spoilage, Jerry Varns, East Grand Forks, MN,
(Linda Cooke-Stinson, Peoria, IL), 86NOV/DEC12
Gas Clues, carbon dioxide, bruised cherries, blueberries, Clyde L. Burton,
East Lansing, MI, (Linda Cooke-Stinson, Peoria, IL), 86NOV/DEC13
Low-Salt Foods, soy sauce, Patent No. 4,503,082, "Method for Reducing
Sodium Content and Simultaneously Increasing Potassium Content of a Food,"
85MAY16
Switchgrass Spurs Beef Gain, Trailblazer, cattle, digestibility, Kenneth P.
Vogel, Lincoln, NE, 85FEB5
Forum, Here's to Excellence, 85JAN2
Unraveling the Mystery of Wheat Growth Hormones, biotechnology, Edward J.
Trione, Corvallis, OR, 85JAN7
Sickle Cell Anemia Cramps Relieved, vitamin B-6, Robert D. Reynolds,
Beltsville, MD, 85JAN4
Winterfat—Nutritious Shrub for Reclamation, strip-mined areas, cattle
forage, D. Terrance Booth, Cheyenne, WY, 85JAN4
In This Corner of the Pinhead . . . , wasp, Edovum puttleri, Colorado potato
beetle, biocontrol, Robert F.W. Schroder, Beltsville, MD, 85JAN4
Windstorms Carry Away Plant Cells, Too, wheat, grain sorghum, soybeans,
Dean V. Armbrust, Manhattan, KS, 85JAN5
Guard Dogs Get Good Grades, sheep, coyotes, Great Pyrenees, Hungarian
Komondor, Turkish Akbash, Jeffry S. Green, Dubois, ID, 85JAN6
Biocontrol Takes Off in a Pilotless Miniplane, pecans, drone, W. Louis
Tedders, Byron, GA, 85JAN8
Grains Hold the Key to Reducing Blood Cholesterol, barley, oats, David M.
Peterson, Madison, WI, Hardin, Peoria, 85JAN10
Weevils Cloud Sunflower Scene, biocontrol, spotted sunflower stem weevil,
Laurence D. Charlet, Fargo, ND, 85JAN12
Underemployed Sugar Can Have Its Own Whey, lactulose, Kevin Hicks,
Philadelphia, PA, 85JAN14
Modern Humpty Dumpty Reports on Broken Eggs, electronic egg, James A.
Dickens, Athens, GA, 85JAN15
Staining Machine Improves Detection of Cracked Eggs, James A. Dickens,
Athens, GA, 85JAN15
Extracting Fats and Oils With CO2, (patent), 85JAN16
Biocontrol for Universal Root Pathogens, (patent), 85JAN16
From Cheesemaking Waste to Commercial Sugar, lactulose, (patent), 85JAN16
Forum, Forage Legumes—Untapped Resource (forum), 85FEB2
Reducing Hidden Salt Makes Sense, food poisoning, hot dogs, meat, 85FEB6
Winter Wheat Survives Despite Plowing, wind erosion control, chisel plowing
tests, 85FEB7
Insect Rearing: Fighting Bugs With Bugs, biocontrol, (Shaffer, New Orleans, LA),
85FEB8.
Insect-Resistant Corn Could Increase World Food, Heliothis, European corn
borer, 85FEB10
Common Weed is Suspect in Cattle Abortions, sumpweed, 85FEB4
Better Crops Through Stress Survival, sugarbeet, 85FEB4
Great Plains Get a Better Break, windbreak tree, Oahe, 85FEB5
Papayas Get Into Hot Water, Leave Hawaii, treatment for Mediterranean fruit
fly in lieu of ethylene dibromide (EDB), 85FEB12
Solar Heated Beehives, white sheet plastic covers, 85FEB13
Technology Stretches Irrigation Water, solar powered, laser aligned,
computer operated, TTIS, traveling trickle irrigation system, Claude Phene,
Fresno, CA, 85FEB14
Clean Soil Sampling, coring machine (Patent), Julius Feldmesser, Beltsville,
MD, 85FEB16
Taking the Stick Out of Latex, synthetic rubber, (Patent), Thomas P.
Abbott, Peoria, IL, 85FEB16
Temperature-Adaptive Textiles, fabrics for cold-weather clothing, building
insulation (Patent), Tyrone L. Vigo, Knoxville, TN, 85FEB16
Forum, Research Pays Its Way, Genetic Challenges Abound in
Potatoes, cell fusion, chromosomes, John P. Helgeson, Madison, WI, 85MAR6
National Soils Lab Committed to Conservation, water, erosion, William C.
Moldenhauer, West Lafayette, IN, 85MAR8
Speedy Genes Enhance Plant Breeding, CA early flowering in lettuce, mosaic
resistance, Edward J. Ryder, Salinas, 85MAR12
Major Step Toward Poultry Coccidiosis Vaccine, antigen, hybridoma
biotechnology, genetically engineered, Harry D. Danforth and Patricia C.
Augustine, Beltsville, MD, 85MAR13
Gene Find May Overcome Resistance, red flour beetle, malathion, Richard W.
Beeman, Manhattan, KS, 85MAR4
Fluorescent Stain Sure Test for Blueberry Disease, DAPI, Richard H.
Converse, Corvallis, OR, 85MAR4
Fire Ants Prey on Mosquitoes, James W. Summerlin, College Station, TX,
85MAR5
Forage Plant Rids Soil of Sodium, Sordan grass, carbon dioxide, salt,
calcium, Charles W. Robbins, Kimberly, ID, 85MAR5
High-Protein Rice Flour From Enzyme Treatment, CHP-rice, Linn P. Hansen,
Albany, CA, 85MAR14
New Instrument Measures Dry Matter in Onions, spectrophotometry analysis of
sugars in onions, Gerald G. Dull and Gerald S. Birth, Athens, GA, 85MAR15
Polymer Additives for Lubricants, Samuel Serota, Philadelphia, PA, (Patent),
85MAR16
Improving Baking Quality of Unbleached Wheat Flour, Maura M. Bean, Albany,
CA, (Patent), 85MAR16
High-protein Flour From Cottonseed, Ranjit S. Kadan, New Orleans, LA,
(Patent), 85MAR16
Forum, ARS Helped Pioneer Biotechnology Research, 85APR2
Livestock Births More Timely and Rewarding, pigs, sows, pseudorabies a
herpes virus in swine, cattle, sheep, Roger J. Gerrits and Dyarl D. King,
Beltsville, MD, 85APR6.
Paired Rows Push No-Till Grain Yields Up, wheat and barley, conservation
tillage, paraplow, Robert I. Papendick, Lloyd F. Elliott, and Keith E. Saxton,
Pullman, WA, 85APR11
Miniature Shellfish Help Control Mosquitoes, parasites, biological control,
microcrustaceans, Tokuo Fukuda, Lake Charles, LA, (Sam Shaffer, New Orleans),
85APR4
Insecticides Don't Increase Codling Moths, apples and pears, J. Franklin
Howell, Yakima, WA, 85APR4
Folic Acid Excess May Lower Zinc, B-vitamin, zinc-deficient diets, David B.
Milne, Grand Forks, ND, 85APR5
Computerized Assay for B Vitamins, folacin, folic acid, Pamela M. Keagy,
Albany, CA, 85APR5
New System Hears Insects Chewing, stethoscope, grapefruit, fruit fly
larvae, maggots, nuts, and grain, J.C. Webb, Carroll O. Calkins, and Kenneth W.
Vick, Gainesville, FL, 85APR13
Applicator For Postemergence Weed Control, James M. Chandler, College
Station, TX, Patent No. 4,471,570, 85APR16
Crop Growth Enhanced by Brassinosteroid, Malcolm J. Thompson, Beltsville,
MD, Patent No. 4,346,226, 85APR16
Turkey Stud Farms, An IRM Story For Breeders, Consumers, Beltsville Poultry
Semen Extender, Thomas Sexton, Beltsville, MD, 85MAY6
The War Against Hessian Fly, wheat, John E. Foster and Richard H. Shukle,
West Lafayette, IN, and Jim Hatchett, Manhattan, KS, 85MAY10
Good Housekeeping Means Healthier Bees, honey, chalkbrood fungus, wax,
Martha A. Gilliam, Tucson, AZ, 85MAY4
Steam Blanching Improves Canned Beans, saves time and energy, Stephen R.
Drake, Wenatchee, WA, 85MAY4
A Touch of Bran, spaghetti with 3 times dietary fiber, wheat bran, Vernon
L. Youngs, Fargo, ND, 85MAY4
A Cheap Field Test for CAP in Milk, chloramphenicol, antibiotic, Daniel
Schwartz, Philadelphia, PA, 85MAY5
Pinpointing Chemical Residues, honey bees, organophosphate insecticides,
Jack Harvey, Laramie, WY, 85MAY5
Wipe Away Wayward Weeds, rotary herbicide wiper, William V. Welker and
Donald L. Peterson, Kearneysville, WV, 85MAY14
No-Till Peaches Get Head Start, killed sod, William V. Welker, Jr. and D.
Michael Glenn, Kearneysville, WV, 85May14
Forum, Poultry and World Nutrition, 85MAY2
Small Computer regulates poultry house, chickens, broilers, temperature,
humidity, Floyd N. Reece, Mississippi State, MS, 85MAY15
Low-Salt, Pickled Hot Dogs Last Longer, frankfurters, Jay B. Fox, Jr.,
Philadelphia, PA, Patent No. 4,478,859, 85MAY16
Machine Cleans Cotton Fibers Better, textile mills, dust, Charles Shepard,
New Orleans, LA, Patent No. 4,479,286, 85MAY16
Corralling the Coyote, predators of sheep, synthetic scents, Roy Teranishi,
Albany, CA, Patent No. 4,472,377, 85MAY16
Hairy Leaves Offend Insects, resistant strawberry, root weevils, Robert P.
Doss, Corvallis, OR, 85JUN/JUL4
Midwest Melons Gaining Ground, cantaloupes, bacterial wilt (Erwinia
tracheiphila), Gary L. Reed, Vincennes, IN, 85JUN/JUL4
Shipping Fever? Try Yeast, respiratory disease, cattle, William A.
Phillips, El Reno, OK, 85JUN/JUL5
College Station, TX, 85JUN/JUL5
Movable Gene Element Found in Soybeans, jumping genes, chromosome,
transposon Glycine max—Tgm1, Lila O. Vodkin and Patsy Rhodes, Beltsville, MD,
85JUN/JUL6
Alerts Tell Peanut Growers When to Spray, Cercospora leaf spot disease, D.
Morris Porter, Terry A. Coffelt, and James L. Steele, Suffolk, VA, 85JUN/JUL8
New Vaccines: A Bluetongue Guard for Livestock, sheep, cattle, irradiated
virus, Charles H. Campbell, Greenport, NY, 85JUN/JUL10
Gypsy Moth-Killing Fungus, Entomophaga aulicae, from Japan, Richard S.
Soper, Jr., 85JUN/JUL12
Rabbit Blood Serum Detects Pesticides in Soil, Water, immunoassay
technique, atrazine, wheat yields, Bohn D. Dunbar, Akron, CO, 85JUN/JUL14
Soil Tester Combines Two Important Measurements, moisture and salinity,
salt, time-domain reflectometry, Francis N. Dalton and James D. Rhoades,
Riverside, CA, 85JUN/JUL13
Wood Preservatives for Beehives, pentachlorophenol (PCP), honey, chromated
copper arsenate and tributyl tin oxide, Eric H. Erickson, Madison, WI,
85JUN/JUL15
Collecting Cells From Live Animals, monocytes, white blood cells, Phillip
H. Klesius, Auburn, AL, Patent No. 4,505,277, 85JUN/JUL16
Fruit Fly Mass Production, egg collection, medfly, Roger I. Vargas,
Honolulu, HI, Patent No. 696,222, 85JUN/JUL16
New High-Pressure Lubricant Additives, substitutes for sulfurized sperm
whale oil, Arthur Schwab, Peoria, IL, Patent No. 4,2l8,332, 85JUN/JUL16
Values That Work, Forum by 85JUN/JUL2
New Blood Test for Trichinosis, swine, pigs, monoclonal antibodies, Howard
R. Gamble, Beltsville, MD, Patent No. 683,284, 85AUG16
New Insect Sex Pheromone Mimics, David A. Carlson and John R. McLaughlin,
Gainesville, FL, Patent No. 704,442, 85AUG16
A New Way to Attack Complex Problems, Forum, symbolic processing computers
in ARS, 85AUG2
Crude Vaccine Is First Step Toward New Cattle Grub Control, gadflies, heel
flies, and warble flies, John H. Pruett, Jr., Kerrville, TX, 85AUG5
Soybean Developed for Stable Oil, linolenic acid, James R. Wilcox, West
Lafayette, IN, 85AUG4
Sumac: A Possible Crop for Industry, plastics, resins, oils, hydrocarbons,
and polyphenols, T. Austin Campbell, Beltsville, MD, 85AUG4
Calcium Means Stronger Pears and Teeth, reduces green stain, alfalfa
greening or freckle pit, and cork spot disease, J. Thomas Raese, Wenatchee, WA,
85AUG4
Potato Nematode May Be Tricked Into Self-Annihilation, golden nematodes,
exudate hatching chemical, Bill B. Brodie, Ithaca, NY, 85AUG11
Nematodes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, eelworms, pinworms,
threadworms, and roundworms, Howard E. Waterworth, Beltsville, MD, 85AUG10
Selecting the Sex of Livestock Offspring, sperm, laser, chromosome,
chinchilla, Lawrence Johnson, Beltsville, MD, 85AUG6
Computer Uses Logic and Math To Help Nonexperts, artificial intelligence
processors, snowmelt, rangeland, grassland, expert systems, EXSRM, EXSPUR, Ted
Engman and Jerry Ritchie, Beltsville, MD, 85AUG8
Improved Plastic Loop Protects Cows, mastitis, milk, Max J. Paape,
Beltsville, MD, 85AUG13
Stream Stairs Save Farmland, Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, headcuts,
grade-control structures, erosion, W. Campbell Little, Joseph B. Murphey, and
Charles M. Cooper, Oxford, MS, 85AUG14
Hay Quality is Mostly Opinion Without Tests, Forum on value of analyzing
hay to improve marketing, Gordon C. Marten, St. Paul, MN, 85SEP2
Alfalfa Hay Seen in New Light, livestock forage, near infrared reflectance
spectroscopy (NIRS), protein, fiber, oil, starch, cellulose, Gordon C. Marten,
St. Paul, MN, 85SEP6
The Wider World of NIRS, sidebar on other uses of near infrared reflectance
spectroscopy, 85SEP10
Group Size Affects Pigs' Sexuality, delayed puberty, "silent
heat," swine, hogs, Robert R. Oltjen, J. Joe Ford, anad Ronald K. Christenson,
Clay Center, NE, 85SEP11
Stopping the Screwworm Pest at the Border—and Beyond, radioactively
sterilized screwworm flies, 85SEP12
Glow Shows Best Flies, screwworm, fluorescent marked sperm, Richard J.
Brenner, Gainesville, FL, 85SEP12
Carrot Flavor Affected by Genetics and Storage, ethylene buildup prevented
by air flushes. Philipp W. Simon, Madison, WI, 85SEP4
Chemical Could Preserve Ornamental Crops Longer, cut flowers,
aminooxyacetic acid, AOAA, James E. Baker and Chien Yi Wang, Beltsville, MD,
85SEP4
Rat Model Exposes Genetic Link Between Dietary Sugar and Diabetes, insulin,
Otho E. Michaelis IV, Beltsville, MD, 85SEP4
Unusual Drought Tolerance in Mexican Cotton Plant, Jerry E. Quisenberry,
Lubbock, TX, 85SEP5
New Process Improves Rice Oil For Food, bran, extruder, enzymes, oil
deterioration, Robin M. Saunders, Albany, CA, 85SEP14
Future Holds More Efficient Cotton Ginning, W. Stanley Anthony, Stoneville,
MS, 85SEP15
Fungus Kills Nightshade, Not Tomatoes, Robert N. Andersen, St. Paul, MN,
Patent No. 06/738,707, 85SEP16
Crops Absorb Emulsified Oil, straw from wheat, oats, rice, barley, rye, or
corn stalks can be used to remove oil from water, George F. Fanta, Peoria, IL,
Patent No. 06/738,815, 85SEP16
Dripless, No-Waste Applicator For All Herbicides, E.J. Peters, Columbia, MO,
Patent No. 651,563, 85SEP16
Cornstalks Less Likely To Fall Before Harvest, lodged, stalk strength,
Larry Darrah, Columbia, MO, 85OCT4
New, Stored-Grain Protection—Fenoxycarb, insect growth regulator,
nontoxic, wheat, Karl J. Kramer, Manhattan, KS, 85OCT4
Winterset Holds Up Against Destructive Virus, iceberg lettuce, mosaic
virus, Edward J. Ryder, Salinas, CA, 85OCT4
Psoralens: A Tale of Cosmetics, Livestock, and Butterflies, chemicals that
make skin sensitive to sunlight, G. Wayne Ivie, College Station, TX, 85OCT5
Mother's Milk Protects Infants, baby, bacteria, Cutberto Garza, Houston, TX,
85OCT5
Copper: A Missing Link in Coronary Heart Disease?, Leslie M. Klevay, Grand
Forks, ND, 85OCT6
Isotopes Track Trace Minerals, copper, zinc, sidebar, Judith R. Turnlund,
San Francisco, CA, 85OCT9
Little-Known Fly—Promising Biocontrol Weapon, Archytas marmoratus, corn
earworms, fall armyworms, Harry R. Gross, Tifton, GA, 85OCT12
The Billion-Dollar "Worms," sidebar, corn earworm, also called
the cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, and soybean podworm, 85OCT12
Trace Minerals Move Slower When Plant's Roots Get Cold, zinc, David L.
Grunes and Ross M. Welch, Ithaca, NY, 85OCT11
Building a Better Boll Weevil Trap, bright lemon-yellow color, Willard A.
Dickerson, Raleigh, NC, Patent No. 734,647, 85OCT16
A Way to "Sniff" Out Bad Hamburger, lactic acid, A. Douglas King,
Jr., Albany, CA Patent No. 06/742,485, 85OCT16
Mosquito Larvae Growth Inhibitors, Leonard Jurd, Albany, CA, Patent No.
4,391,828, 85OCT16
Forum, Infant Mortality: One Result of a Deficient Diet, Children's
Nutrition Research Center in Houston, Sam Shaffer, New Orleans, LA, 85OCT2
Weed Problems Could Be Solved By "Seedicide," methyl
isothiocyanate, John R. Teasdale and Raymond B. Taylorson, Beltsville, MD,
85OCT10
Scientists Attack Rust With Resistance and Biocontrol, bean rust, fungus,
J. Rennie Stavely, and C. Jacyn Baker, Beltsville, MD, 85OCT15
Best Wheat Floats to the Top, protein separation, flotation in sugar-salt
solution, C. James Peterson, Lincoln, NE, Linda Cooke-Stinson, Peoria, IL, 85OCT14
Forum, Research to Save Lives, grain dust research, 85NOV/DEC2
Herbicide-Coated Seeds, EPTC (ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate), Jean H. Dawson,
Prosser, WA, Patent No. 4,272,920, 85NOV/DEC16
Pheromone For Grain Weevils, rice and maize, Wendell E. Burkholder,
Madison, WI, Patent No. 06/716,798, 85NOV/DEC16
Bacterial Protein Extraction Process, Saumya Bhaduri, Philadelphia, PA,
Patent No. 4,464,295, 85NOV/DEC16
Leaner Lamb Expected From Texel Sheep, quarantine for scrapies, Kreg A.
Leymaster, Clay Center, NE, 85NOV/DEC4
Genetic Engineers Study Crop Growth Control, gibberellins, cytokinins, and
ribonucleases, plant hormones, Joseph W. Corse, Albany, CA, 85NOV/DEC4
Turning Surplus Fats and Oils into Useful Ones, enzymes, lipases, beef
tallow, cocoa butter, Philip E. Sonnet and Michael J. Haas, Philadelphia, PA
85Nov/Dec5
'Wimp' Mold May Save Grain From Bad Guys, fungi, Aspergillus glaucus, David
B. Sauer, Manhattan, KS, Linda Cooke-Stinson, Peoria, IL, 85NOV/DEC5
Trapping the Explosive Grain Dust, soybean oil, lecithin, elevator, Fang S.
Lai, Manhattan, KS, 85NOV/DEC6
Ion Channels In Plants Work Like Simple Nervous System, protein tunnels,
gates, cell membrane, Charles Mischke and Charles Bare, Beltsville, MD,
85NOV/DEC10
Aflatoxin—No One Solution, corn, Aspergillus flavus, mold, cornmeal,
grits, and peanut butter, Eivind B. Lillehoj, New Orleans, LA, 85NOV/DEC12
The Search for a Warm-Climate Potato, true potato seeds, 84JAN4
Reducing Erosion From Thawing Soil, snowmelt, water, rain, Pacific
Northwest, conservation tillage, 84JAN7
Monoclonal Antibodies, probing the mysteries of immunity, hybridoma,
mastitis, trichinosis, prunus necrotic ring spot, 84JAN8
Monoclonal Antibodies At Work, chicken coccidiosis, poultry, hybridoma,
84JAN10
Microbial Insecticides: Finding Insects Weaknesses, virus, biocontrol,
pesticides, cotton, corn, soybeans, sorghum, and tomatoes, earworm, podworm,
fruitworm, Heliothis, 84JAN12
Corn Germplasm Resists Corn Borers, 84JAN14
Garbanzos on the Palouse, chickpeas, beans, Washington-Idaho, 84FEB6
RBC's—Natural Time Release Capsules, red blood cells, drugs, 84FEB04
Finding a Cure for Saline Seeps, salt, groundwater, rain, magnesium, sodium
and calcium, Montana North Dakota, South Dakota, and Canada, 84FEB7
Barley Yellow Dwarf Commands Attention, virus disease, BYD or red leaf,
luteoviruses, rust, smut, transmitted by aphids, 84FEB
NEW Treatment for Sulfide-Laden Tannery Waste, anaerobic microorganisms,
84FEB14
Don't Blame Cattle, water pollution, runoff from pastures, nitrogen,
phosphorus, 84FEB15
Poor Man's Marker, aerosol marker for pesticide application, shaving cream,
84FEB15
New Spreader Works With the Grain, grain dust, drying, quality, corn,
84FEB16
The Orchard Rot-Water Connection, root and crown rot, sour sap, "wet
feet", water drainage, irrigation, fungi, Phytophthora, 84FEB16
Colorless Alga Can Pollute Water, cause mastitis, dairy cows, Prototheca,
84MAR4
Heavy Water Fuels Seed Research, deuterium, hydrogen, isotope, soybean
seeds, vigor, membrane permeability, 84MAR6
Fine Tuning Irrigation With Advanced Electronics, water, energy savings,
computer control, 84MAR8
Diet Lowers Cholesterol in Atheletes, saturated fat, heart disease, 84MAR12
Blood Cell "Bridges" Indicate Kidney Damage, sheep swine humans,
cell membranes, cytoplasmic bridges, 84MAR13
Concord Grape Tolerance to Herbicide 2,4-D, irrigation water, 84MAR14
Equation Helps Predict Low Birth Weights, human, smoking, baby, children,
tobacco, cigarettes, 84MAR14
Diet Affects Lamb Chop Flavor, food, meat, alfalfa, soybean meal, sheep,
84MAR14
Update on Threadleaf Groundsel Poisoning, weeds, cattle, pyrrolozidine
alkaloids, 84MAR15
Papaya vs. Velvetleaf in the Lab, herbicide extracted from seeds stops a
common corn field weed, benzyl isothiocyanate, 84MAR15
Bur Buttercups Poison Found, toxic to sheep, ranunculin, pasture, range
weed, 84MAR16
New Hydrologic Soil Classification, soil-water retention and infiltration,
84MAR16
Zinc May Be Important During Pregnancy, nutrition, children, babies, memory
& learning ability, 84APR7
Taking the Byte Out of Protein Mapping, electrophoresis, digitizer,
soybean, 84APR4
Mycorrhizae to the Rescue, fungi, drought tolerance, vesicular-arbuscular,
phosphorus uptake, wheat, 84APR8
What are Mycorrhizae?, fungi, drought tolerance, 84APR9
Lasers Could Shed Light on Crop Deficiencies, nutrients, fluorescence,
corn, soybeans, nitrogen, iron, potassium, phosphorus, boron, sulfur, calcium,
84APR12
Model Predicts Annual Stripe Rust Disease Level, wheat disease, fungus,
84APR13
Longstanding Range Grasses, 84APR14
Alaskan Growers Can Nip Weed Problems in the Bud, 84APR14
Erosion Control Plus Profits in Pacific Northwest, wheat growers, rainfall,
84APR15
Dairy Cows Culled Too Soon, milk, 84APR15
Female Omnivorous Looper, sex pheromone, avocado, 84APR16
Leptospirosis: For Every Answer a New Question, rats, dogs, horses, swine,
cattle, sheep, goats, and 20 species of wild animals blood, liver, lungs,
84MAY6
National Leptospirosis Reference Center Established, sidebar, 84MAY5
Starch Held Herbicides Save Money and Soil, cornstarch, energy, trifluran,
weed control, foxtail, 84MAY6
The Ultimate No-Till System is a Cow on Grass, cattle, fertilizer, beef,
range management, 84MAY8
A New Grass for the Nontilling Cow, sidebar a, 84MAY10
New Insights on Copper Metabolism, human nutrition,clofibrate, cholesterol,
blood plasma, trace minerals, 84MAY11
New Carrot Excels in Carotene and Flavor, vitamin A, 84MAY12
Foiling the Finicky Grasshopper, alflafa, erosion control, trefoil, cicer
milkvetch, 84MAY13
Making Range Grasses Unpalatable to Insects, resistant plants instead of
pesticides, genetic breeding, 84MAY13
Advantages of Planting Mixed Wheat Varieties, baking quality, 84MAY14
Tinkering With Insects Bio-clocks, hormones, ecdysone, face fly, 84MAY14
Partial Sterility a New Pest Control Method, gamma radiation, biocontrol,
fall armyworm, corn earworm, sorghum, 84MAY13
Controlling Black Nightshade, weed in soybeans, Joyner, Peoria, IL, 84MAY15
Male Tobacco Budworm Moth, pheromones, Heliothis virescens, biocontrol,
Kaniuka, Beltsville, MD, 84MAY16
Bye-Bye Biting Flies, insect repellents, deet, mosquitos, midges, 84JUN4
The Greening of Bentonite-Mined Lands, strip mining forage grass clay
nitrogen, 84JUN7
The clay of 1,000 Uses, bentonite salt, 84JUN7
Encapsulation With Seaweed-Based Gels—A New Process, herbicides, weed
control, fungus, 84JUN8
Miner's Disaster—Latest Biocontrol Triumph, alfalfa wasp blotch leaf miner,
84JUN9
Starch-Based Membranes for Dialysis, corn, biodegradable cellulose polymers,
blood, kidneys, toxic, proteins, 84JUN11
Cablegation Makes the Grade, irrigation sprinklers water energy-savings,
84JUN12
Cablegation "Brakes" from the Conventional, irrigation, water,
clock, 84JUN12
Proper Feedlot Construction Equals No Pollution, cattle manure salts
nitrogen, 84JUN14
Carbon Dioxide Speeds Root Growth of Cuttings, greenhouse, atmospheres,
ornamentals, apples, pears, 84JUN15
Breeding Nematode Resistant Alfalfa, legumes Pratylenchus penetrans 84Jun15
Cattle Can Be Finicky Eaters, grass fertilized with nitrogen tastes better
with more protein, 84JUN16
New Trichinosis Test—First Step To Eradication, blood test for pigs, hogs,
swine, 84JUN10
Critical Knowledge of Mold Life Cycles Gained, corn, soil, sclerotia,
Aspergillus flavus, mycologists, Donald T. Wicklow, 84JUL/AUG4
Textiles That Turn on to Temperature, clothing insulation, rayon, cotton,
polypropylene, polyester, urethane, Tyrone L. Vigo, 84JUL/AUG6
Glenn Burton: More Millet for the Sub-Sahara, germplasm from Bourkina Fasso
(Upper Volta), cereal crop, by Jack Reeves, Univ. of GA, 84JUL/AUG7
Altering Insect Brain Chemistry—An Emerging Science, neurochemistry,
biocontrol, hormones, behavior, mating disruption, J.E. (Bud) Wright, 84JUL/AUG8
VGS: An Old Hydraulic Principle Works for New Sewers, variable-grade
gravity sewers septic tank Jerry O. Newman and John D. Simmons, 84JUL/AUG11
A Bird's-Eye View of the Embryonic Turkey, shelless eggs nutrition research
in poultry Mark P. Richards, 84JUL/AUG13
Christmas Trees Thrive in Desert Country, Arizona water harvesting or
runoff farming, Dwayne H. Fink and William L Ehrler, (retired), 84JUL/AUG14
Gypsy Moths—"Next Time We'll Be Ready", Northeast, biocontrol,
caterpillars, parasitic wasp, virus, Ralph Webb, 84JUL/AUG14
Space Bees: Honey Bee Colony on Shuttle Flight, Hachiro Shimanuki,
84JUL/AUG15
The Resilient Roach Succumbs to Birth Control, cockroach, biocontrol,
hydroprene, hormone mimick, Richard S. Patterson, 84JUL/AUG15
A Method for Making Multiherbicide Granules, tung-oil encapsulation, Jim
Dale, Stoneville, MS, (patent), 84JUL/AUG16
Low Formaldehyde Release Fabrics, carbamate durable press, (Patent), Bethlehem K.
Andrews, New Orleans, LA, 84JUL/AUG16
Ready Diagnosis of Bluetongue Virus, monoclonal antibodies, (Patent), 84JUL/AUG16
Speeding Up Graft Unions, heating device for fruit and nut tree grafts,
(Patent), 84JUL/AUG16
GRIN All the Way to the Gene Banks, germplasm preservation, computer
network, seed and plant data, 84SEP4
Rotary Disk Mower Reduces Soybean Harvest Losses, high speed movies, track
cutting action of combines, 84SEP5
Viral One-Two Causes Fatal Cattle Disease, bovine diarrhea, mucosal
disease, cows, calves, 84SEP6
Membrane Research—A Multidisciplinary Treasure Trove, biotechnology,
cells, molecular biology, 84SEP8
Liposomes—Artificial Membranes, hollow spheres of fat molecules,
antibiotics, carrot cell, (Sidebar to Membrane story, 84SEP9)
Giving Peaches a New Lease on Shelf Life, Bacillus subtilis as a control
for brown rot, fungicide replacement, 84SEP12
Breast-Fed Preemies Get a Bonus, human milk, premature infants, babies,
84SEP13
Metabolism, 84SEP14
Sniffing for Forbidden Fruits, CO2 gun checks luggage for fruit, vegetables
and hidden insects, 84SEP14
Breaking the Gossypol Barrier, toxic substance naturally occuring in
cottonseed meal and oil, terpenoids, pigs, chickens, 84SEP14
Wild Mustard Seed Wins the Battle, weed, herbicides, soybeans, 2,4-D, MCPA, 84SEP15
Low Cost Process for Heating Protein Solutions, (Patents), 84SEP16
New Miticides Safer for Livestock, (Patents), 84SEP16
Protection for Evergreens Against Bagworms, (Patents), 84SEP16
Postharvest Biocontrol of brown rot, (Patents), 84SEP16
Slot Machine Pays Off, 84OCT
Genetic Switch Upgrades Soybean Protein, 84OCT5
Unravelling the Mystery of Wheat Growth Hormones, 84NOV/DEC
Pheromones—Decoding Insects' Chemical Communication, 84OCT8
Getting the Most Out of Grain Supplements, 84OCT7
Toxoplasmosis Causing Abortions in U.S. Sheep Flocks, Mazzola,
Beltsville, MD, 84OCT4
New High-Speed Spinner Boosts Yarnmaking Efficiency, 84OCT13
Gamma Rays Produce Superior Seedless Citrus, 84OCT14
Fourwing Saltbush—Not Just a Range Weed, 84OCT15
Ultrasonic Pest Repellers Fail Tests, 84OCT14
Mobile Disposal Method for Pesticide Wastes, ultraviolet light, degradation
by microorganisms, Philip C. Kearney, Beltsville, MD, 84OCT6
Safflower Fields for Weed Control, 84OCT15
Biocontrol for Major Bean Disease, (Patents), 84OCT16
Cockroach Repellents, (Patents), 84OCT16
Promising Nontoxic Food Preservatives, (Patents), 84OCT16
Protecting Cereal Grains From Deterioration, (Patents), 84OCT16
Affecting Photosynthesis with Bioregulators, 84NOV/DEC
Guayule—Natural Rubber From the Desert, 84NOV/DEC
'Super-Propagule' May Overcome Guayule Seed Problem, 84NOV/DEC
Polyunsaturated Fats, Potassium Lower Blood Pressure, McBride
and McLaughlin, Beltsville, MD, 84NOV/DEC
Sludge: A Resource Whose Time has Come, 84NOV/DEC
Composting Sludge Gains Favor, 84NOV/DEC
Potent Cancer Inhibitor Found in Plant Seeds, (Patents), 84NOV/DEC
Removing Fruit the Gentle Way, (Patents), 84NOV/DEC
Fuel From the Farm for Diesel Engines, (Patents), 84NOV/DEC
Protecting Cereal Grains From Deterioration, (Patents), 84NOV/DEC
Orange Purees Need Temperature Control, vitamin C, 83JAN/FEB13
The Asian Parasite Laboratory, Korea, 83JAN/FEB4
Developing Alfalfa as an Annual Crop, 83JAN/FEB7
Wild Bees as Pollinators—An Update, Osmia Lignaria, 83JAN/FEB8
Basic Research for Better Soybean Oil, flavor stability, 83JAN/FEB11
Living Organisms To Control Curly Indigo, weed, rice, fungus spores,
83JAN/FEB12
Quick Test for Soil Gases, oxygen, carbon dioxide, 83JAN/FEB14
Celery Needs Less Salty Water, salinity research, 83JAN/FEB15
Solid Seeding Outyields Row Beans, soybeans, 83JAN/FEB15
Hilling Sugarbeets Increases Root Rot, fungus Rhizoctonia solani,
83JAN/FEB15
Extending the Aquaculture Season, fish farming, covering ponds with
plastic, 83JAN/FEB16
Abscission Agents Effects on Orange Flavor, citrus, juice, 83JAN/FEB16
Fewer Leaves Mean More Fruit, apples, pears, chemical pruning, 83MAR12
Regulating Water Tables Benefits Yields, slows erosion, rainfall, sediment,
Louisiana, 83MAR13
Unlocking the Secret of Herbicide-Tolerant Seeds, weed control, alfalfa,
EPIC, 83MAR13
Low-Nitrogen Cotton Resists Drought, fertilizer, 83MAR14
Soil Productivity Modeling Through EPIC, Erosion Productivity Impact
Calculator, computer, 83MAR4
EPIC's Many Parts, computer database, Erosion Productivity Impact
Calculator, computer, computer, 83MAR6
What Roles Do Forage Crops Play? soil erosion, fertility, grasses and
legumes, 83MAR8
Locoweed Poisoning in Cattle, 83MAR15
Controlling Weeds in Narrow-Row Cotton, 83MAR15
Protecting Navy Beans From Ozone, chemical treatment to prevent bronzing,
83MAR16
New Apple for Southeastern United States, Blairmont, 83MAR16
Postharvest Network Aids Agricultural Exports, grain, fruit, blueberries,
kiwi, medfly, papayas, 83APR4
Adopting a Horticultural Orphan, paw paw or papaw or custard apple, Asimina
triloba, 83APR7
Tillage: Ancient Practice, modern challenge, soil, chiseling, compaction,
83APR8
Mastitis Diagnosed by Computer, milk, cows, 83APR12
Twenty-Five Years of Stubble Mulching, tillage, soil, organic matter,
nitrogen, 83APR12
Breeding Plan for Bees, honey, African bees, hybrids, 83APR14
Nitrogen Needs of Sugarbeets Under Reduced Tillage, 83APR15
Better Biocontrol, Less Insecticide, aldicarb, Colorado potato beetle,
tachnid fly, 83APR15
Yeast Ferments Cellulose to Alcohol, Candida wickerhamii, wood, olive
husks, molasses, whey, 83APR15
Predicting Salt-Leaching From Stripmines, pollution, coal, 83APR16
Cooling Off the Codling Moth, mating disruption, sterile males, 83APR16
Give the Sire Some Credit, hogs, swine, genetic evaluation, (Mazzola
Beltsville, MD), 83MAY6
Focus on Soil Fertility, fertilizer, erosion control, 83MAY8
Soil Bacteria: Another Source of Nitrogen, 83MAY10
Tailoring Fertilizer Placement, no-till, microorganisms degrade nitrogen,
83MAY12
Save That Topsoil, erosion, wheat production, 83MAY14
Poisonous Plant Seeds Yield a Cancer Inhibitor, leukemia, Sesbania,
83MAY4
Cotton Insect Biocontrol Takes a Big Step Forward, mass rearing, bollworm,
tobacco budworm, 83MAY7
Probing Sclerotinia Disease in Forage Legumes, clover, alfalfa, 83MAY13
ELISA Improves Curly Top Monitoring, sugarbeets, tomatoes, leafhoppers,
83MAY13
New Technique to Measure Nitrogen Losses, water pollution, 83MAY15
Bur Buttercup Poisoning, Ceratocephalus testiculatus, sheep, 83MAY15
Herbicide Resistance in Sugarbeets, 83MAY16
Benefits of Permanent Wheel Tracks, compaction, energy savings, yield
reductions, 83MAY16
Tracking Sources of Water Pollutants, chemical runoff, nitrogen, 83JUN4
The Speedy Rhizobium from China, nitrogen fixing bacteria, 83JUN6
Starter Culture for Processed Meats, sausage, pepperoni, fermented, lactic
acid, 83JUN7
Feed Costs Vary for Crossbred Cows, milk, meat, feed utilization per size
and breed, 83JUN7
Sedimentation—A Threat to Clean Water and Fertile Soil, erosion, salt,
83JUN8
Putting Down Roots, plants control erosion of streambanks, water, sediment,
83JUN10
Remaking the Good Earth, strip mining, coal, sand, gravel, reclamation,
83JUN12
Cranberry Girdlers Eat Trees, Too, root weevil, Douglas fir seedlings,
diazinon, 83JUN14
Pesticide Runoff Study Completed, water pollution, herbicides, irrigation,
cotton, sugarbeets, alfalfa, lettuce, onions, and melons, Imperial Valley,
83JUN15
Another Nematode is Found, potatoes, Columbia root-knot nematode,
83JUNS15
Ozone Tolerance of Pines, air pollution, 83JUN16
Hydrologists Sharpen Their REPHLEXes, 50 years computerized watershed data,
rainfall, 83JUL/AUG5
Designing Pavement To Capture Runoff, porous asphalt, Watershed Research
Center, 83JUL/AUG6
Pollutants From Coal May Work as Fertilizer, fluidized bed combustion, acid
rain constituents, calcium, energy, 83JUL/AUG7
Saving, 83JUL/AUG8
A Future for Lean, swine, fat, hogs, pigs, genetic selection for less fat, 83JUL/AUG11
Peroxide Opens Plant Energy Package, disolves lignin in straw to make it
more digestible, energy savings, corn stalks, soybean stems, foxtail, kenaf,
oak wood shavings, 83JUL/AUG12
Double Cropping of Forages, barley, triticale, lignin, oats, 83JUL/AUG14
Soil Acidity and Drought Spell Trouble, water stress, soil acidity,
aluminium toxicity, sunflowers, 83JUL/AUG14
Hot Winds Damage Winter Wheat, yield reduction, 83JUL/AUG15
Mothers' Milk Goes Further, breast-fed infants growth vs. formula-fed,
83JUL/AUG15
Bean Sprouts Need Cold Temperatures, mung beans, 83JUL/AUG16
Simple Lab
Techniques for Plant Pathologists, slide preparation with cyanoacrylic
adhesives—Superglue, microscope, 83JUL/AUG16
Turbulent Fountain Screen Cleans Irrigation Water, trash removal, 83SEP4
Hairy, Sticky Alfalfa Fights Off Insects, biocontrol of alfalfa weevil,
spider mite, spotted aphids, and alfalfa seed chalcid, 83SEP6
Breeding for Hairy, Sticky Alfalfa, crossing annual and perennial Medicago
for insect resistance, 83SEP7
Saving Water in the Southeast, fabric dam, irrigation, flood drainage,
83SEP8
Processors Have Fruit Purees "in the bag", food, replaces canning
& freezing, Hawaii, aseptic film packaging, 83SEP10
Arthritis in Goats—A Model for the Human Ailment? virus, big knee disease,
83SEP11
Long Term Study Clears Soy Protein, hamburger, beef, iron and zinc
nutrition, soybean, ferritin, 83SEP12
Reducing Irrigation on Winter Wheat, 83SEP12
Longstanding Theory on Vapor Movement Upset, pesticides, trifluralin,
dieldrin, diffusion in the atmosphere, 83SEP13
Fumigating Empty Metal Grain Bins, red flour beetles, rice weevil,
chloropicrin, phosphine, carbon tetrachloride, ethylene dibromide, James K.
Quinlan, Manhattan, KS, 83SEP14
No Volunteers, Please! potato, fall plowing, wheat cover crop, 83SEP15
Russian Wildrye is Reclassified, grass now Psathyrostachys junceus,
83SEP15
Rabbiteye Blueberries Return, breeding improves flavor, Georgia, 83SEP15
Erosion High After Row-Cropped Soybeans, soil losses, 83SEP16
The Case of
the Disappearing Pesticides, microorganisms decompose them to reduce efficacy,
Furadan, Eradicane, and organophosphates, 83OCT4
Viruses in Germplasm: Potential Trouble—protection needed against
seedborne viruses, ELISA test, peas, beans, lentils, Corvallis, OR 83OCT6
A Machine to Improve Rangelands—Tills, furrows, makes check dams, places
fertilizer, plants grasses in western rangeland, 83OCT8
Fire Freshens Rangeland—Controlled Burning Reduces Silver Sagebrush,
grasslands improvement, 83OCT10
Selecting Beef Cattle—Herford steers selected on basis of muscling and
yearling weight. 83OCT11
New Language Ushers Chemistry Into Computer Age—Advanced Wiswesser Line
Notation (AWLN), simplifies chemical formulas, 83OCT12
Itchgrass: Predicting Its Potential Range—weed occurring in corn, soybeans,
sugarcane, Rottboellia exaltata L.f., annual 8-10 high, 83OCT13
Food Choices Provide Zinc for the Aged—human nutrition, liver, beef heart,
Grand Forks HNRC, 83OCT14
Bad News and Good News About U.S. Diet—one year study of 29 adults, iron,
salt, calcium, magnesium, vitamins A and C, niacin, thiamin, phosphorus,
83OCT14
Seed Moisture Levels for Ultracold Storage—Germplasm in Liquid Nitrogen,
cryogenics, barley, clover, bean, fescue, sesame, sorghum, wheat, 83OCT15
Learning From a Drought—grass survival in Great Plains, low rainfall,
83OCT15
Cooling Fans for Apples—energy savings for cold storage, 83OCT16
The Tillers Not the Answer—winter wheat, resistance to freezing, Great
Plains, 83OCT16
Milestones in ARS Research, selected accomplishments from 30 years of
research, RNA, cotton, erosion, screwworm, 83NOV/DEC4
Weevil Attractant Unites Insects, aggregation pheromone, maize weevil,
corn, rice, 83NOV/DEC10
Reducing Fruit Moisture by Osmosis, strawberry, drying, energy savings,
83NOV/DEC11
No News is Good News for Beekeepers, parasitic mite, honeybees, Varroa
jacobsoni and acarapis woodi, 83NOV/DEC
Turnips for Forage, conservation tillage, brassica, rape, kale, rutabagas,
83NOV/DEC13
Late to Feed, early to calve, cattle, cows, heifers, silage, 83NOV/DEC13
Metal Fingers Can Be Gentle Pickers, peaches, machine harvesting of tree
fruit, rod press fruit remover, 83NOV/DEC14
Gamma Rays Control Codling Moths, irradiation, methyl bromide, cherries,
apples, pears, fruit flies, 83NOV/DEC15
Wheat Tolerance to Wheat Streak Mosaic, virus, wheat curl mite, barley,
corn, rye, oats, grasses, 83NOV/DEC15
Soybean Seed Inoculation Not Always Beneficial, nitrogen fixing bacteria,
Rhizobium japonicum, 83NOV/DEC16
Seed Samples Vary in Genetic Composition, beans, electrophoresis, genetic
diversity, 83NOV/DEC16
Tomato Ringspot in Strawberries, 82JAN/FEB09
Harvesting Alfalfa Late Without Crop Damage, 82JAN/FEB12
A Bug Too Snug in a Skin it Can't Shrug, insect molting hormones,
82JAN/FEB08
Dairy Forage Research Center, milkcows, 82JAN/FEB04
Building in Environmental Protection, dairy center maintains quality,
82JAN/FEB06
Soil Compaction May Sometimes Help, furrow irrigation, water, 82JAN/FEB07
Trickle Irrigation Boosts Tomato Yields, water, subsurface, 82JAN/FEB10
Sensing Soil Moisture by Satellite, microwave sensors, water content of
soil, 82JAN/FEB15
Rapid Analysis for Food Fiber, near infrared reflectance, NIR, 82JAN/FEB13
Rice Weevil Lure Found, sex attractants, 82JAN/FEB16
Plant Growth Inhibitors in Tall Fescue Grass, allelopathy, 82JAN/FEB16
Date Palm Tissue—from deep freeze to plantlets, 82MAR10
Forcing Iris to Flower, storage temperatures, 82MAR15
Suppressing Bollworms By Mowing, cotton, 82MAR7
Unraveling Mysteries of the Corn Rootworm, 82MAR12
Southern Rust and Corn Maturity, 82MAR14
Hail Increases Prickly Pear, cactus, 82MAR4
Cactus Harvester, cattle feed, 82MAR5
Biocontrol of Malaria Carrying Mosquitoes, IPM, nematodes, 82MAR10
Uncommon Uses for Common Okra, 82MAR6
Carbon Dioxide Extracts Seed Oils, soybean oil, 82MAR8
Sex Attractant Draws Lesser Peachtree Borers, 82MAR16
Green Ash and Hackberry Make Good Windbreaks, trees, erosion, 82MAR16
Chemical Gives Seeds "GET UP AND GROW", PEG, polyethylene glycol,
82APR4
IPM for Truck Crops, cabbage, bacillus thuringiensis, 82APR8
Improving Forages, better grasses, 82APR12
Victims of the Fire Ant—A Survey, 82APR10
Sewage Plus Nuclear Waste Equals Cattle Feed, irradiation, 82APR15
Corn Cobs for Corn Drying, gasification process makes energy savings,
82APR11
Self-Cleaning Seed Separator, grass seed, 82APR14
Flat Breads on the Rise, winter wheat for flour, 82APR15
Plants and Insects React to Space Shuttle Exhaust, citrus, 82APR6
Seeding Forages Earlier in the Northern Plains, grasses, 82APR16
Searching for Tobacco Budworm Resistance in Cotton, 82APR16
Helping Plants Defend Themselves, IPM, resistant crops, cotton, corn,
soybean, sunflower, 82MAY4
No Sporting Chance for Small-Farm Weeds, hockey stick herbicide wiper,
82MAY6
Better Insecticide Sprayer Sprays Less, infrared, intermittent, cabbage,
82MAY14
New Poultry-Handling Cage, chicken, broilers, transportation, 82MAY12
Fighting Food Poisoning, bacteria, Clostridium perfringens, enterotoxin,
82MAY15
Greenhouse Effect—A Nonproblem?, CO2, atmospheric heating, 82MAY7
Irrigation in the West, water, 82MAY8
Controlling Water Pollution From Small Feedlots, cattle, streams, runoff,
82MAY11
Hessian Fly Attacks Spring Wheat, 82MAY16
Cotton Leaf Shape Affects Insects, 82MAY16
Saline Water Used To Produce Biomass, salt-tolerant plants, energy,
irrigation, 82JUN7
Impatiens—A Touch of the Tropics, crossing bedding plants for flowers,
82JUN4
Plasmids: New Key to Genetic Engineering, 82JUN8
Improving Carrot Flavor, genetics, nutritional value, 82JUN12
Spray the Grass, not the corn, corn borer control, 82JUN13
The Birds and the Psyllas, birds eat this pear pest, 82JUN15
Controlling Wheat Take-All Disease, fungus, 82JUN15
Protein—Now From Grass and Clover, for humans from forage, 82JUN14
SPAW Predicts Crop Stress, soil, plant, air, water mathematical model,
82JUN16
Storing Those Fragile Lettuce Seeds, Fort Collins, 82JUN16
Freezing Potato Shoot Tips, for storing disease-free germplasm, 82JUL/AUG6
Deep Freezing Hop Pollen, new storage technique for breeding, 82JUL/AUG14
Confusing and Killing Cotton Pests, pink bollworms, 82JUL/AUG4
The Beetle Who Lives With Fire Ants, possible control method, 82JUL/AUG13
Two Rift Valley Fever Vaccines, livestock, cattle, 82JUL/AUG14
Exploding Blueberries, explosion puffing and drying, 82JUL/AUG12
Egusi Seed for Protein, flour from seed, high protein supplement,
82JUL/AUG7
A Yeast Called "Odd", xylose, wood sugar, ethyl alcohol,
82JUL/AUG8
Salt Control for the Grand Valley, irrigation improvement, Colorado river,
82JUL/AUG11
Fertile Soils Need Less Nitrogen, fertilizer, Platte River Valley,
82JUL/AUG15
Standing Straw Stubble Conserves Soil Moisture, water, snow, 82JUL/AUG16
Hemoparisite Lab Moved to Northwest, anaplasmosis, cattle, sheep, ticks,
flies, 82JUL/AUG16
Beltsville Bee Diet, pollen, nectar, whey-yeast compound, 82SEP7
Harnessing the Potato's Genetic Diversity, mutants, cross breeding, 82SEP6
Quick Test for Goat and Sheep Disease, caseous lymphadenitis, ELISA, 82SEP5
Agroleum Fuels, ethyl alcohol, gasoline, diesel, vegetable oils, 82SEP4
The Gall to Cross Mother Nature, agrobacterium tumefaciens, genetic
transfer, tissue culture, 82SEP12
Test-Tube Rice Yields Better Protein, tissue culture, 82SEP14
Super Seeds, genetic copies, barley, rice, wheat, DNA, 82SEP10
Anther Culture Speeds Up Wheat Breeding, pollen, 82SEP15
Cotton's Own Bollworm Defenses, resistance cuts pesticide use, 82SEP16
Date Palm Disease Vector Found, planthopper vector of yellowing disease,
82SEP16
Biography of an Insect Assassin, musk thistle, IPM, head weevil,
Rhinocyllus Conicus, Dr. John J. Drea, Jr., 82OCT4
Tracking the Black Cutworm, pheromone, corn damage, William B. Showers,
82OCT8
Soybean Hay? No Way, say Jerseys, dairy cows, feeding trial with large
bales, B.L. Bledsoe, 82OCT11
Rhizoctonia Control Still Elusive, sugarbeet root rot, fungus, Earl G.
Ruppel, 82OCT11
Feeding Lambs Alfalfa-Brome, sheep, grass, forage, Gordon C. Marten,
82OCT12
Establishing Zoysiagrass by Seed, turfgrass, Japanese lawngrass, Jack
Murray, 82OCT13
Slurpers Not a Germination Aid, hydrophilic polymers, rangegrass, water
conservation. Fred B. Gomm, 82OCT13
Radar Tracks Insect Migrations, corn earworm moth, pest control studies,
Wayne W. Wolf. 82OCT14
Range Forage Sampling Found Reliable, grass, pasture, Jonathan D. Hanson,
82OCT15
The Costs of Cottonseed Flour Production, meat extenders, protein
concentrate, Kenneth M. Decossas, 82OCT16
The Round Bale—Stable Fly Connection, proper storage of hay to reduce fly
breeding, Gustave D. Thomas, 82OCT16
Light-Generated Sound Probes Lignin Enigma, cellulose fibers, photoacoustic
spectroscopy, 82NOV4
New Process to Degrade Lignocellulose, hydrolysis, gamma radiation, 82NOV6
Wheat Tillers Pinpoint Plant Stress, drought, 82NOV7
Saga of the Cereal Leaf Beetle War, biological control, wheat, oats,
barley, rye, and corn, 82NOV8
Quick Test for Sugarcane Disease, ratoon stunting disease (RSD), 82NOV12
It Takes a Fungus to Know One, Talaromyces flavus, verticillium, cotton,
potatoes, alfalfa, eggplant, 82NOV13
Balanced Rations Improve Milk for Cheese, dairy cows, milkfat, 82NOV14
Cotton "Yields" to Ozone, air pollution, sulphur dioxide (SO2),
Howard E. Heggestad, 82NOV15
Subsurface Drainage Curbs Erosion, computer simulation, DRAINMOD &
CREAMS, 82NOV16
Benefits of Short-Statured Cotton, early maturing, less internal shade,
82NOV16
Lean and Fat Pigs Provide Insights, hogs, swine, gastrointestinal research,
82DEC4
Trace Element Research in Human Nutrition, chromium, zinc, iodine, copper,
82DEC10
Scrap the Old Chromium Data, new measurement technique, 82DEC11
Plant-Produced Chemical Play Many Roles, plant growth regulators,
isopentenoids, plant-mammal interactions, 82DEC12
Rhododendron Weevil Repellents, terpenes, germacrone, 82DEC13
Pioneering Nitrogen Fixation, tissue culture from alfalfa root nodules,
Rhizobium, 82DEC7
Routing Weeds with Rusts, leafy spurge, musk thistle, yellow star thistle,
rust fungi, Plant Disease Research Lab, Frederick, MD, 82DEC8
Switching Off Insects, tobacco budworm, uric acid, 81JAN/FEB10
Viruses Attack Black Cutworm in Corn, 81JAN/FEB11
Methane from Manure for Energy, 81JAN/FEB12
Hydrilla—A Costly and Destructive Weed, 81JAN/FEB4
Fighting Hydrilla in Florida, weeds, 81JAN/FEB8
Cattle on Hybrid Rangeland, 81JAN/FEB9
Swine Dysentery Immunity Confirmed, pigs, hogs, 81JAN/FEB15
Worst Case Herbicide, runoff, 81JAN/FEB16
Natural Pest Control, ethyl formate IPM, 81JAN/FEB16
National Herb Garden—Historic and Trendy, 81MAR10
Stemming Stem Rust, wheat, 81MAR7
Monitoring Stem Rust—A Key To Control, wheat, 81MAR9
Pro-xan Production Goes Full Scale, alfalfa dehydration process, 81MAR4
Bacteria Sediment in Streambeds, E. Coli, 81MAR13
A Symbol of Friendship, cherry trees, Japan, 81APR4
The Japanese Cherry Tree—A Homeward Journey, 81APR5
Seeking Improved Nitrogen Fixation in Soybeans, 81APR12
Breakthrough for Hybrid Rice, tall plants easier to harvest, 81APR14
Tiny Wasps—Key Insect in Biological Control, parasitic, IPM, 81APR11
Sheep Composites—Parent Lines for Market Lamb Production, 81APR8
Build a Backyard Solar Food Dryer, energy, 81APR10
Computer Simulates Wheat Straw Decomposition, tillage, 81APR13
Glenn Burton—The Scientist, The Man, 81APR2
New Pima Lines May Improve Cotton Crosses, 81MAY13
Yellow Wilt—Preparing for a Sugarbeet Disease Invasion, 81MAY6
Controlling Overwintering Pink Bollworm Populations, 81MAY12
Beta 2 Microglobulin: Body's Defense Against Disease, health, 81MAY4
Cancer Eye Linked to Solar Activity, ultra violet, radiation, 81MAY9
Steers Implanted With Synovex-S Gain More Protein, estrogen, 81MAY10
Reduced Dosage of Brucellosis Vaccine, cattle, 81MAY11
Penicillin—Always the Struggle to Get Enough, mass production, 81MAY14
Terbar System Conserves Soil and Water, 81MAY16
Flexcrop—Reducing Risk of Crop Failure, 81MAY16
An Improved Reed Canarygrass Strain, lambs, 81JUN14
New Citrus Hybrid Beats Florida Freeze, oranges, 81JUN4
Increased Soybean Seeding Overcomes Herbicide Effects, corn, 81JUN15
Simple Test for Nutrition of Pregnant Ewes, 81JUN12
Modern Potato Chips Absorb Less Oil, 81JUN8
Affordable Sewage Disposal for Rural Communities, 81JUN13
Science on the Western Range, Nevada, cattle, soil, water, 81JUN10
Cablegation—New Surface Irrigation System, 81JUN7
Northeast Emphasizes Horticultural Crop Research, small farms, 81JUL4
A Clonal Repository, germplasm, Corvallis, plants, 81JUL10
Hot Callusing for Grafting Dormant Filbert Trees, 81JUL12
Beltsville Bee Doctors Run Diagnostic Clinic, honeycombs, 81JUL14
A Potential Ally for Corn Producers, IPM, 81JUL11
Breeding Line 1 Herefords, meat, milk, beef, 81JUL10
Conservation Tillage Reduces Erosion But Not Yields, 81JUL16
Sweet Sorghum for Liquid Fuel, energy, 81JUL16
Bean Gene Moved to Sunflower Cell, recombinant DNA, 81AUG4
Micropropagation Speeds Up New Peach Varieties, 81AUG4
Wheat Research Pays Big Dividends, resist barley yellow dwarf, 81AUG8
Night Vision Goggles Aid Insect Trap Design, 81AUG6
Natural Products Repel Cucumber Beetle, IPM, 81AUG12
Advances in Vitamin D Metabolism Research, animal nutrition, 81AUG14
Shipping Grapefruit, packaging tests, cellpacked boxes, 81AUG10
Monarch—A New Cicer Milkvetch, 81AUG15
Integrated Control of Lone Star Ticks, cattle, IPM, 81AUG15
New Potato Variety, 81AUG15
States With Good Wind Energy Potential, 81AUG16
Heifers Test Fescue Quality, 81AUG16
Porcine Parvovirus Immunity, hogs, pigs, pork, 81AUG16
Screening Strawberry Seedlings, resist anthracnose, 81SEP10
Growth Regulators Increase Seed Yields, morphactins, flax, 81SEP13
The Verticillium Vonnection—Alfalfa wilt, seeds, 81SEP8
Beneficial Nematodes Control Tree Pests, IPM, carpenterworm, 81SEP9
Field Burning and the Environment, weed control, 81SEP12
Antibiotics for Plants, beneficial bacteria, 81SEP15
Quick Test for Sulfa Drugs in Hog Feed, pigs, pork, 81SEP6
Laser Aligns Traveling Trickle Irrigation System, 81SEP4
Erosion Control of Frozen Soil, dryland grain, pacific northwest, 81SEP7
Beneficial Inhabitants of the Soil, soil microorganisms, low till, 81SEP10,
(also see 81SEP15)
Toxic Liquid Wastes Now Biodegradable, ultra violet, pesticides, 81SEP14
Fescue Grass Delays Conception in Ewes, sheep, 81SEP16
New Nematode Discovered That Attacks Potatoes, Pacific NW, 81SEP16
Low Input Barley Designed for Dry Lands, 81OCT13
Sunflower Hybrids Now Possible, embryo culture, 81OCT14
Contraband Foods, imports, plant protection, odor detection, pest
quarantine, APHIS-ARS, 81OCT4
Gene Splicing Prevents Potato Losses, DNA, PSTV, Viroid, 81OCT8
Toward Better Control of Boll Weevils, IPM, 81OCT12
Wild Goatgrass Gives Greenbug Resistance to Wheat, 81OCT13
Sunflower Seed Meal for Poultry, chickens, hens, 81OCT14
Innovative Rice Processing, high protein, flour, 81OCT15
Two Bale Cotton With High Salt Water, 81OCT10
Winter Pasture on Small Watersheds, grass, cattle, 81OCT11
Microwave Blanching of Vegetables, cooking, frozen foods, 81OCT16
Long Staple Pima Cotton Impressive, 81OCT16
Florida Mangos Spark World Production, fruit, 81NOV8
Trout Manure as Fertilizer, fish, waste, 81NOV9
Japanese Beetle Lures, sex attractant baited traps, 81NOV14
Volunteer Corn Control in Soybeans, 81NOV7
Plant Substances Reduce Cholesterol, barley and a fungus, 81NOV10
Air Pollutant Mixtures Damage Crops, SO2, sulphur dioxide, ozone, 81NOV4
Buried Pipe System Controls Furrow Erosion in Irrigation, 81NOV12
Straw Reduces Furrow Erosion During Rainwater Runoff, 81NOV13
Watering Apples, irrigation, 81NOV16
Automated Corn Borer Rearing System, IPM, 81NOV16
Photosynthesis-Learning the Limits, plant stress, growth, 81DEC8
Narrow Row Cotton Now an Advantage, 81DEC9
Better Way to New Seedless Grapes, ovule culture process, 81DEC12
Chicks Vaccinated Through Eggshells for Marek's Disease, 81DEC5
New Vaccine for Marek's Disease, chickens, 81Dec6
Turkey Virus Grown in Culture, hemorrhagic enteritus virus, 81DEC7
Sugarbeet Irrigation Cut Without Sucrose Loss, 81DEC10
Accelerated Drying—A New Raincoat for Raisins, 80DEC12
Amaranth—A Hot Weather Spinach Substitute, 80OCT15
A Shot of Iron, apple, pear, fertilizer, 80APR15
Bees Better Strawberries, 80MAY16
Bees Increase Melon Size, 80MAR14
Braxton—New Soybean Variety, 80JUL8
Coating Alfalfa Seed Ineffective, 80SEP16
Crop Yields Predicted Via Satellite, 80NOV6
Date Palm Trees Cloned, 80JUL13
Grain Alcohol Awakens Dormant Weed Seeds, 80SEP14
Harvesting Grass Seed, 80MAR16
Landsat and Agristars, remote sensing, space, satellite, LACIE, 80NOV4
Narrow Row Cotton Aids Growers, 80AUG14
New Plant Culture Technique, cotton, hybridization, 80APR16
Nitrogen Fixation in Grassy Crops, 80OCT10
Nitrogen Fixing for Peanuts, 80JUN13
Ozone Treated Tobacco Reduces Tar, 80JAN/FEB11
Pima Cotton Advances, 80AUG14
Plant Nutrients Move in Solution—Not Sediment, 80OCT7
Soils Affect Soybean Pollination, 80SEP8
Space-Saving Crab Apples, 80APR14
Sunflower Oilseed—The Golden Giant, 80AUG8
A Common Foe—Flat Apple and Cherry Rasp, 80MAR16
Alfalfa and Herbicides, 80AUG16
Almond Moth Recapture Rates Monitored, 80SEP13
Beetle Biocontrol, Mexican bean, mites, IPM, 80JAN/FEB8
Brown Stem Rot Resistance, from a new soybean variety, 80JUL8
BT Controls Grain Insects, bacillus thuringiensis, IPM, 80MAR4
Cantaloupes vs. Nematodes, 80MAR15
Combining Cotton Insect Resistant Characters, 80AUG15
Cranberry Girdler Control, 80JUN14
Fire Fights Common Goldenweed, 80JUN16
Home Mothproof Spray, 80JUN14
Ladybug, Ladybug . . . , 80SEP11
Lettuce Wins Fungus Fight, 80APR13
Molds Compete to Control Aflatoxin, 80JUN10
Powdery Mildew Cuts Yields, 80MAR13
Rapid Potato Leafroll Virus test, 80NOV16
Resistant Wild Sunflower, 80AUG9
Root Borer—New Sunflower Pest, 80AUG8
Sicklepod Stands Up to the Sun, 80AUG13
Sugarbeet Cyst Nematodes, 80NOV16
The Most Annoying Insect, biting midge, sand gnats or fleas, 80JAN/FEB10
Vaporizing Powdery Mildew, 80MAR13
Waging War on a Peanut Pest, 80SEP12
Worms? No, Spiroplasmas!, 80JUL12
Future Power for America—New Agricultural Energy Centers, 80MAY4
Greenhouse Residence, solar heating, energy, 80JUL4
Planned Landscaping, 80MAY16
Plant Energy Packages, 80MAY10
Solar Grain Drying, corn, energy, 80MAR7
Sugarbeets—Fuel From Fodder, alcohol, energy, 80MAY13
Wind-Powered Irrigation Pumping on the Great Plains, 80OCT4
Beetle Biocontrol-Livestock Diseases, horn & face flies, IPM, 80OCT15
Cancer Breakthrough in Chickens, 80MAR12
Composites—Breeding Better Beef Cattle, 80DEC4
Cottage Cheese Cut from Screwworm Diet, 80NOV13
Eyesight to the Blind—Glaucoma Research for Dogs, horses, 80MAY15
FBI to Adopt Angle System, animal identification, ID, 80JUN9
Fighting Flu in Turkey Flocks, poultry, 80JUL14
Foot and Mouth Disease, FMD vaccine, DNA, Plum Island, 80JUN8
Liver Fluke Diagnostic Test, 80APR16
New Sterile Screwworm Strain Saves Livestock, 80NOV14
Pointing Puerto Rican Agriculture Toward Profit, 80AUG4
Proteus Bacteria Linked to Screwworm Life Cycle, 80NOV15
Prussic Acid Source Found in Indiangrass, 80SEP16
Radio Reveals Feeder Pig Stress, 80DEC15
Rangeland—Home for Both Cattle and Wildlife, 80OCT13
Recombinant DNA Techniques for Vaccine Production, FMD, 80JUN4
Screwworm Eradication Program—An Overview, 80NOV12
Spring and Summer Sheep Matings Successful, 80DEC8
The Riddle of Blue Tongue, 80APR4
Calories Decrease—Diets Improve Nutrition, 80JAN/FEB12
Cereal Sugar Content, 80JAN/FEB15
High Sugar Diets Risky for Carbohydrate Sensitive People, 80SEP4
Vitamin B6 Enhances Zinc Absorption, 80DEC9
A Fountain of Youth, apple storage, AVG, ethylene, 80APR15
Apples are Red, maturity, storage criteria, 80APR14
Artificial Nose Detects Potato Disease, 80AUG10
Beef Hot Processing Cuts Costs, 80JAN/FEB4
Chemical Decay Control, 80MAR15
Export Market Losses, blue tongue, sheep, 80APR9
Grain Dust Research Progress, 80MAR10
Ground Beef—Extra Lean vs. Regular, meat, hamburger, 80JAN/FEB6
Heat Kills Mycobacteria in Wieners and Sausages, 80OCT8
Humidity and Eggshell Strength Linked, 80OCT12
Moving Lettuce to Market, 80DEC10
New Process Converts Catfish Waste to Profit, 80SEP10
New Spray System Cleans Carcasses, 80JAN/FEB6
Peanut Flour Production, 80JUN12
Quick Cooking Brown Rice, 80AUG16
Spent Grain, brewers, barley, fiber, 80MAR16
Bacteria Help Recycle Waste Water, 80SEP14
Conservation Pays Three Ways, water, erosion, yields, 80JUN15
Infrared Thermometer Triggers Irrigation, 80SEP9
Rangeland Water Harvesting, 80JUL15
Residues—Erosion vs. Energy, 80APR10
Stock Pond Covers, water conservation, cattle, sponge rubber, 80JUL10
Vegetative Snow Fences, wheatgrass barriers, 80MAY15
Pumping Iron at 80 and Up, exercise, weight training, muscle weakness,
physical frailty, Maria Fiatarone, Boston, MA, 94NOV27
Agriculture—the China Connection, 79SEP8
Breeding in Forage Feeding, 79APR6
Cottonseed as Feed for Cows, 79JUN13
Germ-Free Pigs for Research, 79DEC6
Hungarian Komondor Guards Sheep, dog, 79JAN6
More Beef Without Nitrogen, 79FEB13
New Loop in Mastitis Prevention, 79SEP3
Swine Reproduction Studied, 79FEB14
Basin Tillage Increases Yield, 79SEP6
Chemical Weed Control, 79APR13
Cockleburs Cut Soybean Yields, 79JAN7
Cotton Cultivation, 79SEP6
Herbicide Controls Volunteer Corn, soybeans, 79JUL7
Increasing Cotton Yields, 79FEB15
Leaf Blight Threatens Rice, 79JAN11
Pesticides Aid Cotton, 79JAN13
Protecting Stored Grain, 79FEB13
Short-Season Cotton, 79JUN17
Tan Spot in Soybeans, 79APR7
Velvetleaf Hangs Tough, 79OCT11
Zig-Zag Planting Profits Cauliflower, 79AUG11
A Clue in Brown Lung Cure, 79NOV12
Copper Deficiency in Rats, 79JAN5
Detecting Citrus Canker, 79OCT15
Disease Blight Perfect Pear, 79JUL10
Final Performance for a Tomato Disease, 79DEC12
Microscopic World of Fungus, cercospora leaf spot, sugarbeets, 79DEC12
Mycoplasmal Pneumonia, 79FEB12
Ornithosis Sources Identified, 79JAN14
Swine Dysentery, hogs, pigs, 79FEB7
Vaccine for PPV in Pigs, 79JUN8
Ammonia Conserves Corn Feed Fuel, 79NOV14
New Energy Saver Harnesses Wind, 79JAN3
New Energy Saving Thermostat, 79JAN15
Solar Power on the Farm, 79AUG3
Striking Oil With Okra, 79JUL6
Computer Analyzes Food Oil Odors, 79MAY5
Conserving Potable Water, 79FEB11
Cool Citrus Cargo, grapefruit, 79OCT15
Driverless Tractor in Testing, 79JUN12
Grain Dust Explosion Research, 79APPR8
New Harvester Forsnap Beans, 79MAY12
New Horizons in Gas Chromatography, 79MAY5
New System Stimulates Rainfall, 79FEB3
New Tomato Peeling Process, 79MAY7
No-Twist Cotton a Better Yarn, 79JUL15
Space-Dyeing Livens Fabrics, 79JUL14
Tying Cauliflower Plants, 79AUG10
Computers Used To Fight Pollution, 79AUG8
Learning From the Past, soil, erosion, 79OCT4
Pesticides in Runoff Water, 79JAN11
Recycling Waste Water, sewage, 79DEC4
Controlling Grasshoppers, 79NOV4
Eye Clinic for Insects, 79AUG12
Goggles Light Insect Dight Life,79SEP14
Hessian Fly Infestation, 79OCT13
IPM Controls Pink Bollworm, 79OCT11
Ladybird Beetle Aphid Predator Now in U.S., 79FEB8
Neem Seed Extracts Repel Japanese Beetles, 79MAR8
New Bee for Small-Scale Farmers, 79JUN3
Pheromone Controls Red Scale, 79JAN8
St. Croix Stable Flies Eliminated, 79JUN6
The Sunflower Bee, 79JUL8
Viruses Used in Insect Control, bollworm, armyworm, 79APR14
Whiteflies Stick to Yellow boards, 79MAY6
Curly Top Tastes Better, tomato juice, 79DEC11
Exported Watermelons Make Their Mark, 79JUL13
Metrically Packaged Grapefruit, 79JAN12
New Japanese Market for U.S. Cherries, 79JAN14
Salvaging the Sugarbeet Industry, 79DEC13
Timothy Hay Japan Market Reopens, 79OCT12
A National Nutrition Policy, 79OCT2
A Nickel and Iron Dilemma, 79AUG14
Breast Feeding Beneficial, 79SEP11
Defining Fitness by Stress Testing, 79MAY13
Dietary Fiber Reduces Egg Cholesterol, 79APR6
Fresher Foods From Corn, 79NOV14
High Protein and Fiber in Diets, 79MAR6
Labeling Food Fats, 79JUN5
Measuring Fat in Meat, 79JUN5
Oat Bran Bread Pleases Palates, fiber, 79MAR11
Tailoring Vegetable Proteins, 79JUL7
Winter Wheat Bran Promising, fiber, 79JAN13
Better Berries for Breeders, strawberries, raspberries, 79JUN11
Breakthrough Discovery in Wheat, 79AUG7
Electrostatics Charge Plants, 79NOV10
Fingerprinting Plants, electron microscope, elms, 79MAR12
Gasohol from Sugarcane, energy, 79MAY15
Hybrid Sunflowers, 79JUL9
The More Bitter the Better, hops, beer, 79APR15
Nitrogen Fixation in Soybeans, 79MAY3
Potato—Rex Among Plants, 79MAY8
Pushing Plants to Full Potential, pollen, brassinolide, growth regulator,
rape plants. pollen, 79AUG14
Reed Canarygrass, 79SEP12
Roots—A Tool for Better Understanding, water uptake, soil, 79NOV13
Sucrose from Sugarbeets, 79DEC10
Sugarbeet Resistance to Storage Rot, 79DEC11
The Man in the Grapefruit, photosynthesis, 79OCT14
Tissue Culture in Propagation, micropropagation, 79APR3
Ahead . . . More Efficient Irrigation, 79MAR3
Aiding Revegetation in Strip Mining, 79MAR14
Farming Trends Affect Soil's Future, 79FEB6
New Spillway Lengthens Pond Life, dams, water, 79JUL3
Predicting Water Pollution, 79JUN14
Salty Waste Water an Irrigation Source?, 79MAY14
A Delicious New Fruit Juice from Carrot-Passion Fruit, 79DEC16
A Research Still for Cotton Plants, 79JUN15
Airpillows Cushion Tomato Loss, 79APR16
Brown Stem Rot Resistance, soybean seed, 79SEP16
Cattle Grub Control, 79DEC16
Clover Germplasm Resists Aphids, 79JAN16
Coffee Can Lids Trap Citrus Blackfly, 79JUN15
Counting Eggs To Improve Cotton, 79MAR16
Eliminating the Spoil After Strip Mining, 79SEP15
Flushing Out the Heat, greenhouse, potted plants, nurserymen, 79FEB16
Garfield Pea Ready for Canning, 79JUL16
Instrumented Durable Press Rating, cotton cloth, fabric, 79AUG16
Irrigated Winter Wheat, 79OCT16
Keeping Parasites Out of Leafcutter Bees, 79OCT16
Leaf Blight May Threaten Rice, 79MAR16
Lowering Oxygen Levels to Control Insects, 79JUL16
Mulches: Bad With the Good, 79SEP15
Nitrogen Storage in the Soil, 79OCT16
No-Till Reduces Soil Losses, minimum tillage, 79SEP16
Plant Growth Under Grazing Conditions, grass, pasture, 79NOV16
Potatoes: To Store or Not To Store, 79AUG16
Precision Egg Planter for Corn Rootworms, 79NOV16
Soil Stabilizers Aid Water Harvesting, 79JUN15
Stored Seeds Survive, 79APR16
Susceptible Soybeans Suffer Losses, 79JUN16
Tiny Plants Show Water Quality, 79MAR16
Tiny Worm Controls Weeds, IPM, 79MAY16
Vitamin E Helps Hamsters, 79JAN16
Wee Weevil Works Wonders, musk thistle, noxious weed, IPM, 79FEB16
Wheat Roots—Dead or Alive, 79MAY16
When Mosquitoes Go To Lunch, 79MAR16
Nitrogen Fixation—An Inherited Trait, alfalfa, 78JAN3
Screwworm Flies, take warning, cattle, 78JAN5
Evaluation of Protein From Forage, alfalfa, ryegrass, 78JAN6
A Remedy for Flighty Insects, ladybug, soybeans, 78JAN8
No Metal Uptake by Corn or Grass, sewage sludge, 78JAN10
Heat-Cool Sequence Removes Tomato Peels, 78JAN11
New Directions for Virus Control, chickens, Newcastle disease, 78JAN13
Dumping Birds, But Gently, chickens, broilers, processing, 78JAN14
New Yearbook—Gardening for Food and Fun, 78JAN15
Muscular Dystrophy in Minks, 78JAN15
Mechanically Harvestable Strawberries Possible, 78JAN16
Solar-Powered Insect Traps, energy, 78JAN16
Pyramids Trap Face Flies, cattle, pinkeye, eyeworm, 78FEB3
Broiler Litter Fertilized Fescue, chickens, grass, fertilizer, 78FEB5
Finsheep in Breeding System Boosts Lamb Production, 78FEB6
Enzyme Exposed in Rice Weed Control, 78FEB7
Solar Focusing Plastic Panels, energy, 78FEB8
Harvesting Lagoon Biomass, energy, methane gas, fertilizer, 78FEB11
Selective Action of Herbicides, toxic wastes, 78FEB12
Smut Threatens Mainland Sugarcane, 78FEB13
Weed Control on Roadbanks, soil erosion, thistle, grasses, 78FEB14
Detecting Ozone Damage, remote sensing, space, 78FEB14
Insect Resistant Soybeans, 78FEB15
Cercospora Leaf Spot Serious in Southern Pea, 78FEB15
Cocklebur Control for Soybeans, 78FEB16
Corn Borer Infestation, 78FEB16
Scanning Electron Microscopy, cotton, 78MAR3
New Analysis of Cottonseed, NIR, 78MAR5
Proso Millet . . . Forgotten Grain, wheat, protein, 78MAR5
Better Forage With Formaldehyde, protein, cattle, bermudagrass, 78MAR6
Hormone Increases Sugarcane Yield, 78MAR7
Pale Yellow Tobacco, early maturing variety, 78MAR7
Hog Cholera Eradicated . . . 78MAR8
Freeze Dried Vegetables, food, peas, 78MAR13
Double Lambing With Polypay Ewes, sheep, 78MAR14
New Webworm Monitor, pesticide, pheromone, turfgrass, 78MAR14
New Test for Lysine, wheat, 78MAR15
Pecan Winter Injury Studied, nursery trees, 78MAR15
Pesticide Shows Promise, albendazole, tapeworm, cattle, 78MAR15
Dwarf Bunt in Wheat, resistance, export, 78MAR16
Tetany Reduction Possible, forage, grass, cattle, sheep, 78MAR16
Minor Nutrients Important, nitrogen fertilization, zinc, copper, grasses,
cattle rangelands, 78MAR16
Multiple Pest Resistance in Alfalfa, pea aphid, mildew, 78APR3
Sew
Semi-Dwarf Soybeans, 78APR5
Cellulous Waste Products Halt Soil Erosion, 78APR7
Successful Control of Khapra Beetle, pesticides, storage wheat, 78APR7
Fiber Optics, tv used to study cows teats, mastitis, 78APR8
More Sweet Corn From the Cob, 78APR10
New . . . Manmade Minihive, bees, 78APR11
Fungus Resistant Alfalfa Possible, 78APR12
2,4-D Drift Harms Sugar Beets, herbicide, corn, 78APR13
Oh ELISA! Detection of tomato ringspot in raspberries, 78APR13
Ice Cold
Germplasm, freezing seeds, Fort Collins, 78APR14
Bug Resistant Cotton Ahead, 78APR14
Sterile Moths Reduce Insecticides, stored food, IPM, 78APR14
Poultry Wastes—Nitrogen For Cows, cattle, 78APR15
A Rose By Any Other Smell, honey bees, 78APR15
Better Use of Acetic Acid, cattle, forage, 78APR16
Roots Through Glass Boxes, 78APR16
New Solar Method Measures Sediment Load in Water, erosion, 78MAY3
High Protein Peanut Flour, 78MAY5
Topsoil, stripmines focus of research, coal, 78MAY5
Solar Energy Can Cure Burley Tobacco, 78MAY6
Methoprene . . . Kills Fleas, growth regulator, mosquitos, flies, 78MAY7
Battleground for Blight, citrus, 78MAY8
Residues—A Valuable Commodity, energy, erosion, 78MAY10
Mosquito Control Doesn't Harm Bees, 78MAY11
Evaluating European Wheats, bread, flour, 78MAY12
A Wet-Dry Bin filler, apples, 78MAY13
Hereford Research . . . A Success, dairy cattle, milk, 78MAY13
Bovine Leukemia Transmission, dairy cattle, BLV, 78MAY14
Envelopes for Pipe Drains, 78MAY15
Black Pepper Kills Bugs, boll weevils, cotton, 78MAY15
Selecting Superior Alfalfa, 78MAY15
Evaluating Grasses, forage, orchardgrass, 78MAY16
Comfrey: Less Than Expected, forage, alfalfa, orchardgrass, 78MAY16
Diabetes . . . Means of Controlling Insects, hormone, metabolism, 78JUN3
A
Lethal Entrapment, alfalfa leafcutting bee, seed, flower beetle, 78JUN5
New Mechanical Rhubarb Harvester, 78JUN6
Test Tube Bulls, storing semen, cattle, 78JUN7
SPAR . . . A New Research Capability, system for studying whole plant growth
responses, wheat, computer, 78JUN8
Sows Can Carry TGE, transmissible gastroenteritis, hogs, pigs, 78JUN11
Chalmydial Immunity Mechanism Identified, vaccine, turkey, ducks, 78JUN12
Reduce Leaching With Irrigation, fertilization, corn, water, 78JUN13
Big Pill Checks Bugs, timed release pesticide, methoprene, 78SEP11
Boots for Cows, weight measuring device for cattle, 78SEP12
Natural Pheromone May Trap Tsetse Fly, sex attractants, 78SEP14
New Disease of Almond Trees, almond leaf scorch, 78SEP15
Laboratory Reared Med Fruit Flies More Potent, IPM, 78SEP16
Indoor Gardening, artificial lighting, terariums, 78SEP16
Better Lawns, publication on growing turfgrass, dollarspot, leafspot, snow
mold,white grubs, 78SEP16
Small Farmer . . . An Endangered Species, 78OCT2
Citrus Chemicals Knock Out Caribbean Fruit Fly, oranges, grapefruit,
lemons, IPM, 78OCT3
Causes Sought for Delayed Puberty in Pigs, hogs, swine,
78OCT5
New Treatment for Malignant Tumors in Animals, cryotherapy, freezing
technique, swine, hogs, 78OCT7
Controlling Green Peach Aphids Without Pesticides, IPM, potato leaf roll
virus, yellows virus on sugarbeets, 78OCT8
Rope Wick Applicator for Weeds, herbicides, in soybeans, 78OCT11
Moth
controls nutsedge weeds, bactra verutana zeller, IPM, 78OCT11
Among Alfalfa
Weevils—East meets West in Nebraska, 78OCT12
Progress in the Fight Against Screwworms, cattle, IPM, 78OCT13
13-Year Test
on Cicada, insecticides, 78OCT14
Citrus Rootstock: Good, Better and Best, orange, grapefruit, 78OCT15
Automatic Sprayer for Safety, pesticides, 78OCT15
Shocking Weeds, electrical treatment, cotton, soybeans, 78OCT16
Beetle Pests in Stored Food, sex attractant trap, pheromone, 78NOV3
Insect
Resistant Cotton, 78NOV6
Itchgrass Threatens Crops, weed, soybean, corn, sorghum, 78NOV6
Jet Spray Inoculation of Minks, vaccination, distemper virus, 78NOV7
Pressures Measured on Potato Bin Walls, 78NOV8
Coated Seed Shows No Advantage, alfalfa and clover treated with nitrogen
fixing bacteria, 78NOV9
Growth Regulators for Cotton for Insect Control, 78NOV11
Preserving Nutrients in Peeled Tomatoes, nutrition, vitamins, 78NOV13
How
Much Rain Does a Rain Gauge Gauge? water, 78NOV13
A Horse of a Different Cowlick, identification by hair whorl on head,
78NOV14
Intermittent Sprayer Reduces Pesticides, tested on cabbage looper, 78NOV16
Why Blueberries Turn Tough (in freezers), 78NOV17
Additive May Increase Protein in Corn, fertilizer, nitrogen, nitrapyrin,
78NOV18
Short Sugarcane, 78NOV20
Computer Simulates Weed Growth, foxtail, 78NOV20
Natural Enemies Sought for Skeletonweed, IPM, wheat, gall midge and mite
and rust, 78DEC4
Controlling Grasshopper Plagues, Nosema locustae, IPM, crickets, 78DEC6
Cattle Egg Factories, beef cows, embryo transfer, 78DEC7
High Protein Foods From Grass, forages, bermudagrass, 78DEC8
Yellow Nutsedge Curbed by Preplant Herbicide, weeds, 78DEC9
Strip Mining Without Harming the Environment, coal, energy, 78DEC10
Potato Bins Need Ventilation, 78DEC15
New Sunflower Pest, scarab beetle, phyllophaga lanceolata, 78DEC15
Firming Up the Freestone Peach, 78DEC16
The Promise of Jojoba, forum, Robert W. Diemel, wax, lubricant, desert
plant, 78SEP02
It Feeds Orphaned Lambs, simple, inexpensive, semi-automatic, milk-feeding
system, Kenneth R. Frederiksen, U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (Dubois, ID),
78SEP03
Several Weeds Found Good for Sheep, redroot pigweed, Pennsylvania
smartweed, lambsquarter, barnyardgrass, foxtail, nutritive value,
digestibility, Gordon C. Marten, Robert N. Anderson, (St. Paul, MN), 78SEP05
Grass Tetany . . . Some Helpful Research, staggers, magnesium, hypomagnesemia,
potassium, metabolic disorder, grazing animals, C.F. Gross, G.A. Jung,
(University Park, PA), 78SEP06
Water Harvesting Boosts Yield of Jojoba Seed, runoff, wax, William L.
Ehrler, Dwayne H. Fink (U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory, Phoenix, AZ),
78SEP09
Lower Cholesterol from High Fiber Bread? wheat bran, soybean hulls, corn
bran, Juan M. Munoz, (Human Nutrition Research Laboratory, Grand Forks, ND),
78SEP11
Can Mosquitoes Resist Biocontrol? Culex quinquefasciatus, Romanomermis
culicivorax, James J. Petersen, Gulf Coast Mosquito Research Laboratory
(Lake Charles, LA), 78SEP07
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