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Scierotinia sclerotiorum, or white mold, is generally considered to be one of the two most damaging diseases to the U.S. canola, dry bean, soybean, and sunflower crops. Although controllable with timely fungicide applications, the expense of these fungicides and the lack of reliable information as to the need for the application often prohibit the preemptive action requited for disease control. Wh ...

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WE PROPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW RADIO-FREQUENCY VACUUM DRYER THAT UTILIZES AN OVERMODED RESONANT CAVITY TO COUPLE POWER TO WOOD. THE DEVICE WILL BE MUCH MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT THAN CAPACITOR-PLATE DEVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN USE. THE INCREASE IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMPARED TO CAPACITOR-PLATE DEVICES IS GREAT ENOUGH THAT THE INITIAL COST OF OUR PROPOSED DRYER WILL BE RECOVERED IN JUST A FEW YEA ...

Cryptosporidium, originating from contamination of public drinking water supplies, ponds, rivers, or swimming pools, have cause large-scale and deadly outbreaks, which became a major cause of waterborne infectious diseases. Since 1991, the percent of outbreaks attributable to Cryptosporidium has doubled, and in the 1993-1994 period, 17 percent of all outbreaks were caused by Cryptosporidium. In 19 ...

Cryptosporidium, originating from contamination of public drinking water supplies, ponds, rivers, or swimming pools, have cause large-scale and deadly outbreaks, which became a major cause of waterborne infectious diseases. Since 1991, the percent of outbreaks attributable to Cryptosporidium has doubled, and in the 1993-1994 period, 17 percent of all outbreaks were caused by Cryptosporidium. In 19 ...

It is estimated that there are approximately 300 million tires discarded each year in the United States and this is in addition to the 800 million scrap tires that reside in landfills and tire dumps throughout the country. About 180 million are recycled, and the remaining 120 million scrap tires are discarded (legally or illegally) in landfills or tire dumps. Current tire reuse technologies offer ...

It is estimated that there are approximately 300 million tires discarded each year in the United States and this is in addition to the 800 million scrap tires that reside in landfills and tire dumps throughout the country. About 180 million are recycled, and the remaining 120 million scrap tires are discarded (legally or illegally) in landfills or tire dumps. Current tire reuse technologies offer ...

The objective of this Phase I study is to chemically screen flower colorants, seed oils and seed meals from perennial Hibiscus species and hybrids. Colorants will be extracted from fresh, frozen, freeze-dried and hot-air dehydrated whole flowers from FY-2001 harvests. All hybrid samples will be harvested and analyzed by color group. Non-hybrids will be analyzed by species (where no significant col ...

Most edible beans are currently harvested with a multi-operation system involving undercutting, windrowing, and combining. This harvest system has high operating cost, high weather risk to the undercut plants, high soil intake into the combine, and allows few options for controlling soil erosion after harvest. A small proportion of the crop is direct harvested but current equipment for direct harv ...

This SBIR Phase I submission describes the development of instrumentation to combine GC- Olfactometry and MS-Nose functionality into an integrated multi-dimensional GC system. Sophisticated GC-O operation identifies olfactory active components, while an innovative flow switch redirects cuts of the volatiles to a mass spectrometer in batch mode. Discriminate analysis techniques, seeded by knowledge ...