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Unique challenges face agriculture diagnostics, dictated by the small profit margins in crop production and the need for rapid, reliable assay information under highly variable environmental conditions. The need to identify genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has recently become acute due to new legislation, public demands, global transport of plants, and commercial processing of food and fiber. ...

This proposal addresses the recent EPA ruling, published in the Federal Register (January 22, 2001), to lower the As levels in drinking waters from the current Maximum Contaminants levels (MCL) of 50 ppb to 10 ppb. Furthermore, it has reported that 2,300 groundwater systems in small communities ranging from 25 to 500 (which make up 67% of the groundwater systems) will be out of compliance; whereas ...

This proposal addresses the recent EPA ruling, published in the Federal Register (January 22, 2001), to lower the As levels in drinking waters from the current Maximum Contaminants levels (MCL) of 50 ppb to 10 ppb. Furthermore, it has reported that 2,300 groundwater systems in small communities ranging from 25 to 500 (which make up 67% of the groundwater systems) will be out of compliance; whereas ...

China uses more Asian devil's club (Oplopanax elatus) as a medical herb than all Alaskan agricultural export production combined. We are evaluating the harvesting, processing and marketing of the Alaskan devil's club (Oplopanax horridum) that is primarily owned or controlled by Native Alaskan residents in 13 coastal communities. The Japanese call this plant (Echinopanax japonicus nakai) and the Ch ...

In the production of rice crops, there is a considerable amount of biowaste generated in the forms of hulls and straw. Hundreds of millions of tons of rice hulls are generated annually. Rice hulls have been utilized as biofuels and as a supplement in animal feed. However, the market for hulls is a small portion of the hulls generated, and this results in landfilling the excess. Rice hull ash gener ...

The basic premise being pursued in this proposal is whether or not small aquaculture producers can effectively retail their product directly to the end consumer. We are proposing a series of research steps to lead towards the development of the capability to direct retail market from an indoor fish farm. We are focusing on direct sales to restaurants using UPS Specific Day Delivery System (can nex ...

This Phase II proposal and the recently completed Phase I project deal with a new process of production of glycerol from cornstarch by a yeast fermentation. There are two current industrial processes for glycerol. Chemical syntheses are no longer competitive. The second method involves recovering glycerol as a byproduct from soap and other fatty acid industries. It suffers from the decline of the ...

This Phase II proposal and the recently completed Phase I project deal with a new process of production of glycerol from cornstarch by a yeast fermentation. There are two current industrial processes for glycerol. Chemical syntheses are no longer competitive. The second method involves recovering glycerol as a byproduct from soap and other fatty acid industries. It suffers from the decline of the ...

In 1980, USDA weed scientist Roger D. Hagin identified quackgrass as a potent slug deterrent in no - till corn. Subsequently, he and coworkers identified the active ingredient as 6-hydroxy 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-B- carboline-3-carboxylic acid (6-HT C-3COOH), demonstrating very significant toxicity (LD50 of 5 ¿g per gram). The compound exhibits little or no mammalian toxicity and no effect on one spec ...

Increased restrictions on wild live-bait shrimp catches combined with significant annual increases in demand suggest that the supply problem of this industry will continue if no alternative source of live bait shrimp is established. The major obstacles in the development of the farm-raised live bait shrimp industry are the need for domesticated pathogen-free postlarvae (PL), the lack of reliable m ...