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A RAPID AND VERY SENSITIVE BIOLUMINESCENT IMMUNOASSAY WILL BE USED FOR TRHE DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF SALMONELLA BACTERIA IN FOODS. BOTH POLYCOLONAL AND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO SALMONELLA WILL BE USED. IT IS HOPED TO ATTAINDETECTION LIMITS OF A FEW HUNDRED BACTERIA PER ML. IN AN ASSAY TAKING ONLY A FEW HOURS.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A SIMPLIFIED, N NON-INSTRUMENTED IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF AFLATOXIN B1 IN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SUITABLE FOR FIELD MONITORING AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BLENDING OF PRODUCT. VISUALLY READABLE STANDARDS WILL BE DEVELOPED AT 20, 100 AND 200 PPB. THE SYSTEM WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST STANDARD ELISA AND HPLC METHODOLOGIES.

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THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY, FROM AN ANIMAL PRODUCTION VIEWPOINT,IS INCREASINGLY USING CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS TO INCREASE PRODUCER EFFICIENCY. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THESE CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS TO HAVE A GOOD METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING THE ANIMAL. PRESENT VENTILATIONSYSTEMS SUPPLY VENTILATION BY USING ELECTRIC POWERED FANS AND/OR DOORS THAT ARE CONTROLLED BY ELECTRIC THERMOSTATS. TH ...

ULTRA-SMALL, NON-DESTRUCTIVE FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL PROBES (OPTRODES) WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR NUTRIENT FLUX STUDIES. T THESE PROBES WILL BE USED FOR THE IN SITU MEASUREMENT OF THE PRIMARY PLANT NUTRIENTS IN SOILS, SYNTHETIC ROOTING MEDIA AND IN-PLANT VASCULAR SYSTEMS TO STUDY THE FLUX DYNAMICS. THE OPTRODES ARE FLUORESCENT CHEMICAL SENSORS CAPABLE OF GIVING BOTH SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL INFORMATION ABOUT ...

THE INVESTIGATION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROCESSES IS LIMITED BY CHEMICAL ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY. NO SATISFACTORY METHOD EXISTS FOR EITHER MAKING INVASIVE MEASUREMENTS WITHIN, OR INTHE MICROENVIRONMENT AROUND, LIVING PLANTS. THE OBJECTIVE OOF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A SUITE OF HIGHLY MINIA TURIZED FIBER OPTIC PROBES (OPTRODES) FOR THE IN SITU DETERMINATION OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY EXCHANGE GASES: CO2 ...