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THERE IS PRESENTLY WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN USING THE LIGNIN-DEGRADING FUNGUS PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM AND ITS ENZYMES (LIGNINASES) FOR DEGRADATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. THIS FUNGUS POSSESSES A VERY NONSPECIFIC OXIDATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DEGRADING A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPOUNDS TO THE LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE. THE SYNTHESIS OF THIS DEGRADATION SYSTEM IS TRIGGERED BY STARVATION OF THE FUNGUS F ...

THE PHYSIOLOGICAL-THERMODYNAMIC BASIS FOR HYBRID VIGOR (YIELD HETEROSIS) IN CORN AND OTHER CROPS IS NOT PRESENTLY KNOWN. THUS, DEVELOPMENT AND SELECTION OF INBRED LINES FOR HYBRID VIGOR RELIES ON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HETEROTIC GROUPS, NUMEROUS CROSSES, AND EXTENSIVE FIELD TESTS TO ACHIEVE THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE OF 1 TO 2 BU/ACRE/YR INCREASE IN YIELD. EACH COMMERCIAL HYBRID MAY COST FROM $1.2 TO $ ...

THE U.S. POULTRY INDUSTRY ADMINISTERS ABOUT 21 BILLION DOSE UNITS OF VACCINES YEARLY. THESE VACCINATIONS ARE GIVEN TO TO DAY-OLD BIRDS FOR SEVERAL VIRAL AND BACTERIAL DISEASES, AND SUBSEQUENT VACCINATIONS TO GROWING AND ADULT CHICKENS ANAND TURKEYS. ADDITIONALLY, 170 MILLION TURKEY EMBRYOS R RECEIVE ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT. THE WORLDWIDE POULTRY DRUG VACCINE MARKET REPRESENTS OVER $500 MILLION PR YEA ...

The skin is the first line of defense against chemical warfare agents including nerve agents and toxic industrial chemicals, providing a possible barrier or delay to systemic distribution. Some chemicals also can act directly on the skin including the vesicants sulfur mustard and lewisite. Early and rapid skin decontamination is extremely important following exposure to CWAs and TICs because it de ...

Alphaviruses, infection with which may cause encephalitis and death, are recognized as potential biological warfare agents. There are noapproved medical countermeasures against Alphaviruses. In Phase I, using Abzymes proprietary in vivo Self-Diversifying Camelid SingleDomain Antibody Library (SDALib) platform, broadly reactive single domain camelid VHH antibodies against equine encephalitis viral ...

Future engagements (especially with near-peer threats) present the possibility of a wide range of anticipated operational situations involving the presence of chemical threat agents. With this, deployment of Military Working Dogs (MWDs) is likely. This creates a situational awareness that MWDs are potentially at risk from exposure to a wide range of hazardous chemicals. Potential threat agents inc ...

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DENSITY OF POTATOES AND COOKINGQUALITY HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME. THE MOST DENSE POTATOES HAVE THE MOST TASTE AND THE HIGHEST DRY MATTER CONTENT. DENSITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POTATOES OF VARIOUS QUALITIES ARE SMALL AND UNTIL TO-DATE THERE IS NO COMMERCIALMETHOD FOR THEIR SORTING. IT IS PROPOSED FOR DENSITY SORTING POTATOES INTO SEVERAL DENSITY GROUPS TO USE DRY MET ...

Consumers are demanding replacement of synthetic food colors with compounds from naturalsources. We have prepared a stable water-soluble yellow-red extract from avocado seeds.AvoColor® has favorable colorant properties in a variety of food systems. Structural analysisidentified the major pigment as a novel glycosylated benzotropone. The overall goal of theproposed studies is to commercialize a "g ...

The goal of this research is to enable users to take advantage of panoramic ground-level imagery toremotely discern the presence of street trees in their neighborhoods and to derive the geographiccoordinates and baseline data on tree species or genus diameter and condition that can be used tosupport future planting initiatives and best management practices.By providing an alternative totraditional ...