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IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO DETER MINE THE SHELF-LIFE OF PERISHABLES AND MONITOR IT. THE DEVICES AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY ARE EXPENSIVE, BULKY, AND DO NOT MIMIC THE DETERIORATION OF PERISHABLES. AN IDEAL DEVICE FOR MONITORING RESIDUAL SHELF-LIFE OF PERISHABLE IS PROPOSED. THE DEVICE WILL BE SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE, MIMICS THE DETERIORATION OF PERISHABLES AND HAS SEVERAL OTHER DE ...

THE INDIAN MEAL MOTH (IMM), PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA (HUBNER), IS A STORED PRODUCTS PEST OF WORLDWIDE IMPORTANCE. DUE TO ITS INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE, IMM HAS BECOME DIFFICULT TO CON TROL. A GRANULOSIS VIRUS (PIGV) HAS SHOWN CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL IN CONTROLLING IMM. MICROGENESYS,INC. PROPOSES TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS TO INVESTIGATE THE COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF PIGV. THE MOST ECONOMICAL METHOD OF PIGV P ...

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LIGNINS OF CONSISTENT QUALITY APPEAR TO BE OBTAINED AS UNREACTED PRODUCTS OF A CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR HYDROLYSIS OF LIGNOCELLULOSICS TO FERMENTABLE SUGARS. THE CATALYTIC AGENT, AN INORGANIC SALT, HYDROLYZES BOTH HEMICELLULOSE AND ALPHACELLULOSE SO RAPIDLY AND AT SUCH RELATIVELY LOW ENERGY LEVELS THAT LIGNINS MAY BE RELATIVELY UNAFFECTED BY BY THE REACTION. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE RESULTANT LIGNI ...

PRESENT-DAY HERBICIDE SPRAYING OF FIELD ROW CROPS IS VERY INEFFICIENT; OVER 75 PERCENT OF THE HERBICIDE IS WASTED AS OVERSPRAY, WHICH IS COSTLY AND CONTAMINATES THE ENVIRONMENT.THE FEASIBILITY OF EFFICIENTLY APPLYING TRANSLOCATABLE HERBICIDES WITH ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES WILL BE EXAMINED. STUDIES WILL EVALUATE DIFFERENT PARTICLE CHARGING MEANS, INCLUDING INDUCTION CHARGING, CORON ...