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THE COMMERCIAL USE OF ENTOMOGENOUS NEMATODES FOR EFFECTIVE BIO-CONTROL OF AGRICULTURAL INSECT PESTS IS DEPENDENT ON DEVELOPING NEW LARGE-SCALE AND ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION METHODS. BIOSIS HAS OBTAINED ENCOURAGING RESULTS IN THE LIQUID CULTURE OF NEOAPLECTANA CARPOCAPSAE WHICH COULD PROVIDE L LARGE NUMBERS OF NEMATODES AT COSTS COMPETITIVE WITH CHEMI ICAL INSECTICIDES. THE OBJECTIVE OF PHASE I OF THIS ...

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CERAMIC MEMBRANES ARE RAPIDLY EMERGING AS A NEW TECHNOLOGY IN MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS. HOWEVER, COMMERCIALLY-AVAILABLE DEVICES HAVE HIGH COSTS RELATIVE TO POLYMERIC MEMBRANES, TYPICALLY FIVE TO TEN TIMES HIGHER. THE TECHNOLOGY TO BE DEVELOPED EMPLOYS A UNIQUE APPROACH TO CERAMIC MEMBRANE MODULE DESIGN. THE MODULE CONCEPT SHOULD RESULT IN PRODUCTION OF CERAMIC MEMBRANES WITH A COST LESS THAN THOSE FOR ...

THE PATHOGENESIS-RELATED (PR) PROTEINS OF HIGHER PLANTS HAVEBEEN POSTULATED AS CONSTITUTING A HOST DEFENSE MECHANISM WHICH IS EMPLOYED FOR COMBATING NATURAL PATHOGENS. THIS IS LARGELY BASE ON THE CONCOMITANT APPEARANCE OF THESE PROTEIN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATHOGEN-INDUCED HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE IN DISEASE RESESTANT PLANTS. WE WILL ATTEMPT TO ELUCIDATE THEIR ROLE IN PATHOGEN RESISTANCE BY ...

A NEW, RAPID AND SENSITIVE TEST METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF ERYTHROMYCIN IN ANIMAL-DERIVED PRODUCTS SUCH AS MILK AND MEAT WILL BE DEVELOPED BASED ON IMMUNOASSAY METHODOLOGY. DIRECTED SYNTHETIC TECHNIQUES WILL BE USED TO PREPARE THE IMMUNOGENS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP ANTIBODIES, BOTH MONOCLONAL AND CONVENTIONAL, WITH THE BROADEST RECOGNITION FOR ALL DRUGS IN THE MACROLIDE CLASS OF ANTIBIOTICS AS WELL ...

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MANY CROP PESTS ARE TEMPERATURE-REGULATED. FOR EXAMPLE, THEMEDIAN EMERGENCE OF NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORM LARVAE REQUIRES THE ACCUMULATION OF 529.9 DEGREE DAYS ABOVE 11.1 DEGREES C. ACCURATE TIMING OF INSECTICIDE OR HERBICIDE APPLICATION, TO COINCIDE WITH THE EMERGENCE OF A CROP PEST, WOULD PROVIDESIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN PEST CONTROL AND AGENT UTILIZATION. LANDEC LABS, INC. HAS DEVELOPED NOVEL POLY ...

THE FEASIBILITY OF COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION OF MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA IS EXAMINED. THIS PLANT IS A SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN MYRTACEAE WHOSE ESSENTIAL OIL IS A VALU- ABLE ANTISEPTIC AND FUNGICIDE, WITH POTENTIAL APPLICATION INBURN THERAPY, AND WHICH IS IN SHORT SUPPLY ON THE WORLD MAR KET. TECHNIQUES FOR SEED GERMINATION, NURSERY MANAGEMENT, TRANSPLANTING AND ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE DEVELOPED. ENVIRON-MEN ...

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SWINE PRODUCERS AND SWINE INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS MUST DETERMINE WHAT AREAS OF SWINE PRODUCTION ARE LEAST EFFICIENT ECONOMICALLY IN ORDER TO REGAIN PROFITABILITY. BYDEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED, DETAILED FINANCIAL/BIOLOGIC DATABASE, SWINE PRODUCERS WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE INEFFICIENCIES IN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES THROUGH ANALYSIS OF THEIR DATA, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PLAN THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION BY ...