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THE RAPID INCREASE IN WORLD SEAFOOD PRODUCTION BY AQUACULTURAL PROCESSES HAS PLACED A COMPETITIVE BURDEN ON THE UNITED STATES FISHING AND FISH FARMING INDUSTRIES. ECONOMIC PRESSURES HAVE DICTATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH DENSITY CLOSED-CYCLE AQUACULTURE (HDCCA) UNIT OPERATIONS TO PROVIDE SEAFOOD PRODUCTS AT MINIMAL UNIT COST. QUALITY CONTROL IN HDCCA IS MANDATED BY THE COMPLEXITY OF WATER RECYCLING ...

THIS PHASE I SBIR PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING INOCULATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION OF USTILAGO MAYDIS (COMMON CORN SMUT) EAR GALLS AS AN EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME-GENERATING CROP OPPORTUNITY IN RURAL AREAS WHERE THE CULTIVATION OF CORN IS A TRADITIONAL CROP. THE PROPOSED FEASIBILITY STUDY COVERS THREE MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH: (1) THE COMPILATION OF EXISTING ...

CURRENT ANNUAL CROPPING SYSTEMS IN NORTHERN IDAHO REMAIN SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINTER OIL EROSION. PRODUCTION OF PERENNIA FORAGE CROPS IN EROSION-PRONE LAND OF NORTHERN IDAHO OFFERS THE POTENTIAL FOR GREATER AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH REDUCED SOIL EROSIN AND DIVERSIFICATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY. IN SPITE OF THIS POTENTIAL, THERE IS LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC CONSTR ...

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS INFORMATION ON THE FOOD CON- SUMPTION AND DIETARY LEVELS OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS AND INDIV- IDUALS FOR USE IN ADMINISTERING A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. CURRENT SURVEY METHODOLOFY IS BURDENSOME ON RESPONDENTS, LABOR INTENSIVE, TIME-CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE TO ADMINISTER.PUBLICATION OF RESULTS IS FROM FOUR TO FIVE YEARS AFTER DATACOLLECTION WHICH TENDS TO LOWER ITS VALUE IN DECISIO ...