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THE LYGUS BUG IS A MAJOR PEST OF A VARIETY OF CROPS INCLUDING COTTON, SEED ALFALFA AND STRAWBERRIES. CURRENT STRATEGIES RELY ON BROAD SPECTRUM NSETICIDES FOR CONTROL. WHILE THESE INSETICIDES DO REDUCE LYGUS BUG POPULATIONS, SEVERAL UNDESIRABLE SIDE EFFECTS ARE THE RESULT. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF OTHER CROP PESTS IS INHIBITED, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION CAN OCCUR, AND WORKER SAFETY PROBLEMS ARE EXAC ...

NO DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS EXIST TO DIRECTLY MONITOR THE QUAILITY OF MANUFACTURING PARAMETERS OF PLYWOOD AND OTHER WOOD-BASED COMPOSITES DURING THE PRESSING WHERE ADJUSTMENTS OF TIME, PRESSURE OR TEMPERATURE CAN BE MADE. LACKING SUCH TOOLS, MOST MANUFACTURING GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN DERIVED AFTER-THE-FACT USING TRIAL AND ERROR DESTRUCTIVE AND NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHODS. AS A RESULT, THE PROPERTIES AND F ...

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO INCREASE THE UTILIZATION OF FOREST RESOURCES BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PRODUCT CYCLES IN WHICH WOOD FIBER CAN BE USED. PHASE I WILL DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF MAKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PANELS AND VENEER SUBSTITUTES, USING THE LOWEST GRADES OF WASTE PAPER AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WOOD AND ITS RESIDUES. PHASE II WILL UTILIZE THE DATA BASE TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF M ...

THE PORTABLE PRECISION LOCATION MAPPER PROVIDES THE AGRICULTURAL USER WITH A MECHANISM FOR DETERMINING AND RECORDING POSITIONS WITH HIGH PRECISION. THIS DEVICE USES THE GLOBAL POSITION SYSTEMS SATELLITE SIGNALS, CORRECTED FOR LOCAL AND INDUCED DISTORTION, TOGETHER WITH INERTIAL AND OTHER NAVIGATIONAL AIDS FOR ITS POSITION DETERMINATION.. SOFTWARE AND CONTROL PANEL HARDWARE SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED F ...

INTENSIFICATION OF POND AQUACULTURE REQUIRES INCREASING LEVELS OF AERATION BY MECHANICAL MEANS. THE MOST COMMON, AND MOST EFFICIENT AERATOR DESIGN IN USE TODAY IS THE PADDLEWHEEL AERATOR WHICH USES A SPIRAL PADDLE BLADE CONFIGURATION ON THE AERATOR IMPELLOR. THIS DESIGN EVOLVED, AND HAS ITS MAIN APPLICATION FOR USE WITH LARGE AERATORS (5 TO 10-HP), IN THE U.S. FRESHWATER CATFISH INDUSTRY. THE PRES ...

COMMERCIAL MARICULTURE OF MACROALGAE AND SESSILE ANIMALS, AS CURRENTLY PRACTICED, INVOLVES LABOR-INTENSIVE, CONTROLLED SETTLING OF SPORES OR LARVAE ON CLEAN ROPE, NETTING, OR SHELLS. THESE SUBSTRATES ARE THEN PLACED ON FARMS IN THE SEA. IN CONTRAST, NATURAL PROPAGATION OF NEARLY ALL MARINE ORGANISMS INVOLVES THE BROADCASTING OF MICROSCOPIC SPORES, GAMETES, OR LARVAE, THAT ARE ADAPTED TO ATTACH AND ...

THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG WATER POTENTIAL, HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY, AND WATER CONTENT (P-K-O) ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY SOUGHT SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. PREDICTION OF WATER AND SOLUTE MOVEMENT IN BOTH AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATIONS IS ULTIMATELY PREDICATED UPON AN ADEQUATE EXPERIMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF POROUS MEDIA. A RAPID AND ACCURATE METHOD TO DETERMINE THESE RELATIONSHIPS WOULD FIND W ...

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