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INFECTIVE JUVENILES (IJ'S) OF STEINERNEMATID NEMATODES IN THE GENUS NEOAPLECTANA ARE EFFECTIVE CONTROL AGENTS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF INSECT PESTS. MARKET REQUIREMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1987 DETERMINE A PRODUCTION GOAL OF 1011 NEMATODES PER WEEK, WITH 1988 REQUIREMENTS APPROXIMATING 1016 PER WEEK. PHASE I ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM OF STORAGE AND SHIPMENT OF S SUCH LARGE NUMBERS (=LARGE VOLUMES) OF NEMATODES. I ...

THE TESTING FOR SALMONELLA CURRENTLY INVOLVES METHODOLOGY THAT REQUIRES 3-8 DAYS TO COMPLETE AND A FAIRLY SOPHISTICAT ED SKILL LEVEL TO PERFORM. THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO D DEVELOP BOTH MANUAL AND BIOSENSOR-BASED HOMOGENEOUS ASSAYS THAT WILL REDUCE THE DETECTION TIME OF SALMONELLA TO WITHIN 24 HOURS AND BE TECHNICALLY SIMPLER TO PERFORM. THE NOVEL ASPECT IS THE USE OF A LIMPSOME-ENCAPSULATED ENZ ...

THE HOST-SPECIFIC TOXIN PRODUCED BY THE CORKY ROOT ROT CAUSAL BACTERIUM PROVIDES US WITH A TOOL TO SELECT THE DISEASE-RESISTANT LETTUCE FROM A MASS POPULATION OF GERMPLASMS. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH ARE: 1) PURIFY THE HOST-SPECIFIC TOXIN. THE TOXIN WILL BE EXTRACTED FROM THE CRUDE CULTURE FILTRATE IN WHICH THE BACTERIUM HAS BEEN GROWN AND REFINED TO ITS MAXIMAL PURITY BY VARI ...

WE WILL CHARACTERIZE THE SERRATIA MARCESENS CHIB GENE BOTH PHYSICALLY AND IN BIOCONTROL EXPERIMENTS. WE WILL GENETICALLY ENGINEER TOBACCO PLANTS TO EXPRESS HIGH LEVELS OF THE CHIB ENCODED CHITINASE IN LEAF TISSUE, THEN WE WILL EXAMINE WHETHER THESE TRANSFORMED PLANTS ARE RESISTANT TO INFECTION BY ALTERNARIA ALTERNARIA, THE CAUSATIVE AGENT IN TOBACCO LEAF BROWN SPOT DISEASE.

REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT OF MOISTURE IN WOOD PRODUCTS IS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VALUE-ADDEDED WOOD PRODUCTS SUCH AS PLYWOOD, PARTICLE/FIBER/FLAKEBOARD,ETC. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR DETERMINING THE VALUE OF RAW MATER IALS SUCH AS WOOD CHIPS AND FLAKES WHICH ARE USUALLY PUR- CHASED BY WEIGHT AND FOR ESTABLISHING PRE-AND POST-DRYING NEEDS. THIS RESEARCH WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILIT ...

A SOFTWARE PACKAGE CALLED THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPMAC) IS PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT USING AN INNOVATIVE RAP ID PROTOTYPING METHODOLOGY. IPMAC WILL USE EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNIQUES TO ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE OF A WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERT IN CITRUS PEST MANAGEMENT, DR. GLENN CARMAN, AND MAKETHAT AVAILABLE TO CITRUS ORCHARD OPERATORS. IPMAC WILL CON-SIST OF TACTICAL RESPONSE MODULES FOR IDENTIFYING P ...

IN 1987 RUTGERS PROFESSORS COMPLETED KEY RESEARCH ON SINGLE CLUSTER TOMATO PRODUCTION. THE RESULTS INDICATE THIS COUNTER INTUITIVE (I.E.; INNOVATIVE) IDEA CAN REVOLUTIONIZE TOMATO GROWING IN GREENHOUSES TO SUPPLY VINE RIPENED TOMATOES YEAR AROUND AT AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE. THE CURRENT TOMATO GROWING STRATEGY IS TO GROW PLANTS THROUGH AN ENTIRE SELLING SEASON. INTUITIVELY THIS STRATEGY IS REASONABLE S ...

TILAPIA ARE AN IMPORTANT FOOD FISH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, AND A CANDIDATE FISH FOR LARGE SCALE AQUACULTURE BOTH IN THEU.S. AND ABROAD. THEY ARE ALSO THE MOST EXTENSIVELY STUDIEDMODEL SYSTEM FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF GROWTH IN FISHES. RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN LEARNED THAT TILAPIA HAVE TWO DISTINCT PROLACTINS AND A SINGLE GROWTH HORMONE. IT IS THE GOAL OF THE WORK PROPOSED HERE TO DEV ...

IF TOURISTS DRIVING THROUGH RURAL AREAS COULD BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, THE GOODS AND SERVICES THEY OFFER, AND HOW TO FIND THEM, MILLIONS OF TOURISTS TOURISTS' DOLLARS COULD BE DIRECTED TO RURAL ECONOMIES THAT NOW PASS THEM BY. TWO LITTLE-USED PROGRAMS COULD HELP DO THAT. ONE IS A SYSTEM OF TOURIST INFORMATION CENTERS, AND THE OTHER IS A STATE-SPONSORED SIGNING PR ...

THE FIRST STEP OF SEED GERMINATION IS WATER IMBIBITION. RAPID IMBIBITION, PARTICULARLY AT LOW TEMPERATURES, IS DAMAGING TO THE SEED OF MANY COMMERCIAL CROPS. ADDITIONALLY, SEEDS WILL IMBIBE WATER AT TEMPERATURES BELOW WHICH GERMINATION CAN OCCUR. THESE SEEDS THEN RESIDE IN COOL DAMP SOIL UNTIL A WARMER SOIL TEMPERATURE, NECESSARY FOR GERMINATION, IS REACHED. DURING THIS TIME THEY ARE PRONE TO WATE ...