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A environmental problem faced by the power generation industry involves controlling flue gas emissions from coal fired boilers. Specifically, the 1990 Clean Air Amendments mandate a 2,000,000 ton per year decrease in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. Reburning is a mature fuel staging NOx control technology which has been successfully demonstrated at full scale by Energy and Environmental Research ...

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 ...

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The accurate determination of specific gravity and identification of defects in potatoes are of great interest to the industry since they affect both the processability and marketability. Preliminary research has indicated that magnetic resonance (MR) techniques are capable of rapidly and realiably determining both specific gravity and identifying internal defects in potatoes. Quantum Magnetics ...

There is a continuing need for reliable cloud observations to drive climatic UV-B prediction models. Traditionally, observations such as cloud cover are made by human observers, and thus often suffer from uncertainties due to the subjectivity of the observer. Cloud cover data is especially important in UV-B hazard prediction, as well as storm prediction. It is generally accepted that UV-B doses ...

The proposed project would lead to the development of a low cost ($10-20,000) solar ultraviolet-B radiation instrument capable of measuring the narrowband direct, diffuse and global solar spectral radiation in the 300-368 nm wavelength range. This new instrument is an extension of the well-proven multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer and would substantially improve the existing measurement o ...

APPLE PACKING PROCESS STILL IS DONE BY HAND. ALONG THE APPLE CONVEYERS, WORKERS ARE PLACED TO MONITOR THE PASSING APPLES AND REMOVE THE ROTTED, DAMAGED, DISEASED APPLES AND FOREIGN MATERIALS. THIS LABOR INTENSIVE WORK IN A WET AND DIRTY ENVIRONMENT IS NOT ONLY TEDIOUS AND CAUSES FATIGUE TO EYES, BUT ALSO DIFFICULT TO PREVENT THE UNDESIRABLE OBJECTS FROM PASSING THROUGH THE LINE. IT HAS BEEN AN INC ...

BACULOVIRUSES HAVE DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO CONTROL MAJOR ECONOMIC PESTS IN AGRICULTURE, BUT HIGH PRODUCTION COSTS HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN LIMITING THEIR COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY. AS THE ONLY COMPANY WITH A LOW COST, PATENTED IN VITRO MASS PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE FOR INSECT PARASITIC NEMATODES, BIOSYS IS WELL-SUITED TO DEVELOPING SUCH A TECHNIQUE FOR BACULOVIRUSES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, THE DEVELOPMENT ...

WE HAVE GENERATED OVER 60 TRANSGENIC TOMATO TRANSFORMATS WHICH EXPRESS NOVEL CHITINASE EITHER INTRA- OR EXTRACELLULARLY. HERE WE PLANT TO SCREEN SEEDLINGS AND FRUIT DERIVED FROM THESE PRIMARY TRANSFORMANTS FOR TOLERANCE/RESISTANCE TO A RANGE OF IMPORTANT FUNGAL PATHOGENS WHICH CAUSE SIGNIFICANT LOSSES IN THE PRODUCTION OF FRUIT. DISEASE SCREENS WILL BE PERFORMED INITIALLY IN THE LABORATORY UNDER C ...

THE APPLICANT FIRM PROPOSES UNDER PHASE I TO PROVE FEASIBLE A PROPOSED UNIQUE AIRBORNE RETARDANT DELIVERY SYSTEM. THE DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIMIT THE EFFECT OF AIRCRAFT AND ATMOSPHERIC DISTUBANCES (EG. AIRCRAFT FORWARD VELOCITY, TURBULENCE, CROSS-WINDS, HUMIDITY, ETC.) TO THE AERIAL DELIVERY OF RETARDANT. FURTHER PROPOSED IS TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY AND DELIVERY RATES TO BETTER MEET CURRENT MA ...