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Agricultural Research Division 103rd Annual Report, July 1, 1988, To June 30, 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

It is a pleasure to provide the 103rd Annual Report of the UNL Agricultural Research Division. This report contains lists of current faculty, active projects, refereed journal articles, books and book chapters, germ plasm releases, brief descriptions of research in selected areas, and the financial report for the period of July 1, 1988, through June 30, 1989. This report was compiled in compliance with the intent of the law of the State of Nebraska that established the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station on March 31, 1887.

Foreword ... v

Administrative Personnel ... vii

Administrative Units ... viii

Organizational Chart ... viii …

Acuta Enews June 1989, Vol. 18, No. 6

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President's Message

Party Line

Administrative Director's Office

The Secondary Marker: Working to Save You Money

The Battle Continues: Centrex vs PBX

Used Equipment Isn't Necessarily Abused Equipment

Cc352 Developing A Productive Team : Team Building, Arnold Bateman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign Circular 352 discusses developing a productive team and team building. It includes topics : participation, feedback, leadership, problem solving, conflict management, risk taking and creativity.

Estimation Of Genetic Parameters For Milk And Fat Yields Of Dairy Cattle In Spain And The United States, M. J. Carabano, L. Dale Van Vleck, G. R. Wiggans, R. Alenda

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Interaction of genotype with environment was studied with 10,780 Spanish production records (daughters of 210 Holstein-Friesian bulls) and two subsets of United States data (800,821 records with 1170 sires and 762,152 records with 1186 sires). Only 74 bulls had daughter records in both Spanish and United States data. Genetic and phenotypic (co)variances and correlations and heritability for milk and fat yields were estimated both within country and between countries with countries considered as separate traits (joint analysis). (Co)variance components were estimated with a REML procedure. Heritability estimates for milk and fat in the Spanish population (.16 and .14, within country; …

Pod Network News, May 1, 1989, Emily Wadsworth

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

MEMBERSHIP YEAR

HANDBOOK FOR NEW PRACTITIONERS

BIT NET

AAHE

CONFERENCE SITE SURVEY

NEW BROCHURE

BUDGET

1990 CONFERENCE

1989 CONFERENCE

1990 TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMY

JOB OPPORTUNITY

GLCA WORKSHOP ON COURSE DESIGN AND TEACHING

CONFERENCES

Agricultural Experiment Station News May 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
MARION O'LEARY HEADS BIOCHEMISTRY
GLENN HOFFMAN LEADS AG ENGINEERING
ARD DEFINITION OF "INTERDISCIPLINARY" VS "MULTIDISCIPLINARY" RESEARCH
NOTES FROM THE ARD ADVISORY COUNCIL
INDIRECT COSTS-WHERE DO THEY GO?
STATEMENT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ARDC-MEAD ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED FEBRUARY & MARCH 1989
NEW AND REVISED PROJECTS

College Of Engineering And Technology Bylaws 1989, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Reports

Attached are the Bylaw for the College of Engineering as approved April 21, 1989.

Agribusiness Skills Required By Agriculture Students As Perceived By Nebraska Vocational Agriculture Instructors And Agribusiness Managers, David R. Spotanski, Richard M. Foster

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

Agribusiness instruction in vocational agriculture programs can help prepare employees for service related job opportunities in agriculture. Many employment opportunities can be found in occupations related to food and fiber production, transportation, processing, packaging, storing, advertising, and distributing. These jobs are numerous and diverse, strengthening the link between farm products and the consumer (Steward, 1987).

The need for trained employees in non-farm agricultural occupations has been well documented in the decade of the 1960's (Williams, 1971). Cooper (1985), reported there is a need for continuous expansion and revision of competencies for employment in agriculture/agribusiness occupations. Birkenholz and Stewart (1986), found …

Farm Credit Competencies Needed And Possessed By Selected Nebraska Young Farmers/Ranchers, Allen G. Blezek, Daniel H. Post

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

Agriculture has changed a great deal, particularly during the past five years. Lower prices for commodities and higher production costs, including higher interest rates, have made it necessary for farmers to become better financial managers. "The farm of the future will be treated financially like any other business--it will have to demonstrate profitability before a bank will finance its operations" (Congress of the United States, 1986).

The Iowa Department of Agriculture (1985) and others concluded that rapid economic and social change is not a new phenomenon in agriculture. Agriculture has in fact been adjusting to conditions of greater efficiency since …

Water Current, Volume 21, April 1989

Water Current Newsletter

US Water Institutes/Centers Celebrate 25th Anniversary
United Kingdom Geophysicist Now Head of UNL Geololgy Department
Future Depends on Water Quality and Quantity
NItrate Area Map "May Be Out in June"
Large Savings with Nitrogen Best Management Practices
Sandhills Voices Heard at Conference
Papio-Missouri River NRD Receives Progress Award
Pioneer Irrigation Award Goes to Former NPPD Administrator
Research Hydrologist is Kremer Lecturer
Public-Private Sectors Join in National Celebration
Nebraska Unicameral Considers Water Legislation Bills in First Unicameral Session

Habitat Use And Diet Analysis Of Breeding Common Barn Owls In Western Nebraska, Joseph A. Gubanyi M.S.

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

I studied barn owl (Tyto alba) breeding biology in western Nebraska 1984-1986. I had greatest success capturing males (56% success) at night using trap doors at nest sites and females (91 % success) using hoop nets at nest sites during the day. Barn owls removed 16 of 23 tail-mounted radios. Eight birds were radio-tracked for 7-14.5 hours. The mean foraging range was 198 ha (32- 299 ha, n = 8) with < 1 % overlap among birds from adjacent nest sites. Field-tested telemetry error was high (mean displacements of radio-locations for 2 birds were 208 and 241 m). I found no relationship between percent cover in foraging habitat and reproductive success. I identified 10,140 prey items from 15 nest sites and found both annual and seasonal variation in barn owl diets. Microtus ochrogaster occurred most frequently (32.7%) and increased in the diet from 17.6 to 27.2 to 43.5% 1984-1986. M. ochrogaster and Perognathus hispidus annual frequencies were …

The Style Of Late Cenozoic Deformation At The Eastern Front Of The California Coast Ranges, Carl M. Wentworth, Mark D. Zoback

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The 1983 Coalinga earthquake occurred at the eastern boundary of the California Coast Ranges in response to northeast directed thrusting. Such movements over the past 2 Ma have produced Coalinga anticline by folding above the blind eastern tip of the Coalinga thrust zone. The 600-km length of the Coast Ranges boundary shares a common structural setting that involves westward upturn of Cenozoic and Cretaceou strata at the eastern front of the Coast Ranges and a major, southwest facing step in the basement surface beneath the western Great Valley. Like Coalinga anticline, Pliocene and Quaternary folding and faulting along the rest …

Acuta Enews April 1989, Vol. 18, No. 4

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President's Message

Party Line

User Groups

1989-90 Dues Notices

Gallaudet University

University of Missouri Adds Video Instruction To Beat The Highway Blue

Wake Forest University Telecommunitcations

Administrative Director's Office

Sky-high satisfaction with SkyDome contract

Acuta Enews March 1989, Vol. 18, No. 3

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Duke University Tel-Com

Bits & Pieces

President's Message

Administrative Director's Office

Palm Springs Seminar

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Agricultural Experiment Station News March 1989

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
DR. JULIE ALBRECHT
DR. LAURIE HODGES
DR. NANCY LEWIS
DR. DALE WEBB
DR. JEFFREY S. ROYER
DR. DONALD WEEKS
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION SYSTEM
DR. JOHN E. FOSTER
PREPROPOSALS - LISA 1990 FUNDING
FY 1991 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST
ARD OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL POLICY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS
TEKTRAN DATA BASE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES
THE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE
1990 ESCOP RESEARCH INITIATIVE PRIORITIES
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED DECEMBER-JANUARY-FEBRUARY
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS

Semi-Implicit And Fully Implicit Shock-Capturing Methods For Nonequilibrium Flows, Helen C. Yee, Judy L. Shinn

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Publications

Some numerical aspects of finite-difference algorithms for nonlinear multidimensional hyperbolic conservation laws with stiff nonhomogeneous (source) terms are discussed. If the stiffness is entirely dominated by the source term, a semi-implicit shock-capturing method is proposed. However, if the stiffness is not solely dominated by the source terms, a fully implicit method would be a more efficient solution procedure. The primary motivation for constructing these schemes was to address large systems of thermally and chemically nonequilibrium flows in the hypersonic regime. Due to the unique structure of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors for fluid flows of this type, the computation can be …

Differential Cross Sections For Ejection Of Electrons From Rare Gases By 7.5- 150-Kev Protons, Wen-Qin Cheng, M. Eugene Rudd, Ying-Yuan Hsu

M. Eugene Rudd Publications

Absolute cross sections for the ejection of electrons by ;proton impact that are differential in the angle and energy of the electrons have been measured for :helium, neon, and krypton. The primary energy ranged from 7.5 to 150 keV, the angles from 10° to 160°, and the measured energies from 1 to 550 eV. These data along with earlier data on argon are used to study the systematics of proton impact ionization of the rare gases. An analytical model is employed to correlate and systematize the cross-section differential in ejected-electron energy. For low-energy collisions the angular distribution of electrons ejected …

Animal Damage Control: The Challenge Of The 90'S, Jack H. Benymanz

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

The talk identifies the challenges of the 90's as: to fully professionalize the policies and practice of animal damage control; to provide a responsible and acceptable level of control; to gain executive and legislative support; and to improve public acceptance. It points up a number of obstacles and identifies several steps necessary to meet the challenges.

Kansas Attitudes On Prairie Dog Control, Charles D. Lees, F. Robert Henderson

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

In Kansas prairie dog management is primarily determined by private individuals and local government agencies. We conducted a mail survey of 350 affected landowners as a means to evaluate the effectiveness of current prairie dog control. The same survey was also sent to 350 randomly selected state residents within the general prairie dog range. We evaluated people's perceptions of prairie dogs, the effectiveness of control methods, costs of control, and reasons for poor response to control techniques. Results indicate people that have previously been involved in prairie dog control on lands they manage have different opinions about prairie dogs than …

Black-Footed Ferret Recovery, Dean E. Biggins, Ronald A. Crew

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

The captive population of black-footed ferrets increased from 24 to 58 animals in 1988, and was split to provide the species added protection against extinction. Experimental reintroductions may begin in 1991. In some areas, "experimental population" designations as authorized under Section 10 (j) of the Endangered Species Act may be used to provide wider management latitude. The Black-footed Ferret Interstate Coordinating Committee oversees much of the work related to reintroduction. Expanded effort to locate wild ferrets now includes a $10,000 reward offer. Research focuses on captive breeding, reintroduction techniques, disease, and habitat. A new Recovery Plan was approved in 1988.

Planning For Animal Damage Control Programs Within The Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service, Philip S. Gipson, Gary P. Combs

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

The Animal Damage Control Unit (ADC) and the 10 other units of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have undergone major reorganization. Emphasis is placed on planning and risk analysis. Four levels of planning have been identified: (1) strategic planning for the Agency, (2) strategic planning for each of the 11 units, (3) program design and risk analysis, and (4) operational planning.

An Assessment Of The Urban Wildlife Problem, William D. Fitzwater

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Basic urban wildlife problems include: proper identification of species, shift from agrarian to urban society, different interpretations of humaneness, compassion for individual rather than a population as a whole, and public ignorance of urban pest management. Positive values are esthetics and environmental education opportunities. Negative values are disease transmission, life/injury-threatening situations, damage to buildings/other property, water structures/quality, petty annoyances, and indirect economics.

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter Newsletter, February 1989

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Newsletters

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE -- Roger E. Gold

PAST PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS -- W. E. Splinter

GAMMA SIGMA DELTA INTERNATIONAL What Is It? -- Lowell E. Moser

REPORT ON MEMBERSHIP -- Charles H. Adams

NEWSLETTER, A NEW UNDERTAKING -- Earl Ellington

1989 GAMMA SIGMA DELTA OFFICERS

1989 GAMMA SIGMA DELTA COMMITTEES

GAMMA SIGMA DELTA AWARD RECIPIENTS RECOGNIZED IN 1988. Scholarship Recognition Dinner March 13, 1988: Outstanding Sophomore Nathan A. Geisert - Ag Honors Major (Agribusiness emphasis) from Ogallala, Nebraska Outstanding Senior Kevin C. Meyer - Ag Honors Major (Agribusiness emphasis) from Phillips, Nebraska Senior Alumni A ward Ann M. Fleischmann - Food Science …

Cc302 Revised 1989 Fact Sheet

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign Circular 302 Revised February 1989 contains facts about the purpose, structure, funding, and activities of the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension

The Probe, Issue 90 - February 1989

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
FEBRUARY 1989
The Innocence of Deer
Euthanizing Cats
Personnel
Letters to Ye Ed
Squirrels & Gopher Bites
Animal Rights Movement
Animals Used in Science and Research

Pod Network News: Newsletter February 1989

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

Changing of the Guard

AAHE and the POD Sampler

Conference Proposals Requested

Membership list update

Items of Interest

Performers on Teaching

Call for Session Proposals

Acuta Enews February 1989, Vol. 18, No. 2

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Users Must Join The Standards Fray

Video Classroom

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Bits & Pieces

Transactivation Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Promoter By Human Herpesvirus 6, Rebecca Horvat, Charles Wood, N. Balachandran

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are often infected with a number of other heterologous viruses in addition to the initial human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and these agents could act as potential reactivating agents of latent HIV. A new antigenically distinct herpesvirus, designated human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), has recently been isolated from patients with AIDS and has been shown to infect a number of different human cells, specifically human T cells, B cells, and glial cells. Since these are some of the same cells that harbor the AIDS virus, it is quite important to determine any interaction between this …

Biochemical And Morphological Characteristics In Maturing Achenes From Purple-Hulled And Oilseed Sunflower Cultivars, Roger W. Bullard, Paul P. Woronecki, Richard A. Dolbeer, J. Russell Mason

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The blackbird feeding preference for sunflower oilseed variety Jacques Discovery (JD) over purple-hulled Neagra de Cluj (NdC) has been attributed to anthocyanin. To test this hypothesis, we compared biochemical and morphological properties in the achene over the maturation period. Comparisons included total phenols, anthocyanin, tannin, fat/oil, protein, nonstructural sugars, and phytomelanin contents, as well as mass properties and moisture content. Only three differences were observed: (1) Hull mass was significantly higher for NdC than JD. (2) Anthocyanins were synthesized by NdC only. (3) JD was higher in oil content. Each of these factors may play a role in reduced preferences …

Aerodynamic Resistances To Transfers Of Heat, Mass And Momentum, S. B. Verma

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.