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The Probe, Issue 114 - September 1991

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
SEPTEMBER 1991
Defining the Future for ADC
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Futuring Input Requested
Animal Damage Control in the News:
Prairie Dog Sucker-Upper Making a “Clean Sweep”
Iowa State Scientists Study Llamas as Guard Animals
Cormorants Plague Mississippi Delta Catfish Farmers
Bubonic Plague “All Part of the Job” for Texas ADC Trappers
The Bear Facts: the northeast Oregon experience
Symposium at AIBS Responds to Ehrlich's Call for Removal of Livestock from Public Rangelands
USDA/APHIS Administrator Resigns For Position as Dean at UC Davis
Membership Incentive Contest
NADCA Logo Contest

Ard News August 1991

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
MY VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF ARD
ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVE
HUMAN RESOURCE OBJECTIVE
GOAL
INPUT OBJECTIVE
OUTPUT OBJECTIVE
WIDAMAN TRUST DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE ASSISTANT AWARD
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION AWARDS
FY1992 CSRS BUDGET OUTLOOK
ARD ADVISORY COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS
HARDIN DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP 1991 - 1992
PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE NEBRASKA SOYBEAN DEVELOPMENT UTILIZATION AND MARKETING BOARD
PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE NEBRASKA DRY BEAN COMMISSION
PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE NEBRASKA CORN DEVELOPMENT, UTILIZATION & MARKETING BOARD
PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE NEBRASKA GRAIN SORGHUM DEVELOPMENT UTILIZATION AND MARKETING BOARD
PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE NEBRASKA WHEAT BOARD
USDA COMPETITIVE GRANTS
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF …

Proceedings International Sorghum And Millet Crsp Conference, Timothy Schilling, Gary Odvody, Gebisa Ejeta, Larry Claflin, Gary Peterson, Lloyd Rooney, Jerry Eastin, Joan Frederick

INTSORMIL Impacts and Bulletins

On behalf of the INTSORMIL Board of Directors, Principal Investigators and the Management Entity Office, it gives me great pleasure this moming to welcome you to this opening session of the 1991 INTSORMIL International SorghumIMlllet CRSP Conference.

INTSORMIL initiated the Biennial CRSP conference series in 1983. Attendance has grown with each meeting. Today we have 199 persons registered from 12 States in the U.S. and 27 different countries. There are representatives from three International Agricultural Research Centers (lCRISAT, IFPRI, and ICRISAT), four private seed companies and the U.S. National Grain Sorghum Producers Association (NGSPA).

I look around this audience and …

White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus)

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

White-tailed Deer:
Description
Distribution and Abundance
Habitat and Home
Habits
Foods
Reproduction
Importance
Hunting

Nebline, July 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

The Sower, Summer 1991

The Sower (CASNR Alumni Newsletter)

Contents:

The new image begins
Remodeling completed
The Prez Sez
Letters
Looking back. . .
News notes
Coming events
In Memoriam
Alumni Notes
A Semester at a time...
Carlson collects whatever
College Of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Alumni Association (CASNRAA) Awards Program
It's a what ... ?

Nutritional Complementation Of Oxidative Glucose Metabolism In Escherichia Coli Via Pyrroloquinoline Quinone-Dependent Glucose Dehydrogenase And The Entner-Doudoroff Pathway, Michael Adamowicz, Tyrrell Conway, Kenneth W. Nickerson

Papers in Microbiology

Two glucose-negative Escherichia coli mutants (ZSC113 and DF214) were unable to grow on glucose as the sole carbon source unless supplemented with pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ). PQQ is the cofactor for the periplasmic enzyme glucose dehydrogenase, which converts glucose to gluconate. Aerobically, E. coli ZSC113 grew on glucose plus PQQ with a generation time of 65 min, a generation time about the same as that for wildtype E. coli in a defined glucose-salts medium. Thus, for E. coli ZSC113 the Entner-Doudoroff pathway was fully able to replace the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway. In the presence of 5% sodium dodecyl sulfate, PQQ no longer …

Agricultural Research Division 105th Annual Report 1991

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

It is a pleasure to provide the 105th Annual Report of the UNL Agricultural Research Division (ARD). This report contains lists of current faculty; active research projects; refereed journal articles, books and book chapters, and theses and dissertations published; germplasm/cultivars released; and patents awarded. Also included are brief descriptions of selected research and the financial report for the period July 1, 1990, through June 30,1991. 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 ... 5

Research Highlights ... 6 …

Nebline, June 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Agricultural Experiment Station News June 1991

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
EMPHASIS ON EXCELLENCE
UPDATE ON RESEARCH PROJECTS
ARD ACTION PLANS
NATURAL GAS MAIN INSTALLATION AT ARDC/MEAD
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH DIVISION CURRENT GRANTS & AWARDS
ARD Administered Grants and Awards Summary
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
GRANT AND CONTRACT INCOME DURING THE LAST THREE CALENDAR YEAR EXPRESSED ON DOLLARS PER RESEARCH FTE BASIS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED APRIL & MAY, 1991

Acuta Enews June 1991, Vol. 20, No. 6

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

Panel to focus on fraud

Interactive video bandwidth

Aggregator requirements

Telex can still be useful

Penn State still pioneering

Positions availabe

Nebline, May 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Muskrat (Ondatra Zibethicus)

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

Muskrat:
Description
Distribution and Abundance
Habitat and Home
Habits
Foods
Reproduction
Mortality
Importance
Management

Insect, Plant Disease, And Weed Science News, No. 91-6, April 26, 1991, Alex Martin, Bob N. Stougarrd

Insect, Plant Disease, and Weed Science News (1987-1992)

In This Issue

Insect Science

Russian Wheat Aphids Spotty in the Panhandle………………31

Army Cutworm Still1breatens New Alfalfa ………………31

Insecticide Uses May be Eliminated ………………32

Weevils Now Evident Across the State ………………32

New Computer Software Aids in European Corn Borer Management ………………33

For Your Information ………………33

Plant Disease

Aerial Applicators Can Train at May Fly-Ins ………………34

Status Still Obscure for EBDC Fungicides ………………34

Examine Pine Trees for Disease; Plan Treatment ………………34

Weed Science

Triazine-resistant Kochia Requires Special Plan ………………35

Passport Registered ………………35

Herbicide Carryover May Limit Alfa1fa Replant Options ………………35

Thorough Laundering is Essential With Pesticide-Contaminated Clothing ………………36

Landscape Plants, Forest Trees, And Crops Most Resistant To Mammal Damage: An Overview, Rex E. Marsh

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

To capitalize on mammal-resistant plants, several approaches may be taken. The most common is to select crops not highly prone to mammal damage (i.e., resistant crops). If a generally susceptible crop is to be grown, the more resistant varieties or cultivars of that crop can be selected, if known. An approach that has not received the attention it warrants is the selection of parent stock with resistant characteristics and the selective breeding of useful species to develop strains, hybrids, or cultivars with improved mammal resistance. For several reasons, this latter approach shows the most promise for forest tree species. It …

Nebline, April 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Ard News April 1991

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
INFORMED CONSENT OF HUMAN RESEARCH SUBJECTS
PEER REVIEW
FACTS ABOUT RESEARCH FUNDING
AGRICULTURE IN PERSPECTIVE
LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY
RACE/ETHNICITY TRENDS IN Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED BY U.S. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
RACE/ETHNICITY TRENDS IN M.S. DEGREES AWARDED BY U.S. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
"AGRICULTURE IN CONCERT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT" PROGRAM
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED FEBRUARY & MARCH, 1991
THE U.S. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEM
CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
CHARACTERISTICS OF SAESs - 1989

Insect, Plant Disease, And Weed Science News, No. 91-2, March 22, 1991, Alex Martin, Bob N. Stougarrd, Paul J. Jasa

Insect, Plant Disease, and Weed Science News (1987-1992)

In This Issue

Weed Science

Accent and Counter 20CR-

The Story Continues To Change

Manage Weeds with Prescribed Burns……………….2

Weed Tour Set……………….2

Plant Disease

Select Quality Seed to Avoid Later Problems……………….3

Seed Treatments Offer Some Security……………….4

Consider Metalaxyl for Treating Soil, Alfalfa Seed……………….4

Insect Science

Tribute To Robert Roselle……………….5

Still Early For Sampling Weevils……………….5

Quality Samples Ensure Better Diagnosis……………….6

Environmental Programs

Pesticides: Risk Varies With Entry Routes……………….5

For Your Information……………….3

Nebline, March 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Effect Of Desiccation, Ph, Heat, And Ultraviolet Irradiation On Viability Of Baculovirus Penaei, Brian D. Leblanc, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Tolerance of Baculovirus penaei virus to desiccation, pH, heat, and ultraviolet irradiation (uv), as well as its survival in 32 ppt sea water, was investigated using larval Penaeus vannamei in a bioassay. Test shrimp were sampled from 36 to 264 hr after food-borne exposure to treated B. penaei and examined for patent infections (polyhedral inclusion bodies detectable in fresh preparations of hepatopancreas) with light microscopy. B. penaei was completely inactivated within 30 min after exposure to pH 3, whereas exposure to pH 11 extended the prepatency period (period before infection is apparent) but did not inactivate the virus. B. penaei …

Ecological Considerations In The Management Of Wildlife Damage , Robert K. Swihart

Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference: 5th (1991)

Strategies for managing wildlife damage may be divided into 3 broad categories: direct manipulation of populations, manipulation of behavioral or ecological traits of pest species, and manipulation of environmental features. For each of these categories, I review the importance of ecological considerations in determining the effectiveness of management strategies. Proper incorporation of ecological information is important to the success of management strategies in all 3 categories. I predict that future demands will increase for ecologically-based strategies that require minimal intervention, and for integration of management strategies that simultaneously address problems posed by both vertebrate and invertebrate pests. Several recent ecologically-based …

Cc302 Revised 1991 New Directions

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign Circular 302 Revised February 1991 contains facts about the purpose, structure, funding, and activities of the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension

Nebline, February 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 2, No. 1, January 14, 1991

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Grants

Spring 1991 semester

Graduate students

Departmental visitors

Departmental travelers

Publications

Miscellaneous

Ec91-123 Drought Management On Range And Pastureland: A Handbook For Nebraska And South Dakota, Patrick E. Reece, Jack D. Alexander, James R. Johnson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Drought is generally defined as a prolonged period during which annual precipitation is less than 75 percent of average. Based upon this definition, drought has occurred in 21 percent of the years in the northern Great Plains since 1940. Poor distribution of precipitation in a single year or less than average precipitation in successive years can also cause drought conditions.

This extension circulation discusses the following: how plants respond to drought, management preparation for drought, herd management, animal response to drought, predicting forage production and stocking rates, drought management plans, rangeland resource inventory, grazing management, and plant recovery after drought.

Ec90-259 The Nebraska Poultry Report 1991

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 91-259 is about the Nebraska poultry report 1991.

Cc294 Revised 1991 Calories, Fat And Cholesterol In Your Food, Harriet Kohn

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign Circular 294: This circular is about the essential intake of fat in your diet, as well as directions on figuring out how many calories and grams of fat you should be consuming each day. It also includes how much cholesterol is in certain types of foods, and charts of how much fat, what kinds of fat, how much sugar, and how many calories are in these foods.

G91-1032 Dairy Cow Health And Metabolic Disease Relative To Nutritional Factors, Duane N. Rice, Rick Stock

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes the various implications and effects of dairy cow metabolic problems, their causes, and management recommendations for prevention.

Nutritional imbalances, deficiencies, or erratic management of feeding programs for dairy cows can create large numbers and various types of health problems generally categorized as metabolic diseases.

Compounding the problem are the ever-changing nutritional needs of the cow, her lactation/dry period needs, feed quality changes, and producer personal management practices.

Ec91-269 Domestic Poultry Feed Formulation Guide, Earl W. Gleaves, Thomas W. Sullivan, F. John Struwe

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This publication provides basic, practical information about nturition and diet requirements for poultry. Nutrient requirements, diet formulations, feed ingredient analyses, and feeding methods are ever changing. Feed cost is the largest single item of expense in producing poultry meat or eggs. Poultry producers should adopt a comprehensive feeding program based on sound nutrition principles tailored to a specific production purpose. This publication provides the basis for such a feeding program.

Trace Elements In Existing Wetlands And Proposed Mitigation Sites In The U.S. Bureau Of Reclamation's Shoshone Rehbilitation & Betterment Project, Park And Bighorn Counties, Wyoming, Pedro Ramirez Jr., Joni Armstrong

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) conducted a baseline inventory of trace elements at proposed mitigation sites and existing wetlands within the Shoshone Project for the Great Plains Region of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Mitigation proposed for wetland losses attributed to the Shoshone Rehabilitation and Betterment Project consists of wetland creation or enhancement within the project area. The quality of irrigation drainage and its effects on fish and wildlife are potential concerns with the existing project. The two sediment samples collected from a large alkali flat near Deaver Reservoir had elevated selenium concentrations (12 and 13 ug/g dry …