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The Effects Of Soil Salinity And Meloidoflyne Javanica On Tomato, Armand R. Maggenti, Adnan Hardan

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

A non-sodic, non-saline sandy loam soil was salinized to anion-cation ratios similar to those naturally occurring in Iraq and California. The interactions of saline soils (conductivities 4, 8, 12 and 16 mmhos/cm) with a moderately salt-tolerant plant (Lycopersicon esculentum 'Marimond') and a plant parasitic nematode (Meloidogyne favanica) were investigated. Plant parasitic nematodes were shown to be an important modifying influence within the plant environment, either accentuating or ameliorating salinity stress effects.

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 9, September 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Nebraska Institute Hosts Energy Conference
NWRRI Awarded Research Contracts
Title II Deadline Announced
Water Resources Planning Criteria Endorsed by President
Additional Title II Grants Issued
The Pros and Cons of State Environmental Centers
New Office of Research and Development
Defendant: Office of Saline Water; Plaintiff: Representative Craig Hosmer
Land Use Bill Approved
Administration Assurances Received for Rural Conservation Program
Alaska Pipeline Authorized
Charge It! Says NTIS
MRBC Creates New Position--Information Officer Named
EROS Data Dedication
New Groundwater Tracing Technique
New Strip Mining Technique
From Icebergs to Ice Cubes
Flash-Flood Warning Systems
Water Service Prices …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 5, No.3. September 1973

The Prairie Naturalist

PRELIMINARY LIST OF NATURAL AREAS IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Harold A. Kantrud

BREEDING BIRD POPULATIONS OF RIVERINE FORESTS IN EASTERN MONTANA ▪ Roger L. Kroodsma

Rna Polymerase Activity Associated With Bacteriophage Φ6, James L. Van Etten, A. K. Vidaver, R. K. Koski, J. S. Semancik

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

The Pseudomonas phaseolicola bacteriophage φ6 incorporated labeled UTP into an acid-insoluble precipitate. Incorporation was dependent on the presence of manganese acetate, ATP, GTP, CTP, and a short heat treatment of the phage; the reaction was stimulated by NH,Cl. The substitution of ¹⁴C-ATP, -CTP or -GTP for UTP, together with the appropriate unlabeled ribonucleoside triphosphates, disclosed that CMP was incorporated to the greatest extent followed by GMP, UMP, and AMP. Radioactive RNAs formed by the reaction were resistant to RNases A and T₁ in high salt but susceptible to these nucleases in low salt. The labeled RNA co-sedimented and …

Nongeographic Variation In The Long-Nosed Bat, Choeroniscus Intermedius, Hugh H. Genoways, Robert J. Baker, Bernard Wyatt

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Of the 12 measurements analyzed, only length of tail exhibited enough individual variation to warrant its deletion in analysis of geographic or interspecific variation in the genus Choeroniscus. Also, because of the difficulty in consistently taking the measurement, we also suggest elimination of postorbital constriction.

Specimens of Choeroniscus intermedius were found to exhibit significant secondary sexual variation in five of the 12 measurements studied. Therefore, it is clear that males and females should be separated in analyses of variation within members of the genus. Females were found to be the larger in 10 of the 12 measurements--similar to the …

Beef Cattle - At What Weight Should They Be Sold?, Franz Schwarz, J. B. Hassler

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Specific objectives of this study are: (1) To evaluate the recent historical price relationships of the beef sector indicative of profit and loss conditions caused by disorderly aggregate performance in production and marketing. (2) To analyze the risks involved at various positions in the chain of production and marketing activities. (3) To suggest information and action programs which could reduce the amount of disorderly production and marketing.

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 7, July 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Fiscal Year 1973 WRRI Research Staff
NWRRI Administration Assistant Appointed
NWRRI Hosts Energy Conference
Congratulations Ed McPartland!
Final NWC Report Receives Icy Reception from Westerners
Burec Warns White House
New Office of Research and Development
NWC Report Under Fire by House Committee

Ardops Nichollsi, J. Knox Jones Jr., Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Order Chiroptera, Family Phyllostomatidae, Subfamily Stenoderminae. The genus Ardops is monotypic (Jones and Schwartz, 1967) as treated below.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 5, No.2. June 1973

The Prairie Naturalist

SOME ASPECTS OF MINK-WATERFOWL RELATIONSHIPS ON PRAIRIE WETLANDS ▪ Robert T. Eberhardt

SUMMER AND FALL FOODS OF MINK ON THE J. CLARK SALYER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ▪ Wayne F. Cowan and James R. Reilly

GIANT CANADA GEESE ▪ S. O. Kolstoe

SOME LICHENS OF BOG AND PAPER BIRCH FROM NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Dennis T. Disrud and Thomas D. Trana

A PALEOCENE FOSSIL LOCALITY IN SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN: THE SHORT CREEK SECTION ▪ Paul L. Broughton

NOTE: A new orchid for North Dakota ▪ Robert E. Stewart

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 6, June 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Deadlines for Research Proposals
Dr. Stanton Ware Visits
Regional Research Workshop
Summer Institutes at the University of Nebraska
Seminar Proceedings Available
Nitrogen in Nebraska's Environment
National Water Commission Report Issued
Water Pollution Control Research Fellowships
State Environmental Center Measure Revived
HR 5464 Approved by House

Tool-Making And Tool-Using In The Northern Blue Jay, Thony B. Jones, Alan Kamil

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Laboratory-raised Northern blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) have been observed tearing pieces from pages of newspaper and utilizing them as tools to rake in food pellets which were otherwise out of reach. The frequency of this behavior was dependent upon the motivational state of the jay and the presence of food pellets.

Cathetocephalus Thatcheri Gen. Et Sp. N. (Tetraphyllidea: Cathetocephalidae) Fam. N. From The Bull Shark, Murray D. Dailey, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Cathetocephalus thatcheri gen. et sp. n. is described from the spiral valve of the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes), taken in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of Florida. A new family is erected for the new genus. The species most closely resembles Pillersium owenium Southwell, 1927, in that both possess a scolex which is perpendicular to the long axis of the strobila. It differs, however, in having a single neck and holdfast organ rather than a bifurcate neck with two bothridia. Also, the surfaces of the scolex differ from those of P. owenium by possessing fleshy papilliform …

Annotated Checklist Of Mammals Of The Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. I. Chiroptera, J. Knox Jones Jr., James Dale Smith, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Our field investigations on the Yucatán Peninsula were initiated in the summer of 1962 when two field parties from the Museum of Natural History at the University of Kansas visited the area. One field party consisted of W.E. Duellman and six students enrolled in a summer field course in vertebrate zoology; the other party was composed of the senior author and four students who were conducting a survey of Middle American terrestrial vertebrates and their ectoparasites. Some of the data relative to ectoparasites obtained during this study have appeared in the publications of Emerson (1971), Kohls et al. (1965), Loomis …

25 California Quail, Paul A. Johnsgard

Grouse and Quails of North America by Paul A. Johnsgard

Callipepla californica (Shaw) 1798
Other vernacular names: California partridge, Catalina quail, Codorniz Californiana, crested quail, San Lucas quail, San Quintin quail, topknot quail, valley quail
Range: From southern Oregon and western Nevada south to the tip of Baja California. Introduced into southern British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, northern Oregon, and Utah

28 Spotted Wood Quail, Paul A. Johnsgard

Grouse and Quails of North America by Paul A. Johnsgard

Odontophorus guttatus (Gould) 1838
Other vernacular names: Bolonchaco, spotted partridge, thick-billed wood quail
Range: Forested parts of the subtropical zone of southeastern Mexico south through Guatemala, British Honduras, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica to extreme western Panama.

Sources, Paul A. Johnsgard

Grouse and Quails of North America by Paul A. Johnsgard

Bibliography; more than 600 works cited

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 5, May 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Deadline for Matching Grants Proposals
Institute Activities
Summer Institutes Announced at the University of Nebraska
Increasing Irrigation Efficiency
Black Hills Sciences Field Station
Construction or Destruction?
Low Flood Losses
Center for Environmental Studies
Earth Tremor Control Method
New Commission of Reclamation
Irrigation Considered Low Priority
Salinity Control Bill
Streams Rich in Mineral Content
Who Done It?
Drastic Mineral Depletions Noted
EPA Ordered to Release $6 Billion
Water Prospects in the West

Bacteriophage Φ6: A Lipid-Containing Virus Of Pseudomonas Phaseolicola, Anne K. Vidaver, R. K. Koski, James L. Van Etten

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

The purification and properties of a lipid-containing bacteriophage, φ 6, are described. The phage contains a lipid envelope which is probably essential for infection. Infectivity of φ 6 was lost in the presence of organic solvents, sodium deoxycholate, and phospholipase A. The fatty acid composition of the phage lipid was similar to that of the Pseudomonas phaseolicola host cells. The phage was composed of about 25% lipid, 13% RNA, and 62% protein. The buoyant density of φ6 was 1.27 g/ml in cesium chloride. The morphology of φ6 was unusual; it had a polyhedral head of about 60 nm surrounded by …

Reproduction In The Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus) In Colorado, Richard A. Dolbeer

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Information on reproduction of the red squirrel (Tamiasciumrs hudsonicus) can be gleaned from studies in the northeastern United States (Klugh, 1927; Hamilton, 1939; Layne, 1954) and in western Canada (Miller, 1970; Smith, 1968; Kemp and Keith, 1971; Wood, 1967). However, there is a paucity of information on reproduction from the mountainous regions of the western United States. This paper presents reproductive information on the red squirrel from Colorado and helps fill this void. In addition, the reproductive strategy of red squirrels is briefly compared with that of snowshoe hares.

A Circular Dichroic Study Of Cu (Ii) -Ribonuclease Complexes, Kenneth W. Nickerson, Kensal E. Van Holde

Papers in Microbiology

The visible and ultraviolet circular dichroic (CD) spectra resulting from the interaction of ribonuclease with successive Cu(I1) ions have been recorded under a variety of conditions. At pH 7 in the presence of 0.16 M KC1 a broad, negative band was found in the visible region. This band increased in intensity and changed in shape as successive coppers were added. The circular dichroic spectra could be analyzed in terms of two kinds of binding sites: a single strong site with CD minimum at about 710 nm, and four weaker sites with CD minimum at about 600 nm. The binding constants …

Agricultural Experiment Station News March 1973

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
CONGRATULATIONS - PROMOTIONS
PERSONNEL ACTIONS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
GENERAL NOTES
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS – February 1973
BULLETINS PRINTED
ABSTRACTS

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 5, No. 1. March 1973

The Prairie Naturalist

DATES FOR FIRST FLOWERS ▪ O. A. Stevens

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA—1972 ▪ Robert N. Randall 7

NORTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL CORPORATE AWARD, 1972—RESPONSE ▪ K. A. Carlson

ALGAL ASSOCIATIONS IN NEARSHORE WATERS OF GOLDEN LAKE, A SHALLOW PRAIRIE LAKE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Douglas W. Larson

NOTE

Observations of Wintering Bald Eagles at Garrison Dam, North Dakota ▪ Frank A. Splendoria

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 3, March 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Interdisciplinary Water Resource Seminar
Nitrogen In Nebraska's Environment
Cottonwood Watershed Gets Award
Water Conference at Nebraska Center
New Senior Specialist in Engineering and Public Works
New Officers for NWRA
Rain Bombs
Institute for Environmental Studies at Illinois
Water Pollution Study: Pushbutton?
Superport Sites for Oil Tankers
Report on Irrigation in Bulgaria Announced
World Climatic Data

Control Of Loopers On Snap Beans, Elvis A. Heinrichs, E. E. Burgess, Charles L. Mullins, W. J. Vanlandingham

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Snap beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L., are important to the economy of Tennessee. According to the publication, Tennessee Agricultural Statistics, 13,000 acres were grown in Tennessee in 1971 with a value of $2,984,000. Tennessee produces 5.9% of the beans grown in the United States and ranks fifth in the nation in snap bean production. Tennessee-grown beans are processed in Tennessee and in nearby states. In 1972 demand was up because of poor growing weather in the adjacent bean producing states. Most beans in Tennessee are grown on the Cumberland Plateau, Sequatchie Valley, and in extreme northeast Tennessee. In recent years, looper …

Colony Structure And Organization Of Pipistrellus Subflavus In Southern Louisiana, Clyde Jones, Royal D. Suttkus

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Few observations have been made on populations of bats in caveless Louisiana. information on populations of some species was included by Lowery (1943) on distribution and taxonomy of the mammals of Louisiana. Pagels (1970) presented data on populations of Tadarida brasiliensis, but these were incidental to a study perature responses. Some observations made during a one-year study of a Pipistrellus subflavus were summarized by Jones and Pagels (1968).

Data on population structure and habits of P. subflavus were summarized and Davis (1969). Pipistrellus subflavus was reported to make extensive use as winter hibernacula and summer night roosts. Data on summer …

Black Family Structures And Functions: An Empirical Examination Of Some Suggestions Made By Billingsley, J. Allen Williams Jr., Robert Stockton

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Andrew Billingsley in Black Families in White America has criticized much of the previous research on the black family, saying that social scientists have ignored the structural variation among families and have focused on a very limited number of family functions. To correct what he believes to be a distorted picture of the black family, he has suggested a typology of family structures and a large number of family functions which should be taken into consideration. This paper, based upon data collected from 321 black households, uses Billingsley’s typology to examine the association between family structures and functions. It is …

Structure Of The Oocysts And Excystation Processes Of Four Eimeria Spp. (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) From The Colorado Pika, Ochotona Princeps, Donald W. Duszynski, John T. Brunson

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Oocysts of Eimeria banffensis Lepp, Todd, and Samuel, 1972, Eimeria cryptobarretti sp. n., Eimeria princepsis sp. n., and Eimeria calentinei sp. n. are described from the Colorado pika, Ochotona princeps, collected from 3 mountain sites in Colorado. Subspherical oocysts of E. banffensis measure 23 to 34 by 18 to 25 μ (mean 27.6 by 23.0 μ) with ovoid sporocysts 10 to 16 by 7 to 10 μ (mean 12.5 by 8.5 μ). A micropyle, oocyst residuum, and polar granule are absent, but a sporocyst residuum, Stieda body, and substiedal body are present. The ellipsoidal oocysts of E. cryptobarretti measure …

Notes On Some Mammals From Jalisco, Mexico, Hugh H. Genoways, J. Knox Jones Jr.

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The varied topography and climate of the Mexican state of Jalisco have resulted in a diverse mammalian fauna, no comprehensive account of which has been published. Significant collections of mammals from Jalisco were obtained for the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas, between 1949 and 1969 by field parties and individual field representatives, most notably J. R. Alcorn, R. W. Dickerman, and especially P. L. Clifton. Some of the specimens thus obtained have been recorded in systematic accounts of individual taxa or in reports on selected taxonomic groups (see for example, Choate, 1970; Genoways, 1972; Genoways and Jones, …

Racial Composition Of Migrant Populations Of Sandhill Cranes In The Northern Plains States, Douglas H. Johnson, Robert E. Stewart

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

During recent years, there has been increasing pressure to expand hunting seasons on Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) in the northern plains states. Hunters desire to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the sizable flocks of this large bird in this area. Prior to passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918, the Sandhill Crane was hunted and considered to have high sporting and eating qualities. In addition, complaints have been received from farmers regarding grain crop depredations by cranes. It has been suggested (Boeker et al., 1961:16) that flocks of cranes would be more widely dispersed …

Using Population Mechanics In Management Schemes, Frederick F. Knowlton

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

I. Why do we try to manage natural systems?

II. A Wildlife Management Perspective.

III. The challenge of managing carnivores.

IV. Does predation really occur?

V. Historically we have been faced with depredation problems and have been unable to resolve them when and where they arose.

VI. There have been vast changes in public sentiment and values.

VII. Let's look at some biological inputs ( coyotes).

VIII. Additional comments on meeting the problems when and where they occur.

IX. Selected readings.