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Intellectual Property Rights For The Public Good: Obligations Of U.S. Universities To Developing Countries, Ronald L. Phillips Jan 2004

Intellectual Property Rights For The Public Good: Obligations Of U.S. Universities To Developing Countries, Ronald L. Phillips

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Ninebanded Armadillo (Dasypus Novemcinctus), Michael T. Mengak Jan 2004

Ninebanded Armadillo (Dasypus Novemcinctus), Michael T. Mengak

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Scientists classify armadillos with anteaters and sloths. This tells us that they have poorly developed teeth and limited mobility. In fact, armadillos have small, peg-like teeth that are useful for grinding their food but of little value for capturing prey. No other mammal in Georgia has bony skin plates or a “shell”, which makes the armadillo easy to identify. Just like a turtle, the shell is called a carapace. Armadillos are common in central and southern Georgia and are moving northward. Only one species of armadillo lives in Georgia and the southeastern U.S. However, 20 recognized species are found throughout …

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Trends In North American Vulture Populations, Michael L. Avery Jan 2004

Trends In North American Vulture Populations, Michael L. Avery

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

In recent years, interactions between vultures and human activities have noticeably increased. These interactions include nuisance roosts, damage to homes and businesses, livestock depredation, and collisions with aircraft. One major factor contributing to the upsurge in vulture problems is higher numbers of these birds. Both turkey vultures and black vultures appear to be experiencing major population increases throughout much of their ranges in the United States. During 1990-2002, Christmas Bird Count (CBC) data revealed annual nationwide increases of 1.79% and 5.97% for turkey wltures and black vultures, respectively. Estimates *om Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data were 1.99% and 4.97% for …

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Use Of Roadkill Data To Index And Relate Raccoon Activity At A Heavily Predated, High-Density Marine Turtle Nesting Beach, Richard M. Engeman, Henry T. Smith, William J.B. Miller Jan 2004

Use Of Roadkill Data To Index And Relate Raccoon Activity At A Heavily Predated, High-Density Marine Turtle Nesting Beach, Richard M. Engeman, Henry T. Smith, William J.B. Miller

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Four years of data from a high-density marine turtle nesting beach at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, Florida were examined along with data on raccoon road-kills from adjacent roads, and data on park attendance (as an index of local traffic) to make inferences about raccoon activity patterns relative to turtle nesting. Raccoon road-klls were found to diminish substantially during turtle nesting, even though local traffic was constant or increasing. Opossums, the only other mammal consistently found as road-kills, did not show a decrease during turtle nesting season, but they are not known as a primary predator of turtle nests. …

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Monetary Valuation Of Rare Species And Imperiled Habitats As A Basis For Economically Evaluating Conservation Approaches , Richard M. Engeman, Stephanie A. Shwiff, Henry T. Smith, Bernice Constantin Jan 2004

Monetary Valuation Of Rare Species And Imperiled Habitats As A Basis For Economically Evaluating Conservation Approaches , Richard M. Engeman, Stephanie A. Shwiff, Henry T. Smith, Bernice Constantin

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Management actions directed towards the conservation of species or habitats are usually measured in resource improvement. Nevertheless, the decision to select and carry out such actions are rooted in the available funding. Therefore, to truly evaluate the benefit/costs of a conservation-directed management action, the resource improvement should be in the same metric as the expenditures. To this end, we describe here a variety of methods for attaching monetary values to rare species and habitats. We also give examples of applications with which we have been involved to demonstrate how such species and habitat valuations have allowed economic analyses of conservation …

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Cost Of Water Treatment In The Mississippi Embayment Unit / By Sahithi Rondla, Sahithi Rondla Jan 2004

Cost Of Water Treatment In The Mississippi Embayment Unit / By Sahithi Rondla, Sahithi Rondla

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Greens : A Cultural Text Of The South, Brooke Butler Jan 2004

Greens : A Cultural Text Of The South, Brooke Butler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Canopy Resistance As Affected By Soil And Meteorological Factors In Potato, Kamal H. Amer, Jerry L. Hatfield Jan 2004

Canopy Resistance As Affected By Soil And Meteorological Factors In Potato, Kamal H. Amer, Jerry L. Hatfield

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Precision irrigation requires a method of quantifying the crop water status or root zone depletion of water to determine when and how much water to apply to the soil. Changes in canopy resistance (rc) and canopy temperatures have the potential of being used as a crop water status indicator for irrigation management. A study was conducted on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) grown in northern Egypt at Shibin El-Kom on an alluvial loamy soil for winter (20 Sept. 2001 through 20 Jan. 2002) and spring (1 Feb. 2002 through 20 May 2002) seasons to determine if r …

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Book Review: Nitrate And Man: Toxic, Harmless Or Beneficial? By J. L'Hirondel And J.-L. L'Hirondel, J. L. Hatfield Jan 2004

Book Review: Nitrate And Man: Toxic, Harmless Or Beneficial? By J. L'Hirondel And J.-L. L'Hirondel, J. L. Hatfield

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The concluding paragraph of the book notes that “The history of nitrate is that of a world-scale scientific error that has lasted for more than 50 years. The time has now come to rectify this regrettable and costly misunderstanding.” The senior author of this book was a pediatrician who devoted a portion of his life to the study of methaemoglobinaemia in infants and the relationship to nitrate concentrations in water supplies. This book is not a biased casual overview of the nitrate problems and the levels in drinking water but an extremely thorough and thought-provoking analysis of our current understanding …

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Biology Of A New Virus Isolated From Lupinus Nootkatensis Plants In Alaska, N. L. Robertson Jan 2004

Biology Of A New Virus Isolated From Lupinus Nootkatensis Plants In Alaska, N. L. Robertson

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

A new virus named Nootka lupine vein-clearing virus (NLVCV) was isolated from Lupinus nootkatensis plants that were confined to a relatively small area in the Talkeetna mountains of south-central Alaska. Annual surveys (2000–03) consistently found leaf symptoms of pronounced vein clearing and mosaic on 3- to 4-week-old plants in late June. Spherical particles ≈ 30 nm in diameter were isolated from these leaves. Virions contained a single-stranded RNA of ≈ 4·0–4·2 kb and one species of capsid protein estimated to be ≈ 40 kDa. The double-stranded RNA profile from naturally infected leaves consisted of three major bands ≈ 4·2, 1·9 …

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Inbreeding Levels Of Two Ustilago Maydis Populations, Charles W. Barnes, Les J. Szabo, Georgiana May, James V. Groth Jan 2004

Inbreeding Levels Of Two Ustilago Maydis Populations, Charles W. Barnes, Les J. Szabo, Georgiana May, James V. Groth

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Little is known about the population mating behavior of the smut fungus Ustilago maydis DC (Corda). To determine the amount of inbreeding that occurs in local U. maydis populations, two cornfields were sampled, one in North America (NA) at Le Sueur, Minnesota, and one in South America (SA) at Tarariras, Uruguay. These fields were chosen because of their geographic isolation and host management differences. Inbreeding coefficients (Fis) were calculated using data derived from amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Mean Fis values estimated for both the NA (20.08), and the SA (20.02) populations statistically are not different …

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Comparison Of Aerodynamic And Radiometric Surface Temperature Using Precision Weighing Lysimeters, Paul D. Colaizzi, Steven R. Evett, Terry A. Howell, Judy A. Tolk Jan 2004

Comparison Of Aerodynamic And Radiometric Surface Temperature Using Precision Weighing Lysimeters, Paul D. Colaizzi, Steven R. Evett, Terry A. Howell, Judy A. Tolk

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Radiometric surface temperature (Ts) is commonly used as a surrogate for aerodynamic temperature (To) in computing the sensible heat flux term (H) in the energy balance. However, these temperatures may differ by several degrees, leading to possible errors (especially for large H) and their relationship is not well known. Previous researchers have established empirical and semi-empirical parameterizations of the radiometric roughness length (zor) or some related form (e.g., kBr -1 = ln[zom/zor], where zom is the momentum roughness length). In this paper, we estimated To – T …

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Evaluation Of Rubidium Chloride And Cesium Chloride Incorporated In A Meridic Diet To Mark Diatraea Grandiosella (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) For Dispersal Studies, Jawwad A. Qureshi, Lawrent L. Buschman, Sonny B. Ramaswamy, James E. Throne, Paul M. Whaley Jan 2004

Evaluation Of Rubidium Chloride And Cesium Chloride Incorporated In A Meridic Diet To Mark Diatraea Grandiosella (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) For Dispersal Studies, Jawwad A. Qureshi, Lawrent L. Buschman, Sonny B. Ramaswamy, James E. Throne, Paul M. Whaley

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Southwestern corn borers, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar, were reared on a control meridic diet and diets that incorporated rubidium chloride (RbCl) or cesium chloride (CsCl) at the rate of 1000 µg/g (1 g/liter of wet diet) to evaluate the effects on biology of D. grandiosella and to determine whether the resulting adults are marked with the rubidium (Rb) and cesium (Cs) physiological markers. The effects of RbCl and CsCl on survival, diet consumption, larval and pupal weight, developmental time, adult deformity, adult longevity, fecundity, and adult dry weight were generally minor and seldom reached statistically significant proportions. Males and females …

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Development And Survivorship Of Immature Angoumois Grain Moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) On Stored Corn, Joel Perez-Mendoza, David K. Weaver, James E. Throne Jan 2004

Development And Survivorship Of Immature Angoumois Grain Moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) On Stored Corn, Joel Perez-Mendoza, David K. Weaver, James E. Throne

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Life history of immature Angoumois grain moths, Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier), was studied on dent corn (Pioneer 3320) at 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40°C and at 43, 53-61, 75-76, and 82-87% RH under laboratory conditions. At 10 and 40°C, none of the stages survived at any relative humidity. Temperature was the main factor affecting egg incubation period, larval-pupal development time, and egg and larval-pupal survivorship. The shortest egg development times occurred at temperatures of 30°C and higher, but they increased sharply as temperature decreased. Larval-pupal development time was shortest at 30°C. Survivorship was optimal at 20-30°C for eggs …

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Oil-Soluble Dyes Incorporated In Meridic Diet Of Diatraea Grandiosella (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) As Markers For Adult Dispersal Studies, Jawwad A. Qureshi, L. L. Buschman, James E. Throne, Sonny B. Ramaswamy Jan 2004

Oil-Soluble Dyes Incorporated In Meridic Diet Of Diatraea Grandiosella (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) As Markers For Adult Dispersal Studies, Jawwad A. Qureshi, L. L. Buschman, James E. Throne, Sonny B. Ramaswamy

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Mark-release-recapture experiments to study insect dispersal require the release of marked insects that can be easily identified among feral conspecifics. Oil-soluble dyes have been used successfully to mark various insect species. Two oil-soluble dyes, Sudan Red 7B (C.I. 26050) and Sudan Blue 670 (C.I. 61554), were added to diet of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar, and evaluated against an untreated control diet. Survival, diet consumption, larval and pupal weight, development time, fecundity, longevity, and dry weight of the adults were measured. Adults reared on the three diets were also tested for mating success. Some minor effects were observed …

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Antenna Modeling By Infinitesimal Dipoles Using Genetic Algorithms / By Taninder S. Sijher, Taninder Sijher Jan 2004

Antenna Modeling By Infinitesimal Dipoles Using Genetic Algorithms / By Taninder S. Sijher, Taninder Sijher

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4 Humans, Climate, And Plants: The Migration Of Crested Wheatgrass And Smooth Bromegrass To The Great Plains Of North America, Kenneth P. Vogel Jan 2004

4 Humans, Climate, And Plants: The Migration Of Crested Wheatgrass And Smooth Bromegrass To The Great Plains Of North America, Kenneth P. Vogel

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The cultivation practices that were used in Europe and the eastern half of North America were utilized in the initial settlement of the Great Plains. Unfamiliarity with the climate of the Great Plains and Midwest and insufficient knowledge and technology to adapt crop production systems to the soils and climate lead to a major agriculture disaster which resulted in millions of hectares of land that needed to be re-seeded to grasses. Unrestricted grazing on public lands in the intermountain west resulted in severe rangeland degradation. Lack of knowledge and technology for using native plants and some specific characteristics of native …

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Concentrating, Purifying And Detecting Waterborne Parasites, Dante S. Zarlenga, James M. Trout Jan 2004

Concentrating, Purifying And Detecting Waterborne Parasites, Dante S. Zarlenga, James M. Trout

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

There has been recent emphasis on developing better methods for detecting diseases of zoonotic and veterinary importance. This has been prompted by an increase in human disease agents detectable in environmental samples, the potential for bioterrorism, and the lowering of international trade barriers and expansion of personal travel, which are bringing previously considered exotic diseases to new geographical localities. To appreciate the complexities of developing detection methods and working with environmental samples, it is appropriate to review technologies currently in use, as well as those in development and presently limited to research laboratories. Discussion of parasite detection would not be …

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Levels And Changes Of Soil Phosphorus In Subtropical Beef Cattle Pastures, Gilbert C. Sigua, Mary J. Williams, Samuel W. Coleman Jan 2004

Levels And Changes Of Soil Phosphorus In Subtropical Beef Cattle Pastures, Gilbert C. Sigua, Mary J. Williams, Samuel W. Coleman

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Long-term pasture management is believed to change soil chemical properties, but little is known about whether pasture management, such as fertilizer application, grazing, or haying can initiate such change in sandy and well-drained subtropical beef pastures. The objective of this study was to investigate the long term effect of pasture management (grazing+haying, GZ+HY) on soil phosphorus (P) dynamics (levels and changes) in subtropical beef cattle pastures with bahiagrass (BG, Paspalum notatum) and rhizoma peanut (RP, Arachis glabrata) with (WP) or without (WNP) P fertilization in Brooksville, FL from 1988 to 2000. Soil P dynamics in Subtropical Agricultural Research …

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Aquaporins Are Observed In The Duct Epithelia Of The Epididymal Region Of The Large White Turkey, L. Zaniboni, V. Akuffo, M. R. Bakst Jan 2004

Aquaporins Are Observed In The Duct Epithelia Of The Epididymal Region Of The Large White Turkey, L. Zaniboni, V. Akuffo, M. R. Bakst

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating the reuptake of the testicular fluid supporting sperm exiting the testes in the bird are not known. The presence of aquaporins, proteins involved in transmembrane water transport, was investigated. Observations were limited to the ductuli efferentes, collecting ducts, and ductus epididymis. Interestingly all of these ducts were positive for aquaporins-2, -3, and -9 but not aquaporin- 7. When positive, aquaporin was observed localized over the whole cell or the apical plasma membrane of the nonciliated cells and the apical plasma membrane and cilia of the ciliated cells. This study is the first to clearly …

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Plasma Clearance And Tissue Distribution Of Radiolabeled Leptin In The Chicken, John P. Mcmurtry, Christopher M. Ashwell, Donna M. Brocht, Thomas J. Caperna Jan 2004

Plasma Clearance And Tissue Distribution Of Radiolabeled Leptin In The Chicken, John P. Mcmurtry, Christopher M. Ashwell, Donna M. Brocht, Thomas J. Caperna

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Leptin is an adipose and liver tissue-derived secreted protein in chickens that has been implicated in the regulation of food intake and whole-body energy balance. In this study, the metabolic clearance and tissue uptake of leptin were examined in the chicken (Gallus gallus). Four-week-old broiler males were infused with 125I-labeled mouse leptin. Chromatography of radiolabeled leptin in plasma produced two peaks, one at 16 kDa (free leptin) and a free iodine peak. No leptin binding protein in blood was detected. Leptin was cleared with a half-life estimate of 23 min. In order to investigate the tissue distribution …

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Influence Of Different Cotton Fruit Sizes On Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Oviposition And Survival To Adulthoods., S. M. Greenberg, T. W. Sappington, M. Sétamou, R. J. Coleman Jan 2004

Influence Of Different Cotton Fruit Sizes On Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Oviposition And Survival To Adulthoods., S. M. Greenberg, T. W. Sappington, M. Sétamou, R. J. Coleman

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Understanding the critical host plant factors that determine oviposition behavior and survival of boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman, on cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., is important for developing successful pest management strategies. However, published information is both conflicting and limited regarding how different cotton fruit sizes affect boll weevil oviposition choices and subsequent larval survival to adulthood. Consequently, we used a standard based on fruit size diameter to evaluate boll weevil feeding and oviposition punctures, and survival to adulthood on 10 different cotton fruit sizes: squares of diameter 1.5-2.0 (pinhead), 3.0-3.5 (matchhead), 5-6, 7-8, or 9-10 mm; candle; and bolls …

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Linking Microbial-Scale Findings To Farm-Scale Outcomes In A Dryland Cropping System, Cinthia K. Johnson, Brian J. Wienhold, John W. Doran, Rhae A. Drijber, Sara F. Wright Jan 2004

Linking Microbial-Scale Findings To Farm-Scale Outcomes In A Dryland Cropping System, Cinthia K. Johnson, Brian J. Wienhold, John W. Doran, Rhae A. Drijber, Sara F. Wright

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Soil biological response to management is best evaluated in field-scale experiments within the context of the soil environment and crop; however, cost-effective methods are lacking to relate these data which span multiple spatial scales. We hypothesized that zones of apparent electrical conductivity (ECa) could be used to integrate soil properties (sampling-site scale), microbial-scale measures of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi, and field-scale wheat yields from yield maps. An on-farm dryland experiment (~250 ha) was established wherein two (~32-ha) fields were assigned to each phase of a winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) – corn (Zea mays L.) – …

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Tillage And Cropping Effects On Soil Quality Indicators In The Northern Great Plains, Mark A. Liebig, D. L. Tanaka, Brian J. Wienhold Jan 2004

Tillage And Cropping Effects On Soil Quality Indicators In The Northern Great Plains, Mark A. Liebig, D. L. Tanaka, Brian J. Wienhold

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The extreme climate of the northern Great Plains of North America requires cropping systems to possess a resilient soil resource in order to be sustainable. This paper summarizes the interactive effects of tillage, crop sequence, and cropping intensity on soil quality indicators for two long-term cropping system experiments in the northern Great Plains. The experiments, located in central North Dakota, were established in 1984 and 1993 on a Wilton silt loam (FAO: Calcic Siltic Chernozem; USDA1: fine-silty, mixed, superactive frigid Pachic Haplustoll). Soil physical, chemical, and biological properties considered as indicators of soil quality were evaluated in spring 2001 in …

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Geographic And Voltinism Differentiation Among North American Ostrinia Nubilalis (European Corn Borer) Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Haplotypes, Brad S. Coates, Douglas V. Sumerford, Richard L. Hellmich Jan 2004

Geographic And Voltinism Differentiation Among North American Ostrinia Nubilalis (European Corn Borer) Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase Haplotypes, Brad S. Coates, Douglas V. Sumerford, Richard L. Hellmich

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

DNA sequence of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (cox1) and II (cox2) genes were characterized and used for population genetic analysis. Twenty-six point mutations were identified from a 2,156 bp DNA sequence alignment. The frequency of polymorphic cox1 DdeI and HaeIII, and cox2 Sau3AI and MspI restriction sites were determined from 1,414 individuals by polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism. Ten haplotypes were observed. A single haplotype was present among 90% of individuals examined, and a HaeIII haplotype was not present in …

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Habitat Manipulation Of The Apple Orchard Floor To Increase Ground-Dwelling Predators And Predation Of Cydia Pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Clarissa R. Mathews, Dale G. Bottrell, M. W. Brown Jan 2004

Habitat Manipulation Of The Apple Orchard Floor To Increase Ground-Dwelling Predators And Predation Of Cydia Pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Clarissa R. Mathews, Dale G. Bottrell, M. W. Brown

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Augmenting generalist predator populations in new apple (Malus domestica Bork) plantings could potentially aid in the establishment of balanced orchard ecosystems that are less susceptible to pest outbreaks. Habitat can be an important factor in retaining predators in a system and can affect predator efficiency. We investigated the potential of increasing a complex of generalist ground-dwelling predators and enhancing biological control in a young 'Golden Delicious' apple orchard through ground habitat manipulation. We modified the orchard floor with four comparative habitat treatments: (1) detritus-rich compost mulch layer, (2) detritus-free synthetic mulch layer, (3) herbicide-treated vegetation thatch, and (4) bare …

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Comparison Of Production, Meat Yield, And Meat Quality Traits Of Nwac103 Line Channel Catfish, Norris Line Channel Catfish, And Female Channel Catfish × Male Blue Catfish F1 Hybrids, Brian G. Bosworth, William R. Wolters, Juan L. Silva, Roberto S. Chamul, Sinyoung Park Jan 2004

Comparison Of Production, Meat Yield, And Meat Quality Traits Of Nwac103 Line Channel Catfish, Norris Line Channel Catfish, And Female Channel Catfish × Male Blue Catfish F1 Hybrids, Brian G. Bosworth, William R. Wolters, Juan L. Silva, Roberto S. Chamul, Sinyoung Park

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

NWAC103 line channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus, Norris line channel catfish, and Norris line female channel catfish × Dycus Farm line male blue catfish I. furcatus F1 hybrids were compared for production, meat yield, and meat quality traits. Juvenile fish from each genetic group were stocked at 12,000 fish/ha into three, 0.04-ha ponds per genetic group. Fish were fed once daily to satiation from June through October, and fed on days when afternoon water temperatures were above 17 °C from November through December. Fish were harvested, weighed, and counted in January, and 150 fish per genetic group (50 fish …

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The Eagleville Times, Volume 2, Issue 9, Debbie Ryan Jan 2004

The Eagleville Times, Volume 2, Issue 9, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

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Slbp Is Associated With Histone Mrna On Polyribosomes As A Component Of The Histone Mrnp, Michael L. Whitfield, Handan Kaygun, Judith A. Erkmann, W. H. Davin Townley-Tilson, Zbig Dominski, William F. Marzluff Jan 2004

Slbp Is Associated With Histone Mrna On Polyribosomes As A Component Of The Histone Mrnp, Michael L. Whitfield, Handan Kaygun, Judith A. Erkmann, W. H. Davin Townley-Tilson, Zbig Dominski, William F. Marzluff

Dartmouth Scholarship

The stem–loop binding protein (SLBP) binds the 3′ end of histone mRNA and is present both in nucleus, and in the cytoplasm on the polyribosomes. SLBP participates in the processing of the histone pre-mRNA and in translation of the mature message. Histone mRNAs are rapidly degraded when cells are treated with inhibitors of DNA replication and are stabilized by inhibitors of translation, resulting in an increase in histone mRNA levels. Here, we show that SLBP is a component of the histone messenger ribonucleoprotein particle (mRNP). Histone mRNA from polyribosomes is immunoprecipitated with anti-SLBP. Most of the SLBP in cycloheximide-treated cells …

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Developing A Digital Archive With Limited Resources, Greg Sennema Jan 2004

Developing A Digital Archive With Limited Resources, Greg Sennema

Library Publications

This article describes how a small liberal arts college library created a digital library using existing staff and financial resources. The Hekman Digital Archive (HDA) was created using a digital media archive module of the library’s ILS, and is maintained by one library staff member with the help of numerous student assistants.

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