Life Sciences | Open Access Articles | Digital Commons Network™

Quinoa For Utah, Kristine Bunkland, Earl Creech, Jennifer R. Reeve, Grant Cardon, Michael Pace

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides insight into some of the opportunities and limitations to quinoa production in Utah.

Atay V. County Of Maui, Stephanie A. George

Public Land & Resources Law Review

As genetically engineered plants become more common, questions frequently arise regarding how the plants are regulated and who can regulate them. The Ninth Circuit attempted to answer these questions through preemption doctrine. The court left the door open for states and localities to regulate genetically engineered crops that have been deregulated by the federal government. This decision will implicate the future cultivation of genetically engineered crops, and the food industry as a whole.

Go to article

Crop Responses To Amisorb In The North Central Region, Sylvie Brouder, Robert Dowdy, Dave Franzen, Gary Hergert, Robert Hoeft, Maurice Horton, Keith Kelling, David Mengel, George Rehm, John Sawyer, Peter Scharf, Darryl Warnacke, David Whitney

John E. Sawyer

Originally used to prevent scale in boilers, carpramid or thermal polyaspartate (copoly[(3-carboxypropionamide)( 2-carboxylmethyl) acetamide)] was brought to agriculture under the trade names AmiSorb and Magnet. It claimed to increase nutrient uptake through artificially increasing the volume of soil occupied by roots through increased root branching and root hair development. Under controlled hydroponic or greenhouse conditions, the use of carpramid increased nutrient uptake, some yield determining factors such as wheat tillering and in some cases, crop yield. Extensive field testing from 1996 to 1998 under various nutrient regimes, placements, forms, and timings resulted in very inconsistent performance. Averaged across all experiments …