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Insect salivary proteins prevent blood clotting
Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service's Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory in Laramie, WY, are studying the mechanisms...
Agricultural Research, 03/01/98 by Dennis Senft · More from publication -
Foxtail millet for the central plains
A crop rotation method allows the optimum use of the 16.5 in of precipitation received by the central Great Plains annually for the cultivation. It...
Agricultural Research, 01/01/98 by Dennis Senft · More from publication -
RZWQM - modeling effects of farm decisions
The Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM), which is a computer simulation module, allows users to predict crop yields and study the effects of...
Agricultural Research, 07/01/97 by Dennis Senft · More from publication -
Helping honey bees fight mites
Entomologists claim that small cells could significantly help honey bees withstand parasitic mites. During the winter of 1995-1996, widespread...
Agricultural Research, 05/01/97 by Dennis Senft · More from publication -
Assessing air quality around cotton gins
Gins are thought to pose respiratory health risks to susceptible individuals. However, a commercial, hand-held meter that measures the particle...
Agricultural Research, 05/01/97 by Dennis Senft · More from publication -
Bigger areas are better
The Codling Moth Areawide Suppression Program, a five-year pest-control program in the western US, has been proven effective in suppressing codling...
Agricultural Research, 05/01/97 by Dennis Senft · More from publication -
Weed control on the Central Plains
A few new ways to control problem weeds in winter wheat and other crops that are grown on the Central Great Plains have been discovered. It was...
Agricultural Research, 05/01/97 by Dennis Senft · More from publication -
Calcium boosts fruit quality
Agricultural Research Service scientists at Wenatchee, WA, have developed a cost-effective way of boosting the quality of apples and pears. By...
Agricultural Research, 04/01/97 by Dennis Senft · More from publication -
Bee traps go commercial
Arizona-based Bee Masters protects areas from honey bees by using traps and lures, which are being produced at the Carl Hayden Bee Research...
Agricultural Research, 03/01/97 by Dennis Senft · More from publication -
Killing psylla in cold blood
Entomologists are testing the effectiveness of the freeze-dried Pseudomonas syringae bacterium to control psylla, a major pest of pears nationwide....
Agricultural Research, 12/01/96 by Dennis Senft · More from publication
