USDA Eases Field-Testing

Usda-ars, Ohio State University Cooperative Research on Biologically Controlling Fusarium Head Blight: 3. Field Testing of Antagonists

Over the last two years, research conducted at the NCAUR in Peoria, IL, in conjunction with The Ohio State University (Khan et al, 1998a; Khan et al., 1998b; Khan et al., 1999a; Khan et al., 1999b; Schisler et al., 1999a; Schisler et al., 1999b), has culminated in the isolation, screening and identification of several putative biological control agents for suppression of FHB. This update provid...

A toxic gas eases IBD

A study on page 1703 might help explain why active smokers rarely suffer from an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) known as ulcerative colitis. Hegazi and colleagues show that carbon monoxide (CO) gas, a component of cigarette smoke, shuts down the production of a disease-promoting cytokine, thus easing chronic bowel inflammation in mice. CO is both a toxic air pollutant and a normal byproduct o...

Usda Forest Service

USDA Forest Service

Wildland fire is an important disturbance agent in the western US and globally. However, the natural role of fire has been disrupted in many regions due to the influence of human activities, which have the potential to either exclude or promote fire, resulting in a ‘‘fire deficit’’ or ‘‘fire surplus’’, respectively. In this study, we developed a model of expected area burned for the western US ...

USDA Sample Proposal

Hypoglycemia represents a dangerous acute condition for neonates and fordiabetics of all ages. For neonates, careful monitoring of plasma glucoseconcentrations in at-risk newborns over the first few hours of life has becomestandard medical practice throughout the nation to guard against hypoglycemia.However, today’s state-of-the-art techniques for accurately detectinghypogly...