Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
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Who, What, When, Where Donna Graham was invited to present the Distinguished Lecture at the national meeting of the American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE) in Charlotte, N.C., May 17-19. Donald Johnson presented two refereed posters at the AAAE meeting: “A Compact Precision Agriculture Sprayer for Use in University and Extension Educational Programs,” by Aaron Dickinson, Dr. Johnson and George W. Wardlow; and “Trends in Required Student Computer Use in a Land-Grant College of Agriculture: Implications for a Computer Applications Service Course,” by Margo D. Hale and Dr. Johnson. Don Herring presented the paper titled, “Social Barriers Perceived by Female Small-Scale Agricultural Producers,” by Elizabeth J Maeda, Dr. Wardlow and Jefferson D. Miller, at the AAAE meeting. Publications and projects produced by the Agricultural Communication Services staff received eight awards at the National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association annual meeting in June. Awards were: --Two first place: “Partners” Poultry Science newsletter, Karen Eskew, and “Arkansas Land and Life” magazine, Howell Medders, Judy Howard and Fred Miller in AGCS and Bob Reynolds, Julie Thompson, Lamar James, Elizabeth Fortune and Jennifer Vickery in CES Communications. --Four second place: “The Graduate” alumni magazine, Howell Medders, Judy Howard and Fred Miller; Centennial Gala publications, Judy Howard and Karen Eskew; Division of Agriculture Annual Report; AGCS and CES Communications staff; Division of Agriculture Research poster/brochure, Judy Howard and Howell Medders. --Two third place: Poultry Science Annual Report and event brochure for Center of Excellence in Poultry Science. Howell Medders gave an invited presentation titled, "Brand Identity of a College of Agricultural and Life Sciences in Transition," at the annual meeting of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences" in Quebec City June 3. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND AGRIBUSINESS The paper, "Estimating a Demand Function for Poultry Litter," by R.I. Carreira and H.L. Goodwin Jr., was resented at the 2006 AAEA meetings in Long Beach, Ca., July 25. The paper, "Multiple Inlet Approach to Reduce Water Requirements for Rice Production," by Earl Vories, Phil Tacker, and Rob Hogan, was selected to receive a 2006 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) "Superior" Paper Award. The award was presented during the Awards Recognition program held at the 2006 ASABE Annual International Meeting July 12 in Portland. H.L. Goodwin traveled to Mexico City Apr. 18-20 for the official release of the Farm Foundation report titled, “The Future of Animal Agriculture in North America.” Dr. Goodwin, as working group chair, has been working closely with industry and academia leaders in the United States, Canada and Mexico to produce the chapter, “Food Safety and Animal Health,” for the report. While in Mexico City, Dr. Goodwin also attended several meetings with Dr. Garza, Mexico’s contributor to the Farm Foundation report, and industry officials. BIOLOGICAL & AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING Yanbin Li and Xiao-Li Su, a former BAEG postdoctoral research associate, were selected for a 2006 ASABE Superior Paper Award for their paper entitled, “Surface Plasmon Resonance and Quartz Crystal Microbalance Immunosensor for Detection of Escherichia coli 0157:H7." Drs. Li and Su were recognized for their achievement at the Awards Recognition Program July 12 in Portland. Marty Matlock and Brian Haggard took a group of students to the American Ecological Engineering Society Meeting in Berkeley in April. The group included five undergraduate and six graduate students. The undergraduate students, Adam Jokerst, Britt Hill, Leslie Bartsch, Jennifer Raible and Matt Graham, presented their senior design work. The graduate students, Andrea Ludwig, Monica Köller, Page Shurgar, Vicky Zeledón, Eric Cummings, Kyle Kruger and Josh Giovannetti each presented work from their research, in both poster and platform presentations. Drs. Haggard and Matlock presented as well. BAEG seniors Adam Jokerst, Britt Hill, Leslie Bartsch and Jennifer Raible were part of a design team that was recognized this year with three national awards. The students worked with faculty advisor Marty Matlock and course instructor Tom Costello to partner with the UA Community Design Center and a team of fifth-year architecture students to develop a low impact development design for a community for Habitat for Humanity Benton County. The project has been recognized with the following awards: Places Award for Sustainable Development from the Environmental Design Research Association; 2006 Planning and Design Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA); and 2006 Education Honor Award of the American Institute of Architects. Gurpal S. Toor gave several volunteered presentations that he coauthored at the American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting, Nov. 6-10 in Salt Lake City: “Characterizing and managing the risk of phosphorus leaching in the Inland Bays Watershed soils: background concentrations and effect of superphosphate addition”; “Characterizing and managing the risk of phosphorus leaching in the Inland Bays Watershed soils: effect of dairy and poultry manure application”; “Comparison of P Forms in Animal Manure Identified by Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Solution P-31 NMR”; and “Standardizing the Water-Soluble Phosphorus Test for Manures and Biosolids.” Highlights of the article, “Nutrient retention in a point-source impacted stream,” authored by Brian E. Haggard, E.H. Stanley and D.E. Storm, were featured in the June 2006 online SCOPE Newsletter. ENTOMOLOGY John Riggins received second place in the Ph.D. category of the Allen-Abrahamson Award Student Poster Competition for his poster, “Unsolved Mysteries: Investigating the Abrupt Rise and Fall of Red Oak Borer in the Arkansas Ozarks", at the North American Forest Insect Work Conference in Asheville, NC, in May 2006. Lyndsay Knoblock won the Master's Student Paper Competition Award at the Southeastern Branch meeting of the Entomological Society of America, in Wilmington, NC, in March. Allen Szalanski coauthored with J.W. Austin the invited presentation “Reticulitermes of North America: Molecular identification, biogeography, and systematics,” at the National Conference on Urban Entomology in Raleigh, N.C. Dr. Szalanski also coauthored the invited presentation, “Genetic variation and molecular diagnostics of economically important species in southeastern United States,” with Jacquelyn McKern at the Annual meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America in Wilmington, N.C., in March. Fiona Goggin gave an invited presentation entitled, “Field trials of plant activators and resistant cultivars for integrated nematode control on tomato,” at the California Tomato Commission Annual Board Meeting in San Francisco in February. Dr. Goggin also gave the invited presentation, “Mechanisms of broad spectrum and R gene-mediated plant defenses against aphids,” at the 5th International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science in Tucson, and the invited poster “Comparative analysis of responses to aphid feeding in tomato” at the CSREES USDA-NRI Awardee Workshop, also in Tucson in May. Paul McLeod spent part of his sabbatical in Bolivia last fall and this spring. While there in April, he gave seminars to technical staff of the Center for Tropical Agricultural Investigation (CIAT) in Santa Cruz associated with vegetable production, including the invited presentation, “Development and use of IPM in developing countries throughout the world,” and other presentations on improving insect management for Bolivian vegetable production. Donald Steinkraus was invited to give the keynote address, “Entomopathogens in Row Crops: A Candid Appraisal,” at S-1024 Southern Region Microbial Control Working Group Meeting in Savannah in February. Fred Stephen gave the invited presentations, “Challenges to biological control,” and, “Upland oak-hickory forests and the red oak borer in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas,” which was coauthored by James M. Guldin, at the North American Forest Insect Work Conference in Asheville. Submitted papers and posters were presented at the Beltwide Cotton Conference in San Antonio in January by M. Ibrahim Ali, Randy Luttrell, Kerry Allen, Gus Lorenz, Jennifer Lund, Donald Steinkraus, Tina Teague, J.E. Leland, and P.F. O’Leary. Submitted papers and posters were presented at the 31st Rice Technical Working Group Meeting in Houston in February by John Bernhardt, G. Liu, M.H. Jia, Y. Wamishe, Y. Jia, J.N. Rutger, R.J. Bryant, Fleet Lee, James Gibbons, W. Yan, N. Singh and Donn T. Johnson. Submitted papers and posters were presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America in Wilmington, N.C., in March by John Bernhardt, T.J. Kring, J. L. Gentry, Robert Wiedenmann, Barbara Lewis, Donn T. Johnson, Randy Luttrell, M.Ibrahim Ali, K.C. Luttrell, Kerry Allen, Jacquelyn McKern, J.J. Riggins, Fred Stephen, J.F. Smith and J.K. Greene. A submitted paper was presented at the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America March 6 by L.K. Schwab, R. Wiedenmann and S. Raghu. Submitted papers and posters were presented at the 2006 Annual Red Imported Fire Ant Conference, Mobile in March by J. Clemons, Amy Simpson, John Hopkins, Kelly Loftin, John Gavin, D. Shanklin, D. Petty, Mike McCarter, Rex Herring and Rex Dollar. M.K. Fierke and F.M. Stephen presented a submitted paper at the annual meeting of the Arkansas Chapter of the Wildlife Society in Harrison March 6. T.M. Dahl, M.K. Fierke, M.B. Kelley, J.J. Riggins, J.B. Murphy, E. Lacey, J. Millar, L. Hanks and F.M. Stephen presented four submitted posters at the North American Forest Insect Workers Conference in Ashville, N.C. A submitted poster was presented at the USDA Forest Service Forest Health Monitoring Workgroup Meeting April 6 in Charleston, S.C., by F.M. Stephen, M.K. Kierke, L.D. Chapman, D.J. Crook, T. Dahl, M.B. Kelley, J.J. Riggins, J. Tullis and V. Ware. FOOD SCIENCE Christy York and Andy Proctor, along with H.S. Lam, J. Nyalala, M. D. Morris and G. W. Smith, coauthored “FTIR evaluation of low-density lipoprotein oxidation in the presence of selected antioxidants. Symposium: Analysis and biological activity or lipid oxidation products,” and “Adsorption of catechin and quercetin to LDL to inhibit hexanal binding and apoB-100 protein denaturation,” both of which were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Oil Chemists Society in St. Louis May 2. Andy Proctor gave the invited presentation, “FTIR evaluation of low-density lipoprotein oxidation in the presence of selected antioxidants,” at Ross Products Division Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio, May 26. Dr. Proctor also coauthored the paper “Photocatalytic production and processing of conjugated linoleic acid rich soy oil,” with Vishal Jain; this paper was selected for student competition at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Atlanta Mar. 28. Mike Johnson, Steve Ricke, Navam Hettiarachchy and research team members Rama Nannapaneni, Bwalya Lungu, Sujata Sirsat, Vidya Chitturi, Robert Story and Keith Wiggins presented four research papers at the 106th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology May 21-25 in Orlando: “Starvation Survival of Listeria monocytogenes,” “Virulence of Six Month Starved L. monocytogenes in Human Cell Line Caco 2,” “Ciprofloxacin Resistant Campylobacter Isolates for 2005,” “Salmonella Typhimurium Virulence Gene Expression During Post- processing Treatments of Chicken Breast Meat” and “Antimicrobial Activity of Green Tea, Grape Seed Extract and Malic Acid Combinations in Whey Protein Films Against L. monocytogenes, E coli 0157:H7 and Salmonella.” Navam Hettiarachchy was elected International Historian of Gamma Sigma Delta in June. She was designated an International Scientist of the Year for 2006 by the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England. Dr. Hettiarachchy gave two invited presentations on “Protein Chemistry and Functionality with integrated Value-Added Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Food Safety Research Program” and on “Modification of proteins, Chemical and Enzymatic Methods and Functionality” to the Institute of Crop Science and Food Science, ZhejangAcademy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, P.R. China. July 17-21. She gave an invited presentation on “Healthy Products from Agricultural by-products” at the 21st American Chemical Society National Meeting (ACS) symposium in Atlanta March 26-30. She served on the 20th Annual J.R. Brunner Protein Symposium Committee that conducted an undergraduate and graduate oral presentation competition at Michigan State University, Lansing, May 17-20.HORTICULTURE Jim Robbins was presented the Covington Extension Award from the Southern Region of the American Society of Horticultural Scientists. This award is the highest award presented by the SRASHS. The Alpha Omicron Chapter of Pi Alpha Xi was installed on May 2. National President Doug Needham was present install the Chapter and to initiate the following members: Hallie Dodson, Marie Golbski, Mengmeng Gu, Kristen Harper Patterson, Ananda Moscoso, Curt Rom, James N. Moore, Brock Pruett, Johann Buck, Matthew Pelto, Clinton McNutt, Heather Friedrich, Chris Stiegler, Teddy Morelock, Josh Summerford, Dennis Mores, Stephen Eaton, Larry Martin, Mike Richardson and John R. Clark. Davis Hensley will be the chapter advisor. The following awards were given at the department end of the year dinner: Vaile-Watts Award for Outstanding Senior in Horticulture, Kimberley Dennis; Outstanding Masters student, Kristen Harper Patterson; Outstanding PhD student, Bruce Dunn; and J.N. Moore Graduate Fellowship in Horticulture Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bruce Dunn. Mallory Mounce and Ananda Moscoso were awarded the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust Fellowships. These fellowships will support summer internships at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, in Edinburgh, Scotland. HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Jerald C. Foote gave the invited presentation, "Dietary Supplements as a Possible Protective Measure Against Evnironmental Contaminants," on May 11 at the Arkansas Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Hot Springs. PLANT PATHOLOGY Rose Gergerich was named a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society at its annual meeting, held jointly with the Canadian Phytopathological Society and the Mycological Society of America, July 29 - Aug. 2 in Québec City, Canada. APS grants the Fellow designation to current members in recognition of distinguished contributions to plant pathology or to the Society. POULTRY SCIENCE Dustan Clark produced a video newsletter with the Farm Bureau on Avian influenza (AI) in May. He gave a presentation on AI to a Chinese delegation June 9. On Jun. 11, he gave the invited presentations, "Premise Identification," "Bird Flu," and "The National Animal Identification System" in Fort Worth. Annie Donoghue led the discussion group, "Animal uses for probiotics and prebiotics: impact on antibiotic use," during the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics in Coleraine, Northern Ireland June 16-18. Dr. Donoghue also participated in the Agricultural Research Service Salmonella Summit June 28 in Washington, D.C. Bill Huff gave an invited presentation at the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting held in Orlando. The title of the presentation was, "Bacteriophage: A Natural Alternative to Antibiotics to Prevent and Treat Animal Diseases and Reduce Food Borne Pathogens on Animal Products." Dr. Huff was also invited to be an External Examiner for Nibham Jamalludeen's Ph.D Final Defense, and to give a talk entitled "Bacteriophage: An alternative to antibiotics in animal agriculture," at the University of Guelph in Ontario May 15-17. Geraldine Huff was invited to present a paper entitled, "Effects of a dietary yeast extract on the response to transport stress of turkey poults previously challenged with Escherichia coli," for the AAAP/AVMA Meeting Jul. 14-21. John Marcy hosted a culinary institute week-long training in the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science June 12-16. Philip Moore presented the paper entitled, "Evaluation and Management of Ammonia Emissions from Poultry Litter" at the Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science at Bolger Center, Potomac, Md., June 5-8. Susan Watkins served as the director for the 2006 National Egg Quality School May 22-25 in Memphis, and served as keynote speaker for a series of grower's meetings hosted by Pilgrim's Pride in El Dorado. In June, Dr. Watkins also hosted eight poultry managers from China, whose trip was sponsored by the National Renders Association. Jerry Wooley was chairman of the 4-H youth poultry barbecue contest during the annual Poultry Festival held in Little Rock June 10.
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness M. Cochran and D. Danforth. Cotton Incorporated. COTMAN software development and delivery. $24,850. J. Goodwin. USDA NRCS. Feasibility assessment of establishing the Ozark Litter Bank. $222,750. Animal Sciences T. Yazwinski. Pfizer,Inc. Fort Dodge Animal Health. Applied parasitology research. Comparative fecal egg count reductions by 1% injectable macrocyclic. Use of moxidectin ivermectin in the parasite control and production enhancement of replacement heifers for cow/calf operations in the SE US. $95,182. Biological & Agricultural Engineering Y. Li. USDA FAS. Rapid detection of foodborne pathogens using biosensor technologies. $5,000. C. Griffis. Mastertaste, Inc. Evaluation of Mastertaste Zesti Smoke product. $13,557. L. Verma. BioDetection Instruments, Inc. Poultry safety research. $20,000. College of Agriculture—ASU T. Teague. Cotton Incorporated. Validation of COTMAN RULES in high yielding systems: Arkansas. Expansion of validation of the break-even component in COTMAN. $22,100. J. Widick. Cullum Seed, LLC. Chloride screening research. $450. Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences P. Chen. USDA ARS. Identification and utilization of exotic germplasm to improve soybean productivity 2005. $55,488. D. Dombek. Various Sources. Corn-grain sorghum-soybean variety testing program. $79,050. D. Oosterhuis. The Cotton Foundation. Cotton research (general). $3,125. L. Purcell. BASF Corporation. Soybean physiology. $5,500. N. Burgos. USDA CSREES—Prime. So. Region program to clear pest control agents for minor uses (2006 IR-4 support for performance trials). $2,500. Entomology P. McLeod. BASF Corporation. Entomology advancement. $9,600. M. Meisch. Clarke Mosquito Control. Vector control. $4,000. Food Science J.-F. Meullenet. Tyson Foods, Inc. Anheuser-Busch Inc. Prediction of beef tenderness from raw and cooked meat MORS measurements. Rheology and sensory research. $31,810. T. Siebenmorgen. Anheuser-Busch Inc. Riviana Foods, Incorporated. Rice processing research. $13,000. L. Howard. Kraft Foods, Inc. Thermal processing research. $4,400. R. Morawicki. Riviana Foods, Incorporated. Food processing and packaging. $5,000. Y.-J. Wang. MGP Ingredients. Carbohydrate research. $6,735. Horticulture D. Karcher. Blue Moon Farm. Turfgrass research. $1,000. Human Environmental Sciences J. Foote. US Department of Education (Prime). Nutrition component for the Coordinated School Health and Physical Education Program at Colcord Public School. $12,250. Interdisciplinary—Other J. Correll, Y. Jia, J. Rutger, Y. Yang and K. Moldenhauer. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. A coordinated research, education and extension project for the application of genomic discoveries to improve rice in the United States. $1,500,000. Northeast Research & Extension Center F. Bourland. Various Sources. Cotton variety testing 2006. $17,500. D. Stephenson. BASF Corporation. Soybean research. $8,000. Plant Pathology J. Correll. California Spinach Growers. Spinach research. $6,000. Poultry Science J. Emmert. Griffin Industries, Inc. Nutrition research. $8,500. Rice Research & Extension Center P. Counce. RiceCo, LLC. Rice physiology research. $2,000. Southwest Research & Extension Center T. Kirkpatrick. Delta and Pine Land Co. Plant disease research. $1,250.
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness DeLaune, P. B., B. E. Haggard, T. C. Daniel, I. Chaubey and M. J. Cochran. 2006. The Eucha/Spavinaw Phosphorus Index: A Court Mandated Index for Litter Management. J. Soil and Water Cons. 61(2):96-105. Vories, E. D., P. L. Tacker and R. Hogan. 2005. Multiple Inlet Approach To Reduce Water Requirements For Rice Production. Appl. Eng. in Agric. 21(4):611-616.
Agricultural & Extension Education Dickinson, A., and D.M. Johnson. 2006. A Low-Cost Programmable Logic Control (PLC) Trainer for Use in a University Agricultural Electricity Course. J. Agric. Tech., Management, and Educ. 21:2-8. Biological & Agricultural Engineering Bajwa, S.G. 2006. Modeling Rice Plant Nitrogen Effect on Canopy Reflectance with Partial Least Square Regression (PLSR). Trans. ASABE 49(1):229-237. Haggard, B.E., J.M. Galloway, W.R. Green and M.T. Meyer. 2006. Pharmaceuticals and Other Organic Chemicals in Selected North-Central and Northwestern Arkansas Streams. J. Environ. Qual. 35:1078-1087. Haggard, B., E. Stanley and D. Storm. 2006. Nutrients in a Waste Water Affected Stream. Scope Newsletter 64:12-13. He, Z., G.S. Toor, C.W. Honeycutt and J.T. Sims. 2006. An enzymatic Hydrolysis Approach for Characterizing Labile Phosphorus Forms in Dairy Manure Under Mild Assay Conditions. Bioresource Tech. 97:1660-1668. Kim, J.-W., N. Kotagiri and J.-H. Kim. 2006. In situ Fluorescence Microscopy Vicualization and Characterization of Nanometer-Scale Carbon Nanotubes Labeled with 1-Pyrenebutanoic Acid, Succinimidyl Ester. Appl. Phys. Letters 88:213110-1—213110-3. Osaili, T.M., C.L. Griffis, E.M. Martin, E.E. Gbur and J.A. Marcy. 2006. Modeling Cooking Time to Inactivate Salmonella in Chicken Leg Quarters Cooked in an Air-Stream Impingement Oven. J. Food Sci. 71(5):146-149. Toor, G.S., S. Hunger, J.D. Peak, J.T. Sims and D.L. Sparks. 2006. Advancces in the Characterization of Phosphorus in Organic Wastes: Environmental and Agronomic Applications. Adv. in Agron. 89:1-72. Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences Jackson, E.W., P. Fenn and P. Chen. 2005. Inheritance of Resistance to Phomopsis Seed Decay in Soybean PI 80837 and MO/PSD-0259 (PI 562694). Crop Sci. 45:2400-2404. Jackson, E.W., P. Fenn and P. Chen. 2006. Inheritance of Resistance to Purple Seed Stain Caused by Cercospora kikuchii in PI 80837 Soybean. Crop Sci. 46:1462-1466. Entomology Ali, M.I., R.G. Luttrell and S.Y. Young, III. 2006. Susceptibilities of Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Populations to Cry1Ac Insecticidal Protein. J. Econ. Entomology 99:164-175. Austin, J.W., A.L. Szalanski, R. Ghayourfar, A. Kence and R.E. Gold. 2006. Phylogeny and Gentic Variation of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Sociobiology 47:873-890. Bartelt, R.J., A.A. Cossé, B.W. Zilkowski, D. Weisleder, S.H. Grode,R.N. Wiedenmann and S.L. Post. 2006. Dimethylfuran-lactone Pheromone from Males of Galerucella calmariensis and Galerucella pusilla. J. Chem. Ecol. 32:693-712. Duan, J.J., M.S. Paradise, J.G. Lundgren, J. Bookout, C. Jiang andR.N. Wiedenmann. 2006. Assessing Non-Target Impacts of Bt Corn Resistant to Corn Rootworms: Tier-1 Testing with Larvae of Poecilus chalcites (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Environ. Entomology 35:135-142. Duan, J.J., M.S. Paradise, J.G. Lundgren and R.N. Wiedenmann. 2006. Transgenic Crops and Ground Beetles as Non-Target Organisms: Developing Dietary Toxicity Assays for Larvae of Poecilus chalcites (Coleoptera: Carabidae). American Entomologist 51:227-230. Gomez, S.K., D.M. Oosterhuis, D.L. Hendrix, D.R. Johnson and D.C. Steinkraus. 2006. Diurnal Pattern of Aphid Feeding and Its Effect on Cotton Leaf Physiology. Environ. and Experimental Botany 55:77-86. Kuhlmann, U., P.G. Mason, H.L. Hinz, B. Blossey, R.A. De Clerck-Floate, L.M. Dosdall, J.P. McCaffrey, M. Schwarzlaender, O. Olfert, J. Brodeur, A. Gassmann, A.S. McClay and R.N. Wiedenmann. 2006. Avoiding Conflicts Between Insect and Weed Biological Control: Selection of Non-Target Species to Assess Host Specificity of Cabbage Seedpod Weevil Parasitoids. J. Appl. Entomology 130:129-141. Raghu, S., S. Post and R. Wiedenmann. 2006. Invasive Exotic Plants in Illinois. Outdoor Illinois 14(5):2-5. Rector, B.G., V. Harizanova, R. Sforza, T. Widmer and R.N. Wiedenmann. 2006. Prospects for Successful Biological Control of Teasels, Dipsacus spp., a New Target in the United States. Bio. Control 36:1-14. Roy, H.E., D.C. Steinkraus, J. Eilenberg, A.E. Hajek and J.K. Pell. 2006. Bizarre Interactions and Endgames: Entomopathogenic Fungi and Their Arthropod Hosts. Ann. Review of Entomology 51:331-357.Tripodi, A.D., J.W. Austin, A.L. Szalanski, J. McKern, M.K. Carroll, R.K. Saran and M.T. Messenger. 2006. Phylogeography of Reticulitermes Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in California Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Annals of Entomol. Soc. Amer. 99:697-706. Ware, V.L., and F.M. Stephen. 2006. Facultative Intraguild Predation of Red Oak Borer Larvae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Environ. Entomology 35:443-447. Wiedenmann, R.N. 2006. Non-Target Feeding by Galerucella calmariensis on Sandbar Willow (Salix interior) in Illinois. Great Lakes Entomologist 38:100-103. Wiedenmann, R.N., and J.W. Smith Jr. 2006. Use of Ablated Stalks to Assess Field Rates of Parasitism of Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) by Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology 16:37-48. Food Science Giannoccaro, E., Y.-J. Wang and P. Chen. 2006. Effects of Solvent, Temperature, Time, Solvent-to-Sample Ratio, Sample Size, and Defatting on the Extraction of Soluble Sugars in Soybean. J. Food Sci. 71(1):59-64. Kuakpetoon, D., and Y.-J. Wang. 2006. Structural Characteristics and Physiochemical Properties of Oxidized Corn Starches Varying in Amylose Content. Carbohydrate Res. 341:1896-1915. O’Bryan, C.A., P.G. Crandall, E.M. Martin, C.L. Griffis and M.G. Johnson. 2006. Heat Resistance of Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli 0157:H7, and Listeria innocua M1, a Potential Surrogate for Listeria monocytogenes, in Meat and Poultry: A Review. J. Food Sci. 71(3):23-30. Rababah, T., N.S. Hettiarachchy, R. Horax, M.J. Cho, B. Davis and J. Dickson. 2006. Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances and Volatile Compounds in Chicken Breast Meat Infused with Plant Extracts and Subjected to Electron Beam Irradiation. Poult. Sci. 85:1107-1113. Siebenmorgen, T.J., R.C. Bautista and J.-F. Meullenet. 2006. Predicting Rice Physiochemical Properties Using Thickness Fraction Properties. Cereal Chem. 83(3):275-283. Siebenmorgen, T.J., C. Jia, G. Qin and D. Schluterman. 2006. Evaluation of Selected Rice Laboratory Shelling Equipment. Appl. Eng. in Agric. 22(3):427-430. Threlfall, R., G. Main and J. Morris. 2006. Effect of Freezing Grape Berries and Heating Must Samples on Extraction of Components and Composition Parameters of Red Wine Grape Varieties. Australian J. Grape and Wine Res. 12:161-169. Morris, J. 2006. University of Arkansas Grape and Wine Program: The Muscadine Experience. Proceeds of the Georgia-South Carolina Muscadine Conference, Savannah. Jan. 5-8. Pp. 16-30. Plant Pathology Agudelo, P., R.T. Robbins, J.McD. Stewart, A. Bell and A.F. Robinson. 2005. Histological Observations of Rotylenchulus reniformis on Gossypium longicalyx and Interspecific Cotton Hybrids. J. Nematology 37(4):444-447. Lee, M.W., and Y. Yang. 2006. Transient Expression Assay by Agroinfiltration of Leaves. In: Arabidopsis Protocols. Second Edition. J. Salinas and J.J. Sanchez-Serrano (eds.). Human Press. Totowa, N.J. Pp. 225-229. Reyna, N.S., and Y. Yang. 2006. Molecular Analysis of the Rice MAP Kinase Gene Family in Relation to Magnaporthe gisea Infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 19(5):530-540. Sayler, R.J., R.D. Cartwright and Y. Yang. 2006. Genetic Characterization and Real-Time PCR Detection of Burkholderia glumae, a Newly Emerging Bacterial Pathogen of Rice in the United States. Plant Disease 90:603-610. Southwest Research & Extension Center Cassida, K.A., C.B. Stewart, V.A. Haby and S.A. Gunter. 2006. Alfalfa as an Alternative to Bermudagrass for Pastured Stocker Cattle Systems in the Southern USA. Agron. J. 98:705-713. Gunter, S.A., P.A. Beck and D.H. Hubbell III. 2006. Effect of Eprinomectin or Fenbendazole on the Performance of Growing Steers Grazing Tall Fescue. J. Appl. Anim. Res. 29:1-5.
Faculty Impact Statements 2005 — Research Series 539 B.R. Wells Rice Research Studies, edited by R.J. Norman, J.-F. Meullenet and K.A.K. Moldenhauer — Research Series 540 Field Evaluation of Herbicides on Rice, 2005, by D. Ellis, R. Talbert and M. McClelland — Research Series 541 Arkansas Small-Grain Cultivar Performance Tests 2005-2006, by J.T. Kelly, C.E. parsons, R.K. Bacon and M.J. Emerson — Research Series 542
August 8. Cattle Grower’s Conference. Clark County Fairgrounds in Arkadelphia. Coordinated by Dr. Stacey Gunter, SWREC. For progressive beef cattle producers. August 15. Beef Cattle Marketing symposium at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena in Fayetteville. 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena. The registration fee, payable at the door, is $50. August 24-25. Energy and Value-Added Products from Biomass Workshop. Embassy Suites Hotel, Little Rock. Co-sponsored by Division of Agriculture. The first day begins at 2 p.m. with “Bioenergy 101, a pre-conference primer.” The second day, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will be presentations on biomass feedstocks, biodiesel and other biofuels, biorefineries, value-added products, economic development benefits, environmental considerations, business opportunities and state bioenergy policies. To register for the workshop, visit www.uark.edu/ua/biomass/ or call 479-575-5957 or e-mail biomass@uark.edu. A registration fee of $30 ($50 after Aug. 7) includes a reception, lunch and workshop materials. September 23. The annual tailgate party for Bumpers College alumni, friends, students, faculty and staff will be before the Alabama football game on the patio in front of the AFLS building. The Flying Burrito will cater the event beginning two hours before kickoff. September 25-26. The Grand Finale Centennial Celebration for Carnall Hall. Call the Inn at Carnall Hall, 479-582-0400, for information and reservations for a Saturday brunch or lodging. Division of Agriculture Field Days
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