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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN,
WHERE
HEADLINES
Undergrad enrollment highest Since 1983
Four new technology-rich classrooms dedicated
College and Division exceed campaign goal
Bumpers College recruiting videos available in January
Bumpers College sweeps NASULGC Southern Region Teaching Awards
Emmert named to Poultry Federation Chair
Purcell named to Altheimer Soybean Chair
Sen. Lincoln speaks at charity luncheon
Discovery journal features student scientists
Seminar explores 'Human Dimensions of Teaching'
CSES honors Outstanding Alumni
Horticulture honors alumni and friends
Poultry grad students donate 300 turkeys to food bank
Debate addresses environmental policies in agriculture
RECENT NEWS RELEASES
November
Crabgrass helps cattle through summer slump
October
New peaches make 40 fruits in 40 years from U of A
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Arkansas
Agricultural Experiment Station, University
of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale
Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
A
newsletter for faculty, staff and students
November-December 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 6
New projects
R.A. Kluender. Arkansas Forest resources Center: A Continuing Program, Phase XI.
J.R. Morris. Institute for Food Science and Engineering.
G.J. Weidemann, D.J. Donoghue, B.M. Hargis, N. Hettiarachchy, M.G. Johnson, Y. Li, M.F. Slavik and D.S. Edmark. Food Safety Consortium (AR).
B.L. Ahrendsen and B.L. Dixon. Farm Service Agency Direct Loan Program Effectiveness Study.
B.L. Ahrendsen and B.L. Dixon. Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition.
E.J. Wailes. Economic Assessment of Changes in Trade Arrangements, Bio-terrorism Threats and Renewable Fuels Requirements on the U.S. Grain Industry.
J.C. Correll, Y. Yang, K.A.K. Moldenhauer and J.N. Rutger. Coordinated Research, Education and Extension Project for the Application of Genomic Discoveries to Improve Rice in the United States.
L.C. Purcell. Resource Utilization for Efficient Crop Production Systems in the Mid-South.
J.W. Gibbons, K.A.K. Moldenhauer, F.N. Lee, J.L. Bernhardt, M. Anders and C.E. Wilson. Rice Breeding and Genetics.
M. Kavdia. Biotransport and Biochemical Interactions of Nitric Oxide, Reactive Oxygen Species and Reactive Nitrogen Species.
A. Proctor. Improving the Quality and the Human Health and Economic Values, of Foods Containing Lipids and of Agricultural Co-Products.
J.L. Emmert and C.M. Owens. Slow-Growing Broilers in Organic Poultry Production.
M.R. Thomsen. Food Safety and its Economic Impact on Segments of the Food System.
Y. Yang. Signal Transduction and Functional Genomics of the Rice Pathogen Interaction.
W.K. Coblentz. Nitrogen Cycling, Loading, and Use Efficiency in Forage-based Livestock Production Systems (formerly NcT-196 and NC-189).
T.C. Daniel. Best Management Practices to Sustain Agricultural Production and Water Quality.
R.F. Wideman and E. Gisela. Selection Strategies for Improving the Pulmonary Vascular Capacity in Broilers.
M.R. Evans. Virtual Field Trips for Improving Undergraduate Education in Controlled Environment Agriculture.
D.O. TeBeest. Inoculum Thresholds for Seedborne Diseases of Rice.
D.O. TeBeest. Effect of Ecological, Epidemiological and Host Resistance Factors on Corn and Grain Sorghum Diseases.
C.N. Coon. Improving Nutrition and Management Practices for Rearing and Reproductive Performance of High and Ultra High Yielding Type Broiler Breeder.
H.L. Goodwin. Strategic Behavior in an Evolving Economic and Policy Environment: Implications for U.S. Poultry Growers and Integrators.