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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN,
WHERE
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Anheuser-Busch professorship for rice genetics
Jewel Minnis Trust provides endowment
Sealed Air donates equipment and scholarship money
Seed dealers and Talberts endow scholarship
Wilda McMurry endows fellowship fund
Student research grants awarded
Division hosts national spinach conference
Haggard named ARS Scientist of the Year
Grad students will study in Belgium
ASID students host national officer
Interior Design builds shelters
Horticulture honors alumni and friends
Discovery student journal published
David Pryor keynotes POSC program
Endowed chairs and professors honored
Alums help launch Pioneer Biofuels
Patent issued for herbicide-resistant rhizobia
Faculty and staff photo
to go in centennial time capsule
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Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
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Vision is published six times a year by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in the U of A System's Division of Agriculture and by the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. It is produced by the Communication Services unit of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, 110 Agriculture Building, U of A, Fayetteville, AR 72701. 479-575-5647.
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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 2005 • Vol. 31, No. 6
Discovery student journal published
Volume 6 of Discovery, The Student Journal of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, was published in September.
The College provides undergraduate research grants for such projects. Most, but not all, undergraduate research projects are by students enrolled in the College Honors Program, which has grown from 75 students last year to 103 this fall.
Articles by students on their research with a faculty mentor covered a range of topics.
Dawn Elkins of Jonesboro, working with Dr. Rick Rorie, Animal Science, found that the social standing of dairy heifers influences the length and expression of estrus. The implication is that managing cows in smaller groups could reduce social stress and increase pregnancy rates among those with the lowest social standing.
R. Scott Fry of Quitman studied the effects of two sources of selenium as a supplement in the diet of beef cattle raised on selenium-deficient pastures. Selenium deficiency can impact the health of cattle. Beef with higher levels of selenium is thought to provide health benefits for humans. His mentor was Dr. Beth Kegley, Animal Science.
Brittany Adams of Jonesboro worked with Food Science professors Navam Hettiarachchy and Mike Johnson on the use of edible soy-protein film as a food coating to reduce the risk of food poisoning. She demonstrated that a protective edible coating could be impregnated with food-grade compounds that inhibit growth of pathogenic bacteria.
Matthew Nutt of Monett, Mo., found that rice hulls are a good substitute for peat and vermiculite as a potting soil material. This could lead to a new market for rice hulls. His mentor was Dr. Michael Evans, Horticulture.
Derek Schluterman of Subiaco conducted research with his mentor, Dr. Terry Siebenmorgen, Food Science, to determine the maximum reduction in moisture content of rough rice per initial drying pass and tempering time required to prevent reduction of head rice yield.
Robert Walnofer of Charleston evaluated the impact of heat on the quality of soy protein in processed foods. His mentor was Dr. Navam Hettiarachchy, Food Science.