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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN,
WHERE
HEADLINES
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
Articles Published
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
Popp, M., P. Manning, P. Counce and T. Keisling. 2005. Rice-Soybean Rotations: Opportunities for Enhancing Whole Farm Profits or Water Savings. Agri. Systems 86:223-238.
Popp, M., W. Miller, P. Manning and M. Cochran. 2005. Biodiesel for Arkansas: Information for Policy Analysis. SP 02 March 2005.
Goodwin, H. L. 2005. Location of Production and Consolidation in the Processing Industry: The Case of Poultry. J. Agri. Appl. Econ. 37(2):339-346.
Wailes, E., B. Watkins, R. Hogan, B. Coats and M. Cochran. 2005. Estimates of Arkansas Agricultural Economic Losses in 2005. SP 03 September 2005.
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Haggard, B.E., P.A. Vadas, D.R. Smith, P.B. DeLaune and P.A. Moore Jr. 2005. Effect of Poultry Litter to Water Ratios on Extractable Phosphorus Content and its Relation to Runoff Phosphors Concentrations. Biosystems Eng. 92(3):409-417.
Varshney, M., L. Yang, X.-L. Su and Y. Li. Magnetic Nanoparticle-Antibody Conjugates for the Separation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef. 2005. J. Food Protection 68(9):1804-1811.
White, K.L., and I. Chaubey. 2005. Sensitivity Analysis, Calibration, and Validations for a Multisite and Multivariable SWAT Model. J. Amer. Water Resources Assoc. Oct:1077-1089.
Kim, B., X. Su and Y. Li. 2005. Evaluation of a Capillary Immunoassay System for Detection of Salmonella Typhimurium in Poultry Products. J. Food Protection 68(9):1799-1803.
Varshney, M., L. Yang, X. Su and Y. Li. 2005. Magnetic Nanoparticle-Antibody Conjugates for the Separation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef. J. Food Protection 68(9):1804-1811.
Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
He, D.-H., Z.-X. Lin, X.-L. Zhang, Y.-C. Nie, X.-P. Guo, C.-D. Feng and J.McD. Stewart. 2005. Mapping QTLs of Traits Contributing to Yield and Analysis of Genetic Effects in Tetraploid Cotton. Euphytica 144:141-149.
King, C.A., and L. Purcell, inventors; The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, N.A., assignee. Herbicide Resistant Dinitrogen Fixing Bacteria and Method of Use. U.S. patent 6,872,562. 2005 March 29. 27 p. Int Cl7 C12N 1/21.
Sinclair, T.R., and L.C. Purcell. 2005. Is a Physiological Perspective Relevant in a ‘Genocentric’ Age? J. Exper. Botany 56(421):2777-2782.
Entomology
Austin, J.W., A.L. Szalanski, R.H. Scheffrahn and M.T. Messenger. 2005. Genetic Variation of Reticulitermes flavipes (Isopteera: Rhinotermitidae) in North America Using Mitochondrial rRNA 16S Gene. Annals of the Entomol. Soc. Amer. 98:980-988.
Food Science
Bautista, R.C., and T.J. Siebenmorgen. 2005. Individual Rice Kernel Moisture Content Variability Trends. Appl. Eng. in Agri. 21(4):637-643.
Boykin, J.C., T.S. Soerens and T.J. Siebenmorgen. 2005. Treatment of Rice Cooker Wastewater and Recovery of By-Products by Membrane Microfiltration. Appl. Eng. in Agri. 21(4):689-694.
Janes, M.E., K.S. Kim and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Apple Tissue. J. Food Protection 68(2):216-224.
Lungu, B., and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Fate of Listeria monocytogenes Inoculated onto the Surface of Model Turkey Frankfurter Pieces Treated with Zein Coatings Containing Nisin, Sodium Diacetate, and Sodium Lactate at 4ºC. J. Food Protection 68(4):855-859.
Lungu, B., and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Potassium Sorbate Does Not Increase Control of Listeria monocytogenes when Added to Zein Coatings with Nisin on the Surface of Full Fat Turkey Frankfurter Pieces in a Model System at 4ºC. J. Food Sci. 70(2):95-99.
Nannapaneni, R., R. Story, K.C. Wiggins and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Concurrent Quantitation of Total Campylobacter and Total Ciprofloxin-resistant Campylobacter Loads in Rinses from Retail Raw Chicken Carcasses from 2001 to 2003 by Direct Plating at 42ºC. Appl. and Environ. Microbiology 71(8):4510-4515.
Rababah, T., N.S. Hettiarachchy, S. Eswaranandam, J.-F. Meullenet and B. Davis. 2005. Sensory Evaluation of Irradiated and Nonirradiated Poultry Breast Meat Infused with Plant Extracts. J. Food Sci 70(3):S228-235.
R. Horax, N.S. Hettiarachchy and S. Islam. 2005. Total Phenolic Acid Constituents in 4 Varieties of Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia) and Antioxidant Activities of Their Extracts. J. Food Sci. 70:C275-280.
Human Environmental Sciences
Foote, J.C., L.D. Thompson and D.B. Webster. 2005. Microbiological Quality of Chamomile. J. Amer. Dietetic Assoc. 105(8):A38.
Hill, L.L., L.H. Woodruff, J.C. Foote and M. Barreeto-Alcoba. 2005. Esophageal Injury by Apple Cider Vinegar Tablets and Subsequent Evaluation of Products. J. Amer. Dietetic Assoc. 105:1141-1144.
Plant Pathology
Riggs, R.D. 2004. ARF a Possible Biological Control Agent for Some Nematodes. Outlooks on Pest Management August:172-175.
Wang, K., R.D. Riggs and D. Crippen. 2004. Competition Between Two Phenotypes of the Nematophagous Fungus ARF in Infecting Eggs of Heteroda glycines and Effect of Soil Depth on Parasitism by ARF. Nematology 6(3):329-334.
Wang, K., R.D. Riggs and D. Crippen. 2004. Decomposition of Plant Debris by the Nematophagous Fungus ARF. J. Nematology 36(3):263-266.
Wang, K., R.D. Riggs and D. Crippen. 2005. Isolation, Selection, and Efficacy of Pochonia chlamydosporia for Control of Rotylenchulus reniformis on Cotton. Phytopathology 95:890-893.
Poultry Science
Zhang, K.Y., F. Yan, C.A. Keen and P.W. Waldroup. 2005. Evaluation of Microencapsulated Essential Oils and Organic Acids in Diets for Broiler Chickens. International J. Poult. Sci. 4(9):612-619.
Southwest Research & Extension Center
Beck, P.A., PAS, S.A. Gunter, PAS, J.M. Phillips, D.L. Galloway and A.S. Freeman. 2005. Effects of Diet Fed in Drylot on Subsequent Grazing Performance of Growing Cattle. Prof. Anim. Sci. 21:371-379.
Beck, P.A., PAS, S.A. Gunter, PAS, J.M. Phillips and D.L. Kreider. 2005. Development of Replacement Heifers Using Programmed Feeding. Prof. Anim. Sci. 21:365-370.
Gunter, S.A., P.A. Beck, S. Hutchison and J.M. Phillips. 2005. Effects of Stocking and Nitrogen Fertilization Rates on Steers Grazing Dallisgrass-Dominated Pasture. J. Anim. Sci. 83:2235-2242.