Midwest Area Research Highlights 2007-2009

摘要

;Contents: ARS-Developed Riparian Zones Reduce Atrazine Contamination in Water; Once Again . . . Waiting in the Wings . . . Hessian Flies; Machine's Eye View of Poultry and Produce; Veggies Reinvented; Precision Agriculture Systems: Maximizing Benefits With Better Management; What Plants REALLY Want; Helping Corn Face Tomorrow's Challenges; New Leptospirosis Discovery; Where'd That Boll Weevil Come From; Fungal Foam Seeks and Destroys Termites; Corn: The Latest Glue Ingredient; A Prairie Land's Companion; Proving Their Prowess-Insects Help Preserve Germplasm Collection; Retinal Scan Technology Identifies Early TSE Symptoms in Cattle; Genomics, Phenomics Research Paves the Way for Improved Animal Health and Productivity; Lab Saves Water While Researching New Ways To Fight Weeds; Shotgun Proteomics: Detecting the Dairy Cow Immune Response Is a High-Tech Blast; Multiplying Metarhizium; 'Tunnel Vision' Tracks Emissions Dispersal; Milkweed: From Floss to Fun in the Sun; Brachypodium: A Little-Known Grass Gains Research Fame; Banking on Biobutanol: New Method Revisits Fermenting This Fuel From Crops Instead of Petroleum; Cellulosic Ethanol From Corn Stover: Calculating-and Improving- the Bottom Line; Zein-A Corn Compound With Diverse Valuable Uses; From Golf to Gulf, Drainage Industry Greens; Ethanol Byproducts Offer Savings for Farmers and Industry; Flower Power-Bacteria Style-Checks Fungal Foe of Wheat; Federal-Wide Partnering for a Better Life; Partnering With Industry Pays Off; ARS Research From Lab to Market; Biodiesel With Benefits: Fuel for Cars and Leftovers for Livestock; Soy-Based Hydrogel: Ready for Biomedical Exploration; Back to the Past With New TSE Testing; Animal Studies Safeguard Food Supplies-and Human Health; Munching on Garlic Mustard: A New Weevil in the Works; Flu Fighters: Identifying, Treating, and Preventing the Flu With Help From ARS Research; Bacterial Backtalk: Swine, Stress, and Salmonella Infection; Robot-Controlled System Speeds 'Designer' Yeasts for Making Ethanol; In the Midwestern United States: Growing Biofuel Crops Sustainably; From Lubricants to Packaging Materials: ARS Scientists Just Say 'No' to Petroleum; Corn: A New Ingredient for Detergents; New Leads on Nitrous Oxide; Soybean & Wheat Response to Climate Change; GRACEnet: A Unified Response to Climate Change; Midwest Area Contacts; 2007 Midwest Area Award Winners; 2008 Midwest Area Award Winners; 2009 Midwest Area Award Winners.