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UF Researcher Designs "Diet Pill" To Control Mosquitoes
December 6, 1997 — Dov Borovsky wants to put mosquitoes on a diet. Under the Borovsky three-day diet plan, legions of anorexic little buzzers would just starve to death. And that's exactly the idea. The University ... > full story -
Africanized Honey Bees Head West For Food, Says UC Davis Researcher
November 19, 1997 — Africanized honeybees in southeastern California's Imperial Valley region are once again moving west, according to a UC Davis bee ... > full story -
'Indiana Jones' Of Tomatoes To Receive World Prize
November 6, 1997 — Renowned geneticist and plant breeder Charles Rick, whose half-century of research at UC Davis has forged a fundamental understanding of tomato genetics, has been selected to receive the first ... > full story -
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Apiculture Research Will Save Honeybee And Pollination Industries, Cornell Entomologists Predict
October 28, 1997 — Despite dramatic losses in wild honeybees and in colonies maintained by hobbyist beekeepers, Cornell University apiculturists say the pollination needs of commercial agriculture in the United States ... > full story -
State Officials Fear Imported Animals Might Introduce Deadly Tick-Borne Livestock Disease
October 21, 1997 — A University of Florida professor and the state veterinarian say large African tortoise ticks found on imported reptiles in Florida could carry and spread heartwater, an exotic disease that kills ... > full story -
New Forms Of Old Disease, Leptospirosis, Threaten Dogs In U.S. -- Humans Also Are Susceptible
October 14, 1997 — A potentially fatal bacterial disease that damages the liver and kidneys of dogs, humans and other animals -- leptospirosis -- is appearing in new forms in the United ... > full story -
Genetic Engineering Offers Painless "Shots" For Cattle
October 1, 1997 — For Kansas cattle, getting vaccinated may become as simple as eating fodder. Researchers at Kansas State University are developing a vaccine for calf enteric disease that will not be delivered as a ... > full story -
Searching For Pharmaceutical Proteins, Insect Researchers Just Say 'Grow'
September 26, 1997 — They go from bugs to drugs. Thanks to the confluence of a new technology in virology and a recent patent in rearing insects, scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc. ... > full story -
Bananas Get A Boost From Science At UF/IFAS Research Center
September 25, 1997 — In a state where citrus reigns supreme, most residents view bananas as just something to slice up and toss on top of their Cheerios. But worldwide, bananas outrank citrus as a fruit crop, and ... > full story -
Designing Chicken Manure -- Poultry Nutritionist Looks At Ways To Balance Chicken Diets And Reduce Waste
September 12, 1997 — Managing the 19.5 million tons of chicken and turkey manure produced each year by the U.S. poultry industry is no simple task, but a Penn State poultry nutritionist is looking at ways to more ... > full story -
Seeds Without Sex -- Research Could Make Male Plant Parts Redundant
September 9, 1997 — CSIRO research could make male plant parts in crops redundant, and dramatically lift grain production around the ... > full story -
Researcher Calls For More Careful Use Of Biological Controls
August 27, 1997 — Using introduced plants or animals to attack undesirable species, though a valuable tool for agriculture and conservation, can cause widespread damage to native ... > full story
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