Available fungicides for management of soybean diseases in Iowa for 2006

Last week we discussed Section 18 fungicides and their role in managing Asian soybean rust. However, there are some fungicides that have a full label (Section 3) for soybean. These fungicides can be applied to manage other diseases of soybean as well. See the following table for a complete list of fungicides currently labeled or to be labeled for soybeans in Iowa for management of soybean rust in 2006. For more details on fungicide use for management of soybean rust, please visit www.soybeanrust.info

Another fungicide approved for soybean rust in Iowa

There has been some activity by the EPA concerning fungicides for soybean rust. The fungicide Caramba™ (metconazole), manufactured by BASF Corp., has been approved as a Section 18 fungicide in Iowa, effective on June 15, 2007. The exemption will expire on April 19, 2009. Caramba is a systemic, triazole fungicide with early infection and protectant activity. A second fungicide, Headline-Caramba™ copack, has been withdrawn by BASF and will not be available

Senator Edmund S. Muskie Interviewed by Chuck Herbits for Maine ETV

Senator Edmund S. Muskie interviewed by Chuck Herbits on the 1972 election

Consistent and High Rates of Gene Transfer Can Be Obtained Using Flow-Through Transduction over a Wide Range of Retroviral Titers

Overview summary Flow-through transduction provides a means by which high rates of gene transfer can occur without using high titers of virus vector. Reproducibly high numbers of transduced cells can be obtained with a wide range of virus titers, thus relaxing the requirement of set (high) titers within a transduction protocol. Incorporating flow-through transductions within clinical applications of gene therapy may also obviate the need for large volumes of high-titer virus produced by vector producer cell line cultures.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/63214/1/hum.1996.7.6-743.pd

Adiabatic charging of nickel-hydrogen batteries

Battery management during prelaunch activities has always required special attention and careful planning. The transition from nickel-cadium to nickel-hydrogen batteries, with their high self discharge rate and lower charge efficiency, as well as longer prelaunch scenarios, has made this aspect of spacecraft battery management even more challenging. The AXAF-I Program requires high battery state of charge at launch. The use of active cooling, to ensure efficient charging, was considered and proved to be difficult and expensive. Alternative approaches were evaluated. Optimized charging, in the absence of cooling, appeared promising and was investigated. Initial testing was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of the 'Adiabatic Charging' approach. Feasibility was demonstrated and additional testing performed to provide a quantitative, parametric data base. The assumption that the battery is in an adiabatic environment during prelaunch charging is a conservative approximation because the battery will transfer some heat to its surroundings by convective air cooling. The amount is small compared to the heat dissipated during battery overcharge. Because the battery has a large thermal mass, substantial overcharge can occur before the cells get too hot to charge efficiently. The testing presented here simulates a true adiabatic environment. Accordingly the data base may be slightly conservative. The adiabatic charge methodology used in this investigation begins with stabilizing the cell at a given starting temperature. The cell is then fully insulated on all sides. Battery temperature is carefully monitored and the charge terminated when the cell temperature reaches 85 F. Charging has been evaluated with starting temperatures from 55 to 75 F

MapToGenome: A Comparative Genomic Tool that Aligns Transcript Maps to Sequenced Genomes

Efforts to generate whole genome assemblies and dense genetic maps have provided a wealth of gene positional information for several vertebrate species. Comparing the relative location of orthologous genes among these genomes provides perspective on genome evolution and can aid in translating genetic information between distantly related organisms. However, large-scale comparisons between genetic maps and genome assemblies can prove challenging because genetic markers are commonly derived from transcribed sequences that are incompletely and variably annotated. We developed the program MapToGenome as a tool for comparing transcript maps and genome assemblies. MapToGenome processes sequence alignments between mapped transcripts and whole genome sequence while accounting for the presence of intronic sequences, and assigns orthology based on user-defined parameters. To illustrate the utility of this program, we used MapToGenome to process alignments between vertebrate genetic maps and genome assemblies 1) self/self alignments for maps and assemblies of the rat and zebrafish genome; 2) alignments between vertebrate transcript maps (rat, salamander, zebrafish, and medaka) and the chicken genome; and 3) alignments of the medaka and zebrafish maps to the pufferfish (Tetraodon nigroviridis) genome. Our results show that map-genome alignments can be improved by combining alignments across presumptive intron breaks and ignoring alignments for simple sequence length polymorphism (SSLP) marker sequences. Comparisons between vertebrate maps and genomes reveal broad patterns of conservation among vertebrate genomes and the differential effects of genome rearrangement over time and across lineages

Paddlefish production : opportunities for Missouri pond and lake owners (2007)

New 7/07/3M