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Method to Increase Body Weight Uniformity and Carcass Yield in Animals
Prostaglandins and leukotrienes are believed to cause gastrointestinal inflammation that negatively affects the ability of animals to convert feed into body weight. Reducing the bioavailability of pro...
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Mark Cook, Mingder Yang, Kevin Roberson | P04184US
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W1386: A High-Yield Chipstock Potato with Excellent Specific Gravity and Long-Term Storage Potential
The average American eats five to six pounds of potato chips each year.
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Jiming Jiang, Horia Groza, Bryan Bowen | P05356US
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White Mold & Root Rot Resistant Dark Red Kidney Bean with Superior Agronomic & Processing Qualities
Although white mold is the most economically damaging disease of legumes, resistance to white mold is not currently available in dark red kidney bean cultivars. Fungicides must be applied at flowering...
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Robert Rand, Donald Hagedorn | P06049US
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Root Rot Resistant Snap Bean Cultivars
Root rot caused by soil borne fungi limits the production of garden (snap) beans. Currently, a crop rotation of three to five years is the most effective management strategy used to control this disea...
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James Nienhuis, Felix Navarro, Michell Eileen Sass | P06448US
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Root Rot Resistant Snap Bean Cultivars
Root rot caused by soil borne fungi limits the production of garden (snap) beans. Currently, a crop rotation of three to five years is the most effective management strategy used to control this disea...
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James Nienhuis, Felix Navarro, Michell Eileen Sass | P06320US
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Root Rot Resistant Snap Bean Cultivars
Root rot caused by soil borne fungi limits the production of garden (snap) beans. Currently, a crop rotation of three to five years is the most effective management strategy used to control this disea...
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James Nienhuis, Felix Navarro, Michell Eileen Sass | P06447US
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Root Rot Resistant Snap Bean Cultivars
Root rot caused by soil borne fungi limits the production of garden (snap) beans. Currently, a crop rotation of three to five years is the most effective management strategy used to control this disea...
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James Nienhuis, Felix Navarro, Michell Eileen Sass | P06404US
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Plants and Seeds of Corn Comprising Brown Midrib and gt1 Genes
Corn plants containing a brown midrib gene have less lignin in their cell walls, making forage from those plants more digestible. The independent grassy-tiller1 gene (gt1) enhances the regrowth of cor...
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James Coors, Dustin Eilert, Patrick Flannery | P05229US
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High Pigment Golden Beets
Beets are generally available in two colors: red and golden. Beet color is determined by a class of antioxidant pigments known as betalains, which consists of red-violet betacyanins and yellow betaxan...
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Irwin Goldman, Dwight "Nick" Breitbach | P05099US
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A Multiple-Eared Inbred Line of Corn for Production of “Baby Corn”
Baby corn is produced by harvesting immature ears of corn just after the silks develop. Generally, corn plants produce from one to three ears per plant.
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James Coors, Dustin Eilert, Patrick Flannery | P05295US
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Precisely Estimating Neutral Detergent Fiber Digestibilty of Biomass for Feed or Ethanol Production
The amount of energy a particular type of forage contributes to a ruminant diet is a key factor in predicting animal performance. Animals fed high-energy forages gain weight faster and produce m...
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David Combs, John Goeser | P07325US
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Genetic Marker for Improved Longevity and Milk Production in Cattle
Traditional breeding techniques in dairy cattle take many years and do not efficiently take into account all sources of genetic variability. Marker-assisted selection is an alternative that could lowe...
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Hasan Khatib, Wen Huang | P08094US
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Two Novel Soybean Cyst Nematode and Brown Stem Rot Resistant Soybean Lines
Brown stem rot and the soybean cyst nematode are two major afflictions that affect soybeans. The fungus responsible for brown stem rot infects the roots of the plant and then moves to the stem, causin...
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Craig Grau, Nancy Kurtzweil | P07305US
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Bioagent Detection Device
Because potential biological attacks against civilian populations have become an important issue for homeland security, practical and efficient biosensors are needed. However, no currently available b...
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Hongrui Jiang, David Beebe | P04357US
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Detecting and Determining the Concentration of a Target Bioagent
A UW-Madison researcher previously developed an inexpensive, real-time wireless microsensor for detecting biological agents in water supply networks and other aqueous environments, such as the milk su...
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Hongrui Jiang, Sudheer Sridharamurthy | P06457US
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Natural AESCP-2 Inhibitors as New Insecticides
Many diseases, including malaria, West Nile virus and equine encephalitis, are spread by mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are common backyard pests and may deter outdoor activity and tourism as well. Although s...
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Que Lan, Min-sik Kim | P07236US
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Vaccine Candidates Against Johne's Disease
Johne’s disease is a contagious, chronic and usually fatal wasting disease that primarily affects the small intestine of ruminants. It is a worldwide problem with no known treatment and infects ...
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Adel Talaat | P05446US
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Breeding Population of Corn for Enhanced Silage Production
Dairy cows require a lot of energy to produce milk. Corn silage is commonly fed to dairy cattle because it is a highly digestible, high energy food source. Increasing the digestibility of corn silage ...
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James Coors, Natalia de Leon Gatti, Dustin Eilert, Patrick Flannery | P08445US
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Efficient & Economical Method of Removing Lipids from Whey to Improve Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC)
Whey, a liquid by-product of the cheese industry, has enormous potential as a source of food protein as well as pharmacological, immunological, antibacterial and bioactive agents. A significant portio...
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Srinivasan Damodaran | P08151US
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Simple, Rapid and Inexpensive Process for Making Glue from Slaughterhouse Animal Blood
Slaughterhouse blood is a waste product that must be disposed. Currently, the main use of this blood is for blood meal in animal feed.
Another option is to use the blood in glue. However, while techn...
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Sundaram Gunasekaran, Hai Lin | P07418US