Vigorous debate continues regarding the net energy that can be gained in producing liquid fuels from crop materials. However, it is clear that the net energy gain from the process is small relative to the energy demands ...

Most stars in the universe, ~95%, are low to intermediate mass stars (LIMS), meaning that their masses range from 0.8 to 8 solar masses. When these stars near the end of their lives, they enter the AGB phase during which ...

The management of park and wildlife areas is an important aspect of city management. Parks and nature areas are used for numerous purposes; recreation, community events, and exercise are but a few. These areas may also ...

University of Missouri, Columbia (MU) faculty members are involved in energy efficient projects in China with grant support by both the U.S. and Chinese governments. A large commercial building was selected by the Beijing ...

Studies were carried out to develop a method for the separation of radiolanthanides using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Radiolanthanides are essential for radiotherapy and/or imaging of cancer and their ...

Genetic engineering plays a unique and important role in improving crop traits. Teaming up with three other laboratories (Drs. Gary Stacey, Xu Dong, and Monty Kerley) at MU and several other institutions in Missouri, we ...

Challenges within the utilities servicing customers with electric power are faced with an evolving landscape of security requirements. Regardless of the issuing body, security regulations and/or standards offer a unique ...

An office and educational building will be built on the Graves Chapple Research Farm in Atchison County. The building will start out as a shell with energy features being added as money can be obtained for them. The ...

This article provides an overview of China's agricultural biotechnology development policies. Research goals, strategies, priorities, commercialization, and China's organizational framework for agricultural biotechnology ...

If genetically modified food labeling occurs, policymakers will need to consider the form of the program: Should it be mandatory? What should be labeled? What should be on the label? Who should be in charge? We present ...

This article provides insights on Chinese consumers' awareness of and potential attitudes toward genetically modified (GM) foods and identifies major factors influencing these attitudes as assessed by telephone interviews ...

The soybean is a major world source of edible oil and high-quality protein. It has an interesting and complex genome structure. It has a rich repertoire of genomic tools and resources that include a vast expressed sequence ...

Use of precision agriculture (PA technologies has increased with advances in technologies and increased farmer awareness of PA's usefulness and potential profitability. Many farmers and agribusinesses are still uncertain ...

This guide describes how to place an output (short) hedge in the options market to reduce the price risk associated with selling an output produced in your business. A short hedge in the options market is referred to as ...

The earliest state cooperative laws in the United States were stock laws modeled upon the Rochdale experience and were adaptations of basic corporate laws of Incorporation to the cooperative form of organization. They ...

Limagrain is a strange company: the first international independent seed producer, and a local cooperative. This paper investigates the relationship between this company's identity, organizational structure, and its ...

KWS, a German seed company, is a world market leader in sugar beet seed. The company is looking for expansion into other crops—maize and cereals—and into other regions of the world—Eastern Europe and North America. As ...

Pioneer and Monsanto are two major players in the seed and the agricultural biotechnology business. They have both tended to develop an integrated innovation strategy around a limited range of key innovations, which have ...

Zeneca's agrochemical strategies had two major strands: developing the profit potential from existing patented and off-patent chemicals where this was feasible; and major investment in discovery of new, patented products. ...

This paper describes the innovation strategy of Seminis, the largest producer of vegetable and fruit seeds in the world. Basic data on Seminis is provided, along with a discussion of how Seminis was created, its market ...