Research farms

The other type of site, which is less commonly used for worker exposure and/or re-entry studies, may be found on a research farm. These research farm facilities may... 

Major registrants typically conduct as many residue trials as possible on their own research farms and contract the remainder to independent contract research companies. These contract research companies range in size from those that have several research farms to husband and wife teams with only one site. They also may include independent researchers who do not own a permanent test site but contract small plot test areas from farmers inside commercial production acreage. The goal of these trials is to conduct the smdy in a cropping system environment that represents commercial production systems, thereby ensuring that the raw agriculture commodities harvested represent commercially available commodities. 

Performance trials are conducted to determine the use pattern required for effective pesticide performance. Much effort goes into determining the minimum effective rate. Usually, about 30 trials are required per major pest. Initial performance testing is usually conducted on company research farms. For crops and pests that cannot be handled internally, contractors are used. The differences between residue and performance trials create difficulties in designing an electronic system that can handle both smdy types well. 

Field studies. Our research with the large UV reactor on the Beltsville Research Farm was directed toward finding the optimal conditions for destroying pesticide wastewater using UV-ozonation. We did not concentrate on the microbial phase at this time, other than in a very limited way. 

Sample storage freezers located at the Research Farms and those of the Residue laboratories are considered to be limited access archives and are kept locked. Access is limited to the sample preparation laboratory employees. All movements of samples in and out of the freezers are recorded. One freezer in the Residue Laboratory... 

The field data, as well as the laboratory data, must be secured from loss or tampering. In the field, the data forms when not in use are kept in the investigator s office files. At the Research Farms where there are several employees, these files are kept locked and... 

It is the objective of the Quality Assurance Section to inspect each Research Farm and each Development scientist annually however, the inspections are often more frequent at sites where complex nonroutine studies are being done such as pond studies, soil dissipation studies, or groundwater studies. 

Radosevich, M., S.J. Traina, and O.H. Tuovinen (1996). Biodegradation of atrazine in surface soils and subsurface sediments collected from an agricultural research farm. Biodegradation, 1 137-149. 

Since keratinase is a versatile protease that digests all kinds of proteins, it is possible that supplementation of the enzyme in feed may improve the feed digestibility. In 2001 keratinase was tested as a feed additive. The first test in young chicks was positive, and reproduced by many more experiments 0.1% of crude keratinase in a regular corn-soy diet improved the body weight gain, the feed conversion ratio (FCR), or feed efficiency in broiler chickens. Numerous experiments included the cage tests of chicks to 3-4 weeks of age (Odetellah et al., 2003), pen trials on a research farm to 6 week market age (Odetellah et al, 2005), and the commercial tests conducted by private com-... 

A plot measuring 1 acre at the Othello Research Farm of the Irrigated Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 10 miles east of Othello, Wash., was assigned for use. To avoid boundary effects and to facilitate installation of equipment for flow measurements, a section measuring 0.46 acre was used for the study. 

The experiment was conducted at the Research Farm situated near Denkanikota in Tamil Nadu. This was irrigated land located at 900mts above sea level and is free from the pesticides and chemical fertilizers, with an average rainfall of 900 mm per year. 

Adult male cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) weighing 3-5 kg were obtained from Biologic Research Farms (Houston, TX). 

Brubako, G. 2003. Woody and Herbaceous Biomass Production on JEA s Biomass Energy Research Farm. International Conference on Co-Utilization of Domestic Fuels. Gainsville, FL. Feb. 5-6. 

A joint research farm was established in the desert development area in the Bustan district located approximately 150 km northwest of Cairo, Egypt. Water-saving agriculture and deforestation experiments were carried out for three years, from 1990 to 1993, under the leadership of the Dry Land Investigation Center, Tottori University in Japan. The Society for Research and Development of Superabsorbent Polymers, established primarily by the makers of superabsorbent polymers, assumed responsibility for the development of the superabsorbent composite. The water-saving effect using superabsorbent composite was demonstrated, and a pilot plant for the composite with the capacity of 2t/day was constmcted and transferred to Egypt. 

Cocoa seeds were obtained from pods harvested at various stages of development and supplied to us by the Hershey Foods Corporation Agribusiness Division from their research farm in Belize, Central America. Seed maturity was estimated by a series of visual clues including color and size of pods, color and consistency of seeds, and consistency of pulp surrounding seeds. From these clues, an approximate days after pollination (DAP) designation was assigned. 

After the data were recorded on the code sheet, a small portion of which is shown in Figure 2, activity ratings were added and the sheets copied for security. Mail service between Abbott s Research Farm and our North Chicago facility was slow, sometimes resulting in a delay of several days before the test results were received for keypunching. Only after the verified data cards were read into the R D DEC-System 10 file was further processing rapid. 

After the data are transmitted from the research farm to the R4D DEC-System 10 and the instructions transmitted with the data carried out, the edited records are transmitted back to a terminal at the farm and printed in the expanded format as shown under TYPE HAVGRP.CDS. In the tests used for this illustration a maximum of three readings could be recorded for each plant, each reading requires a length of four characters (including blanks). A "++" entered throu the MSI would force a 12-position blank field in the appropriate position in the edited record. With this method of input, simple modification of entry programs allows the experimenters to record more detailed observations than were permitted with the manual data entry procedure. 

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