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AtRAVs Make Longer Cotton Fibers Under Drought

In many countries cotton (Gossypium spp.) is one of the most important fiber producing plants. The main concerns in growing cotton are the inverse relationship between cotton fiber qualities and high yields. The disclosed technology proposes a way to solve the problem of growing immature and short cotton fibers caused by drought stress. There currently...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Christopher Rock, Amandeep Mittal, Burke, John

Keywords(s): Agriculture, Biotech, Cotton

Category(s): Cotton fiber technology, Agriculture

A Bacterial Challenge Model in Cattle Using a Trans and intra-dermal Route to Infect Peripheral Lymph Nodes

Various Salmonella strains are common food born microbes that cause disease in humans and animals. Some strains can cause intestinal infections, while others cause typhoid fever. Because of the large variety of Salmonella strains present and the different pathogenic effects of these strains, it is important to develop methods capable of observing salmonella...

Published: 11/29/2018 | Inventor(s): Guy Loneragan, Thomas Edrington

Keywords(s): Agriculture, Cattle, Food Safety, Immunology, Vaccine

Category(s): Food Science

Naked Tufted Cotton Seed.

This invention is the development of a better cotton seed. Genetically, this Upland Cotton Naked Tufted Mutant seed has been genetically enhanced, reducing the formation of linters on the seed coat (fuzz left on the seed after ginning). The incorporation of this mutant seed phenotype into a commercial variety of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Dick Auld, Efrem Bechere

Keywords(s): Agriculture, Cotton

Category(s): Agriculture