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Start Over Topic phytochemistry Publication Type Magazines Journal western farm press (online exclusive)
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1. New tool for studying wine grape pest

Subjects
United States. Agricultural Research Service, Plants, Grapes, Phytochemistry, Agricultural industry
Abstract

Byline: UC Vine Lines When an insect pierces the surface of a plant to feed, much of the action takes place in the plant's interior. A device called the Electrical [...]

Published
2012

2. UC entomologist retires after 42-year career at Kearney

Subjects
Phytochemistry, Agricultural pests, Agricultural industry
Abstract

Byline: UCANR Only five years after the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center was dedicated, an entomologist fresh from earning a Ph.D. at Cornell University began working in field [...]

Published
2012

3. New window into insect-plant war

Subjects
United States. Agricultural Research Service, Plants, Phytochemistry, Agricultural industry
Abstract

Byline: Dennis O'Brien, USDA When an insect pierces the surface of a plant to feed, much of the action takes place in the plant's interior. A device called the Electrical [...]

Published
2012

4. Forty-year nematode fighter retires

Subjects
Nematoda, Fruit, Phytochemistry, Vineyards, Agricultural industry
Abstract

Byline: UCANR Nematodes, destructive pests recognized as one of the greatest threats to prolonged agricultural production worldwide, have been the focus of a distinguished 40-year career for UC Cooperative Extension [...]

Published
2012

5. Nanotechnology carrying cotton into 21st century

Subjects
United States. Agricultural Research Service, Phytochemistry, Agricultural industry
Abstract

Byline: Jan Suszkiw, USDA Cotton is going high-tech in New Orleans, La., where a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists is continuing a long tradition of innovative research on [...]

Published
2012