A gene encoding a wheat ethylene-responsive transcription factor was cloned into a plant gene expression vector. This vector when transformed into wheat and barley results in increased resistance to Fusarium head blight and other Fusarium-related diseases. The fungus responsible for this disease...

A method for inhibiting corrosion on corrosion-sensitive metal with a bacterial exopolysaccharide. Specifically, exopolysaccharides precipitated from NRRL bacterial strains coated on low carbon steel alloy provide anti-corrosion coating to corrosion sensitive metals. The corrosion rate for coated...

A brief case sized field-portable chromatography instrument designed to test water samples. The automated sampling system floats in a body of water and continuously extracts and tests samples. The data gathered by the system is wirelessly transmitted to a shore-based date processing unit. Benefits...

A barley plant having grain with ultra-high beta-glucan content and total fiber. Benefits • A lower starch, but not empty endosperm line like other high beta-glucan lines • Could provide high beta-glucan flour that is used in various food products • Plants have normal looking morphology...

Novel bioactive peptides were discovered using a receptor screening process. The peptides are structurally very different from the natural ligand(s) for this receptor. Injection of the novel peptides into fire ants (our model system) resulted in mortality. Interestingly, several peptides displayed...

A novel hybridoma cell line (RMH359) and its use as a cellular bioassay to determine the bioactivity of cell conditioned media (CCM) as a supplement used to support cell survival and promote growth in culture. This bioassay provides a measure of CCM bioactivity in support of hybridoma cells used in...

Boron derivatives that are stable at ambient conditions and capable of releasing 1-methyl cyclopropene (1-MCP) gradually when in contact with water. Benefits • Quantitative and sensitive test • Results obtained in 3 - 6 hours instead of days or weeks • Controlled delivery of 1-MCP, selective...

Many hemipteran insects form a stylet sheath each time they pierce and penetrate plant tissue on which they feed. Compounds that inhibit stylet sheath formation or degraded/destabilize stylet sheaths are described, as well as methods of using those compounds. These methods and compounds deter or...

Structures, activities and synthetic methods of chromenes and their analogs as repellents that can be used as personal protection against blood sucking and biting insects and arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Benefits •Long lasting natural products •Biodegradable Applications •Plant...