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2008 Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report

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Vice President and Dean
Eugene G. Sander

Vice Dean
Director, Agricultural Experiment Station
Colin Kaltenbach

Associate Dean
Director of Cooperative Extension
Jim Christenson

Associate Dean
Director of Academic Programs
David Cox

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences includes the John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, the School of Natural Resources, the Office of Arid Lands Studies, the Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension, and the Office of Academic Programs.

The College is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer.

Arizona Agricultural Experiment
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David Cox

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New Campylobacter Vaccine for Poultry
A way to reduce food-borne illness in humans 
  PDF (347 Kb)

Engineering a Self-destructing Virus
A tool to learn how viruses work 
  PDF (622 Kb)

Auto-guidance Technology Tested in Mechanically-cultivated Cotton
Goal is to improve weed control, reduce herbicide use and save money  
  PDF (3.19 Mb)

Sensitizing Tumor Response to Cancer Therapy
Research targets melanoma and brain cancer
  PDF (1.31 Mb)

Boys Can Be Socially Aggressive, Too
Research has implications for schools and parents
  PDF (336 Kb)

Tracking a Whitefly-transmitted Cucurbit Virus in Melons
Tools include real-time PCR
  PDF (2.06 Mb)

Fighting a Melon Virus in Yuma County
A cooperative program with growers
  PDF 4.18 Mb)

Shocking Plants Produces Useful Chemicals
Secondary metabolites may have commercial applications
  PDF (1.60 Mb)

UA 'Street Trees' Perform Double Duty
Benefits include energy savings, reduced pollution
  PDF (1.73 Mb)

'Stealth Health' Promotes Physical Activity
Engaging sedentary youth through computer technology
  PDF (1.29 Mb)

Understanding Underground Stems
The genetics and development of rhizomes are focus of $4.33M NSF grant
  PDF (2.01 Mb)

Faculty Awards
Charles Gerba elected Fellow of AAAS
Russell Tronstad Designated UA Distinguished Outreach Professor
  PDF (543 Kb)

CALS 2008 Research Awards
and 2008 Agricultural Experiment Station funding chart
  PDF (255 Kb)

Cover photos of Southwest native fan palms (Washingtonia filifera) by
Elizabeth Davison, University of Arizona Campus Arboretum.
See related tree research story on page 13.

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