Sentences with phrase «conduct field trials»

This summer, he and his colleagues will conduct field trials using Pseudomonas chlororaphis EA105 on rice plants grown on the UD farm.
Both the farm in Gross Lusewitz and the Üplingen fields are paid by multinational seed and chemical companies like Monsanto, BASF, and Syngenta to conduct field trials with genetically modified crops.
«It's crucial that we conduct field trials of the various methods to find the most cost - effective, practical, and sustainable strategy or combination of strategies,» he says.
In 2008 the rice's developers, the Golden Rice Humanitarian Board, finally received clearance in the Philippines to conduct field trials.
The researchers» project, called Target Malaria, has attracted tens of millions of dollars in funding, and the scientists hope to conduct field trials in Africa as early as 2024.
Researchers at Spain's University of Lleida are applying for permission from U.S. regulators to conduct a field trial.
Scientists at the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Weybridge are conducting field trials on a kit developed for diagnosing tuberculosis in live badgers.
After gathering comments on the draft criteria and conducting field trials to test them, APA plans to publish a new, fifth edition of the DSM in 2013.
But «it's much harder to conduct a field trial in a combat zone».
Vet's Plus» collaboration will allow for conducting field trials for research on potential products.
«Field Trial Management» - known as the «Green Book» also published by the ESSFTA, outlines the proper procedures for conducting field trials for Spaniels.
To date, with their support, we've completed a variety of activities to accomplish this goal, including environmental toxicological monitoring on islands where rodent removal has been achieved, and conducting field trials to inform, design, and implement appropriate management strategies to reduce risk to non-target wildlife species during invasive species removal.

Not exact matches

Over the next four years, Rodale Institute will conduct a research project on Industrial Hemp through two field trials, a Variety Trial and Weed Suppression Trial, and one greenhouse study.
In the province of Camarines Sur, the field trials were conducted over two seasons on two sites in 2012.
In addition, all Golden Rice field trials in the Philippines are conducted under permits issued by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture (DA - BPI), the national regulatory authority in the Philippines for crop biotechnology R&D, after they established that the trials will pose no significant risks to human health and the environment.
Golden Rice field trials are being conducted in the Philippines by PhilRice and IRRI.
For example, two years ago, when we first began identifying potential sites around the Philippines for our multi-location field trials of Golden Rice varieties, one of our considerations was that the local government units and other community leaders should be well - informed and interested in the project and willing to support the conduct of the trials.
«This should serve as a stern warning to those planning to conduct GM field trials in Bicol.
After airing our concerns, they promised us that they will not conduct any Golden Rice field trials.
This year, Rocke hopes to conduct larger - scale field trials to determine the levels of immunity required for success in a mass vaccination.
So far, only one biotech company, the British firm called Oxitec, has conducted trials of modified mosquitoes in the field.
Field trials were conducted during the 2009 and 2010 growing seasons at two sites: the Crop Sciences Research and Education Center in Champaign - Urbana (CU), and the Dixon Springs Research Center in southern Illinois (DS).
The Cornel lab at Kearney and the Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District are conducting myriad laboratory and field research trials to evaluate insecticide treatment options, to minimize potential mosquito breeding sites, and to understand Aedes aegypti biology and behavior in order to inform control decisions should such an outbreak occur.
Last summer, agribusiness giant Syngenta, based in Basel, Switzerland, conducted the first field trials of maize (corn) containing engineered mini-chromosomes, and showed that the mini-chromosomes, which carried multiple genes for insect and herbicide resistance, were stable in the field.
The field has experienced monumental challenges developing new and effective drug therapies, not the least of which was the discovery that — until recently - clinical trials were conducted where up to 30 % of participants did not have the Alzheimer's disease - related brain change targeted by the experimental drug.
Successful field trials have been conducted in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Panama.
The CSNE and Medtronic's neurosciences department have partnered to advance the field of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and are currently conducting an investigational trial.
The 60 charter schools operating in New York City have provided a unique opportunity for the New York City Charter Schools Evaluation Project, of which we are a part, to conduct a randomized field trial of the impact of charter schools on student achievement.
The researchers conducted a randomized field trial of software that organizes first grade reading instruction.
The first is to conduct a randomized field trial along the lines of Project STAR in Tennessee.
As is his wont, he ignores the results from a randomized field trial, conducted by Johns Hopkins researchers, that found that Success for All has large, statistically significant positive effects on student literacy.
The NCPI is conducting a randomized field trial in which teachers in the treatment group (who are all middle school math teachers in Nashville) will receive bonuses based on student achievement gains.
New evidence has been collected from publicly funded voucher programs in Florida and Cleveland; new findings from randomized field trials conducted in New York City, Dayton, Charlotte, and Washington, D.C., are now available; and a growing body of evidence collected abroad provides a comparative perspective on the probable effects of large - scale choice initiatives.
This study makes use of data from a randomized field trial conducted in Tennessee to produce higher - quality information on this controversial subject than has been available previously.
Carnoy is deeply skeptical about the positive test - score impacts observed for African - Americans in the randomized field trials conducted in New York City; Dayton, Ohio; and Washington, D.C..
Field trials conducted in five schools in 1978 were replicated the following year in forty - eight Auckland schools.
Beginning in mid 2009, Mitsubishi conducted a twelve - month field trial with potential electric vehicle customers, such as local, state and federal government bodies, and major fleet operators.
To conduct sanctioned matches and specialty shows, field events, obedience trials, hunting tests, tracking tests, and other performance events under the rules of The American Kennel Club; and
To conduct national specialty shows, field trials, hunting tests, and companion dog events under the rules and regulations of the American Kennel Club.
We fund the best researchers, conducting the best science, whether in a clinical trial, in the lab, or out in the field.
In this paper the authors also report the results of «field» trials conducted in veterinary practices in Japan: 93 dogs in total
The American Sighthound Field Association sponsors lure coursing events, the Australian Shepherd Club of America and the United States Border Collie Club conduct herding trials for their breeds, and the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association conducts hunting tests and trials for several sporting breeds.
to conduct sanctioned matches, specialty shows, obedience trials, field events, tracking and agility under the rules of The American Kennel Club.
Our goals are to encourage and promote the breeding of pure - bred Golden Retrievers and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by The American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which Golden Retrievers shall be judged; to do all in our power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows, obedience trials, agility trials, hunt tests and field trials; and to conduct sanctioned and licensed specialty shows, obedience trials, agility trials, and field trials under the rules of The American Kennel Club.
The Test Secretary shall be in charge of conducting a draw to determine the order of running as set forth in the AKC's «Retriever Field Trial Rules and Standard Procedure.»
(d) conduct, sponsor and encourage on behalf of the Labrador Retriever breed events including field trials, hunting retriever tests, obedience trials and conformation events under the rules of The American Kennel Club.
To conduct sanctioned matches, dog and / or specialty shows, obedience trials, field trials, and hunting and tracking tests under the rules of the American Kennel Club.
Similar field trials conducted for switchgrass were disappointing: producing roughly the same amount of ethanol per acre as corn — a result that glaringly contradicts the results I cited above.
When the use of Google to conduct research on potential jurors was brought to the attention of the trial judge, the court prohibited the research because no advance notice had been given and the judge wanted to create an «even playing field,» since the defendant's counsel was not conducting the same research.
The new legislation is also designed to help provide a level playing field for Indonesia's financial system, requiring «all financial technology activists who move in the payment system to register with Bank Indonesia, report on activities, and conduct trials in the regulatory sandbox.»
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