Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Department "College of Agriculture and Life Sciences"
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(2012-05-08)Prickly pear is a long-domesticated cactus crop that is important in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. Secondary plant compounds found in similar consumable fruits and vegetables have ...
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(2012-04-23)This study focused on determining which larval instar stage of the endoparasitoid wasp, Toxoneuron nigriceps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), harbors the presence of salivary gland structures. The development of the salivary ...
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(2011-08-08)There are 600,000 American bison (Bison bison) that exist today, all of which can be traced to the less than 500 bison that were present after a severe bottleneck in the late 1800s. To save the species from extinction and ...
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(2012-07-11)Salmonella species cause substantial morbidity, mortality, and disease burden globally with multiple clinical syndromes. A protective host defense to Salmonella infection requires both T-cell (cell-mediated) and B-cell ...
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(2012-04-27)Fusarium verticillioides is a pathogen of corn that causes yield losses and food safety issues due to mycotoxin production. This research project focuses on a cysteine2- histidine2 transcription factor, named FvAce1, which ...
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(2010-07-14)Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women with approximately 40,000 patient deaths each year. Theranostics is an emerging area of cancer research in which chemically synthesized molecules are used ...
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(2012-07-11)Reproductive manipulation is commonly seen in insects infected by maternally inherited endosymbionts. These endosymbionts have adopted several strategies to manipulate their hosts in order to guarantee their transmission ...
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(2012-07-11)Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and most malignant type of primary brain tumor. It is highly invasive and therefore difficult to treat. The life expectancy of patients harboring GBM is around 12-18 months, ...
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(2011-08-08)Current research in the field of obesity has shown that obese people generally have a higher percentage of Firmicutes compared to Bacteroidetes in their gastrointestinal tracts than lean people. The goal of this study was ...