| an outbreak of pontiac fever with respiratory distress among workers performing high-pressure cleaning at a sugar-beet processing plant. | in august 2000, the minnesota department of health was notified of and investigated an outbreak of febrile respiratory illness among workers at a sugar-beet processing plant. | 2005 | 15809913 |
| breakdown of host resistance by independent evolutionary lineages of beet necrotic yellow vein virus involves a parallel c/u mutation in its p25 gene. | abstract breakdown of sugar beet rz1-mediated resistance against beet necrotic yellow vein virus (bnyvv) infection was previously found, by reverse genetics, to be caused by a single mutation in its p25 gene. the possibility of alternative breaking mutations, however, has not been discarded. to explore the natural diversity of bnyvv in the field and its effects on overcoming rz1, wild-type (wt) and resistance-breaking (rb) p25 genes from diverse production regions of north america were character ... | 2010 | 20055646 |
| pesticide appliers, biocides, and birth defects in rural minnesota. | earlier studies by our group suggested the possibility that offspring of pesticide appliers might have increased risks of birth anomalies. to evaluate this hypothesis, 935 births to 34,772 state-licensed, private pesticide appliers in minnesota occurring between 1989 and 1992 were linked to the minnesota state birth registry containing 210,723 live births in this timeframe. the birth defect rate for all birth anomalies was significantly increased in children born to private appliers. specific bi ... | 1996 | 8732949 |
| fluctuations in number of cercospora beticola conidia in relationship to environment and disease severity in sugar beet. | cercospora leaf spot, caused by cercospora beticola, is the most damaging foliar disease of sugar beet in minnesota (mn) and north dakota (nd). research was conducted to characterize the temporal progression of aerial concentration of c. beticola conidia in association with the environment and disease severity in sugar beet. in 2003 and 2004, volumetric spore traps were placed within inoculated sugar beet plots to determine daily dispersal of conidia at breckenridge, mn, and st. thomas, nd. plot ... | 2009 | 19522577 |
| cancer mortality in agricultural regions of minnesota. | because of its unique geology, minnesota can be divided into four agricultural regions: south-central region one (corn, soybeans); west-central region two (wheat, corn, soybeans); northwest region three (wheat, sugar beets, potatoes); and northeast region four (forested and urban in character). cancer mortality (1980-1989) in agricultural regions one, two, and three was compared to region four. using data compiled by the national center for health statistics, cancer mortality was summarized by 5 ... | 1999 | 10064550 |