| potential oversummering and overwintering regions for the wheat stripe rust pathogen in the contiguous united states. | epidemics of wheat stripe rust, caused by puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (pst), are more frequent in the regions where pst can oversummer and overwinter. regions for potential oversummering and overwintering of pst were determined in the contiguous united states using a survival index (si) ranging from 0 (most unfavorable) to 10 (most favorable) developed based on long-term weather data. the pathogen can survive in cool summer in the most regions north of latitude 40°n, particularly washing ... | 2014 | 23722926 |
| effect of maturity on degradation kinetics of sod-seeded cereal grain forage grown in northern arkansas. | wheat (triticum aestivum l.), oat (avena sativa l.), and rye (secale cereale l.) were overseeded into a dormant bermudagrass (cynodon dactylon (l.) pers.) sod and harvested at 3-wk intervals throughout march, april, may, and early june. plant growth stage was documented for each forage on each harvest date, and harvested forages were evaluated for forage quality characteristics. degradation kinetics of dm and ndf for these forages were evaluated by the in situ method. fractional degradation rate ... | 2000 | 11104269 |
| supplemental security income for the aged, blind and disabled (ssi) program demonstration project; treatment of cash received and conserved to pay for medical or social services--ssa. notice. | the commissioner of social security will conduct a demonstration project to test how certain altered resources counting rules might apply in the ssi program. the ssi program is authorized by title xvi of the social security act (the act). the rules which will be tested are those that apply to the treatment of cash received and conserved to pay for medical or social services. cash which is received for the purposes of payment for medical or social services is not counted as income to the benefici ... | 1998 | 10185853 |