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    <title>LSU AgCenter . 2009</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>4-H’ers Make Ethanol During 2009 National 4-H Week</title>
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      <title>Microalgal Biodiesel: Potential and Barriers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Despite successful production and use of vegetable oil-based biodiesels, the contribution of these alternative fuels (including virgin oil, used cooking oil and animal fat) to the overall transportation fuel scenario is fractional at best. Biodiesel production accounts for about 1 percent of the 50-60 billion gallons of diesel needed annually in the United States. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Hydrothermal Processing of Plant Biomass for Petrochemical and Bioenergy Products</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Through hydrothermal processing, plant biomass can be converted into energy and petrochemical products. Hydrothermal treatment involves a chemical reaction conducted in water, which has been heated and pressurized in the absence of dissolved oxygen. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Wood Liquefaction and Value-Added Products</title>
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      <title>Winter Cover Crops As Alternatives for Biodiesel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Biodiesel, a biofuel derived from vegetable and animal fats, burns more cleanly than conventional diesel in modern diesel engines. It also provides superior lubricity and reduces our dependenceon fossil fuels. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Potential for Nonmarketable Pecans for Biodiesel Production</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pecans are a possible feedstock for the biodiesel industry. Pecan nuts contain a high amount of fatty acid well-suited for biodiesel production. Given their high value as a foodstuff, the nuts are too valuable to be crushed for oil. However, a significant acreage of pecans is not harvested as food because of disease and insect damage. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Chinese Tallow Trees As a Biodiesel Feedstock</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Chinese tallow tree is perhaps the most promising oilseed crop adapted to the humid South and capable of producing a sufficient supply of feedstock to meet the needs of the U.S. biodiesel industry. The Chinese tallow tree is an introduced species that grows rapidly, spreads profusely and has become naturalized along the Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Callegari Center’s Biodiesel Quality Control Lab</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:11:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter’s W.A. Callegari Environmental Center has established a well-equipped laboratory to perform biodieselquality control analyses for a nominal charge. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Microwave Technology in Biodiesel Production</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:43:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[LSU AgCenter researchers are investigating production of biodiesel, which has received worldwide attention as a renewable transportation fuel and blending agent. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Perfect Pair for Biofuel: Switchgrass and Trees</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:32:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Switchgrass has many characteristics that make it a desirable cellulosic ethanol feedstock. Switchgrass can be grown with minimal fertilization, and it produces high yields even on marginal soils. It is highly tolerant of flooding and drought and has the potential to produce 1,000 gallons of ethanol per acre, which compares favorably with corn and sugarcane. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Sweet Sorghum for Biofuel Production in Louisiana</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:13:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The federal mandate for energy security through the development of sustainable biofuels has revived interest in sweet sorghum as a renewable energy crop. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Producing Biofuels</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Biofuels generally are defined as fuels produced from recently derived organic matter versus fossil fuels, which are derived from ancient organic matter. In either case, solar energy is the original energy source. Concerns about increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide released from burning fossilized carbon, mixed with the desire to secure national energy supplies, have driven research on alternative fuels. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Lignocellulose: A Source for Fuels and Chemicals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Biorefinery technology is a term coined in the 1990s to describe the fabrication of fuels, solvents, chemicals and plastics from renewable materials. By 2020, the United States is aiming to have at least 25 percent of organic-carbon-based industrial chemicals and 10 percent of liquid fuels from a bio-based industry. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Developing a Cellulosic Ethanol Industry in Louisiana</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is a comprehensive energy-policy law passed by Congress with the primary purpose of increasing energy efficiency and the availability of renewable energy in the United States. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Opportunities for Louisiana in the Expanding Biofuel Industry</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The biofuel industry in the United States has expanded tremendously over the past decade. Consumption of biofuels has increased faster than any other energy source in recent years. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Hydrogen and Biofuels</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:24:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Hydrogen is an appealing energy carrier because of its potential for using the most plentiful resources – water and sunlight– to power one of the most environmentally clean reactions, 2H2O = 2H2 + O2 , in which two water molecules yield two hydrogen molecules and one oxygen molecule. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>What's New?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:51:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[MarketMaker will boost Louisiana agriculture, LSU AgCenter gets $518,000 for blueberry Web site, West Carroll students use technology to improve safety, 10 schools get started with Louisiana 4-H Seeds for Service, Valverde's photo selected for virology journal, TGRx gets first $30 million contract - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>TGRx gets first $30 million contract</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:05:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[TransGenRx (TGRx) – a biotechnology company started by licensing technology from the LSU AgCenter – has landed its first contract worth $30 million. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Valverde’s photo selected for virology journal</title>
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      <title>Quality Control Aspects of Biodiesel: Ensuring Engine Safety</title>
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      <title>Basics of Biodiesel Production</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[You can make your own fuel to run in diesel engines for a fraction of what regular petroleum diesel costs. In fact, most people making biodiesel are making it for about $1 a gallon. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Louisiana Agriculture Magazine Fall 2009</title>
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      <title>LOST camp steers 4-H youth to science</title>
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      <title>Congressmen learn about biofuels research in visit to Sugar Research Station</title>
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      <title>West Nile Virus and Louisiana Birds</title>
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      <title>Myth Busted: Crawfish Tail Curl and Food Safety</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Few things symbolize Louisiana culture and cuisine like a festive crawfish boil. Wild crawfish are harvested each year from the vast Atchafalaya River Basin, and approximately 184,000 acresof culture ponds in Louisiana are used to produce more than 100 million pounds of live crawfish annually. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Complementary Contributions to Coastal Restoration in Louisiana and Mexico</title>
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      <title>Foliar-applied Fungicides in Corn: Does It Pay?</title>
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      <title>Resistant Starch and the Sweet Potato</title>
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      <title>Pea Leaf Weevil: A New Pest of Louisiana Soybean</title>
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      <title>Sweet Leaf Tea Extract Shows Real Promise in Preventing Cancer Recurrence</title>
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      <title>Fall Armyworm and Bt Corn: New Technology for Old Pest</title>
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      <title>Department of Agricultural Chemistry Helps Keep Food Safe</title>
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      <title>Temporary Structures for Grain Storage</title>
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      <title>Rice Research Station starts second century</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Manag­ing crops on the loess soils of the Mid­south is difficult because they contain little organic matter and erode easily. Generally, these fields are small com­pared to delta alluvial fields; however, they often have considerable variability in soil texture. The variability is often created by land-leveling for irrigation and drainage. Variability presents producers with an opportunity to manage these problems in a site-specific manner. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>‘Or you can call me Yam. . .’</title>
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      <title>Mexican rice borer more dangerous to La. sugarcane than rice</title>
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      <dc:creator>CGautreaux@agcenter.lsu.edu (Craig Gautreaux)</dc:creator>
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