ncmedicaljournal.com 467 farmworkers employed in other regions of the country, but little research has been conducted on these effects in North Carolina. Three hazards are particularly critical for North Carolina farmworkers. Heat stress is common among farmworkers, because of the state’s high temperatures in July and August [3]. These high temperatures are magnified by the physical exertion of...

Sixteen years of archived tufted apple bud moth, Platynota idaeusalis (Walker), trap capture data were compared with archived fruit injury data collected at the Penn State University Fruit Research and Extension Center to define the relationship of trap capture to fruit injury. Pheromone trap capture until 15 June was the best predictor of fruit injury at harvest. Using the regression equation ...

the potential of tobacco waste as a viable source of medicinally important flavonoids like rutin has been investigated. three flavonoids, apigenin, quercetin and rutin, have been isolated from waste tobacco leaves, and their identities have been confirmed by uv-visible, 1h-nmr and 13c-nmr spectroscopy. by using analytical hplc, the amount of rutin present in the tobacco leaves, before and after...