Randall S. Rosenberger Regional Research Institute & Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University George L. Peterson Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service Andrea Clarke Social Sciences Institute, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service Thomas C. Brown Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service Contact: Randall S. Rosenberger PO Box 6108 2032 Agricultura...

The utility of the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) package rinse method for recovering Listeria monocytogenes from the surface of contaminated foods was validated in comparison to the standard USDA/Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) product composite enrichment method and two other methods using frankfurters from a lot with a known package prevalen...

Mark K. Nakhla, Kristina J. Owens, Wenbin Li, and Gang Wei, National Plant Germplasm and Biotechnology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) PPQ-CPHST; Andrea M. Skantar, Nematology Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service; and Laurene Levy, National Plant Germplasm and Biotechnology Laboratory, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST, ...

The symbiotic potential of Bradyrhizobium japonicum isolates indigenous to seven Korean soils was evaluated by inoculating soybeans with 10- and 1,000-fold-diluted soil suspensions (whole-soil inocula). At both levels, significant differences in the symbiotic potential of the indigenous B. japonicum isolates were demonstrated. The relationship between rhizobial numbers in the whole-soil inocula...

One hundred thirty-eight consumers evaluated steaks from the complexus (CX), infraspinatus (IF), serratus ventralis (SV), supraspinatus (SS), and triceps brachii (TB) from the wholesale beef chuck; the deep pectoral (DP) from the wholesale brisket; and the longissimus thoracis (LT) from the wholesale rib. The LT was used as a reference for comparison to the other muscles. Ten USDA Choice and te...