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About the Authors
Pages 185-192

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... He is a member of the National Research Council's Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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... Dr. Busta studied food science at the University of Illinois, where he received his PhD degree; and dairy industries and bacteriology at the University of Minnesota, where he received his MS and BA degrees.
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... He chaired the National Research Council Committee on Bioprocess Engineering. He is a former chair and long-range program coordinator of the Biotechnology Division of the American Chemical Society.
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... Dr. Robertson's primary research interests include nitrogen availability in managed and natural ecosystems, particularly agricultural systems; trace-gas fluxes from agricultural landscapes, in particular nitrous oxide and methane; spatial variability of soil resources and its relationship to community structure and productivity; and the functional significance of soil microbial diversity.
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... She is a past member of the National Research Council Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources and of the US Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
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... Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Crop Issues and Policies (1993) Site Visit Report of the Scientific Council to We Plant Gene Expression Center, Feb.
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... Publications of the Committee on Animal Nutrition, 1990-1998 Nutrient Requirements ofSwine, Tenth Revised Edition (1998) The Role of Chromium in Animal Nutrition (1997)
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