DATCP: Late blight identified in Wisconsin; gardeners and growers need to be alert
Contact: Adrian Barta, DATCP, 608-224-4592
Amanda Gevens, UW-Madison, 608-890-3072
MADISON--Late blight, a potentially devastating plant disease, has been found in Wisconsin. Gardeners and commercial growers are urged to scout their tomato and potato plants for signs and symptoms, according to both university plant pathologists and state agriculture officials.
Late blight, caused by the pathogen Phytophthora infestans, was identified on...
UW-Madison: GLBRC receives $8 million in Recovery Act funding
CONTACT: Tim Donohue, 608-262-4663, tdonohue@bact.wisc.edu; John Ralph, 608-890-2429, jralph@wisc.edu; Phil Robertson, 269-671-2267, robertson@kbs.msu.edu
MADISON - The Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has received $8.099 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to provide crucial support for plant cell wall imaging and sustainability research.
The Office of...
UW-Whitewater: New center provides consulting services to local governments
Contact: Susan Johnson
(262) 472-4766
johnsons@uww.edu
WHITEWATER The new University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Center for Political Science and Public Policy Research is already at work helping the cities of Janesville and Whitewater find ways to better serve their citizens.
The center is helping the Janesville Police Department with a survey of how city residents perceive the department. The department wants to learn...
A-M CPT: Releases new drive focus shaft assembly to U.S. Army
Contact: Eric Peterson, Program Manager | 715.463.4390 | epeterson@alionscience.com
Grantsburg, WI, Date August 7, 2009 – The Alion-McNally Center for Production Technologies based in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, has released its latest in a line of successful engineering efforts in support of the U.S. Army.
The Drive Focus Shaft Assembly is an integral focusing assembly for the TOW 2 weapon system used...
ActionCOACH of Elm Grove: Announces free “How to Grow Your Business in Today’s Economy” workshop on Friday, August 14, 2009
CONTACT:
Judi Murphy, Director of Strategic Alliances
ActionCOACH of Elm Grove
P: 262-790-1213
F: 262-790-1516
E: JudiMurphy@actioncoach.com
W: http://www.actioncoach.com
Elm Grove, WI – ActionCOACH of Elm Grove presents “How to Grow Your Business in Today’s Economy” a free workshop that will provide local business with specific, effective ideas and systems that will significantly improve your business immediately. Tom Steepy of Signs Now, Brookfield, is the...
WisBusiness: Cost effectiveness touted as key to Wisconsin’s business appeal
By Samantha Hernandez
For WisBusiness.com
ASHLAND -- Cost effectiveness is key to bringing technology investments to Wisconsin, Department of Commerce Secretary Dick Leinenkugel said today at the Lake Superior Technology Conference.
“Wisconsin is no longer a flyover zone” and more technology-based businesses are coming to the state, Leinenkugel told those gathered at the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College.
He cited cost effectiveness as the...
