Auburn University plant pathologist and Distinguished University Professor Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana has reformulated glycerin, a by-product of biodiesel, to be used as an organic fertilizer that will control one of the major and most difficult pests in Alabama, the soil-born pest, also known as plant parasitic nematodes. This organic fertilizer will give farmers a natural alternative to methyl bromide, a chemical in pesticides known to cause damage to the earth’s ozone layer.

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1. Tobacco Chloroplast Transformation Vectors Comprising a Multi-gene Operon Encoding a Biopharmaceutical Protein and a Chaperonin
2. Use of Troponin I as a Species Marker Protein for Meat Speciation in Both Raw and Heat-Processed Products
3. Genetic Engineering of Cotton to Increase Fiber Strength, Water Absorption and Dye Binding
4. Biocidal Siloxane Coating Material Containing N-Halogenated Amine and Amide Functional Groups
5. Method for Forming an In Situ Groundwater Filter
6. Methods for Determining Adequacy of Heat Processing of a Cooked Meat Sample
7. A Micromachined Device Utilizing Electrostatic Comb Drives to Filter Mechanical Vibrations

• Micromanipulator Mount for Microscope
• Device and Method for Demonstrating Cellular Photosignalling
• A Device for Automotive Signal and Marker Lights
• Safening of Carotenoid-inhibiting Herbicides and Mixtures of Carotenoid-inhibiting and photosynthesis-inhibiting Herbicides
• Portable Data Device Controller
• A Strategy for Identification of Cell-specific Biomarkers for Cancer Stem Cells
• Method and Device for Measuring Electrical Resistance of a Fabric Sample
• Energy Harvesting
• Artificial Nose
• Use of a compound as an Antimicrobial Soaking Agent
• Species-Specific Vaccines for Contraception of Animals
• Nanoparticle-enhanced Phase Change Materials (NEPCM) with Great Potential for Improved Thermal Energy Storage
• Controlled and Extended Delivery of a Drug Via a Contact Lens Platform
• Strawberry Production
• Electronic Marketing Apparatus
• Association of a protein with Decreased Serum Triglyceride
• Biological Control of Channel Catfish Disease in Aquaculture Systems
• Lithotripter Design
• Antimicrobial Modification of Polyester
• Methods and Properties in the Regulation of Blood Glucose Levels
• Magnifying and Enhancing Quality of Images in an Illumination System
• FERPA Consent
• Sub-diffraction High Resolution Light Microscope
• Free Wing Design
• Rapid Test for the Presence of plant fungal infection