Iowa Innovators, June 2011

The ���Iowa Innovators��� series is a joint project of the Iowa Newspaper Association and the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED). The series is an outgrowth of an idea from member INA publishers. ���Iowa Innovators��� articles describe initiatives that Iowa communities have used to improve their ability to attract business and industry and demonstrate community innovation. The articles also describe Iowa companies on the leading edge of technology, business expansion, workforce development and recycling.

International Update, September/October 2011

International News from the International Team of the Iowa Economic Development Authority

International Update, November/December 2011

International Trade Office news from the Iowa Economic Development Authority

Small business and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) in receiving nonfederal highway funding

Pursuant to H.F. 2460, passed during the 2010 session of the 83rd Iowa General Assembly, please find attached the recommendations regarding methods to track and assess the participation of small businesses and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) in receiving nonfederal highway funding.

International Update, January-February 2012

International Business News & Events from the Iowa Economic Development Authority

The Indians called it beautiful land : your quick-fact book : Iowa, a place to grow,1975.

A pocket sized brochure containing brief information on Iowa's history, industry, agriculture, tourism, quality of life, transportation, exports for the world market, people, education and basic facts.

Photosynthesis rate, chlorophyll content and initial development of physic nut without micronutrient fertilization

Few studies in Brazil have addressed the need for micronutrients of physic nut focusing on physiological responses, especially in terms of photosynthesis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of omission of boron (B), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) on Jatropha curcas L.. The experimental design was a randomized block with four replications. The treatments were complete solution (control) and solution without B, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn. We evaluated the chlorophyll content (SPAD units), photosynthetic rate, dry matter production and accumulation of micronutrients in plants, resulting from different treatments. The first signs of deficiency were observed for Fe and B, followed by Mn and Zn, while no symptoms were observed for Cu deficiency. The micronutrient omission reduced the dry matter yield, chlorophyll content and photosynthetic rate of the plants differently for each omitted nutrient. It was, however, the omission of Fe that most affected the development of this species in all parameters evaluated. The treatments negatively affected the chlorophyll content, evaluated in SPAD units, and the photosynthetic rate, except for the omission of B. However this result was probably due to the concentration effect, since there was a significant reduction in the dry matter production of B-deficient plants.

Iowa Animal Industry News, 2012, Vol. 13, no. 1

Newsletter produced by Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship about the animal industry in Iowa. Previously titled Animal Industry News.