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Volume 45 Number 4 Winter 1998

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Shown above is an example of digital printing on fabric. Prints are computer engineered to fit specific garment parts. Colors and designs can be quickly changed to meet consumer requirements. See “Tailor Made Technology: New Computerized Customizing Programs Helping Consumers, Apparel Industry Alike.”

Dean and Director, Luke Waters

Sonic Swine—Ultrasonic Equipment Helping Produce Leaner Pork

Safe and Delicious—Study Shows Catfish Is Low Risk for Foodborne Illness

Thinking Ahead—Poinsettia Cultivar Evaluations Offer Growers Many Options for 1999 Holiday Season

Roses in Winter—Winter Treatments Provide Better Year-Round Blackspot Disease Control on Hybrid Tea Roses

Tailor Made Technology: New Computerized Customizing Programs Helping Consumers, Apparel Industry Alike

Careers Found

Conserving Containers—New Container Designs Benefit Woody Ornamentals

Pest Patterns—The Impact of Bollgard Technology and Boll Weevil Eradication on Cotton IPM in Alabama

Cooperatives: Important to Rural Alabamians

Why the Difference? Yields of Research Plots and Commercial Fields Compared