Recovery of valuable fertilizer components from agricultural wastes using struvite precipitation. Evaluation, design and operation of odor control facilities. Canine semen cryopreservation. Breeding methodologies to improve the efficiency of soybean cultivar development. Genetic engineering of starch hydrolyzing enzyme glucoamylase to study enzyme structure and function and to improve the industrial characteristics of the enzyme.
Primary interest is in milk production and health.
Relating differences in immunocompetency of dairy bulls to health of their daughters. Location of QTL, use of molecular difference and research with dairy breeding problems. Use of substrate analogs to investigate enzyme inhibition.