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WORK INFORMATION

I'm the President of Nutrient Technologies, Inc.

We're located in Dinuba, California, a farming town of about 10,000 people in the San Joaquin Valley.

Our company manufactures foliar nutrients that are used on commercial crops of all kinds.

Foliar nutrients are fertilizers that are sprayed on the leaves of plants. Foliar nutrients are cool because they are fast acting, highly efficient, and don't contaminate soils and water supplies.

We specialize in minor elements----those nutrients that plants require in very small quantities: Zinc, Copper, Boron, Manganese, Iron, Molybdenum, and Cobalt.

But we supply products containing the major plant nutrients, too, as well as Calcium and Magnesium.

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SITES OF INTEREST

 Science Can Be Fun

 View the earth from outer space

Time from the U.S. Naval Observatory

U. S. Weather Cams

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CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: lmcnall@prodigy.net or drflogo@techflo.com

Web address:www.techflo.com

Office phone: (714)-525-9398. I can also receive phone messages at (559)-595-8090

Office Fax: (714)-525-6575. I can also receive fax messages at (559)-595-1902

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CURRENT PROJECTS

Literature Database:

I'm compiling a specialized database of literature references that document results from applications of foliar nutrients to different crops. Also in my study are references relating to the following two items of interest.

It seems reasonable that healthy plants are more resistant to disease and less attractive to insects. Yet very little research has been done in this important field.

In addition to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which they obtain principally from carbon dioxide and water, plants require at least 13 other elements for proper growth. The exact role these elements play in plant nutrition is sketchy at best. It is beginning to be realized that many of these elements act as growth stimulants, but more research needs to be done in this interesting area of relationships.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

COLLEGE:

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Used Carbon-14 labeling to determine the structure of polymers such as synthetic rubber. (Determination of Unsaturation in Butyl Rubber Using Carbon-14 Labeled Isoprene, Anal. Chem., 29, 951 (1957))

Research on ball pen inks, developed the ink that writes over butter

Technical Director from 1966-1976, General Manager from 1976-1982

Between 1984-1989, I developed a new line of foliar nutrient products, then started marketing them in 1990.

PROFESSIONAL:

Member: American Chemical Society, American Society for Horticultural Science.

U. S. Patents: 2,904,693: Method for Identifying Rubber. 2,971,938: Plasticizing High Molecular Weight Polyisobutylene with Terpene-Phenol Resins. Also 4,030,907.

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PERSONAL INTERESTS

I have given up golfing for daily walks in order to get some regular exercise. Otherwise my activities are mainly sedentary. I play the classical guitar and the keyboard when I find some spare moments. My reading is mainly technical or directed at trying to keep up with current events. My travels are usually business related. My gardening abilities are a disgrace to my profession, but I do enjoy working with ornamentals and testing new products on my plants, including those growing indoors. I am intrigued by problem-solving, including puzzles, games such as Myst and Riven, and the greatest puzzle of all----trying to figure out how to make computer software work.