Washed cottonseed meal adhesive being applied onto one end of a pair of wood strips that will be bonded by hot-pressing. (Mary Lovisa and Kelly Williams, D3433-1).
ARS chemists Dorselyn Chapital (left) and Zhongqi He use a testing device to measure the shear strength of an adhesive bond between two pieces of wood. (Mary Lovisa and Kelly Williams, D3431-1).