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Shay Gap Soil Survey: Investigating The Suitability Of Soils And Landforms For Irrigated Agriculture In The Western West Canning Basin, Paul Galloway, Dennis Van Gool, Justin Laycock, Karen Holmes, David Rowe

Resource management technical reports

This report describes the soil and land resources of the Shay Gap study area (SA), which is south of Wallal Downs Station, in unallocated Crown land in the Shire of East Pilbara. It assesses the study area’s capability for three types of irrigated agriculture and examines land resources to ensure any future irrigation developments are sustainable and do not degrade the environment.

The Shay Gap SA lies within the West Canning Basin, an area of about 3500 square kilometres at the western margin of the onshore Canning Basin. The West Canning Basin has a substantial groundwater resource that provides fresh …

Modeling Effects Of Ecological Factors On Evolution Of Polygenic Pesticide Resistance, C. V. Haridas, Brigitte Tenhumberg

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Widespread use of pesticides has resulted in the evolution of resistance in many insect pests worldwide, limiting their use in pest control. Effective pest and resistance management practices require understanding of the genetics of resistance and the life history of the pest. Most models for pesticide resistance assume that resistance is monogenic, conferred by a single gene. However, resistance could evolve as a polygenic quantitative trait resulting from the action of several genes, especially when pesticide dose is low. Further, fitness of the pest could be density dependent and might depend upon abiotic factors such as temperature. It is not …

Forage News [2018-11], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Heart of America Conference - Jan. 22-23, 2019
• USDA Hay Markets - October 30, 2018
• Grazing Too Short in Fall and Winter Can Mean More Weeds in the Spring
• Forage Identification Book Now Available
• Utilizing Cost Share for Farm Improvements
• Late Fall Nitrogen Benefits Horse and Cattle Pastures

2018 – 2019 Kentucky Agricultural Economic Situation And Outlook, Kenneth H. Burdine, Todd D. Davis, Jerry Pierce, William M. Snell, Timothy A. Woods, Jeffrey W. Stringer

Agricultural Situation and Outlook

This publication covers the situation and outlook for 2018-2019 in the following areas:

• U.S. Agricultural Economy;
• Kentucky’s Agricultural Economy;
• Selected Commodity Profiles - Cattle; Poultry; Hogs; Equine; Dairy; Corn; Soybeans; Wheat; Tobacco; Fruits, Vegetables and Greenhouse; and
• Forestry.

Growth And Development Of Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa L.) In A Hydroponic System With Different Lighting Sources, Ghada Mohammed Ali Hamuda

Aridland Agriculture Theses

The goal of this study was to investigate the influences of different light systems, on growth parameters (fresh and dry weight, height and width, number of leaves and leaf area) and accumulation of chlorophylls and carotenoids of the lettuce. The marketable sensory characteristics (shape, and color) of fresh plants were also evaluated.

(Lactuca sativa crispa. “Lollo bionda”) lettuce were cultured in three levels of vertical hydroponically for 45 days under different light sources of natural light in the upper level, 60% shade light in the middle level and red (R), green (G) blue (B), provided by light-emitting diodes …

La Educacion Superior: Como Los Padres Pueden Apoyar A Sus Hijos, Celina Wille

All Current Publications

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Identification And Characterisation Of Novel Phages Of Pectobacterium And Erwinia, Colin Buttimer

PhDs

Losses in crop yields due to disease need to be reduced to meet increasing global food demands associated with growth in the human population. There is a well-recognised need to develop new environmentally-friendly control strategies to combat bacterial crop diseases. There are several crop diseases for which no effective bactericidal agents are currently available, such as potato blackleg and soft rot disease caused by Pectobacterium atrosepticum and other members of soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (Czajkowski et al., 2011). Furthermore, current control measures involving the use of traditional chemicals or antibiotics are losing their efficacy due to the natural development of bacterial …

Investigation Of Alternative Hosts And Agronomic Factors Affecting Xanthomonas Vasicola Pv. Vasculorum, Causal Agent Of Bacterial Leaf Streak Of Corn, Terra Marie Hartman

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum, causal agent of bacterial leaf streak of corn, was first reported in the U.S. in 2016 on Nebraska corn leaf samples. Prior to this report, the pathogen had only been reported on corn in South Africa. After the Nebraska report, the pathogen was reported on corn in Argentina, Brazil, and several U.S. states. This pathogen has an extensive host range, which includes sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), palm species (Dictyosperma album, Roystonea regia, and Areca catechu) and broom bamboo (Thysanolaena maxima). Plants commonly found in …

Identification Of Genes/Genomic Regions Controlling Resistance To Biotic And Abiotic Stresses In Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat, Madhav Bhatta

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Synthetic hexaploid wheat (SHW; 2n=6x=42, AABBDD, Triticum aestivumL.) is produced from an interspecific cross between durum wheat (2n=4x=28, AABB, T. turgidumL.) and goat grass (2n=2x=14, DD, AegilopstauschiiCoss.). It is reported to have a considerable amount of genetic diversity and is a potential source of novel alleles controlling abiotic and biotic stresses resistance and improving wheat quality. Therefore, the first study was to understand the genetic diversity and population structure of SHWs and compare the genetic diversity of SHWs with elite bread wheat (BW) cultivars. The result of this study identified a wide range of genetic diversity within …

Biosecurity Council Of Western Australia Annual Report 2017/2018, Biosecurity Council Of Western Australia

Biosecurity published reports

There were two key areas in which the Council focused during the year:

• environmental biosecurity; and
• the attributes required by a biosecurity ‘combat’ agency to effectively sustain a biosecurity response.

In addition, planning began for two new areas of advice to Government – biosecurity research and development; and border biosecurity.

Developing constructive advice to Government requires a comprehensive understanding of the needs and challenges of industry, Government and the community. It also requires an understanding of how changes to the biosecurity system might impact these groups and affect the State’s biosecurity status. During 2017/18 the Council continued to monitor biosecurity …

Initiative 427: Nebraska Medicaid Expansion, J. David Aiken

Cornhusker Economics

This article summarizes information regarding Initiative 427–the Medicaid expansion question on the November 6, 2018 ballot. It reprints the actual ballot language and the Nebraska Secretary of State’s summary of arguments for and against Initiative 427.

Background. Originally Medicaid covered the elderly, the disabled, children in low-income families, and low-income pregnant women. In 2010 Medicaid coverage was expanded by Congress to include the working poor. In 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requiring states to expand Medicaid was unconstitutional. This made it a state option whether or not to expand Medicaid. …

Interactions Observed With Clomazone Plus Pendimethalin When Mixed With Postemergence Rice Herbicides, Matthew Osterholt

LSU Master's Theses

A study was conducted at the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center’s H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station (RRS) in 2017 and 2018 to evaluate whether the pre-packaged mixture of clomazone plus pendimethalin should be applied delayed preemergence (DPRE) or postemergence (POST) within a herbicide residual overlay with saflufenacil, clomazone, or quinclorac. POST applications also included penoxsulam or halosulfuron in combination with the second residual application. No differences were observed with barnyardgrass control at 14 DAT across all treatments with 92 to 98% control. At 42 DAT, barnyardgrass treated with either clomazone plus pendimethalin applied at either timingin combination with either …

Canavalia Gladiata And Dolichos Lablab Extracts For Sustainable Pest Biocontrol And Plant Nutrition Improvement In El Salvador, Carlos Martinez

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Botanical repellents and pesticides are now being rediscovered as new tools for integrated pest management in order to reduce the use of toxic chemicals in crop production. Canavalia gladiata and Dolichos lablab are two Fabaceae very well adapted to farmlands of El Salvador, effective as living barriers and mostly as cover crops, however, they are not yet very well disseminated. This document describes the potential for using the liquid extracts and the dry flour of raw seeds of those plants for economic benefit and practical convenience for pest management in Salvadorian agriculture under field conditions. Seed extracts were useful when …

Good Riddance Rodents, Elizabeth Killinger

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Holidays will be here soon and that means house guests might be coming. Take a few steps now to make sure your ‘guests’ are the ones you want at your house, not the furry, unwelcome kind. House mice are common guests once the outdoor temperatures drop. These small light gray, furry rodents have large ears and long tail. Their preferred food is grains, but they will munch on just about anything. One reason mice can be a problem once inside is due to their rapid ability to reproduce. Each year, a female mouse can produce 5-10 litters, with about 5-6 …

Assessment Of Soil Fertility Under Different Land-Use Systems In Dhading District Of Nepal, Sudarshan Kharal, Babu Ram Khanal, Dinesh Panday

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Unscientific land use and cropping techniques have led high soil erosion and degradation of soil quality in the mid-hills of Nepal. To understand the effects of land use systems for selected soil chemical properties in mid-hills, composite soil samples at 0 cm to 20 cm depth were collected from five different land-use systems: Grassland, forest land, upland, lowland, and vegetable farms from Dhading district of Nepal in 2017. Soil samples were analyzed for soil fertility parameters: Soil pH, organic matter (OM), total nitrogen (N), available phosphorus (P), available potassium (K) and its effect due to different land use systems were …

Effects Of Different Whipping Times And Emulsifiers On Surface Bubbles Formation Of Sponge Cake, Wang Jiabao, Chen Cheng, Wang Feng, Hao Yuehui, Jin Weize, Chen Junmin, Huang Weining, Akihiro Ogawa

Food and Machinery

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of sucrose ester and monoglyceride emulsifier on the characteristics of sponge cake batter during foaming and defoaming time. Along with that, impact of various foaming and defoaming time combinations on the batter's specific volume, viscosity, micro structure attributes and baking quality were analyzed. The results unraveled that sucrose ester emulsifier alleviated the surface blisters in sponge cake and it also showed good impact on baking characteristics. This study also revealed that the sponge cake surface bubbles were also alleviated by choosing an appropriate whipping time combination (foaming time 3.50 min, defoaming time …

Effects Of Different Withering Methods On Black Tea Quality Of Yellowish Yinghong No.9, Huang Hualin, Qiao Xiaoyan, Li Bo, Zhang Chengdi, Chen Haiqiang

Food and Machinery

Taking yellowish yinghong NO.9 as the raw material , the effects of two methods, sun withering and air-blast withering, were analyzed on biochemical compositions and color value on black tea quality. The results showed that the biochemicals of water extracts, tea polyphenols, flavonoids, catechins, free amino acids and tea pigments could be easily influenced by air-blast withering, compared with sun withering. Theaflavins and theabrownines were higher for fan withering methods than that for sun withering in the samples. Tea polyphenols, flavonoids and catechins significantly decreased as well as theaflavins and thearubigins, caffeine significantly increased as long as withering time in …

Isolation And Identification Of High-Yield Esterase Absidia In Daqu And Optimizationof Enzyme Production Conditions, Sun Xiaolu, Wang Mingyue, Zhang Yuan

Food and Machinery

The aim of this study was to screen high-yield strains of esterase from Daqu in order to increase the content of esters in Daqu. Medium-temperature Daqu was used as material to screen high-yield esterase producing strains and identify the types of strain. Then we studied on enzyme production conditions of the strains with the target value of esterifying power. The result showed that high-yield esterase producing strain-LD06 was isolated from medium-temperature Daqu, and the morphological and molecular identification results confirmed that the strain was Absidia. Esterifying power was used as reference index to confirm the culture media, which was summed …

Study On Release Of Co During The Cigarette Smoldering And Puffing Periods, Chen Kunyan, Zhang Junsong, Li Qiaoling, Zhang Yingpu, Huang Huizhen, Guo Songbin, Yu Yumei

Food and Machinery

The release of CO during the cigarette smoldering and puffing periods was firstly studied by combining a dedicated modern experimental approach for quantifying gas-phase temperature with the tobacco pyrolysis and combustion reactions system, which guarantees more accurate reaction conditions were used to mimic the thermal environment inside a burning cigarette. Basing on the two cigarette paper burn lines (PBL) at smoldering and puffing, the cigarette burning zone were divided into three regions. The first region was in front of the PBL at 0 s (R1), the second region was between the two PBL (R2) and the third region was behind …

Establishment Of A Multiplex Pcr System For Detection Of Five Tetracycline Resistance Genes In Poultry Bacteria, Bai Long, Shao Yi, Huang Liujuan, Feng Bo, Zhou Changyan, Suo Yujuan, Bai Yalong, Lin Miao

Food and Machinery

In order to establish a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for simultaneous detection of five tetracycline resistance genes including tetA, tetD, tetG, tetS and tetX in poultry bacteria, the concentrations of primers and Taq DNA polymerase, as well as the annealing temperature used in the multiplex PCR system were optimized, then the sensitivity and specificity were examined, and finally, the method was applied for detecting of tetracycline-resistant bacteria isolated from poultry to verify its applicability. The results showed that, the optimized system for the multiplex PCR reaction was: 5 μL of mixed DNA template, 1 μL of Taq enzyme, …

The Application And Perfection Of Punitive Compensation System In Food Safety Law, Li Changjian, Lu Airong

Food and Machinery

One of the key problems in food safety management is the low illegal cost. The punitive compensation system is an important system, which raise the illegal cost in the regulation of food safety and has the great significance. Compared with developed countries, the punitive damages in food safety law system in China is still in its infancy, and in the aspect of legislation, the free of cost food is not invovled in the scope, and the compensation will be giving away free food subjective not contain elements of negligence, such problems as unreasonable compensation calculation. To give full play to …

Comparison And Enlightenment Of Legal System Of Food Recall Between China And Foreign Countries, Shang Qing, Guan Jiayi

Food and Machinery

Food recall system is to strengthen supervision, to ensure food safety important line of defense.By means of literature analysis and comparative analysis, summarizes the problems and shortcomings of the Chinese food recall legal system based on the comparison between China and foreign countries and analyzes the useful experience of the American, Canadian and Japanese food recall legal systems. To provide corresponding guidance and suggestions for the improvement of the Chinese food recall system.

International Co Governance Dimension Of Food Safety In China, Zhu Jing

Food and Machinery

Due to the global trend of food trade, food safety has become the focus of global attention, and the establishment of the credibility of China's food industry, international co-governance has become the consensus of China's food safety assurance. However, in order to promote the international Co-governance of food safety in China smoothly, it is still facing a series of challenges, such as the absence of corresponding international co-governance mechanism, the inconsistency of international food safety standards and the need to improve the cooperation between government and enterprises. Therefore, it is necessary to Learning from the mature and advancing Model of …

Development Of A Bionic Plucking Finger For High-Quality Green Tea, Hao Miao, Chen Yong, Pan Zhigang, Sun Ye

Food and Machinery

Presents a kind of bionic end-effector which can imitate the human hand to pluck tea flushes. The mechanical structure of the bionic plucking finger is designed. Dynamic and static analysis are carried out to improve the dexterity and compactness. Genetic algorithm is employed to optimize the geometric parameters. The transmission efficiency of driving force is increased by 26.6%. Then, the prototype of the bionic plucking fingers is made, and the design of pneumatic drive and control system is completed. The indoor tests show that the success rate of plucking is about 70%, which can realize the expected action.

Migration And Mathematical Simulation Of Aluminum And Magnesium From Coated Paper Cup Into Acid Food Simulants, Ding Congyang, Lin Qinbao, Luo Jiutian, Li Zhong, Lia Ojia

Food and Machinery

In order to study the migration of metal elements Al and Mg into acidic foods in coated paper cups and the effectiveness of mathematical simulation software to simulate migration, eight kinds of coated paper cup samples were digested by wet digestion, and then inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-OES)was used to detect the initial contents of aluminum (Al) and magnesium (Mg) in eight kinds of coated paper cups and their migration into acidic food simulants (3% acetic acid solution). The initial contents of Al and Mg in 8 paper cups were 841.6～3 482.0 and 179.1～19 720.1 mg/kg, respectively. Under …

Research On Modern Food Packaging Design Based On Interesting Composition Form, Zhang Bingyu

Food and Machinery

In view of the present design status of the food packaging market, which is very similar and lack of innovation bright spots, discusses the relationship between the color application, pattern creation, modeling structure and material composition, and expounds the skills and functions of the application of interesting forms in the design of food packaging. A case study of food packaging is presented to illustrate the point of view and put forward new ideas for future development and innovation of food packaging.

Multi Channel Detection System Of Eggshell Crack Based On Dsp, Xu Baowen, Sun Li, Cai Jianrong, Dai Qijun

Food and Machinery

The eggshell-crack can be detected by the acoustic features of impact response signal in a non-destructive way. To collect and analyze the acoustic signals in real time, an eggshell crack detection system based on TMS320F28335 was designed. The acquisition of the responded audio signal was triggered by the external interrupt of DSP. By comparison of frequency spectrums between intact and cracked eggs, there is a significant difference in the audio signal spectrum. The frequency of the second formant of the intact egg spectrum is concentrated at about 6 890 Hz, while the frequency of the second formant of the cracked …

Research Progress Of The Effects Of Protein Modification On The Processing Properties Of Poultry Egg Powder, He Weiming, Ye Jinsong, Shi Jie

Food and Machinery

In this review, the effects of egg powder were summarized from the aspects of physical method, chemical method and enzymatic modification, and the traits of these methods were analyzed and compared. Moreover, the future development of egg powder was prospected, so as to enhance the processing property of egg powder and expand the application range.

Research Progress On Bacteriostatic Mechanism Of Plant Derived Bio-Preservatives Against The Microbodies In The Aquatic Products, Lan Weiqing, Chen Mengling, Wang Meng, Xie Jing

Food and Machinery

Based on the advantages and disadvantages comparison in different sources of bio-preservatives, the classification of plant source bio-preservatives was described, and their bacteriostatic mechanism in aquatic products was introduced. Moreover, its existing problems and improvement suggestions were put forward, and the future development of plant derived bio-preservatives on the preservation of the aquatic products was also prospected.