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Effect Of Spray Drying On The Functional Properties Of Egg Yolk Powder, Ang Yuan, Duan Xu, Cao Wei-Wei, Ren Guang-Yue, Wang Zhe, Li Lin-Lin Dec 2022

Effect Of Spray Drying On The Functional Properties Of Egg Yolk Powder, Ang Yuan, Duan Xu, Cao Wei-Wei, Ren Guang-Yue, Wang Zhe, Li Lin-Lin

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to develop the application of egg yolk powder in the field of feed, functional food and biopharmaceuticals. Methods: Using fresh eggs as raw materials, yolk powder was prepared by spray drying, and the effects of different parameters on the content of yolk antibody (IgY), protein structure and functional properties of egg yolk powder were analyzed. Results: Considering the antibody content, physicochemical properties and functional properties of egg yolk powder comprehensively, when the inlet air temperature was 140 ℃ and the feed flow rate was 600 mL/h, the IgY content of egg yolk powder …

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Effects Of Typical Hot Processing On The Quality Of Chestnut, Zhou Kui, Li Ming-Juan, Zhang Ya-Yuan, Zhou Qing Dec 2022

Effects Of Typical Hot Processing On The Quality Of Chestnut, Zhou Kui, Li Ming-Juan, Zhang Ya-Yuan, Zhou Qing

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to explore the appropriate cooking method of chestnut. Methods: Nine kinds of thermal treatment on the quality of chestnut were compared. The thermal treatment included chestnut fruit (roasting, cooking without water under normal-pressure, cooking within water under normal-pressure, cooking without water under high-pressure, cooking within water under high-pressure) and chestnut kernel (cooking without water under normal-pressure, cooking within water under normal-pressure, cooking without water under high-pressure, cooking within water under high-pressure). Results: The content of starch and polyphenols in chestnut were decreased by the nine kinds of thermal treatment, while the amylose content …

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Progress In The Analysis And Detection Of Steroidal Hormones In Royal Jelly, Li Zheng, Yang Jing, Jiao Li-Li, Li Hui, Wu Wei Dec 2022

Progress In The Analysis And Detection Of Steroidal Hormones In Royal Jelly, Li Zheng, Yang Jing, Jiao Li-Li, Li Hui, Wu Wei

Food and Machinery

The rapid determination of steroidal hormones and their contents in royal jelly by molecular imprinting and high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) was reviewed. The research progress of liquid-liquid extraction, solid phase extraction, QuECHERS and other pretreatment methods, as well as HPLC-MS, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were introduced. The advantages and disadvantages of various pretreatment methods and analytical methods were analyzed and compared. Finally, the feasibility of using molecular imprinting technology and HPLC-MS to detect steroid hormones in royal jelly was prospected.

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Research Progress On New Extraction Technologies And Bioactivities Of Flavonoids From Orange, Liu Dan, Guo Huan, Wu Di, Gan Ren-You Dec 2022

Research Progress On New Extraction Technologies And Bioactivities Of Flavonoids From Orange, Liu Dan, Guo Huan, Wu Di, Gan Ren-You

Food and Machinery

The new extraction technologies of citrus flavonoids in recent five years were reviewed, including low eutectic solvent extraction, subcritical fluid extraction and magnetic molecular blot selective extraction.the bioactivities and mechanisms of citrus flavonoids, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anti-obesity, anti-diabetes, anti-cancer, intestinal protection, cardiovascular protection, liver protection and neuroprotection, were also expounded, and suggestions for further study of citrus flavonoids were proposed.

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Research Progress Of Mushroom Sauce, Chen Jing, Tang Hao-Guo, Wang Jia-Kang, Yang Tong-Xiang, Ma Li-Ping Dec 2022

Research Progress Of Mushroom Sauce, Chen Jing, Tang Hao-Guo, Wang Jia-Kang, Yang Tong-Xiang, Ma Li-Ping

Food and Machinery

This review summarized the research achievements of mushroom sauce in recent years, from the aspects of raw and auxiliary materials selection, formula, and process research, analysis and testing, existing problems, and prospected the raw material quality and nutrition safety detection.

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Research Progress Of Plant-Based Meat Products, Dou Kang-Ning, Zhao Yong-Gan, Jin Shao-Ju, Li Chao-Min, Deng Tong-Xing, Zhao Zhi-Jun Dec 2022

Research Progress Of Plant-Based Meat Products, Dou Kang-Ning, Zhao Yong-Gan, Jin Shao-Ju, Li Chao-Min, Deng Tong-Xing, Zhao Zhi-Jun

Food and Machinery

The concept, raw materials, technology, texture, sensory, nutrition, market, patent and safety of plant-based meat products were reviewed, and the achievements and shortcomings of the development of plant-based meat products were summarized. It is indicated that the next researching should be done from the protein types of raw materials, protein molecular modification, texturized protein production technology, genetic engineering technology transformation, etc.

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Phenolic Compounds Profile And Antioxidant Activities Of Different Fractions Of Tartary Buckwheat, Chen Yue, Zhu Yong, Qin Li-Kang Dec 2022

Phenolic Compounds Profile And Antioxidant Activities Of Different Fractions Of Tartary Buckwheat, Chen Yue, Zhu Yong, Qin Li-Kang

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the phenolic compounds profile and antioxidant activities of different fractions of Tartary buckwheat. Methods: Tartary buckwheat was ground and sieved into shell, bran and powder. Phenolic compounds in tartary buckwheat were extracted with 70% ethanol, and phenolic compounds composition and antioxidant activity of the extract were analyzed. Results: In Tartary buckwheat bran, the total phenolics and flavonoids were (3 042±31) mg GAE/100 g·DW and (5 290±233) mg RE/100 g·DW, accounting for 60.8%, 67.7% of the total Tartary buckwheat, respectively. Rutin was the dominant phenolic compounds in bran extract, and the content …

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Effects Of Lotus Leaf Powder On Physicochemical Properties Of Flour And Crisp Biscuits, Wang Feng-Lei Dec 2022

Effects Of Lotus Leaf Powder On Physicochemical Properties Of Flour And Crisp Biscuits, Wang Feng-Lei

Food and Machinery

Objective: The effects of lotus leaf coarse powder and lotus leaf superfine powder on the physical and chemical indexes of flour and its application in crisp biscuits were studied in this paper, and explored the suitable amount of lotus leaf coarse powder and lotus leaf superfine powder added in crisp biscuits. Methods: Farinograph, extensograph, wet gluten tester, and falling number tester were used to determine the effects of lotus leaf powder on the physical and chemical indexes of flour. The hardness of the dough and the shear force of the crisp biscuit were measured by the texture analyzer, …

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Determination Of Duck Meat Adulteration Ratio In Pork Stuffing, Fei Ying-Min, Pan Lei, Ni Xue, Zhang Gen-Sheng Dec 2022

Determination Of Duck Meat Adulteration Ratio In Pork Stuffing, Fei Ying-Min, Pan Lei, Ni Xue, Zhang Gen-Sheng

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to determine the proportion of duck adulteration in pork stuffing by gas chromatography. Methods: Based on the analysis of characteristic fatty acid types as well as contents in different meats by gas chromatography, the standard fingerprint profiles of pork and duck were established manually, and the chromatograms of duck adulteration samples with 10%, 30%, 50% and 70% adulteration in pork stuffing were analyzed. The characteristic fatty acids of duck-pork were finally selected as lauric acid, stearic acid, trans Behenic acid, and linoleic acid. The adulteration experiment was simulated to establish the prediction regression models …

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Detection Of Defective Shrimp And Optimization For Key Parameters In Multi-Channel Automatic Elimination System, Zeng Ling-Xiao, Liu Zi-Hao, Yan Zhi-Peng, Zhao Kun, Liu Hao Dec 2022

Detection Of Defective Shrimp And Optimization For Key Parameters In Multi-Channel Automatic Elimination System, Zeng Ling-Xiao, Liu Zi-Hao, Yan Zhi-Peng, Zhao Kun, Liu Hao

Food and Machinery

Objective: When inspecting the appearance and quality of Litopenaeus Vannamei, the system can realize the automatic elimination of defective shrimps efficiently. Methods: Constructed an automatic shrimp elimination equipment and quality inspection. Structured an algorithm to extract shrimps’ morphological feature, complete the clarification of normal and defective shrimps. Realizing defective shrimps’ elimination by blowing them from the side to middle. Through the analysis of internal stress of shrimp, we calculated the correlation between blowing volume and moving distance. Moreover, the relationships among gass output volume, shrimps’ moving distance and speed had been optimized. Results: With the increasing of …

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Real-Time Classification Method For Liquor Hops Based On Deep Learning, Liu Zhi-Ping, Cui Ke-Bin Dec 2022

Real-Time Classification Method For Liquor Hops Based On Deep Learning, Liu Zhi-Ping, Cui Ke-Bin

Food and Machinery

Objective: To solve the subjectivity and instability of the traditional Baijiu picking method " liquor-receiving according to liquor hop", and the problem that the existing machine vision hops classification method is difficult to meet the real-time classification. Methods: The lightweight YOLOv5 takes YOLOv5s as the initial model, uses the K-mean clustering anchor box to replace the default anchor box to improve the model detection accuracy and stability, uses the shufflenetv2 network to replace the YOLOv5s backbone network for feature extraction, so as to achieve the purpose of lightweight model, and adds the CBAM attention mechanism to make the …

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Automatic Classification Of Banana Ripeness Based On Deep Learning, Wang Ling-Min, Jiang Yu Dec 2022

Automatic Classification Of Banana Ripeness Based On Deep Learning, Wang Ling-Min, Jiang Yu

Food and Machinery

Objective: To classify banana ripeness quickly and accurately. Methods: Collect the bananas images of different maturity and establish gallery, using a variety of different neural networks as a classifier, banana feature extracting by migration study classifying banana six maturity level, access to the most suitable for banana maturity classification network model, network model, based on the improved and easily banana maturity real-time detection interface design, Finally, the feasibility and practicability of the model were verified. Results: AlexNet model was most suitable for banana maturity classification with the highest accuracy of 95.56%. AlexNet model was improved by modifying …

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Preparation And Application Of Maillard Reaction Flavors Based On Cigar Tobacco Leaf Residues, Xu Xiu-Juan, Wang Ai-Xia, Hu Shao-Dong, Shi Qing-Zhao, Yang Chun-Qiang, Ma Ji Dec 2022

Preparation And Application Of Maillard Reaction Flavors Based On Cigar Tobacco Leaf Residues, Xu Xiu-Juan, Wang Ai-Xia, Hu Shao-Dong, Shi Qing-Zhao, Yang Chun-Qiang, Ma Ji

Food and Machinery

Objective: To solve the problem of tobacco leaf residues produced during the production of tobacco extracts. Methods: Maillard reaction was carried out using aqueous extracts from cigar tobacco leaf residues as raw materials, and the effects of amino acid dosage and reaction time on the chemical composition of the Maillard reaction products and the sensory quality of cigarettes were systematically investigated. The relationship between the 18 components of the Maillard reaction product and the sensory index of cigarettes was also investigated. Results: ① Based on sensory effects, the optimal reaction conditions for the Maillard reaction based on …

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Research Progress On The Sources And Detection Methods Of Determination Of Benzo-Α-Pyrene In Aquatic Products, Xia Hong, Liu Li, Peng Xi-Tian, Peng Li-Jun, Lin Chun Dec 2022

Research Progress On The Sources And Detection Methods Of Determination Of Benzo-Α-Pyrene In Aquatic Products, Xia Hong, Liu Li, Peng Xi-Tian, Peng Li-Jun, Lin Chun

Food and Machinery

This review summarized the source, properties, as well as the harm of benzo-α-pyrene exposure to aquatic products. The commonly used instrumental analysis methods for the detection of benzo-α-pyrene were also discussed, and the future research direction of benzo-α-pyrene detection was prospected.

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Rural Movers Studies ... People Are Moving For Community Attributes And Jobs, Marilyn R. Schlake Dec 2022

Rural Movers Studies ... People Are Moving For Community Attributes And Jobs, Marilyn R. Schlake

Cornhusker Economics

University of Minnesota researchers conducted a Rural Movers Study to determine the motivations of people who moved within one to five years to rural Minnesota communities. Their findings are not unlike earlier research conducted at the University of Nebraska in 2008. The Rural Movers Study showed that 31 % of respondents moved due to a job or job offer. However, this was not one of the primary reasons individuals moved. For those individuals who did not move for employment, 76% wanted to find a good environment for raising their children, 67% moved to be closer to relatives, 64% looked for …

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Development Of Functional Markers For Resistance To Smut And Identification Of Genes Differentially Expressed In Response To Brown Rust In Sugarcane, Jose David Cortes Dec 2022

Development Of Functional Markers For Resistance To Smut And Identification Of Genes Differentially Expressed In Response To Brown Rust In Sugarcane, Jose David Cortes

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Smut, caused by Sporisorium scitamineum and brown rust, caused by Puccinia melanocephala, are two of the most important diseases that affect sugarcane production in Louisiana and worldwide. Smut continues to cause losses in the breeding program in Louisiana. Therefore, a QTL analysis was conducted to identify molecular markers associated with resistance in F1 progeny (162) of a biparental cross between susceptible cultivar L 99-233 and resistant HoCP 96-540. Using 1,574 single-dose SNP markers, a total of 253 linkage groups (LG) were obtained with a genome coverage of 24,580.15 cM. Six QTLs were localized on five LGs. The highest …

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Aspectos De La Investigación Del Cacao En Municipios De La Zona Del Tequendama, Jenny Paola Moreno Lopez, Laguandio Del Cristo Banda Sánchez, Arlette Ivone Gil Clavijo, Diego Orlando Méndez Pineda, Fabián Giovanny Marquez Niño Dec 2022

Aspectos De La Investigación Del Cacao En Municipios De La Zona Del Tequendama, Jenny Paola Moreno Lopez, Laguandio Del Cristo Banda Sánchez, Arlette Ivone Gil Clavijo, Diego Orlando Méndez Pineda, Fabián Giovanny Marquez Niño

Ciencias Agropecuarias

El mejoramiento del manejo fitosanitario en producciones de cacao (Theobrorna cacao L) involucra el uso de alternativas amigables como los productos a base de plantas con actividad antimicrobiana tal es el caso del género Piper. Esta investigación buscó cuantificar las enfermedades presentes en plantaciones de cacao en municipios de la región del Tequendama Cundinamarca-Colombia y evaluar aspectos eco fisiológicos de Piper SP. Se trabajó en seis fincas de la Asociación de Cacaoteros del Bajo Tequendama en Viotá, Anapoima y Tocaima. Se evaluó la incidencia y severidad de las enfermedades y se generaron mapas de calor. Se tomaron muestras vegetales sintomáticas …

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Indicadores De Sustentabilidad Vba Mesmis, Geovanny Andres Martinez Jimenez Dec 2022

Indicadores De Sustentabilidad Vba Mesmis, Geovanny Andres Martinez Jimenez

Ciencias Administrativas, Económicas y Contables

El presente libro se ha diseñado con el propósito de que el lector tenga una experiencia satisfactoria al momento de emplear los indicadores VBA MESMIS. Por tanto, el documento se estructura de manera minuciosa en dos apartados; el primero que trata acerca de los criterios de diagnóstico, en el que se plantea un ejemplo con información de tres unidades productivas, con el fin de i) desarrollar los indicadores correspondientes a los criterios; ii) conocer el nivel de desempeño de los indicadores; iii) realizar un análisis general y proponer recomendaciones para el fortalecimiento de la sustentabilidad de las unidades productivas; en …

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Genetic Variations Of Narcissus Tazetta And Selected Narcissus Cultivars Based On The Sequence Analysis Of Nrits And TrnL‑Is‑TrnF Regions, Seo Young Park, Mi Jin Jeon, Young Hee Joung, Keenan L. Amundsen, Gianluca Burchi, Angelo Porcelli, Mark S. Roh Dec 2022

Genetic Variations Of Narcissus Tazetta And Selected Narcissus Cultivars Based On The Sequence Analysis Of Nrits And TrnL‑Is‑TrnF Regions, Seo Young Park, Mi Jin Jeon, Young Hee Joung, Keenan L. Amundsen, Gianluca Burchi, Angelo Porcelli, Mark S. Roh

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis (N. taz. var. chi.) accessions collected from the coastal areas of China, Korea, and Japan were compared with accessions of lower ranks of Narcissus tazetta (N. taz.) from Italy to study the genetic variations and with several morphologically similar cultivars available in the trade. Sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrITS) dendrogram and the chloroplast trnL-IS-trnF intergeneric spacer-gene (cpIS) were analyzed by maximum likelihood (ML) and posterior probability using STRUCTURE program. All single fower form of N. taz. var. chi. collected from China, Korea, and …

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Direccionamiento Estratégico Para La Integración Agroindustrial Frutícola En La Provincia Del Sumapaz En Cundinamarca, Nelson Enrique Fonseca Carreño Dec 2022

Direccionamiento Estratégico Para La Integración Agroindustrial Frutícola En La Provincia Del Sumapaz En Cundinamarca, Nelson Enrique Fonseca Carreño

Ciencias Administrativas, Económicas y Contables

Un factor común une a los diferentes nichos del mercado y son los productos de la cadena hortofrutícola que necesitan de un enfoque sistémico y propiedades organolépticas para poder competir en el mercado, dentro de los cuales está los grados brix, colorimetría, humedad, tamaño y perecebilidad, los cuales son importantes para cumplir con los requerimientos mínimos de comercialización; lo anterior con el propósito de mitigar los efectos causados dentro de la pos-cosecha como componentes exógenos de temperatura, sequia, presión de plagas y enfermedades y trazas químicas. De ahí la importancia de la dirección de acciones en la cosecha, pos-cosecha, adecuación, …

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Metagenomic Analysis Of Root-Associated Microbiome Of Healthy And Taproot Decline-Affected Soybeans And Identification Of Healthy Soybean Root Endophytes With Protective Activity Against The Causal Agent, Xylaria Necrophora, Uyen Wesser Dec 2022

Metagenomic Analysis Of Root-Associated Microbiome Of Healthy And Taproot Decline-Affected Soybeans And Identification Of Healthy Soybean Root Endophytes With Protective Activity Against The Causal Agent, Xylaria Necrophora, Uyen Wesser

Theses and Dissertations

Plant roots are associated with a diverse microbial community of bacteria and fungi. The root microbiome communities associate with the root surface or penetrate the superficial layers of root tissues. It is of high agronomic interest to characterize root microbiomes and identify microbes with beneficial effects on plant defense against pathogens. Soybean taproot decline (TRD) is an emerging soil-borne disease caused by a fungus classified as Xylaria necrophora, challenging to control and with devastating effects on yield. Our group has initiated a study of the soybean root microbiome with three primary experiments: (I) perform a comparative study of root …

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Evaluation Of Warm Season Vegetables Using Sustainable Production Practices, Jacob Arthur Dec 2022

Evaluation Of Warm Season Vegetables Using Sustainable Production Practices, Jacob Arthur

Theses and Dissertations

Sustainable practices were evaluated for the production of two warm season vegetable crops, tomato and chile peppers. The first study investigated the plant vegetative growth, fruit production timing, yield components and fruit quality of three hybrid and three heirloom tomato cultivars grown in a high tunnel using grafted and non-grafted plants. Grafting the selected tomato cultivars with the two rootstock types did not alter total marketable yield of any cultivar, but affected overall stem diameter, fruit color, and β-carotene concentrations of tested tomato cultivars. The second study evaluated the plant growth, yield, and fruit quality of nine heirloom chile pepper …

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Survival, Regrowth And Morphotype Formation Of Salmonella Strains After Exposure To High Or Low Concentrations Of First Generation Qac In Water, Grace Umutesi Dec 2022

Survival, Regrowth And Morphotype Formation Of Salmonella Strains After Exposure To High Or Low Concentrations Of First Generation Qac In Water, Grace Umutesi

Theses and Dissertations

This study determines the differences in survival of eight Salmonella strains concentration of BAC in water, followed by regrowth in high and low nutrition conditions containing sublethal concentration of BAC. Our results show strain difference in survival, persistence of Salmonella in BAC at different concentrations. All eight strains of Salmonella were non-recoverable when exposed to 40 to 48 µg/ml BAC for 1h in water. When exposed to 24 µg/ml of BAC for 1 h in water, S. Typhimurium ATCC 14028 and S. Heidelberg ATCC 8326 cells were non-detectable from the initial 7 log CFU/ml. S. Blockley 7175, S. Virchow 7207, …

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United We Stand? Investigating The Impact Of Unified Dues Agreements Between State And National Career & Technical Education (Cte) Professional Organizations On Cte Funding In The Southern States, Justin Ryan Hall Dec 2022

United We Stand? Investigating The Impact Of Unified Dues Agreements Between State And National Career & Technical Education (Cte) Professional Organizations On Cte Funding In The Southern States, Justin Ryan Hall

Theses and Dissertations

Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers have long been active in lobbying the federal and state governments in support of CTE through their professional organizations, but these are not traditionally considered interest groups. This study sought to determine if the formal relationships—dues agreements—between the two largest national professional organizations, and their state affiliates had an impact on state funding for CTE. The impacts of professional organization unity, membership rates, and lobbying expenses on state-level CTE funding were analyzed through the lens of interest group theory, a subfield of political science. Within this population (N = 13), 1) a link …

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The Effects Of Glyphosate Salts And Volatility-Reducing Agents (Vra) On Dicamba Volatility, Nicole Glenn Dec 2022

The Effects Of Glyphosate Salts And Volatility-Reducing Agents (Vra) On Dicamba Volatility, Nicole Glenn

Theses and Dissertations

Dicamba is often tank mixed with glyphosate to increase herbicidal efficacy but may contribute to off-target movement (OTM). In recent years, volatilization has become problematic for dicamba-containing herbicides, resulting in increased regulatory requirements necessitating the use of volatility-reducing agents (VRA) for application. Research was conducted in 2021 and 2022 using low tunnels in a field environment and humidomes in a greenhouse environment to further assess how glyphosate salts and VRAs affect dicamba volatility. Our data indicate that the inclusion of glyphosate to dicamba can increase dicamba volatility, depending on the glyphosate salt used. The inclusion of the evaluated VRAs will …

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Evaluation Of Novel Litter Amendments For Use In The Commercial Broiler Industry, Jorge A. Urrutia Dec 2022

Evaluation Of Novel Litter Amendments For Use In The Commercial Broiler Industry, Jorge A. Urrutia

Theses and Dissertations

Poultry litter amendments (LA) are commonly used to maintain good litter quality; the most common ones; are acidifiers. However, concern over the lifespan of LA acidifiers (d) and corrosive nature revealed a need for alternative LA. Products of interest include biochar (BC), superabsorbent polymers (SAPs), and alum mud (AM). Experiment 1 was a screening study (n=17 treatments, no birds) conducted to determine the optimal application rate/method of BC, SAPs, and AM vs.commercial LA and a control. Most SAPs treatments measured metrics may be similar (i.e., bacteria, water activity) or better (pH) vs. commercial LA (PLT). High inclusions of novel LA …

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Investigation Of The Material Properties Of Poly Pipe Irrigation Tubing For Identifying Performance Characteristics By Thickness, Victor Frank Carey Iv Dec 2022

Investigation Of The Material Properties Of Poly Pipe Irrigation Tubing For Identifying Performance Characteristics By Thickness, Victor Frank Carey Iv

Theses and Dissertations

Poly Pipe Tubing is widely used in the Mississippi Delta for supplemental irrigation of crops during the growing season. Computerized Hole Selection (CHS) is a tool used to create a prescriptive hole punching map to manage flow and minimize tail-water runoff. Some producers have documented that CHS does not work on their farm. The common thought of failure in poly pipe tubing is the rupturing or splitting of the tubing. This research was based on the thought that failure occurs before the tubing is ruptured and is caused by over pressurization during an irrigation event. Static testing revealed that there …

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Adapting Network Theory For Spatial Network Externalities In Agriculture: A Case Study On Hemp Cross-Pollination, Jeffrey S. Young, Tanner J. Mccarty Dec 2022

Adapting Network Theory For Spatial Network Externalities In Agriculture: A Case Study On Hemp Cross-Pollination, Jeffrey S. Young, Tanner J. Mccarty

Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity

Growers have increasingly expressed frustration over the negative externalities created by their neighbor's production practices. These spatial agricultural network problems include issues such as cross-pollination and herbicide drift. We develop novel methods for estimating parameters that allow us to adapt and apply general network diffusion models to these spatial agricultural network problems. Doing so allows us to calculate externality damage within a region and calculate cost-effective policies for alleviating that externality. We empirically illustrate, motivate, and test this approach by applying it to hemp. We find that network structure is an important factor in externality size and cost-effective policy response …

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Biological Remediation Of Fragipan, Corey Hale Dec 2022

Biological Remediation Of Fragipan, Corey Hale

Honors College Theses

The fragipan layer in the soil is a naturally occurring subsurface layer that restricts water percolation as well as inhibits root growth. A fragipan layer can be found almost ubiquitously across Southwestern Kentucky. This limits how agriculturalists manage soils in this area. It has been recently discovered by the University of Kentucky that Annual Ryegrass roots produce 3,4 dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid (DHPPA) that reacts with this hardpan to weaken the layer. Certain bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, Lactobacilli, and Bifidobacteria can also synthesize DHPPA through a breakdown process of chlorogenic acid. This reaction typically happens in the human digestive tract. …

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March 1st Filing Deadline, Tina N. Barrett Dec 2022

March 1st Filing Deadline, Tina N. Barrett

Cornhusker Economics

One of the many special tax provisions that has applied only to qualified farmers is the relief from estimated tax requirements. A qualified farmer, who is a calendar year taxpayer, can avoid the estimated tax payment penalty by either: 1) Filing an estimated tax payment by January 15th that is either 2/3 of your expected tax for the current year or 100% of last year's tax, whichever is less, or 2) Filing and paying 100% of the tax by March 1st.

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