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Bioactivities Of Different Solvents Extracts From The Ethanol Extract Of Rhodiola Rosea, Liu Cun-Fang, Wei Ling-Ling, Wang Yi-Ying, Wu Rui, Tian Guang-Hui

Food and Machinery

The ethanol extract was obtained from the powder of Rhodiola rosea with ethanol recycling in Soxhlet extractor, and was dissolved in water to disperse system after recovering the ethanol, then respectively extracted with cyclohexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and butanol to get different solvent extracts. These different solvent extracts were determined total phenols and flavonoids content by a spectrophotometer, in the same time, their anti-oxidation activities were tested by DPPH· method, Fenton reaction method and prussian blue method with using Vc as a reference substance, and their antibacterial activities were evaluated by using minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration. The …

Study On Toasting Characteristics Of Different Parts Of Tobacco, Li Jin-Lan, Wang Dao-Quan, Luo Deng-Yan, Xiao Hong-Li, Chang Ming-Bin

Food and Machinery

Toasting characteristics of different parts of tobacco were studied based on different parts of tobacco leaves planted in Liaoning and Jiangxi Province, and the changes in physical indexes, sensory quality, and Maillard reaction products under different treatment intensity of tobacco toasting were investigated in a rotary toaster. The results showed that: ① the upper and middle cut strips should be toasted under medium or high intensity, the lower cut strips should be toasted under medium or low intensity; ② cut strips toasting treatment had a positive effect on the taste, the local mixed gas decreased, the baking aroma and burnt …

Effects Of Nanofiber From Plant On Stability Of Food Emulsion, Sun Zhe-Hao, Li Qiao-Ling

Food and Machinery

This paper elucidates the preparation and characteristics of nanofiber from plant, analyzes influence on food emulsion stability and the research direction of its preparation and modification technology is also prospected.

Research Progress Of Intelligent Equipment And Technology For Livestock And Poultry Slaughter And Processing, Li Jun, Xie Bin, Zhai Zhi-Qiang, Zhang Peng, Hou Song-Tao

Food and Machinery

This review introduced the main slaughtering and processing enterprises, advanced equipment and intelligent technology at home and abroad. The research status and existing problems of existing technologies, were analyzed and expounded, and the development trend of slaughtering and processing intelligent technology and equipment were prospected.

Purple Variety Of Sweet Potato, Ming Gao

Datasets Collection

Purple sweet potatoes are versatile enough to be used in cupcakes as well as ice cream. However, when cooked in their natural state, they are dry and starchy, prompting most to use the purple sweet potatoes as flour for baked goods, or in some cases, for ice cream. Dr. Gao wants his variety of purple sweet potato to be more palatable. Gao earned the coveted USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grant to support his research. The project will focus on developing a variety that is enjoyable in its natural state and is moist and tastefully …

Simulation In Counter-Rotating Twin Screw Extruder By Adaptive Grid Technology, An Qi, Huang Zhi-Gang, Hu Shu-Zhen, Mi Guo-Qiang, Li He

Food and Machinery

Applied the existing adaptive grid technology to the counter-rotating twin-screw extruder, useed Autocad software to draw the end profile of the counter-rotating thread element, and establisheed the corresponding 3D model on the Solidworks software. Then imported the geometric model Gambit software for mesh generation. Selecting the adaptable mesh technology of Polyflow software, the mesh of the fluid channel is locally densified according to the Maxdiv value. The finite element solution task of isothermal transient flow problem of counter-rotating twin-screw was designed, and the Maxdiv value was also studied. The effects of the value were studied, on the shear rate field, …

Motion Reliability Analysis Of Pre-Formed Cam-Link Assembly Mechanism Of Aseptic Filling Machine, He Xian-Rong, Pan Liao, Lu Li-Xin, Lin Zi-Dong, Li Fu-Man

Food and Machinery

In order to ensure that the designed cam meets the requirements of high precision and stable motion of the end position of the actuator under the high speed state of the aseptic filling machine. Based on the harmonic analysis method, the dynamic response of the design of the pre-formed cam mechanism end in different working sections is checked. Under the ADAMS environment, the dynamic simulation of the cam mechanism obtains the trajectory of the end gripper of the actuator and the kinematics and dynamic characteristic curve of the mechanism at the working speed. The results show that the clamping jaws …

Effect Of Germination On Grain Quality Of Tartary Buckwheat And Optimization Of Technology, Tong Xiao-Meng, Chai Chun-Xiang, Wang Yong-Qiang

Food and Machinery

Using tartary buckwheat seeds as raw materials, the effects of different temperature and time during seed soaking and germination were analyzed, on the content of total flavonoids and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), DPPH free radical clearance rate, germination rate and bud length of tartary buckwheat seeds, and the germination conditions of tartary buckwheat tea were optimized. The results showed that the optimal germination conditions of tartary buckwheat seeds were as followd: soaking temperature 20 ℃, soaking time 8 h, germination temperature 26 ℃, and germination time 98 h. Under these conditions, the total flavonoids content of germinating tartary buckwheat was 10.34 …

The Progress Of Detection Methods For Norovirus In Foods, Liao Xiao-Yan, Chen Li-Li, Bai Ya-Long

Food and Machinery

This paper mainly introduces the enrichment technology of norovirus, and reviews the research advances of norovirus in the nucleic acid detection, immunological detection and biosensor detection at domestic and abroad and also analyzes and compares the advantages and disadvantages of various method. Finally, the future research direction of norovirus was prospected.

Sorghum Brown Midrib19 (Bmr19) Gene Links Lignin Biosynthesis To Folate Metabolism, Adedayo O. Adeyanju, Scott E. Sattler, Patrick J. Rich, Luis A. Rivera-Burgos, Xiaochen Xu, Gebisa Ejeta

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Genetic analysis of brown midrib sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) mutant lines assembled in our program has previously shown that the mutations fall into four allelic groups, bmr2, bmr6, bmr12 or bmr19. Causal genes for allelic groups bmr2, bmr6 and bmr12, have since been identified. In this report, we provide evidence for the nature of the bmr19 mutation. This was accomplished by introgressing each of the four bmr alleles into nine different genetic backgrounds. Polymorphisms from four resequenced bulks of sorghum introgression lines containing either mutation, relative to those of a resequenced bulk of the nine normal midrib recurrent parent lines, were …

Is Nebraska Farmland A Good Investment?, Jeff Stokes, Jim Jansen, Jared Stauffer

Cornhusker Economics

Economists analyze the performance of financial in-vestments in a variety of ways. Probably the most significant analysis undertaken is the quantification of the tradeoff between risk and return. While individuals are generally thought to prefer investments offering higher returns, they also prefer to not be exposed to excessive risk. And because higher returns are generally associated with higher risk, investors tend to choose investments that are consistent with their specific risk/return goals. In this article, Nebraska farm-land (dryland, irrigated, and grazing) is analyzed from the perspective of its investment potential by quantifying the risk/return tradeoff.

Flat Design Process Of Cocktail Packaging Based On The Whole Life Cycle Concept, Liu Zong-Ming, Li Chun-Ping, Chen Wei

Food and Machinery

Combined with the concept of flat and the concept of full life cycle, the whole life cycle of cocktail packaging was proposed. Through the analysis of typical design cases, the whole life cycle of flat cocktail packaging was explained, and a complete design process of flat cocktail packaging was constructed. Taking the design of self-created cocktail brand as an example, the flat design process was verified experimentally. The results show that the flat design process is helpful for designers to judge and design flat packaging in the whole life cycle.

Southwest Utah Turfgrass Management Calendar, Kelly Kopp, Candace Schaible, Mark Nelson, Steven J. Price

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This is a calendar for turfgrass management for southwest Utah and includes guidelines for seeding, overseeding, sodding, fertilization, mowing, aeration, weed control, and irrigation.

Podredumbre Del Cuello De La Cebolla Por Botrytis, Claudia Nischwitz, Christine Dhiman, Dan Drost, Celina Wille

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La podredumbre del cuello de la cebolla por Botrytis es una enfermedad causada por los hongos Botrytis aclada y B. allii. Estos hongos pueden encontrarse en el suelo o transmitirse por semillas y pueden estar presentes en cualquier región donde se cultiven cebollas o ajos. La Botrytis puede producir esporas en el tejido de las hojas y ser dispersada por el viento para infectar bulbos dañados. Las cebollas y el ajo que están infectados parecen estar empapados de agua en la región del cuello y cambian a un color marrón a como el hongo crece y se propaga hacia la …

Prescribed Fire Alters Structure And Composition Of A Mid-Atlantic Oak Forest Up To Eight Years After Burning, Cody L. Dems, Alan H. Taylor, Erica A. H. Smithwick, Jesse K. Kreye, Margot W. Kaye

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Background

Prescribed fire in Eastern deciduous forests has been understudied relative to other regions in the United States. In Pennsylvania, USA, prescribed fire use has increased more than five-fold since 2009, yet forest response has not been extensively studied. Due to variations in forest composition and the feedback between vegetation and fire, Pennsylvania deciduous forests may burn and respond differently than forests across the eastern US. We measured changes in forest structure and composition up to eight years after prescribed fire in a hardwood forest of the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains in central Pennsylvania.

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Phenotypic Plasticity Of Diverse Sorghum Varieties In Response To Nitrogen Deficit Stress, Mackenzie Zwiener

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

The movement of nutrients from old vegetative tissue to young leaves and reproductive organs is known as senescence. Senescence can be influenced by the environment of a plant, such as, drought, heat, and nutrient stress. These environmental stressors can also influence canopy architecture. Crop canopy consists of several traits including: leaf number, angle, length and width. Past research in crops like maize and rice have shown significant influences of more erect leaves, including, the ability for increased planting density, which optimizes light interception and increases yield. In a field trial of a sorghum association panel including 345 different sorghum varieties …

Essays On Agricultural Technology, Resource Allocation And The Value Of Information, Pedro W. Vertino De Queiroz

Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This dissertation studied the adoption of agricultural technologies and the value of information for the allocation of resources in agriculture. Chapter 1 studied traditional (e.g., land and labor) and commercial (e.g., machinery and fertilizers) inputs in South American agriculture. Acemoglu’s directed technical change was used to estimate the process of induced innovation using deforestation as source of exogenous variation for the agricultural land supply. The results indicated that larger availability of land in intensive deforestation countries caused more land-complementary inputs (machinery) to be used relative to labor-complementary inputs (fertilizers). Technical change was biased towards land. Chapter 2 studied nitrogen fertilizer …

Ag Carbon Credits, J. David Aiken

Cornhusker Economics

There is a lot of discussion in the ag community about ag carbon credits as part of a larger U.S. strategy to reduce carbon emissions and avoid the very worst impacts of global warming. This newsletter takes us through some of the basics regarding what ag credits are and why they are a current topic of discussion.

Data For Farmland Preservation Study, Arthur J. Caplan, Brent C. Chamberlain

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This study fills a gap in cultural ecosystem service (CES) assessment of prime farmland located in peri-urban areas by presenting results from a choice experiment recently conducted in Utah’s Wasatch Front region. The choice experiment was designed to account for heterogeneous effects associated with a wide array of socio-demographic and attitudinal characteristics on household preferences for farmland preservation, including farmland used for the joint production of solar power and agricultural products. We apply a mixed-logit model to our data that controls for preference heterogeneity among Wasatch Front households along two dimensions – at the individual household level and according to …

Agricultural Literacy Certification Program, Rose Judd-Murray

Funded Research Records

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The Importance Of Goats In The World, Mahendra Lohani, Dilip Bhandari

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal

It is a challenge to transform the mindset of subsistence farmers to consider goats as a productive asset. Goat health, breeding, housing and nutrition are the main challenges in a smallholder production system. The development of the goat market sector is informal and underdeveloped. As a result, goats have not been identified as a significant contributor to the national gross domestic product. Many development organizations consider goats a preferred livestock commodity for poverty alleviation. Therefore, it is desirable to have a systematic approach to optimize goat production for smallholders. A smallholder goat value chain works well with a focus on …

Does Light Quality Influence Arabidopsis Thaliana Growth In Controlled Environments?, Nathan A. Deppe, Daniel A. Little, Kathleen K. Zapf

Purdue Methods for Arabidopsis Growth

This study examines the use of diverse lamp types, with inherently different spectral attributes, to determine light quality influence on Arabidopsis thaliana growth in controlled environments.

Late-Seeded Cover Crops In A Semiarid Environment: Overyielding, Dominance And Subsequent Crop Yield, John R. Hendrickson, Mark A. Liebig, David W. Archer, Marty Schmer, Kristine A. Nichols, Donald L. Tanaka

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Interest in cover crops is increasing but information is limited on integrating them into crop rotations especially in the relatively short growing season on the northern Great Plains. A 3-yr research project, initiated in 2009 near Mandan, North Dakota, USA, evaluated (1) what impact cover crops may have on subsequent cash crops yields and (2) whether cover crop mixtures are more productive and provide additional benefits compared to cover crop monocultures. The study evaluated 18 different cover crop monocultures and mixtures that were seeded in August following dry pea (Pisum sativum L.). The following year, spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), …

Utah Hay And Forage Grower Preferred Drought Management Strategies, Kynda R. Curtis, Tatiana Drugova, Ruby Ward

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This fact sheet, the third in a series of three, examines the preferred drought management strategies of hay and forage growers and how their preferences change depending on drought severity and expected yields. Severe drought in forage production causes crop damage and losses leading to decreases in yield and profitability for growers (Yost et al., 2019). Water shortages are also common, with restrictions on use commonly imposed, especially in the late summer months. Hence, extended drought poses a threat to agricultural productivity and the economies of rural and tribal areas in Utah.

Utah Fresh Produce Grower Preferred Drought Management Strategies, Kynda R. Curtis, Tatiana Drugova, Ruby Ward

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This fact sheet, the first in a series of three, examines the preferred drought management strategies of fresh produce growers and how their preferences change depending on drought severity and expected yields. Severe drought in fresh produce production causes stunted growth resulting in smaller, lower quality produce, as well as increased vulnerability to pests, all of which result in large economic losses (Holupchinski et al., n.d.). Water shortages are also common, with restrictions on use commonly imposed, especially in the late summer months. Hence, extended drought poses a threat to agricultural productivity and the economies of rural and tribal areas …

Mancha Anular Necrótica Y Mancha De Verano Del Césped, Claudia Nischwitz, Kelly Kopp, Jaydee Gunnell, Kent Evans, Erin Frank, Celina Wille

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La mancha anular necrótica y mancha de verano del césped son enfermedades fúngicas que infectan los pastos de estación fría y causan síntomas similares. Los síntomas comienzan como un crecimiento deficiente y marchitez de las hojas, que se convierten en parches marrones obvios que varían de 1 a 3 pies de diámetro. Debido a los síntomas similares que se observan en la infección por ambos patógenos, se necesita un microscopio para diagnosticar adecuadamente cada enfermedad. El manejo de ambas enfermedades puede ser difícil y frecuentemente requiere una combinación de técnicas de control cultural, químico y varietal.

Utah Livestock Producer Preferred Drought Management Strategies, Kynda R. Curtis, Tatiana Drugova, Ruby Ward

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This fact sheet, the second in a series of three, examines livestock producer preferred drought management strategies and how producer preferences change depending on drought severity and expected grazing efficiency. Severe drought in livestock production leads to decreases in feed availability, range or hay quality, and overall lower quality beef (Holupchinski et al., n.d.). Hence, drought increases production costs and producer dependence on imported feed. Thus, extended drought poses a threat to agricultural productivity and the economies of rural and tribal areas in Utah.

A Commonly Forgotten Tool In Retirement Planning: Health Savings Accounts, Austin Duerfeldt

Cornhusker Economics

Many individuals are aware of IRAs, 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, and others when starting to build their retirement portfolio. These plans all have their benefits and drawbacks that need to be accounted for. What surprises many is there is another tool that you may be qualified for and are underutilizing. A Health Savings Accounts commonly referred to as an HSA, has some interesting possibilities that could be useful. An HSA is a type of savings account that lets you set aside money on a pre-tax basis to pay for qualifying medical expenses. While you cannot generally use this money saved …

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The Building Excellence Conference, Jordan Stanford

Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Microplastics: Nacogdoches County’S Hidden Threat, Jordan Stanford, Sydney Matlock, Courtney Sims, Samantha Montes

Undergraduate Research Conference

Microplastics and their threat to marine environments are well known, but studies in freshwater environments are few and far between. Microplastics can be created by the breaking down of plastics or in the process of making plastics. They affect biological lifeforms in a multitude of ways, water temperature, permeability of the sediment. Pollution in Texas waterways have motivated groups like the Environmental Protection Agency, Trash Free Texas, and Environment Texas to get involved. The objectives of this study are two analyze Bonita and La Nana Bayou for microplastic presence and to educate and create awareness for Nacogdoches County on microplastics. …