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Nebline, March 2018

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Genetic Diversity And Distinctness Of Wild Nebraska Hops And Hop Cultivars (Humulus Lupulus L.), Megan Franklin

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Background Commercial hop (Humulus lupulus) cultivars that are being grown in the Midwest are not performing as successfully as when they are grown in the Pacific Northwest, the region to which they are adapted. To increase adaptation to the Midwest environment, one strategy is to draw from the genetic pool of wild native Midwest hops, which have developed genes that allow them to grow successfully in this environment. Wild hop plants that are genetically distinct from commercial cultivars are likely to have more adaptations, such as pest/disease resistance and drought tolerance, which can be bred into commercial lines. The …

Cal Poly's Western Bonanza Junior Livestock Show Hosts First Annual Livestock Auction: The Best In The West Livestock Auction, Karl W. Montague, Tatum E. Holdener

Agricultural Education and Communication

Through this senior project, the authors researched whether or not Cal Poly's Western Bonanza Junior Livestock Show's first ever livestock auction was viable. Through their research, they found the addition of a livestock show to be successful and something that should continue.

Review Of Genome-Wide Association Studies: From Polymorphism To Personalized Medicine, Jinliang Yang

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has become a powerful tool in the area of quantitative genetics to map the relationship between trait and genomic variations. This volume provides a great resource for beginners to learn about the recent advances in GWAS and for domain experts to identify the gaps in the area. The first part of the volume lays out the statistical background of GWAS. I really liked the article by Yang et al., Introduction to Statistical Methods in Genome-Wide Association Studies. In this chapter, the authors talked about the missing heritability issue and introduced ways to calculate heritability using the …

Create Family Meals Curriculum, Carolyn Washburn, Melanie Jewkes, Jaqueline Neid, Teresa Hunsaker

All Current Publications

This curriculum is intended to give family members a hands-on experience in planning nutritious and delicious meals, as well as improving their cooking skills, and spending time together as a family. CREATE Family Meals lessons focus on developing healthy families through encouraging healthy eating patterns and increasing daily physical activity.

Landscaping In Dry Shade - 15 Great Landscape Plants For Dry Shady Areas, Helen Muntz, Larry Rupp

All Current Publications

This fact sheet describes 15 plants that perform well in dry shade areas, and includes photos..

Putting The Yard And Garden To Bed, Jaydee Gunnell, Michael Caron, Taun Beddes, Linden Greenhalgh

All Current Publications

This fact sheet gives tips for getting the yard and garden ready for winter.

Fire Blight Of Pears And Apples, Claudia Nischwitz, Mary Ann Hubbel

All Current Publications

This fact sheet describes fire blight, a bacterial disease of concern to apple and pear growers, and how it can be managed.

Blackberry Management In Utah, Tiffany Maughan, Shawn Olsen, Brent Black

All Current Publications

Blackberries can be grown successfully in Utah, but careful cultivar selection and care is needed. This fact sheet descirbes fruiting types, growth habits, how to grow, fertilizer, trellising, pruning, pests, and harvest.

Selecting Blackberry Cultivars For Utah, Brent Black, Thor Lindstrom, Britney Hunter, Shawn Olsen, Sheriden M. Hansen, Tiffany Maughan

All Current Publications

This fact sheet explains that blackberries can be successfully grown in Utah and can be a profitable fresh-market crop. It includes blackberry biology, results of the Kaysville cultivar trial study, and a description of the various cultivars.

High Tunnel Blackberry Production For Northern Utah, Reagan Wytsalucy, Brent Black, Tiffany Maughan

All Current Publications

This fact sheet explains how blackberries can be grown under high tunnels as a method of frost protection and extend the season later into the fall.

Financially Successful Farms In Nebraska, What Matters?, Matthew C. Stockton, Robert Tigner

Cornhusker Economics

The 2012 record high cash receipts for corn brought much optimism among corn farmers and associated businesses. However, more recent years have fostered feelings of concern with many reflections about other challenging times, such as those experienced in the 1980’s. Among producers such feelings are usually negative, but when properly channeled can lead to positive business actions, such as cost reductions and increased efficiencies.

Study On The Transferring Of The Gene Fragment From The Genetically Modified Cottonseed Hulls To The Edible Fungi, Bai Yalong, Suo Yujuan, Lin Ting, Shen Yuanyuan, Zhao Xiaoyan, Liu Haiyan, Zhou Changyan

Food and Machinery

It is a question in the field of food-safety that whether foreign genetically modified genes would transfer from the genetically modified cottonseed hulls to edible fungi. In this study, 15 Tremella fuciformis samples and 10 Pleurotus ostreatus samples (the cultivation media contained 75% and 92% genetically modified cottonseed hulls, respectively) collected from cultivation meida were evaluated by PCR to confirm whether the foreign genetically modified genes, CaMV 35S, NOS, CpTⅠ, Cry IA(c), were present. In addition, 47 samples which were probably grown in the media containing cottonseed hulls, were collected from the large and medium-sized supermarkets and farm produce markets. …

Characteristic Difference Of Porcine Tissues By Terahertz Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy, Qi Liang, Zhao Maocheng, Zhao Jie, Tang Yuweiyi

Food and Machinery

To investigate the feasibility of testing pork quality by terahertz (THz) spectroscopy nondestructively, refractive indexes and extinction coefficients of fat, muscle and skin of porcine tissue were collected by attenuated total reflection (ATR) mode in the range of 0.2～2.0 THz. The results showed that THz spectra of these tissues were different obviously in 0.2～1.6 THz. Water content was found to be a main factor affecting THz absorption of fresh tissues. The optical characteristic difference in THz band of different tissues could be utilized to identify tissue types rapidly and nondestructively. Moreover, it could be predicted that the pork quality could …

Antioxidant And Uv-Induced Fibroblasts Photoaging Repair Effects Of Polyphenol From Cortex Mori, Wu Yongxiang, Wu Liping, Wang Weidong, Kim Taewan

Food and Machinery

The antioxidant activity of polyphenol from Cortex Mori (CMP) was examined by 2,2’-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonate (ABTS) and 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging assays. Fibroblasts HS68 cells were induced by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation to establish the photoaging model. Cell proliferation was investigated using a methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay. The content of procollagen typeⅠprotein (PIP) in cells was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and PIP mRNA expressi-ons were detected by qRT-PCR. CMP exhibited significant antioxi-dant activity in ABTS, DPPH free radical scavenging assays, with IC₅₀ values of 1.49, 8.94 μg/mL, respectively. The IC₅₀ values of butyl …

Plastein Reaction To Modify The Ace Inhibitory Peptides Of Potato Protein, Gao Dandan, Ma Zhongren, Saimaiti Reziwanguli, Tian Xiaojing, Li Mingsheng, Chen Shien

Food and Machinery

Potato protein was hydrolyzed by trypsin to prepare for ACE inhibitory peptides in our previous researches (the ACE inhibition rates was 61.20%±0.15%), and we used plastein reaction to modify potato protein hydrolysates for enhancing the ACE inhibitory activity of peptides in this study. The influences of the kinds of added amino acids, the substrate/enzyme ratio, pH value, the temperature and hydrolysis time on ACE inhibitory activity of the plastein reaction modification of potato protein hydrolysates were investigated. To achieve the maximum ACE inhibitory activity in the plastein reaction modification of cottonseed protein hydrolysates, the response surface methodology was applied to …

Enhancement Of Docosahexaenoic Acid Production In Schizochytrium Sp. 31 Combining Ethylmethylsulfone And Atmospheric And Room Temperature Plasma Treatment, Zhao Ben, Wang Wu, Li Changling, Yang Hailin

Food and Machinery

For establishing an efficient and stable mutagenesis method on breeding Schizochytrium DHA higher producers, the wild-type strain named Schizochytrium sp. 31 was mutated combining Ethylmethylsulfone (EMS) and Atmospheric and Room Temperature Plasma (ARTP) treatment. Mutagenic efficiency, fermentation indexes of the mutants were compared and analyzed. Under this compound mutagenesis method, the positive mutation rate reached 32.2%, which was much higher than that under other two single-factor mutagenesis methods. Besides, DHA production and DHA percentage in total fatty acids reached to 7.2 g/L and 43.2%, which were 35.6% and 19.2% higher than that of the wild-type strain, respectively. After five rounds …

Study On Technology And Enzymatic Property Of Xylanase Produced From Engineered Escherichia Coli, Liu Guofeng

Food and Machinery

In this study, the extraction technology and enzymatic property of xylanase produced from engineered Escherichia coli are fully examined. The extraction of production process of xylanase was determined and the forage enteric xylanase was successfully obtained after cell broken (high-speed ball grinding), solid-liquid separation, aseptic (filtering) hollow fiber membrane, ultrafiltration concentra-tion and drying packaging orderly. This production showed desirable thermal stability and its release rate was 5% and 98.5% in pH 2.5 and pH 5.5 phosphate buffer, respectively. The product appearance exhibited good gloss and it could meet the requirements of feed enzyme market well. The xylanase showed the maximal …

Study On Compatibility Of Tallow And Four Kinds Of Plant Oil, Yao Di, He Xinyi, Yan Xichun, Li Xu, Zhen Runying

Food and Machinery

To enrich the variety of tallow products and reduce its melting point and hardness, the melting point and fatty acid composition properties of tallow, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, olive oil and cooking oil were analyzed. With the binary compatibilities of tallow and other four kinds of plant oil, their compatibility was studied through isothermal curve (SFC-T) and deviation curve (△SFC-T). The results suggested that four kinds of binary compatibilities mainly showed partial crystal phenomenon at different temperatures. The linear relationship of isothermal curve was good at 0～40 ℃ centigrade of each group(R²＞0.95). Among the four plant oils, rapeseed …

Effect Of Fermentation On Alleviating Physical Fatigue Of Ziziphus Jujuba Polysaccharide, Wang Hongjie, Zhang Pingping, Ou Keke, Feng Cong, Chuai Donghua

Food and Machinery

The effects of fermented and unfermented Ziziphus jujuba polysaccharide on the physical fatigue alleviation in mice was investigated in this study. 56 male SPF class Kunming mice were fed with different doses of polysaccharides, and their body weight, exhaustive swimming time and related anti-fatigue evaluating indexes were measured after treated for 4 weeks. Tests showed that, compared with the normal control group, the mice fed with the polysaccharides from fermented and unfermented Ziziphus jujuba had a prolonged exhaustive swimming time. The percentage elongation was 32.01% for the high-dose unfermented jujuba polysaccharide treated group, and the percentage elongation was 47.98% for …