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Effect Of Cry1f Maize On The Behavior Of Susceptible And Resistant Spodoptera Frugiperda And Ostrinia Nubilalis, Ana María Vélez, Analiza P. Alves, Erin E. Blankenship, Blair Siegfried

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Understanding the behavior of pests targeted with Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bt) crops is important to define resistance management strategies. Particularly the study of larval movement between plants is important to determine the feasibility of refuge configurations. Exposure to Bt maize, Zea mays L. (Poaceae), has been suggested to increase larval movement in lepidopteran species but few studies have examined the potential for resistance to interact with behavioral responses to Bt toxins. Choice and no-choice experiments were conducted with Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) to determine whether Cry1F resistance influences neonate movement. Leaf discs …

Nebline, February 2016

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

CONTENTS

Feature: Tips to Keep Your Heart Healthy — February is Heart Health Month

Food & Health

Family Living

Farm & Acreage

Horticulture

Pests & Wildlife

4-H & Youth

Extension Calendar

and other extension news and events

2016 Chart Book: Zone Ii, Martha Sylvia

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

No abstract provided.

2016 Chart Book, Martha Sylvia, Erika Saalau Rojas, Frank Caruso, Anne L. Averill, Hilary A. Sandler, Peter Jeranyama, Carolyn J. Demoranville, Katherine M. Ghantous

Cranberry Chart Book - Management Guide

No abstract provided.

Good Agricultural Practices (Gap): Certification Basics, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, Shawn Olsen, Brent Black

All Current Publications

This publication provides guidelines for for agriculture producers to obtain GAP certification.

Review Of Land Capability Assessment For The Swan Valley, Peter Tille, Angela Stuart-Street

Resource management technical reports

Land capability review for the Swan Valley.

The land capability review of the Swan Valley examined and updated previous soil and capability studies done in the area, which are still considered highly relevant for the planning requirements of the Swan Valley. As a result we have updated information on the potential for irrigated agriculture in the Swan Valley which will guide decision-making in the future.

This review uses a modified version of a new approach to presenting information for land use planning, developed by DAFWA in the Mid West region.

The main findings of the review include:

• The alluvial terraces …

Management Of Wild Turkeys In Utah, Nicki Frey, Mallory Ortego

All Current Publications

This fact sheet describes wild turkeys, how to identify them, their habitats, their status in Utah, issues and concerns, and how to manage damage they may do to crops.

Study On Removal Of Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm By Acidic Electrolytic Oxidation Water, Yu Ming, Zhang Quankai, Luo Xiaojun, Chen Haiqiang, Yang Gongming

Food and Machinery

The removal efficiency of electrolyzed oxidizing water on biofilm of Staphylococcus aureus was studied. Electrolyzed oxidizing water showed obvious damage on the Staphylococcus aureus biofilm，including substantially destroyed external matrix, severely destroyed cells and decreased bacterial number observed with SEM（scanning electron microscope）on 5 000-times and 40 000-times. The removal efficiency could be reduced significantly by prolonging storage time of oxidation potential acidic water , raising preservation temperature and the presence of organic interfering substances. The removal efficiency of sealing preservation was superior to openning preservation. The available chlorine, pH value and redox potential had a synergistic effect on the removal efficiency. …

Study On Screening Of Aroma-Producing Microbe And Growing Characters, Xie Jun, Luo Huibo, Bian Minghong, Yang Wenbin, Wang Dadi, Wang Yong

Food and Machinery

Studied screening of aroma-producing microbe from 62 strains indicated by esterified enzyme activity, total ester content and flavor content. The results showed that: yeast Njsys-YT3 and aspergillus Njsys-MD45 had higher esterified enzyme activity and capability of synthesis of the ester, which can produce rich metabolites. The esterified enzyme activity of strains Njsys-YT3 was 16.58 U/mL and the total ester content was 0.22%, esterified enzyme activities of strains Njsys-MD45 was 7.18 U/mL and the total ester content was 0.14%. The studies of growing characteristics of strains Njsys-YT3 and Njsys-MD45 showed that: Strains Njsys-YT3 and Njsys-MD45 had capability of higher stress tolerance, …

Effect Of Hot Air Drying Dehydration And Artificial Inoculation On Quality Of Kohlrabi Product, Tang Renyong, Guo Xiulan, Liu Dayu, Xie Zhenjian, Wang Chao

Food and Machinery

Aimed to perfect modern fermentation technology of Kohlrabi, and the effects were investigated, of natural wind dehydration, hot air drying dehydration and hot air drying dehydration combined artificial inoculation, on the sense score, physical and chemical index and color of Kohlrabi fermentation product. The results indicated that: 50 ℃ was the optical temperature of hot air drying dehydration; Kohlrabi product with hot air drying dehydration had white color, deficient flavor and taste of typical Kohlrabi fermented, lower sense score, amino nitrogen and lactic acid contents compared with the product with natural wind dehydration. Kohlrabi product with hot air drying dehydration …

Screening Of Lactic Acid Bacteria From Sichuan Bacon And Analysis On Its Acid Production Characteristics And Amino Acid Production, Liu Youqing, Huang Dan, Yu Hua, Mao Xiang, Liu Dayu, Cheng Hua

Food and Machinery

The lactic acid bacteria were screened in Sichuan bacon, and the acid production characteristics and amino acid products were also stydied. Using culture methods, lactic acid bacteria were isolated and screened from Sichuan bacon, and identified by 16S rDNA sequencing technique. Studied the growth metabolism and acid production capacity on the different temperature, pH, NaCl concentration, nitrite concentration and fermentation products of amino acid. The results showed that the isolation strain was Lactobacillus paraplantarum. Through conditions of producing acid and free amino acid analysis, logarithmic growth phase of strain was 6～18 h; the optimum fermentation acid temperature range was 30～40 …

Method For Rapid Discrimination Of Varieties Rice By Using Raman Spectroscopy, Sun Juan, Zhang Hui, Wang Li, Qian Haifeng, Qi Xiguang

Food and Machinery

The aim of this research was to establish the fast detection method for distinguishing the rice samples from different geographical origins and different breeds in China by using Raman micro-spectroscopy. A total of 123 rice samples from Heilongjiang, Jiangsu and Hunan province were analyzed by Raman spectra, and the data were statistic analyzed by chemometrics. The data was subjected to principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLSDA) to distinguish differences among samples from different geographical origins and different species. PCA could classify the rice samples preliminarily and classification model developed by PLSDA was used to classify …

Research On Migration Of Melamine Into Acidic Medium From The Coating Of Three-Piece Metal Cans, Chen Ying, Fan Yuhao, Liu Zhigang, Bai Jianguo, Yao Weirong

Food and Machinery

The migration rule of melamine (MEL) was investigated from the coating of three-piece metal cans into acidic beverages. On the basis of experimental data, migration model was established to predict the migration trend of this compound into simulated solution. Results showed that the migration rate of MEL into acidic beverages increased and the time of migration reaching equilibrium shortened with the higher temperature. The predicted data of established migration model and experimental data matched well, which provided effective supports for the safety assessment of three-piece metal cans applied in food packaging.

Research On Vinegar Brand Traceability Based On Near Infrared Spectrum Technology Combined With Support Vector Machine, Liu Jing, Guan Xiao, Yi Cuiping

Food and Machinery

Presented a fast and non-destructive method for the discrimination of vinegar brands by near-infrared spectroscopy technology. One hundred and fifty-two representative samples of vinegar including Bao Ning, East Lake, Heng Shun, Zhenjiang were collected from market. Multiplicative Scatter Correction (MSC) was used to handle the original near infrared spectrum (NIR) data and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to process the spectral data after pretreatment according to the accumulative contribution rate of principal components to select principal components. Support Vector Machine (SVM) was then applied to build the brand traceability model with proper kernel function. Particle Swarm Optimization was applied …

Determination Of Diethylstilbestrol In Microbial Degradation Systems By Hplc—Uv, Deng Weiqin, Li Ashuang, Peng Xian, Liu Shuangshuang, Hu Kaidi, Zhang Mengmei, He Li, Chen Shujuan, Han Xinfeng, Liu Shuliang

Food and Machinery

The concentration of diethylstilbestrol (DES) in the microbial degradation systems was determined using HPLC—UV. Different extraction methods were used in the fungi and bacteria fermentation systems, DES was separated through a Sepax GP-C₁₈ (150 mm×4.60 mm, 5.0 μm), eluted with methanol-water (7︰3, V/V) at 0.7 mL/min, and detected at 242 nm. Results showed that retention time of DES was 7.714 min. Good linearity was obtained with the detection limits of 0.5～50.0 mg/L with a correlation coeffcient of 0.996 3. The average spike recovers of DES for bacteria and fungi fermentation systems were 94.04% and 95.24%, respectively, with RSD of …

Simulation Of Measurement Section Of Single Screw Extruder For Pla, Huang Zhigang, Liu Kai, Li Menglin, Zhang Hongjian

Food and Machinery

For polylactide (PLA) dedicated screw rod of different type of melt conveying paragraph, using Polyflow software for three dimensional flow field simulation three species different type mixed refining structure, analysis polylactide extrusion process of three dimensional isothermal flow field. Results showed that: in same of process conditions, different of single screw rod structure conditions, the physical properties of flow road within polylactide exists differences; ordinary type single screw rod of melt body of axis to speed and pressure larger, conducive to screw rod extrusion process, but melt body shear rate is smaller, and melt viscosity is bigger, led to extrusion …

Numerical Simulation On Effect Of Tip-Clearance Between Screw Flight And Barrel On Performance Of Food Melt Conveying Section In Single Screw Extruder For Expanding, Li Huanhuan, Chen Haiying, Cui Zhengwei

Food and Machinery

The three-dimensional isothermal flow fields of single screws with different values of tip-clearance (0.4, 0.8, 1.2 mm)were simulated by POLYFLOW software. Combined with the particle tracing technique, the effect of different tip- clearance on the flow field and mixing ability of the food melt was also explored. The results show that: the shear rate near the top of the screw flight increases, the average viscosity of food melt decreases, and the conveying capacity of the screw weakens with the decrease of the tip-clearance. On the contrary, with the increase of the tip-clearance, the residence time of the food melt increases …

A Kind Of Pulse Transformers With Auxiliary Windings Applied To Pef, Yan Wenxu, Gong Qun, Zhang Shanshan

Food and Machinery

Puts forward a kind of economical and practical pulse transformer with closed magnetic core type, to improve the original pulse transformer, in order to improve the coupling coefficient and decrease the leakage inductance, thus reducing the rising time of output pulse voltage. Using electromagnetic induction principle to analyze and test, to improve the original pulse transformer in adding a reverse parallel auxiliary winding to connect the primary and secondary windings, to study the coupling and the output characteristics of pulse transformer, to take measurement and calculation of the important parameters. The pulse signal of the test is square wave pulse …

Research On Energy Efficiency Of Pulse Electric Field Equipment, Tian Yuan, Ping Xueliang, Yao Wenlong, Jiang Yi

Food and Machinery

PEF sterilization technology is a popular sterilization technique, but the issue of cost for sterilization affects its industrialization process. The PEF sterilization equipment was studied from the perspective of the waveform energy efficiency and the energy efficiency of the chamber. The results showed that the closer the waveform was to a square wave waveform, the higher energy efficiency was, and the energy efficiency of food with higher conductivity is significantly higher than that of food with low conductivity. The energy efficiency can be improved by increasing the power of the chamber.

Design And Research Of Serpentine High Power Intermittent Microwave Drying Equipment To The Capsicum, Chen Jiandong, Zhang Qian, Cai Yongmei

Food and Machinery

The intermittency of the microwave drying speed can be modulated according to the initial moisture content of capsicum by using PLC. The microwave's desiccators can be heated evenly using a rotating parabolic guided wave design. Each processing unit is composed of a microwave's desiccator and a cooling pipe, which can be flexibly added or reduced according to the need. The entire product line is designed as a serpentine tunnel structure, making the device structure more compact and reducing the occupied area. The PLC and optical fibre temperature controller are the main controlling system, which can realize the production automation. The …