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November-December 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 6
Articles Published
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Hogan, R.J. Jr. 2004. Risk Management and Marketing Factors to Consider in Soybeans. In: Proceedings of the Organized Symposium of the Extension Crops Outlook at the 2004 AAEA Meetings, August. Pp. 1-7.
Hogan, R.J. Jr., C.E. Ward, J.N. Trapp, D.S. Peel, S.R. Koontz. 2003. Economic Components of the Fed Cattle Market Simulator. OSU Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 817.
Shiptsova, R., H.L. Goodwin Jr. and R.B. Holcomb. 2004. Household Expenditure Patterns for Carbohydrate Sources in Russia. J. Agric. and Resource Econ. 29(2):296-307.
Ward, C.E., and R.J. Hogan Jr. 2004. Beef and Pork Checkoffs: Challenges, Impacts, Alternatives. OSU Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet 588.
Young, K.B., E.J. Wailes, J.H. Popp and J. Smartt. 2004. Value of Water Conservation Improvements on Arkansas Rice Farms. J. ASFMRA. 2004:119-126.
Agricultural and Extension Education
Johnson, D.M. 2004. An Evaporative Cooling Model for Teaching Applied Psychrometrics. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 33:121-123.
Johnson, D.M., and G.W. Wardlow. 2004. Computer Experiences, Self-Efficacy, and Knowledge of Undergraduate Students Entering a Land-Grant College of Agriculture by Year and Gender. J. Agric. Educ. 45(3):53-64.
Animal Science
Coblentz, W.K., J.E. Turner, R.K. Ogden, K.P. Coffey, PAS, F.W. Pohlman, A.H. Brown Jr., PAS, M.B. Daniels, J.L. Gunsaulis, M.L. Thomas, C.A. Wells and R.E. Morrow. 2004. Case Study: Estimating Degradable Intake Protein in Warm- and Cool-Season Forages Grown on Producer Farms in Northern Arkansas. Prof. Anim. Scientist 20:443-452.
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Kulkarni, S. S., and S. G. Bajwa. 2004. Spatial Modeling of Soil Compaction with Geographically Weighted Regression. In: Proc. of ASPRS Annual Fall Conference, Sept 12-16, Kansas City.
Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences
Arevalo, M., D. Oosterhuis, D. Coker and S. Brown. 2003. Effect of Night Temperature on Boll Growth and Yield. In: Proceedings of the World Cotton Research Conference-3, Capetown, South Africa, March 9-13. Pp. 661-666.
Chen, P., C.H. Sneller, J.C. Rupe and R.D. Riggs. 2004. Registration of “Ozark” Soybean. Crop Sci. 44:1872-1873.
Coker, D.L., and D.M. Oosterhuis. 2003. Effects of Soil and Foliar Potassium Status and Water Deficit on Cotton Physiology and Yield. In: Proceedings of the World Cotton Research Conference-3, Capetown, South Africa, March 9-13. Pp. 707-714.
Galanopoulou-Sendouca, S., and D. Oosterhuis. 2003. Agronomic Concepts and Approaches for Sustainable Cotton Production. In: Proceedings of the World Cotton Research Conference-3, Capetown, South Africa, March 9-13. Pp. 507-522.
Gomez, S.K., D.M. Oosterhuis, D.R. Johnson, D.C. Steinkraus and D.L. Hendrix. 2003. Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Cotton Following Aphid Feeding. In: Proceedings of the World Cotton Research Conference-3, Capetown, South Africa, March 9-13. Pp. 1497-1504.
Meek, C.R., D.M. Oosterhuis and J.M. Stewart. 2003. Physiological and Molecular Responses of Common Cotton Cultivars Under Warm Water-Deficient Conditions. In: Proceedings of the World Cotton Research Conference-3, Capetown, South Africa, March 9-13. Pp. 1475-1485.
Oosterhuis, D. 2004. Benefits of Foliar Fertilization. In: Proceedings of the First Australian Fluid Fertilizer Workshop, University of Adelaide, Australia, Sept. 22. Pp. 133-150.
Oosterhuis, D.M. 2003. The Cotton Leaf Cuticle and Absorption of Foliar-Applied Agrochemicals. In: Proceedings of the World Cotton Research Conference-3, Capetown, South Africa, March 9-13. Pp. 1487-1495.
Oosterhuis, D.M. 2003. Highlights of Research on Foliar Fertilization of Cotton in Arkansas. In: Proceedings of the World Cotton Research Conference-3, Capetown, South Africa, March 9-13. Pp. 715-725.
Oosterhuis, D.M., and R.S. Brown. 2003. Effects of Imidacloprid on the Physiology, Growth and Yield of Cotton. In: Proceedings of the World Cotton Research Conference-3, Capetown, South Africa, March 9-13. Pp. 1149-1153.
Purcell, L.C., and R.A. Ball. 2004. Letters to the Editor: Reply. Agron. J. 96:1498-1499.
Westgate, M.E., K. Whigham and L.C. Purcell. 2004. Soybean: Agronomy. In: Encyclopedia of Grain Science. C. Wrigley, H. Corke and C. Walker (eds). Elsevier Science Limited. London. Pp 146-155.
Zhang, J., and J. McD. Stewart. 2004. Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to the Fertility Restorer Genes for CMS-D8 in Cotton. Crop Sci. 44:1209-1217.
Entomology
Goggin, F. L., G. Shah, V.M. Williamson and D.E. Ullman. 2004. Instability of Mi-mediated Nematode Resistance in Transgenic Tomato Plants. Molecular Breeding 13:391-394.
Goggin, F. L., G. Shah, V.M. Williamson and D.E. Ullman. 2004. Developmental Regulation of Mi-mediated Aphid Resistance is Independent of Mi-1.2 Transcript Levels. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 17:532-536.
Scheffrahn, R.H., J. Krecek, B. Maharajh, N.-Y. Su, J.A. Chase, J.R. Mangold, A.L. Szalanski, J.W. Austin and J. Nixon. 2004. Establishment of the African Termite, Coptotermes sjostedti (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), on the Island of Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Annals of the Entomol. Soc. Amer. 97(5):872-876.
Szalanski, A.L., C.B. Owens, T. McKay and C.D. Steelman. 2004. Detection of Campylobacter and Escherichiacoli O157:H7 from Filth Flies by Polymerase Chain Reaction. Med. And Vet. Entomol. 18:241-246.
Food Science
Gangidi, R.R., and A. Proctor. 2004. Photochemical Production of Conjugated Linoleic Acid from Soybean Oil. Lipids 39(6):577-582.
Gangidi, R.R., A. Proctor and J.-F. Meullenet. 2002. Milled Rice Surface Lipid Measurement by Diffuse Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (DRIFTS). JAOCS 79(1):7-12.
Gangidi, R.R., A. Proctor and F.W. Pohlman. 2003. Rapid Determination of Spinal Cord Content in Ground Beef by Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. J. Food Sci. 68(1): 124-127.
Lam, H.S., and A. Proctor. 2004. Hydrolysis of Acylglycerols and Phospholipids of Milled Rice Surface Lipids During Storage. JAOCS 81(4):385-388.
Lam, H.S., and A. Proctor. 2002. Kinetics and Mechanism of Free Fatty Acid Formation of the Surface of Milled Rice. J. Agric. Food Chem. 50(24):7161-7163.
Lam, H.S., and A. Proctor. 2003. Lipid Hydrolysis and Oxidation on the Surface of Milled Rice. JAOCS 80(6):563-567.
Lam, H.S., and A. Proctor. 2003. Milled Rice Oxidation Volatiles and Odor Development. J. Food Sci. 68(9):2676-2681.
Lam, H.S., A. Proctor and J.-F. Meullenet. 2001. Free Fatty Acid Formation and Lipid Oxidation on Milled Rice. JAOCS 78(12):1271-1275.
Lam, H.S., A. Proctor, J. Nyala, M.D. Morris and W. G. Smith. 2004. Quantitative Determination of Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation by FTIR and Chemometric Analysis. Lipids 39(7):687-692.
Monsoor, M.A., and A. Proctor. 2002. Effect of Water Washing on the Reduction of Surface Total Lipids and FFA on Milled Rice. JAOCS 79(9):867-870.
Monsoor, M.A., and A. Proctor. 2003. Relative FFA Formation and Lipid Oxidation of Commercially Milled Unseparated, Head, and Broken Rice. JOACS 80(12):1183-1186.
Monsoor, M.A., and A. Proctor. 2004. Volatile Component Analysis of Commercially Milled Head and Broken Rice. J. Food Sci. 69(8):632-636.
Monsoor, M.A., A. Proctor and L.R. Howard. 2003. Aqueous Extraction, Composition, and Functional Properties of Rice Bran Emulsion. JAOCS 80(4):361-365.
Monsoor, M.A., A. Proctor and T.J. Siebenmorgen. 2004. Surface Lipid and Free Fatty Acids (FFA) Content of Head and Broken Rice Produced by Milling After Different Drying Treatments. Cereal Chem. 81(6):705-709.
Morris, J.R., and R.K. Striegler. 2005. Grape Juice: Factors That Influence Quality, Processing Technology, and Economics. In: Processing Fruits. D.M. Barrett, L. Somogyi and H. Ramaswamy (eds.). Chapter 24. CRC Press. Pp. 585-616.
Nakazawa, Y., and Y.-J. Wang. 2004. Effect of Annealing on Starch-Palmitic Acid Interaction. Carbohydrate Polymers 57:327-335.
Proctor, A., M.A. Monsoor, R.R. Gangidi and H.S. Lam. 2004. Food Science Applications of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Food Sci. Central http://www.foodsciencecentral.com/library.html#ifis/13165.
Rohrer, C.A., and T.J. Siebenmorgen. 2004. Nutraceutical Concentrations within the Bran of Various Rice Kernel Thickness Fractions. Biosystems Eng. 88(4):453-460.
Schluterman, G.J., and T.J. Siebenmorgen. 2004. Air and Rice Property Profiles within a Commercial Cross-Flow Rice Dryer. Appl. Eng. in Agric. 20(4):487-494.
Siebenmorgen, T.J., W. Yang and Z. Sun. 2004. Glass Transition Temperature of Rice Kernels Determined by Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis. Appl. Eng. in Agric. 20(4):835-839.
Wang, L., T.J. Siebenmorgen, A.D. Matsler and R.C. Bautista. 2004. Effects of Rough Rice Moisture Content at Harvest on Peak Viscosity. Cereal Chem. 81(3):389-391.
Plant Pathology
Riggs, R.D. 2001. Heteroderids. In: Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. O.C. Maloy and T.D. Murray (eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pp. 533-536.
Riggs, R.D. 2004. Biological Control of Nematodes? ARF a Possible Biological Control Agent for Some Nematodes. Outlooks on Pest Management Aug:172-175.
Riggs, R.D. 2001. Potato Cyst Nematodes. In: Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. O.C. Maloy and T.D. Murray (eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pp. 800-801.
Poultry Science
Yan, F., C.A. Fritts and P.W. Waldroup. 2004. Evaluation of Modified Dietary Phosphorus Levels With and Without Phytase Supplementation on Live Performance and Excreta Phosphorus Concentration in Broiler Diets. 2. Modified Early Phosphorus Levels. J. Appl. Poult. Res. 13:394-400.