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September-October 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 5
Articles Published
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Ahrendsen, B.L., S.R. Koenig, B.L. Dixon, C.B. Dodson and L.A. Settlage. 2003. Analysis of Borrower and Lender Use of Interest Assistance on FSA Guaranteed Farm Loans. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Multistate Research Coordinating Committee/Information Exchange group, NCT194 Agricultural Finance Markets in Transition, Kansas City, Oct. 6-7. Pp 128-135.
Popp, M.P., C.R. Dillon and J.S. Popp. 2004. Transferability Issues of Soybean Research: A Regional Example. Agricultural Systems 81:213-226.
Rainey, D.V., and O.I. Murova. 2003. Arkansas Public School Districts Efficiency Estimation: Is Restructuring Necessary? J. Educational Research and Policy Studies 3(2):1-22.
Agricultural and Extension Education
Burkybile, C., D.M. Johnson, J.S. Lee and C. Van Shelhamer. 2005. Agricultural Power and Technology. AgriScience and Technology Series. Pearson Prentice Hall Interstate. Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Animal Science
Baublits, R.T., A.H. Brown Jr., F.W. Pohlman, Z.B. Johnson, D.O. Onks, H.D. Loveday, R.E. Morrow, B.A. Sandelin, W.K. Coblentz, C.J. Richards and R.B. Pugh. 2004. Carcass and Beef Color Characteristics of Three Biological Types of Cattle Grazing Cool-Season Forages Supplemented with Soyhulls. Meat Sci. 68:297-303.
Turner, J.E., W.K. Coblentz, K.P. Coffey, R.T. Rhein, B.C. McGinley, N.W. Galdámez-Cabrera, C.F. Rosenkrans, Z.B. Johnson, D.W. Kellogg and J.V. Skinner. 2004. Effects of Natural Rainfall and Spontaneous Heating on Voluntary Intake, Digestibility, in situ Disappearance Kinetics, Passage Kinetics, and Ruminal Fermentation Characteristics of Tall Fescue Hay Fed to Growing Steers. Anim. Feed Sci. and Technol. 116:15-33.
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Bajwa, S.G., P. Bajcsy, P. Grove and L.F. Tian. 2004. Hyperspectral Image Data Mining for Band Selection in Agricultural Applications. Transactions of the ASAE 47(3): 895-907.
Haggard, B.E., S.A. Ekka, M.D. Matlock and I. Chaubey. 2004. Phosphate Equilibrium Between Stream Sediments and Water: Potential Effects of Chemical Amendments. Transactions of the ASAE 47(4):1113-1118.
Su, X.L., and Y. Li. 2004. Quantum Dot Biolabeling Coupled with Immunomagnetic Separation for Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Analytical Chem. 76(16):4086-4810.
Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences
Arevalo, L.M., D.M. Oosterhuis, D.L. Coker and R.S. Brown. 2004. Effect of Night Temperatures on Plant Growth, Boll Development and Yield. Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio. Jan. 5-9. p 1972.
Ball, R.A., and D.M. Oosterhuis. 2004. Measurement of Root and Leaf Osmotic Potential Using the Vapor-Pressure Osmometer. Environ. and Exper. Botany (In Press).
Bibi, A.C., D.M. Oosterhuis, R.S. Brown and F.M. Bourland. 2004. The Physiological Response of Cotton to High Temperature for Germplasm Screening. Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio. Jan. 5-9. Pp 2266-2270.
Brown, R.S., D.M. Oosterhuis and E. Gonias. 2004. Efficacy of Foliar Applications of Trimaxä Insecticide During Water-Deficit Stress on the Physiology and Yield of Cotton. Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio. Jan. 5-9. Pp 2231-2237.
Brown, R.S., D.M. Oosterhuis, A. Bibi, M. Arevalo and D.L. Coker. 2004. Evaluation of Physiological Responses of Modern Versus Obsolete Cotton Cultivars Under Water-Deficit Stress for Explaining Yield Variability. Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio. Jan. 5-9. Pp 1998-2006.
Coker, D.L., D.M. Oosterhuis and R.S. Brown. 2004. Uptake Dynamics of Foliar-Applied Potassium and Physiological Response of Cotton Grown Under Water- and Potassium-Deficient Conditions. Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio. Jan. 5-9. p 1987.
Chun, Y., G. Sheng and C.T. Chiou. 2004. Evaluation of Current Techniques for Isolation of Chars as Natural Adsorbents. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38(15):4227-4232.
Chun, Y., G. Sheng, C.T. Chiou and B. Xing. 2004. Compositions and Sorptive Properties of Crop Residue-Derived Chars. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38(17):4649-4655.
Gonias, E.D., D.M. Oosterhuis and R.S. Brown. 2004. Effect of Trimaxä Insecticide on the Physiology, Growth and Yield of Cotton. Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio. Jan. 5-9. Pp 2225-2229.
Johnson, C.T., S.A. Boyd, B.J. Teppen and G. Sheng. 2004. Sorption of Nitroaromatic Compounds on Clay Surfaces. In: Handbook of Layered Materials. S.A. Auerbach, K.A. Carrado and P.K. Dutta (eds.). Chapter 4. Marcel Dekker. New York. Pp 155-189.
Lackey, J.H., D.M. Oosterhuis and R.S. Brown. 2004. Chaperoneä Results from the Tri-State Delta. Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio. Jan. 5-9. Pp 2194-2198.
Oosterhuis, D.M. 2003. Potassium Management of Cotton. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the “Role of Potassium in Nutrient Management for Sustainable Crop Production in India,” New Delhi. Dec. 3-5, 2001. Pp. 321-346.
Oosterhuis, D.M., and R.S. Brown. 2004. Increased Protein, Insect Mortality and Yield with Chaperoneä. Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio. Jan. 5-9. Pp 2249-2254.
Oosterhuis, D.M., and M. Kim. 2004. Structural and Biochemical Changes in the Boll Wall in Support of the NAWF5+350 Heat Units Rule. Proceedings of the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio. Jan. 5-9. Pp 285-295.
Yang, Y., Y. Chun, G. Sheng and M. Huang. 2004. pH-Dependence of Pesticide Adsorption by Wheat-Residue-Derived Black Carbon. Langmuir 20(16):6736-6741.
Zhang, P., G. Sheng, D.C. Wolf and Y. Feng. 2004. Reduced Biodegradation of Benzonitrile in Soil Containing Wheat-Residue-Derived Ash. J. Environ. Quality 33:868-872.
Food Science
Eswaranandam, S., N.S. Hettiarachchy and M.G. Johnson. 2004. Antimicrobial Activity of Citric, Lactic, Malic, or Tartaric Acids and Nisin-incorporated Soy Protein Film Against Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Salmonella gaminara. J. Food Sci. 69(3):79-84.
Main, G.L., and J.R. Morris. 2004. Leaf-Removal Effects on Cynthiana Yield, Juice Composition, and Wine Consumption. Amer. J. Enol. Vitic. 55(2):147-152.
Nakazawa, Y., and Y.-J. Wang. 2004. Effect of Annealing on Starch-Palmitic Acid Interaction. Carbohydrate Polymers 57:327-335.
Rababah, T.M., N.S. Hettiarachchy and R. Horax. 2004. Total Phenolics and Antioxidant Activities of Fenugreek, Green Tea, Black Tea, Grape Seed, Ginger, Rosemary, Gotu Kola, and Ginkgo Extracts, Vitamin E, and tert-Butylhydroquinone. J. Agric. Food Chem. 52(16):5183-5186.
Rohrer, C.A., A.L. Matsler and T.J. Siebenmorgen. 2004. Comparison of Three Extraction Systems for Determining Surface Lipid Content of Thickness-Fractionated Milled Rice. Cereal Chem. 81(4):544-548.
Yang, K., and Y.-J. Wang. 2004. Lipase-Catalyzed Transesterification in Aqueous Medium under Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control Using Carboxymethyl Cellulose Acetylation as the Model Reaction. Enzyme and Microbial Technol. 35:223-231.
Yang, K., Y.-J. Wang and M.-I. Kuo. 2004. Effects of Substrate Pretreatment and Water Activity on Lipase-Catalyzed Cellulose Acetylation in Organic Media. Biotechnol. Prog. 20(4):1053-1061.
Human Environmental Sciences
Turner, M.J., T.S. Killian and R. Cain. 2004. Life Course Transitions and Depressive Symptoms Among Women in Midlife. Int’l. J. Aging and Human Develop. 58(4):241-265.
Plant Pathology
Gomez, S.K., D.M. Oosterhuis, S.N. Rajguru and D.R. Johnson. 2004. Foliar Antioxidant Enzyme Responses in Cotton after Aphid Herbivory. J. Cotton Sci. 8(2):99-104.
Riggs, R.D. 2004. ARF a Possible Biological Control Agent for Some Nematodes. Outlooks on Pest Management August:172-175.
Wang, K., R.D. Riggs and D. Crippen. 2004. Suppression of Rotylenchulus reniformis on Cotton by the Nematophagous Fungus ARF. J. Nematology 36(2):186-191.
Ye, W., and R.T. Robbins. 2004. Longidorus biformis n. sp. and L. glycines n. sp. (Nematoda: Longidoridae): Two Amphimictic Species from Arkansas. J. Nematology 36(1):1-13.
Ye, W., A.L. Szalanski and R.T. Robbins. 2004. Phylogenetic Relationships and Genetic Variation in Longidorus and Xiphinema Species (Nematoda: Longidoridae) Using ITS1 Sequences of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA. J. Nematology 36(1):14-19.
Poultry Science
Fritts, C.A., G.F. Erf, T.K. Bersi and P.W. Waldroup. 2004. Effect of Source and Level of Vitamin D on Immune Function in Growing Broilers. J. Appl. Poult. Res. 13:263-273.