Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

A newsletter for faculty, staff and students

September-October 2005 • Vol. 31, No. 5

Articles Published

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

Goodwin, H.L. 2005. Location of Production and Consolidation in the Processing Industry: The Case of Poultry. J. Agric. Appl. Econ. 37(2):339-346.

Hipp, J.S., and H.F. Francis. 2005. The Legal Environment Facing Economic Agents in Production. J. Agric. Appl. Econ. 37(2):327-337.

Popp, M., M. Rudstrom and P. Manning. Spatial Yield Risk Across Region, Crop and Aggregation Method. Canadian J. Agric. Econ. 53:103-115.

Chen, J., R. Deaton, M. Garzon,J.-W. Kim, D.H. Wood, H. Bi, D. Carpenter and Y.Z. Wang. 2005. Characterization of the Non-Crosshybridizing DNA Oligonucleotides Manufactured in vitro. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3384. C. Ferretti, G. Mauri and C. Zandron (eds.). DNA computing: 10th international workshop on DNA computing. DNA Computing: 10th International Workshop on DNA Computing. Pp. 50-69.

Chen, J., R. Deaton, M. Garzon,J.-W. Kim, D. H. Wood, H. Bi, D. Carpenter, J. S. Lee and Y. Z. Wang. 2005. Sequence Complexity of Large Libraries of DNA Oligonucleotides. In: DNA Computing: Preliminary Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on DNA-Based Computers. N. Pierce and A. Carbone (eds.). London, Ontario, Canada.

Clendenin, J., S. Tung and J.-W. Kim. 2005. A Microscale Biosensor on Integration of Single-Stranded DNAs and Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. In: Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biominetics (ROBIO). Hong Kong, China.

Clendenin, J., S. Tung,J.-W. Kim, R. Deaton and N. Kotagiri. 2005. Development of an Electrically Addressable DNA-Based Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanosensor. In: Proceedings of 5th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-Nano 2005). Nagoya, Japan.

Galloway, J.M., B.E. Haggard, M.T. Meyers and W.R. Green. 2005. Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Other Organic Wastewater Constituents in Selected Streams in Northern Arkansas. U.S. Geological Survey: Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5140.

Vadas, P.A., B.E. Haggard and W.J. Gburek. 2005. Predicting Dissolved Phosphorus in Runoff from Manured Field Plots. J. Environ. Qual. 34:1347-1353.

Warner, K.A., J.-C.J. Bonzongo, E.E. Roden, G.M. Ward, A.C. Green, I. Chaubey, W.B. Lyons and D.A. Arrington. 2005. Effect of Watershed Parameters on Mercury Distribution in Different Environmental Compartments in the Mobile Alabama River Basin, USA. Sci. of the Total Environ. 347:187-207.

Ying, Y.B., Y.D. Liu, J.P. Wang, X.P. Fu and Y.B. Li. 2005. Fourier Transform Near-Infrared Determination of Total Soluble Solids and Available Acid in Intact Peaches. Trans. ASAE 48(1):229-234.

Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences

Edwards, J.T., and L.C. Purcell. 2005. Soybean Yield and Biomass responses to Increasing Plant Population Among Diverse Maturity Groups: I. Agronomic Characteristics. Crop Sci. 45:1770-1777.

Edwards, J.T., L.C. Purcell and D.E. Karcher. 2005. Soybean Yield and Biomass Responses to Increasing Plant Population among Diverse Maturity Groups: II. Light Interception and Utilization. Crop Sci. 45:1778-1785.

Li, H., G. Sheng, C.T. Chiou and O. Xu. 2005. Relation of Organic Contaminant Equilibrium Sorption and Kinetic Uptake in Plants. Environ. Sci. Tech. 39(13):4864-4870.

Sheng, G., Y. Yang, M. Huang and K. Yang. 2005. Influence of pH on Pesticide Sorption by Soil Containing Wheat Residue-Derived Char. Environ. Pollution 134:457-463.

Zhang, P., G. Sheng, Y. Feng and D.M. Miller. 2005. Role of Wheat-Residue-Derived Char in the Biodegradation of Benzonitrile in Soil: Nutritional Stimulation versus Adsorption Inhibition. Environ. Sci. Tech. 39(14):5442-5448.

Entomology

Owens, C.B., and A.L. Szalanski. 2005. Filter Paper for Preservation, Storage, and Distribution of Insect and Pathogen DNA Sample. J. Med. Entomol. 42(4):709-711.

Horticulture

Karcher, D.E., and M.D. Richardson. 2005. Batch Analysis of Digital Images to Evaluate Turfgrass Characteristics. Crop Sci. 45:1536-1539.

Karcher, D.E., M.D. Richardson, J.W. Landreth and J.H. McCalla Jr. Recovery of Bermudagrass Varieties from Divot Injury. Appl. Turfgrass Sci. January 17. www.plantmanagementnetwork.org.

Karcher, D.E., M.D. Richardson, J.W. Landreth and J.H. McCalla Jr. Recovery of Zoysiagrass Varieties from Divot Injury. Appl. Turfgrass Sci. July 28. www.plantmanagementnetwork.org.

Richardson, M.D., J.H. McCalla, J.W. Boyd, D.E. Karcher and J.W. Landreth. 2005. Tolerance of Zoysiagrass Seedlings to Postemergence Herbicides. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 10(2):1240-1244.

Richardson, M.D., D.E. Karcher, J.W. Boyd, J.H. McCalla and J.W. Landreth. 2005. Tolerance of ‘Riviera’ Bermudagrass to MSMA Tank-Mixtures with Postemergence Herbicides During Establishment from Seed. Appl. Turfgrass Sci. July 18. www.plantmanagementnetwork.org.

Food Science

Janes, M.E., K.S. Kim and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in Apple Tissue. J. Food Protect. 68(2):216-224.

Lam, H.S., A. Proctor, J. Nyalala, M.D. Morris and W.G. Smith. 2005. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Evaluation of Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation in the Presence of Quercetin, Catechin, and alpha-Tocopherol. Lipids 40(6):1-6.

Lam, H.S., A. Proctor, J. Nyalala, 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.

Lungu, B., and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Fate of L. monocytogenes Inoculated onto the Surface of Model Turkey Frankfurter Pieces Treated with Zein Coatings Containing Nisin, Sodium Lactate and Sodium Diacetate at 4ºC. J. Food Protect. 68(4):855-859.

Lungu, B., and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Potassium Sorbate Does Not Increase Control of L. monocytogenes when Added to Zein Coatings with Nisin on the Surface of Full Fat Turkey Frankfurter Pieces in a Model System at 4ºC. J. Food Sci. 69(2):M95- M-99.

Matsler, A.L., and T.J. Siebenmorgen. 2005. Evaluation of Operating Conditions for Surface Lipid Extraction from Rice Using a Soxtec System. Cereal Chem. 82(3):282-286.

Nannapaneni, R., R.S. Story, K.C. Wiggins and M.G. Johnson. 2005. Concurrent Quantitation of Total Campylobacter and Total Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Campylobacter Loads in Rinses from Retail Raw Chicken Carcasses from 2001 to 2003 by Direct Plating at 42 Degrees C. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71(8):4510-4515.

Plant Pathology

Agudelo, P., R.T. Robbins, J.McD. Stewart and A.L. Szalanski. 2005. Intrspecific Variability of Rotylenchulus reniformis from Cotton-Growing Regions in the United States. J. Nematology 37(1):105-114.

Ye, W., and R.T. Robbins. Morphological Observation on Longidorus crassus Thorne, 1974 (Nematoda: Longidoridae) and Its Intraspecies Variation. J. Nematology 37(1):83-93.

Poultry Science

Vadas, P.A., B.E. Haggard and W.J. Gburek. 2005. Predicting Dissolved Phosphorus in Runoff from Manured Field Plots. J. Environ. Qual. 34:1347-1353.

Waldroup, P.W., and C.A. Fritts. 2005. Evaluation of Separate and Combined Effects of Choline and Betaine in Diets for Male Broilers. International J. Poult. Sci. 4(7):442-448.

Yan, F., C.A. Keen, K.Y. Zhang and P.W. Waldroup. 2005. Comparison of Methods to Evaluate Bone Mineralization. J. Appl. Poult. Res. 14:492-498.

Southwest Research and Extension Center

Beck, P.A., T.J. Wistuba, M.E. Davis and S.A. Gunter. 2005. Case Study: Impact of Feeding Supplemental Organic or Inorganic Selenium Sources to Cow-Calf Pairs on Selenium Status and Immune Responses of Weaned Beef Calves. Prof. Anim. Sci. 21:114-120.

Gunter, S. A., P. A. Beck, S. Hutchison and J. M. Phillips. 2005. The Effects of Stocking Rate and Nitrogen Fertiliztion Rate on Steers Grazing Dallisgrass Dominated Pasture. J. Anim. Sci. 83:2235-2242.