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Metabolic engineering for enhanced furfural tolerance during cellulosic butanol fermentation by glycerol-supplemented Clostridium beijerinckii
Agu, Chidozie; Ujor, Victor C.; Ezeji, Thaddeus C. ( 2016-06-17 )The inability of Clostridium beijerinckii to efficiently utilize glycerol, currently experiencing a market glut due to increased biodiesel production is a major impediment to adopting glycerol metabolism as a strategy ... -
The effect of soil cation balancing on soil properties and weed communities in an organic rotation
Linder, Katie ( 2015-05-13 )Many organic farmers in Ohio subscribe to soil balancing, or Base Cation Saturation Ratio (BCSR), to manage soil fertility, weeds and crops. BCSR calls for a balanced soil (~70% Ca, ~10% Mg, ~5%K). However, research has ... -
Response of grafted glyphosate-resistant and conventional soybean plants to glyphosate
Chen, Yin ( 2015-04-28 )Previous research established that grafting imparts herbicide tolerance from a glyphosate tolerant (RR) soybean rootstock to a conventional (CN) scion. However, no information is available regarding how soybean growth ... -
Bioabatement to remove microbial inhibitors from Miscanthus giganteus hydrolysates for enhanced butanol fermentation
Agu, Chidozie Victor ( 2015-04-27 )The recalcitrant nature of cheap lignocellulose warrants pretreatment process to disrupt the lignin matrix and expose the carbohydrate fraction to enzymatic saccharification. Generation of lignocellulose-derived microbial ... -
Long-legged fly (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) communities in Ohio agroecosystems and assessing their role as biological control agents in vegetable crops
Kautz, Andrea ( 2015-04-27 )Biological control is a vital ecosystem service provided by a diverse guild of predators in agroecosystems. Biodiversity is thought to be linked to ecosystem functioning through more efficient resource capture and niche ... -
Weed Control and Tolerance of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to Fomesafen
Mohseni-Moghadam, Mohsen ( 2015-04-14 )Weed management in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) continues to be a challenge for vegetable growers in Ohio. Field experiments were conducted at the North Central Agricultural Research Station in Fremont, OH in 2009 and ... -
Horizontal Gene Transfer and Gene Duplication of Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzyme Genes in an Invasive Insect Pest
Zhao, Chaoyang ( 2014-04-30 )Insects were long thought to lack endogenous genes encoding plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs). However, this hypothesis has been challenged since symbiotic-independent PCWDE genes and enzymes were found in several ... -
Comparison of Parthenium argentatum and Hevea brasiliensis rubber: Effect of non-rubber constituents on rubber intrinsic properties
Mohammad Ali Monadjemi, Shirin ( 2014-04-29 )Natural rubber (NR) is an indispensable polymer used to manufacture industrial products and has many exceptional features that makes it as yet irreplaceable by synthetic rubber. Currently, almost all NR used in commerce ... -
A Tool to Assess Heating Efficiency of Direct-fired Heater with the Impact of Humidity Control
Lee, Wee Fong ( 2014-04-28 )Heating is one of the top two expenses of greenhouse operations in northern climates. Direct-fired heater (DFH) that has been promoted having high heating efficiency, 99.9%, compared to 80-94% of conventional indirect-fired ... -
Transcriptomic evidence for dramatic functional transition of the Malpighian Tubules after a blood meal in the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus
Esquivel, Carlos ( 2014-04-28 )Vector-borne diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are important for global health, because cause hundreds of thousands of deaths and sickening hundreds of millions people each year. The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), ... -
Improving Freezing Tolerance of Cold-Sensitive Grape Cultivars Using Abscisic Acid
Li, Shouxin ( 2014-04-24 )Grape and wine industries in colder regions such as Ohio have been expanding rapidly and demand for premium wine grapes has also increased. However, several popular cultivars are sensitive to freezing temperatures below ... -
Cooperative endurance: A remarkable strategy adopted by symbiotic bacteria to persist in their nematode vector
An, Ruisheng ( 2011-05-06 )Symbioses between microbes and animals are ubiquitous, yet little is known about the intricate mechanisms maintaining such associations. In an emerging animal-microbe symbiosis model system represented by the partnership ... -
Cooling Capacity Assessment of Semi-closed Greenhouses
Lee, Wee Fong ( 2011-05-02 )Energy and labor are the two largest expenditures of greenhouse operations. High energy cost and large CO2 footprint associated with greenhouse heating have motivated research activities in the areas of energy conservation ... -
Predicting food production potential of urban vacant lots through soil quality
Cheng, Zhiqiang ( 2011 )Post-industrial cities such as Cleveland have accumulated substantial number of vacant lots due to home foreclosures and urban sprawl over the past two decades. Interest in this land has escalated recently due to increased ... -
Quantification of apo-lycopenals in food products and human blood plasma
Kopec, Rachel E. ( 2009-03-31 )Consumption of tomato and tomato products is correlated with a reduced incidence of a number of diseases. Research has suggested that lycopene, the most predominant carotenoid in tomatoes, may be responsible for this ... -
Life history of Bemisia tabaci biotype B on poinsettia cultivars: do they prefer light green leaf cultivars?
Medina-Ortega, Karla J. ( 2009-03-31 )The silverleaf whitefly (SLWF), Bemisia tabaci biotype B, is one of the most prevalent insect pests found attacking poinsettias. Ohio is the fifth largest producer of poinsettias in the nation with poinsettias ranking as ... -
Profiling Nutritionally Important Carotenoids from Genetically-Diverse Tomatoes by IR Spectroscopy
Rubio-Diaz, Daniel E. ( 2009-03-31 )The objective of this research was to develop a protocol for profiling tomato carotenoids based on their specific vibrational spectroscopic signatures. Twenty four tomato varieties that included eight groups of genetically ... -
High-throughput differentiation of Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus spp. strains used in Swiss cheese production by infrared microspectroscopy
Prabhakar, Veena ( 2009-03-31 )Swiss cheese production in US was 310 million lbs (3.2% of total cheese production) in 2008. Ohio is the leading Swiss cheese producer in the US, supplying over 42% of the total US production. Strain variations of starter ... -
Retention and bioaccessibility of β-carotene in cassava (Manihot esculanta, Crantz) are affected by style of cooking
Thakkar, Sagar K. ( 2009-03-31 )We previously demonstrated that the bioaccessibility of β-carotene (BC) in boiled cassava from various cultivars is highly correlated with BC content. However, cassava is also prepared by fermentation followed by either ... -
The Effect of Acylation on the Inhibition of HT-29 Cancer Cell Proliferation by Anthocyanin Pigments
Willig, Jennifer A. ( 2009-03-31 )Anthocyanins are the red, purple, and blue pigments found in many fruits and vegetables. Research shows that anthocyanin-rich extracts can slow the growth of colon cancer cells. Acylated anthocyanins exhibit increased ...