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Fungal pretreatment of miscanthus for fermentable sugar production: experimental and techno-economic evaluation
Vasco-Correa, Juliana; Capouya, Rachel; Mitchell, Thomas; Li, Yebo; Shah, Ajay ( 2018-04-27 )Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant, renewable feedstock for biorefineries, but pretreatment is usually required to overcome its high recalcitrance to biodegradation. Fungal pretreatment, an alternative process to ... -
Soilborne Diseases in Tomato High Tunnels: An Emerging Threat
Testen, Anna L.; Miller, Sally A. ( 2018-04-27 )Ohio vegetable producers are increasingly using high tunnels to produce high-value tomatoes as these structures allow for season extension and protection from adverse environmental conditions. The protected environment and ... -
Improving Sustainability and Rubber Security with New Eggshell/Silica Filled Guayule Natural Rubber Composites
Ren, Xianjie; Geng, Yang; Soboyejo, Alfred B. O.; Cornish, Katrina ( 2018-04-27 )Natural rubber (NR) is irreplaceable in current human society. Currently, all U.S. NR is produced from tropical rubber trees and imported. Guayule natural rubber (GNR) is under development as a domestic NR source and is ... -
Augmentative biological control of twospotted spider mite on hops in the Midwest
Ndiaye, Susan; Welty, Celeste ( 2018-04-27 )The twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae is a key pest on hops, affecting the quality and quantity of yield. Hop production is a new industry in the midwestern USA, and little is known about mite management in this ... -
Upgrading effluent from anaerobic digestion of dairy manure through hydrothermal carbonization
Cui, Zhifang; Shah, Ajay ( 2018-04-27 )The coupling of hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) and anaerobic digestion (AD) is investigated in this paper. Effluent from AD of dairy manure was collected as feedstock for the HTC process. Three parameters, temperature, ...