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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 ... -
Early Stages of Diversification of the Mellinger Farm
Basnagala, Suranga; Barker, David; Chen, Wei; Culman, Steve; Klaiber, H. Allen; Kumarappan, Subbu; Lilburn, Michael; Mariola, Matthew; Moledina, Amyaz A.; Hoy, Casey W. ( 2018-04-27 )Farms that achieve economies of scale by specializing and growing in size are common in US agriculture. Small and mid-sized farms, however, need a different kind of economy. Economies of scope rely on managing diverse ... -
Effects of magnesium source and monensin on mineral absorption and balance in lactating dairy cows
Tebbe, Alexander; Weiss, William ( 2018-04-27 )Clinical deficiencies of magnesium (Mg), unlike other macro-minerals, are not uncommon in U.S. dairy cows. This is partly because cows have small labile pools of Mg. Absorption of Mg can also differ depending on dietary ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Obtaining Uniform Distribution of Granular Fertilizers with a Spinner Disc Spreader in Variable Rate Scenarios
Colley, Richard, III; Fulton, John; Virk, Simerjeet; Hawkins, Elizabeth ( 2018-04-27 )Broadcast fertilizer distribution through spinner-disc spreaders is a widely accepted practice throughout the agricultural industry due to ease of use and low economic impact on producers. Typically, operators can apply ... -
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 ... -
Techno-economic analysis of levoglucosan production via fast pyrolysis of cotton straw in China
Wang, Junqi; Shah, Ajay ( 2018-04-27 )Pyrolysis of cotton straw is a promising technology because of the large variety of chemical species that can be produced. A more promising chemical-levoglucosan, is the subject of this study. The techno-economic feasibility ... -
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, ... -
World Species of the Genus Chromoteleia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae)
Chen, Huayan; Talamas, Elijah J.; Valerio, Alejandro A.; Masner, Lubomír; Johnson, Norman F. ( 2018-04-27 )The genus Chromoteleia was originally described by William H. Ashmead (1893), based on the colorful type species Chromoteleia semicyanea from the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. Currently, six species have been recorded ...