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POWER & MACHINERY

Optimal Design and Experiment of Rice Pot Seedling Transplanting Mechanism with Planetary Bezier Gears
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1537-1548. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10638) @2014
Authors:   Maile Zhou, Liang Sun, Xiaoqiang Du, Yun Zhao, Liang Xin
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Length Distribution and Other Dimensional Parameters of Chopped Forage by Image Analysis
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1549-1555. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10665) @2014
Authors:   Philippe Savoie, Marc-Antoine Audy-Dubé, Guillaume Pilon, René Morissette
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SOIL & WATER

Estimating Conservation Needs for Rangelands Using USDA National Resources Inventory Assessments    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1559-1570. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10030) @2014
Authors:   Mark A. Weltz, Leonard Jolley, Mariano Hernandez, Ken E. Spaeth, Colleen Rossi, Curtis Talbot, Mark Nearing, Jeff Stone, Dave Goodrich, Fred Pierson, Haiyan Wei, Christo Morris
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Assessing Linkages between E. coli Levels in Streambed Sediment and Overlying Water in an Agricultural Watershed in Iowa during the First Heavy Rain Event of the Season    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1571-1581. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10371) @2014
Authors:   Pramod K. Pandey, Michelle L. Soupir
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Early and Late Maturing Grain Sorghum under Variable Climatic Conditions in the Texas High Plains    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1583-1594. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10424) @2014
Authors:   Susan A. O’Shaughnessy, Steven R. Evett, Paul D. Colaizzi, Judy A. Tolk, Terry A. Howell
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Responses of Grass Production to Precipitation in a Mid-Latitude Typical Steppe Watershed    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1595-1610. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10477) @2014
Authors:   Yanyun Luo, Xixi Wang, Fengling Li, Ruizhong Gao, Limin Duan, Tingxi Liu
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Sediment Loss and Runoff from Cropland in a Southeast Atlantic Coastal Plain Landscape    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1611-1626. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10554) @2014
Authors:   Dinku M. Endale, David D. Bosch, Thomas L. Potter, Timothy C. Strickland
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Evaluation of CSM-CROPGRO-Cotton for Simulating Effects of Management and Climate Change on Cotton Growth and Evapotranspiration in an Arid Environment    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1627-1642. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10612) @2014
Authors:   Kelly R. Thorp, Edward M. Barnes, Douglas J. Hunsaker, Bruce A. Kimball, Jeffrey W. White, Vijay J Nazareth, Gerrit Hoogenboom
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Addition of a Two-Dimensional Water Balance Model to the DSSAT-CSM    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1643-1656. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10629) @2014
Authors:   Curtis D. Jones, Kelly T. Morgan, Cheryl H. Porter, Jin Z. Wu, Clyde W Fraisse, Lincoln Zotarelli
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A Review of the Bowen Ratio Surface Energy Balance Method for Quantifying Evapotranspiration and other Energy Fluxes    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1657-1674. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10686) @2014
Authors:   Suat Irmak, Kari E. Skaggs, Sumantra Chatterjee
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Performance of the SWEEP Model Affected by Estimates of Threshold Friction Velocity    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1675-1685. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10695) @2014
Authors:   Huawei Pi, Gary Feng, Brenton Sharratt
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Applicability of Kriging for Estimating Groundwater Flow and Nutrient Loads Surrounding Pineview Reservoir, Utah    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1687-1696. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10202) @2014
Authors:   Thomas Nyanda Reuben, Darwin LeVoy Sorensen
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FOOD & PROCESS ENGINEERING

Optimization of Mechanical Extraction Conditions for Producing Grape Seed Oil    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1699-1705. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10570) @2014
Authors:   Chandrasekar Venkitasamy, Hui Ean Teh, Griffiths G. Atungulu, Tara H. McHugh, Zhongli Pan
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Evaluation of Water Degumming for Wheat Germ Oil Refining    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1707-1715. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10617) @2014
Authors:   Shaymaa Al Sharqi, Nurhan Turgut Dunford, Carla Goad
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Milling Properties of Commingled Rice-Cultivar Lots    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1717-1728. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10640) @2014
Authors:   Nikhil Naresh Basutkar, Terry J. Siebenmorgen, Andronikos Mauromoustakos
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Difference of Three Kinds of Corona Discharge Fields in Processing Paddy Seeds    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1729-1739. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10680) @2014
Authors:   Jiang Xu, Min Tan, Shou-Zhi Guo, Yin-Fa Yan, Hua-Lu Song, Chun-Qing Zhang, Fa-De Li
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Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Production and Consumption of Peanut Butter in the U.S.    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1741-1750. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10703) @2014
Authors:   James A. McCarty, Heather N. Sandefur, Marty Matlock, Greg Thoma, Daesoo Kim
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Py-GC/MS Studies to Evaluate the Effect of Torrefaction Temperature on Pyrolysis Products of Douglas Fir and Hybrid Poplar Wood    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1751-1759. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10746) @2014
Authors:   Shuai Zhou, Shi-Shen Liaw, Manuel Garcia-Perez
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Effect of Radio Frequency Assisted Thermal Processing on Quality and Functional Properties of Egg White Powder    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1761-1770. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10781) @2014
Authors:   Sreenivasula Reddy Boreddy, Sohan Birla, Glenn Froning, Harshavardhan Thippareddi, Jeyamkondan Subbiah
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Optical Properties of Healthy and Diseased Onion Tissues in the Visible and Near-Infrared Spectral Region    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1771-1782. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10815) @2014
Authors:   Weilin Wang, Changying Li, Ronald D. Gitaitis
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High-Throughput Raman Chemical Imaging for Rapid Evaluation of Food Safety and Quality    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1783-1792. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10862) @2014
Authors:   Jianwei Qin, Kuanglin Chao, Byoung-Kwan Cho, Yankun Peng, Moon S Kim
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A Preliminary Study of Aflatoxin B1 Detection in Peanut Oil by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1793-1799. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10725) @2014
Authors:   Min Chen, Xie Lijuan
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STRUCTURES & ENVIRONMENT

Effects of Digestate from Swine Manure Digester on in Vitro Growth of Crop Fungal Pathogens: A Laboratory Study    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1803-1810. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10622) @2014
Authors:   Xiuping Tao, Bin Shang, Hongmin Dong, Yongxin Chen, Hongwei Xin
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Low-Temperature Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Swine Carcass and Swine Manure: Impact of High Swine Carcass Loading Rate    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1811-1816. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10728) @2014
Authors:   Rajinikanth Rajagopal, Daniel I. Massé, Noori M. Cata Saady
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Predictive Model of Soil Temperature and Moisture During Solarization in Closed Greenhouse    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1817-1830. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10789) @2014
Authors:   Alessandro D’Emilio
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Particulate Matter Concentrations for Mono-Slope Beef Cattle Facilities in the Northern Great Plains    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1831-1837. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10794) @2014
Authors:   Mindy J. Spiehs, Erin L. Cortus, Greg A. Holt, Kris D. Kohl, Beth E. Doran, Ferouz Y. Ayadi, Scott D. Cortus, Md. Rajibul Al Mamun, Stephen Pohl, Richard Nicolai, Richard Stowell, David A. Parker
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An Intermittent Arch Model for Predicting Dynamic Pressures during Discharge in Grain Storage Bins    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1839-1844. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10801) @2014
Authors:   Qiang Zhang, Xuduo Cheng
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What Is It Worth? The Economic Value of Manure Testing    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1845-1852. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10864) @2014
Authors:   Kelsey B. Regan, Daniel S. Andersen
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Abatement of Particulate Matter Emission from Experimental Broiler Housings Using an Optimized Oil Spraying Method    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1853-1864. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10870) @2014
Authors:   Albert Winkel, María Cambra-López, Peter W. G. Groot Koerkamp, Nico W. M. Ogink, André J. A. Aarnink
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Design and Validation of a Precision Orifice Meter for Ventilation Rate Control in Open-Circuit Respiration Chambers    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1865-1872. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10754) @2014
Authors:   Brett C. Ramirez, Guilherme D. N. Maia, Angela R. Green, Daniel W. Shike, Luis F. Rodriguez, Richard S. Gates
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INFORMATION & ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGIES

Differentiation of Deciduous-Calyx and Persistent-Calyx Pears Using NIR Hyperspectral Imaging Analysis    
Citation:  Transactions of the ASABE. 57(6): 1875-1883. (doi: 10.13031/trans.57.10275) @2014
Authors:   Rao Xiuqin, Chun-Chieh Yang, Yibin Ying, Moon S. Kim, Diane E. Chan, Kuanglin Chao
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