Orchardgrass and tall fescue seed crops are commonly springplanted
in Oregon, but do not produce a marketable crop during the first
growing season. Establishing orchardgrass and tall fescue with cereal
companion crops would provide income during the seeding year and could
increase seed production profits. This study was conducted to...
Fresh ripe, cantaloupes were processed into juice and
juice concentrate. Processing trials were conducted on
fresh and frozen fruits with and without rind. The effects
of maceration enzymes and fining agents on yield and quality
were investigated. Compositional measurement included
°Brix, pH, titratable acidity, formol values, ascorbic acid
content, total...
Boron sprays produced fruit set increases in 'Barcelona'
hazelnut orchards in 1984 and in 1985. The absolute fruit set was
correlated with leaf B content but not with nut B. With relative
fruit set (RFS), B content of nuts in May (r = 0.63**) was more
strongly related to set...
Three chemicals SD 55446, SD 55447 and WL 84245 were found to
induce male sterility in cultivars of wheat or triticale. Both SD 55446
and SD 55447 when applied at a concentration of 0.896 kg/ha resulted
in 90% male sterility. However, SD 55447 caused female sterility at
the same concentration...
The doubly-excited machine can be used as a variablespeed
generator or as a variable-speed-drive motor. In
this thesis the focus is on the aspects associated with
generating electric power (real and reactive) from erratic
energy resources such as water or wind. In such cases,
the power input to the prime...
A systematic optimization of the Cohen class time-frequency
transformation for detecting the parameters change is developed.
The local moments approach to change detection is proposed and a
general formula for the local moments is derived. The optimal
kernel functions of the time-frequency transformation are determined
based on the combined criteria...
Myxozoans are an enigmatic group of obligately parasitic, microscopic cnidarians. They diverged from their free-living relatives over 600 million years ago and have highly reduced genomes. However, they have retained nematocyst stinging cells which characterize the phylum Cnidaria. Free-living cnidarians utilize this cellular weaponry for defense and predation whereas the...
Static ultra-high pressure (200, 270, and 340 MPa) and sinusoidal and
step-pressure (0-270 MPa) pulses were compared by determining their effects on
bacteria and yeast survival counts. Samples were commercial pineapple chunks
used as is and fresh cut pineapple and pineapple juice inoculated with
Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2407-1a. Surviving bacteria and...