Much of the research data gleaned from hundreds of bulletins, conference proceedings, newsletters and reports during the 20th century is presented in this book. The growth and development, climatic requirements, site selection, cultivar development and selection, nursery product…
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Abstract: The proceedings of a 1982 symposium presents 14 authoritative reviews for food technologists and undergraduate and graduate students in food science is intended to serve as a general reference text on factors affecting the sensory quality of 13 fruits and vegetables. A…
This multi-author book covers all aspects of cassava biology, breeding, production, crop protection and utilization. The first section of the book is on the origins, distribution and economic importance of cassava, and includes chapters on cassava in South America and the Caribb…
This book, with contributions from 40 scientists from 8 countries, summarizes the current research information on apples and their culture, and will be of value to horticultural students, research and extension workers, and professional fruit growers. The 24 chapters are present…
Abstract: A reference text for the commercial fruit processing industry and food technologists details and illustrates the broad range of technological processes and processing factors involved in the commercial production of fruits. The 16 text chapters include: procedures in t…
This multiauthor book consists of 14 sections covering all aspects of avocado production and science, including the uses, taxonomy, botany, genetics, breeding, ecology, growth and development, propagation, cultivars and rootstocks, cultivation, nutrition, biotechnology, pests an…
The presented method applies to data storage devices having applications in information storage, data security, intelligent media, and other secure storage applications. Traditional data storage devices can be altered or erased simply with a magnetic field. The presented method …
This dissertation describes and analyzes the efficiency of the Ethiopian grain marketing system both before and after market liberalization in 1990. Drawing upon primary and secondary data collected in the field during 1993-1995, Chapter 1 assesses how efficiently spatial trade …
A closed-form model for the second-law-based thermoeconomic analysis and optimization of thermal-energy-storage systems is derived and discussed. The analytical procedure is generalized since it is applicable to all types of thermal-energy-storage systems that do not have chemic…
This Project identified the relationships between storage conditions, dry matter losses (DMLs) caused by Fusarium species in cereal grains and mycotoxin contamination and assessed novel control strategies for post-harvest grain management including chemical control and ozone. F.…
The purpose of this study was to use a series of adult educational programs conducted in a developing country as a case study of adult extension education. The specific objectives were to describe an adult education program in sustainable agriculture in a selected country in Afr…
This dissertation addresses the problem of the development of cities in Upper Mesopotamia in the third millennium B.C.E. I investigate these cities through their settlement patterns and urban plans. I argue that these cities were not planned or organic, but exhibited degrees of …
Forensic alcohol analysis occurs daily in the business of forensic laboratory; however, blood samples may be subjected to many factors that can affect the ethanol concentration. This study evaluates the changes in ethanol determinations in blood “drive under the influence” (DUI)…