Volume 4, Number 12, December 2013 (Special Issue on )

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The Evaluation of Industrial Cement Production Plant on the Environmental Pollution Using Magnetic Susceptibility Technique

Hadi Ghorbani, Ali Aghababaei, Hamid Reza Mirkarimi

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412108  4,264 Downloads  5,971 Views   Citations

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Quantitative trait loci associated to agronomic traits and yield components in a Sorghum bicolor L. Moench RIL population cultivated under pre-flowering drought and well-watered conditions

Nguyen Phuong, H. Stützel, R. Uptmoor

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412107  4,176 Downloads  7,543 Views   Citations

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Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the rations for cattle in feedlot

Rafael Henrique de Tonissi e Buschinelli de Goes, Karl Whays Klein, Luis Henrique Martinhago, Euclides Reuter de Oliveira, Kelly Cristina da Silva Brabes, Maria Gizelma de Menezes Gressler, Mayara Mitiko Yoshiraha, Raquel Tenório de Oliveira, Etelvitor Martins Leite dos Santos

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412106  4,373 Downloads  5,780 Views   Citations

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ACE-I inhibitory peptide fractions from enzymatic hydrolysates of velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens)

Maira Rubi Segura-Campos, Carlos Paul Espadas-Alcocer, Luis Chel-Guerrero, David Betancur-Ancona

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412105  3,559 Downloads  4,995 Views   Citations

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Biorational control methods for protection of stored grain legumes against bruchid beetles

Takashi Yamane

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412104  5,205 Downloads  7,108 Views   Citations

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Review Paper

Practical handling skills during road transport of fattening pigs from farm to slaughterhouse: A brief review

Bert Driessen, Ester Peeters, Jos Van Thielen, Sanne Van Beirendonck

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412103  3,330 Downloads  4,716 Views   Citations

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Association of NOS3 and HIF1α gene polymorphisms with the susceptibility of broiler chickens to develop hypoxic pulmonary hypertension

Juana Moncaleano-Vega, Fernando Ariza, Aureliano Hernández

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412102  3,249 Downloads  4,499 Views   Citations

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The analysis of volatile flavor components of Jin Xiang garlic and Tai’an garlic

Changsong Shan, Chao Wang, Jin Liu, Peng Wu

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412101  5,027 Downloads  6,787 Views   Citations

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Root colonization by mycorrhizal INIFAP^MR in barley seed treated with fungicide

Oscar A. Grageda-Cabrera, Sarahyt S. González-Figueroa, Mónica Guadalupe Lozano-Contreras, Arturo Díaz-Franco

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412100  3,450 Downloads  4,457 Views   Citations

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Proximate composition and seed lipid components of “kabuli”-type chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) from Argentina

Carla G. Marioli Nobile, Julia Carreras, Rubén Grosso, Marcela Inga, Mercedes Silva, Roxana Aguilar, María José Allende, Raúl Badini, María José Martinez

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412099  4,446 Downloads  6,460 Views   Citations

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The likely impact of genetically modified soybeans in the Brazilian collective feeding service

Silvia Magalhães Couto, Gabriela Morgado de Oliveira Coelho, Marina de Figueiredo Ferreira, Victor Augustus Marin, Regina Serrão Lanzillotti, Haydée Serrão Lanzillotti

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412098  4,144 Downloads  5,595 Views   Citations

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Response of rice cultivation to biofertilizers in Campeche, Mexico

Fermín Orona-Castro, Mónica Guadalupe Lozano-Contreras, Martín Tucuch-Cauich, Oscar A. Grageda-Cabrera, Juan Medina-Mendez, Arturo Díaz-Franco, Esaú Ruiz-Sánchez, Jesús Soto-Rocha

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412097  4,052 Downloads  5,324 Views   Citations

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Enhancement of defense responses by Clonostachys rosea against Botrytis cinerea in tomatoes

Liana Dalcantara Ongouya Mouekouba, Aijie Wang, Zhenzhu Zhang, Kehinde O. Erinle, Xiuling Chen, Aoxue Wang

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412096  3,217 Downloads  4,474 Views   Citations

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Influence of early weaning beef cows on the performance of male progeny and the need for winter protein supplementation

Donald Llewellyn, Emily Schlickau, Twig Marston, Karl Harborth, Ryan Breiner, John Unruh, Michael Dikeman

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412095  2,919 Downloads  4,144 Views   Citations

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The patterns and risks for disease spreading of cattle movement in China

Xiangdong Sun, Yongjun Liu, Youming Wang, Peng Li, Aizhen Guo, Zhining Jia, Xiaofeng Wang, Hongjie Zhang, Jian Zhang, Yong Yu, Yanwei Sun, Baoxu Huang

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412094  3,635 Downloads  4,891 Views   Citations

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Application of computer vision technology on raising sow and procreating of processing

Yun Yang

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412093  4,166 Downloads  5,421 Views   Citations

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Decomposition of the interaction of common black bean group genotypes with the environment

Paula Pereira Torga, Patrícia Guimarães Santos Melo, Helton Santos Pereira, Luis Cláudio de Faria, Maria José Del Peloso, Leonardo Cunha Melo

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412092  3,584 Downloads  4,568 Views   Citations

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Effect of imazethapyr application timing in kidney and white bean

Nader Soltani, Robert E. Nurse, Peter H. Sikkema

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412091  3,058 Downloads  3,978 Views   Citations

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Effects of flooding on arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and root-nodule formation in different roots of soybeans

Rintaro Hattori, Atsushi Matsumura, Kenji Yamawaki, Arata Tarui, Hiroyuki Daimon

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412090  3,425 Downloads  4,947 Views   Citations

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The role of seed priming in improving seedling growth of maize (Zea mays L.) under salt stress at field conditions

Berhanu Abraha, Gebremedhn Yohannes

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412089  5,711 Downloads  10,213 Views   Citations

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Incidence evaluation of Crypticerya multicicatrices and Maconellicoccus hirsutus in Colombian Seaflower Biosphere Reserve

Marcela Silva-Gomez, John A. Quiroz-Gamboa, Francisco C. Yepes, María F. Maya, Adriana Santos, Lilliana M. Hoyos-Carvajal

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412088  4,147 Downloads  5,867 Views   Citations

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Response of cranberry and kidney beans to linuron

Nader Soltani, Christy Shropshire, Peter H. Sikkema

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412087  3,975 Downloads  5,143 Views   Citations

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Indigenous knowledge of seasonal weather forecasting: A case study in six regions of Uganda

Joshua S. Okonya, Jürgen Kroschel

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412086  6,768 Downloads  10,839 Views   Citations

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The biological potency of benzapyrene in the humates composition

L. I. Belykh, I. A. Ryabchikova, S. S. Timofeyeva

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412085  2,748 Downloads  3,782 Views   Citations

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Ruminal degradability of Guinea grass silage inoculated with Streptoccocus bovis isolated from bovine rumen combined or not with com wheat bran

Emerson A. Bonelli, Anderson de M. Zanine, Alexandre L. de Souza, Daniele de J. Ferreira, Guilherme R. Alves

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412084  4,123 Downloads  5,478 Views   Citations

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Testing gridded NWS 1-day observed precipitation analysis in a daily irrigation scheduler

Gretchen F. Sassenrath, J. M. Schneider, A. M. Schmidt, J. Q. Corbitt, J. M. Halloran, R. Prabhu

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2013.412083  4,576 Downloads  5,964 Views   Citations

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