This report presents results from the third and final trial of a three–year study by the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) investigating the use of Alaska–grown whole–seed canola in dairy cattle diets. In the Year 1 trial, diets containing 2, 4, and 6 pounds canola per cow per day were compared to a standard diet containing no canola. (Randall, Dofing, and Brainard, 1994). In ...

Soil provides crucial nutrients and water for the growth of canola, which is one most essential economic crops prairie province in Canada. Therefore, effective efficient methods are required to modify soil properties improve crop development. This study systematically analyzed combined effects tillage operation residue management on features. Thus, relationship between yield was also evaluated....

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of saturated and unsaturated fats in starter and grower feeds on performance and carcass parts of broilers. In this experiment 288 day old broiler chicks (Ross308 strain) were used in a completely randomized design for 42 days with 8 treatments in 3 replicates and 12 chicks in each replicate. The experimental groups included: T1) control gro...

Pseudomonas sp. DF41 is a biocontrol agent capable of suppressing Sclerotinia sclerotiorum-mediated stem rot of canola. Using transposon mutagenesis, we identified two mutants with greatly reduced antifungal (AF) activity. The first mutant had an insertion in gacS, forming part of the GacS/GacA regulatory system. The second mutation was in a gene involved in lipopeptide (LP) synthesis suggestin...

A fully instrumented air conditioning laboratory unit capable of controlling drying air temperature and humidity integrated with an instantaneous weighing thin layer drying system was used to investigate the thin layer drying behavior and desorption equilibrium moisture content of canola (Brassica napus L.). To this aim, freshly harvested canola samples with moisture content of about 12±0.5% (d...