Sugar cane processing sites are characterised by high sugar/hemicellulose levels, available moisture and warm conditions, and are relatively unexplored unique microbial environments. The PhyloChip microarray was used to investigate bacterial diversity and community composition in three Australian sugar cane processing plants. These ecosystems were highly complex and dominated by four main Phyla...

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small RNAs, ranging in size from 19–24 nucleotides that mediate gene silencing at the post-transcriptional level. As in animals, plant primary miRNA transcripts (pri-miRNAs) contain imperfect, self-complementary stem–loop regions. Yet, there are some fundamental differences between animal and plant miRNAs including (i) genomic location of the primary miRNA tran...

Air has been established as a source of bacterial contamination in meat processing facilities. Airborne bacteria may affect product shelf life, and have food safety implications. The effectiveness of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generating AirOcare equipment on the reduction of airborne bacteria in a meat processing environment was determined. Bacterial strains found in ground beef were used t...

This paper presents a survey on different image processing techniques to identify and classify plant diseases. Growing pollution, nutrient deficiency, drought etc are the reasons because of which plants are prone to the different diseases. Diseases can be found on root, stem, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits. To suggest appropriate remedy for corresponding disease, identification and class...

Morgan & Claypool. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Paperback. 124 pages. Dimensions: 9.2in. x 7.5in. x 0.3in.The aim of this book is to supply valid and reasonable parameters in order to guide the choice of the right model of industrial evaporative tower according to operating conditions which vary depending on the particular industrial context: power plants, chemical plants, food processing pl...

Natural gas processing is a major industry in Alberta, Canada, and a significant source of fugitive emissions of both methane and volatile organic hydrocarbon (VOCs). This project investigated fugitive emissions at natural gas processing plants in Alberta using two complementary optical measurement methods. At five gas plants, the fugitive emissions of methane and hydrocarbons ethane and larger...

Increase in demand for ethanol as a fuel additive has resulted in dramatic growth in ethanol production. Ethanol is produced from corn by wet milling or dry grind processing. Wet mill plants are capital intensive due to equipment requirements; they produce large volumes of ethanol and are corporate owned. In dry grind processing, the kernel is not fractionated and only one coproduct, distillers...

The aim of the study was to determine occupational exposure in Croatian wood processing industry and forest workers to harmful effects of wood dust on the risk of nose, nasal cavity and lung carcinoma. Mass concentrations of respirable particles and total wood dust were measured at two wood processing plants, three woodwork shops, and one lumbering site, where 225 total wood dust samples and 22...