Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is a serious pest of corn in the United States, and recent management of western corn rootworm has included planting of Bt corn. Beginning in 2009, western corn rootworm populations with resistance to Cry3Bb1 corn and mCry3A corn were found in Iowa and elsewhere. To date, western corn rootworm populations...

An in situ technique was adopted to investigate the time-dependent ruminal degradation of chloroplast compared with recombinant DNA of Bt176 corn using conventional and quantitative PCR assays. In parallel, the Cry1Ab protein content and fragment sizes were determined by ELISA and immunoblotting techniques. Triplicate nylon bags filled with 5 g of each substrate (whole-plant isogenic, whole-pla...

Rubber processing industry effluent represents a serious environmental pollution problem especially for underground and surface water. Wastewater collected from rubber processing industry was characterized for their pollution characteristics. Analysis showed that the biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS), total s...

Corn dust is a significantly energetic and widely used substance in food processing industries. It not only poses hazards like suffocation or lungs related issues to the exposed workers but also highly combustible under conducive environment. In this study, minimum ignition temperature (MIT) of corn clouds was evaluated at varying combinations dispersion pressure concentration using Godbert–Gre...

The energy security needs of energy importing nations continue to escalate. It is clear that biofuels can help meet some of the increasing need for energy. Theoretically, these can be produced from a variety of biological materials, including agricultural residues (such as corn stover and wheat straw), perennial grasses, legumes, algae, and other biological materials. Currently, however, the mo...

Optimum plant stand density and uniformity is vital in order to maximize corn (Zea mays L.) yield potential. Assessment of can occur shortly after seedlings begin emerge, allowing for timely replant decisions. The conventional methods evaluating an early rely on manual measurement visual observation, which are time consuming, subjective because the small sampling areas used, unable capture fiel...

Background: Enzymatic corn wet milling (E-milling) is a process derived from conventional wet milling for the recovery and purification of starch and co-products using proteases to eliminate the need for sulfites and decrease the steeping time. In 2006, the total starch production in USA by conventional wet milling equaled 23 billion kilograms, including modified starches and starches used for ...

Abstract The aim of this research is to expand the knowledge on description grains breakage energy. In effect a model describe rice and corn energy in dependance size was developed. This achieved by linking level grinding with properties material (particle size) loading conditions. selected (rice corn) were subjected loads (compression cutting) testing machine. Based force-displacement curves, ...

BACKGROUND Enzymatic corn wet milling (E-milling) is a process derived from conventional wet milling for the recovery and purification of starch and co-products using proteases to eliminate the need for sulfites and decrease the steeping time. In 2006, the total starch production in USA by conventional wet milling equaled 23 billion kilograms, including modified starches and starches used for s...