The quantitative performance of wheat crop under 1-5 year old poplar plantations in irrigated agro-ecosystem was studied to ascertain the biological yield of tree and crop. Results revealed that growth and yield of wheat decreased significantly with the increase in poplar age. The per cent reduction in net grain yield was 17% under one year old poplar plantation, which increased to 52.15% under...

This paper considers the robustness of a feedback connection of a known linear parameter varying (LPV) system and a perturbation. A sufficient condition is derived to bound the worst-case gain and ensure robust asymptotic stability. The input/output behavior of the perturbation is described by multiple integral quadratic constraints (IQCs). The analysis condition is formulated as a dissipation ...

Seeds are important materials for the restoration of globally-threatened marine angiosperm (seagrass) populations. In this study, we investigated the differences between different Ruppia sinensis seed types and developed two feasible long-term R. sinensis seed storage methods. The ability of R. sinensis seeds to tolerate the short-term desiccation and extreme cold had been investigated. The tol...

Distributed storage systems have become popular for handling the enormous amounts of data in network-centric systems. A distributed storage system provides client processes with the abstraction of a shared variable that satisfies some consistency and reliability properties. Typically the properties are ensured through a replication-based implementation. This paper presents an algorithm for a re...

Blueberries are highly perishable fruits, and consequently, storage under high CO2 and low O2 levels is recommended to preserve the highly appreciated polyphenols. However, high CO2 levels might be detrimental for certain cultivars. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of storage conditions on various quality parameters, including polyphenol composition in 'Duke' berries. Results...

The samples were stored at -18oC and undergone microbial analysis, chemical characteristics and sensory evaluation at 2-month intervals. Mean bacterial loads and coliform counts were 7.1×10±2.0×10 and 1.9×10±7.1×10 CFU/g. In this study, frozen storage was more effective than either treatment alone at decreasing total and coliform counts. Microbial analysis indicated that freezing storage had a ...

Coffee is one of the most important agricultural products in international market and many countries are involved its production, trade or consumption. Arabica coffee self-pollinated, homozygous, normally propagated by seeds. Seeds have been considered intermediate storage behavior with varying results. It highly desirable that seeds stored safely to optimize seedling production at appropriate ...

physical properties are often required for designing post harvest handling and processing equipment for agricultural products. persimmon (khormandy cultivar) is rich in vitamin a, calcium, potassium, tannic acid and antioxidant phenolic compounds. in this study changes in the physical properties of persimmon fruit during storage were studied. properties such as fruit dimensions, mass, geometric...

the oxidation of lipids change organoleptical properties, nutritional value and shelf life of oils, and produce undesirable compounds that are not safe for customer”s health. there is many methods for prevention of oxidation such synthetic antioxidants, (bha, bht, tbhq, gallatester).synthetic antioxidants, have undesirable effects such cancer, motation in human body, therefore it was removed fr...

Water storage tanks not designed explicitly for seismic loading could require retrofit. One of the common ways of retrofit include some structural change in the lateral load resisting system that could be expensive and requires the tank to be out of service for relatively long time. This paper introduces a novel method to reduce seismic demand on tank’s wall without structural intervention. Thi...