*CURRENT AFFILIATION: Office of Sustainability and Climate, USDA Forest Service, Washington, D.C.Corresponding author: Ryan Longman, [email protected]

potato image segmentation is an important part of image-based potato defect detection. this paper presents a robust potato color image segmentation through a combination of a fuzzy rule based system, an image thresholding based on genetic algorithm (ga) optimization and morphological operators. the proposed potato color image segmentation is robust against variation of background, distance and ...

According to myriad studies, college and university student food insecurity is a pervasive systemic problem. Most show that nearly half of students experience (Breuning et al., 2017; Broton, 2020; Nazmi, 2019). As defined by the U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA), “limited or uncertain availability nutritionally adequate safe foods, limited ability acquire acceptable foods in socially ways” (US...

The European Pig Gene Mapping Project (PiGMaP) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) porcine linkage maps for chromosomes 3 and 9 have been aligned by typing three USDA microsatellites from chromosome 3 and five from chromosome 9 on the PiGMaP reference families. Using the CRIMAP linkage analysis package, revised multipoint linkage maps were constructed for chromosome 3 and 9. Incl...

To address the food assistance crisis during Covid pandemic, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched a multi-billion dollar “Farmers to Families Food Box program” (Box program) by working with approved suppliers (or distributors) purchase fresh produce, dairy, and meat directly from farmers package them into boxes. Recognizing that banks did not have spare capacity support progr...

________________________ Date iv ACKNOWLEGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere gratitude and respect to my advisor, Dr. Walter Don Potter, for his guidance and helpful instructions during my last two years' studies at Athens. I would also like to thank Dr. Ron McClendon and Dr. Chuck Cross for their supports and being members of my thesis defense committee. I would like to thank professors...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) develops and maintains the USDA National Nutrient Databank System (NDBS). Data are released from the NDBS for scientific and public use through the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) ( http://www.ars.usda.gov/ba/bhnrc/ndl ). In 1997 the NDL initiated the National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program (N...

A Research Committee was established by the Weed Science Society of America to outline the direction of weed science research during the next decade. Weeds adversely affect humans in both agricultural and nonagricultural environments. It is the opinion of the research committee that weed science will be advantageously positioned for the future if research focuses on research decision processes,...

As part of an overall effort to address obesity among elementary schoolaged children, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) developed MyPyramid for Kids (Figure 1), a childfriendly adaptation of the MyPyramid Food Guidance System. MyPyramid for Kids is designed to help children 6-11 years old understand and follow the dietary guidance of the MyPyramid Food Guidance System. Materials developed...

In a recent paper, Vukina et al. [1] analyzed the economic effect of proposed changes in living conditions for laying hens under the USDA National organic Program (NOP), which is administered by the USDA, Agriculture Marketing Service. In addition to proposed changes in living conditions for laying hens, the NOP has proposed changes for organic broilers. With the potential changes in the requir...