Agriculture and Human Science Faculty Publications

Submissions from 2017 2017

A growing stem inhibits bud outgrowth – The overlooked theory of apical dominance, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom

Dynamics of gene expression during development and expansion of vegetative stem internodes of bioenergy sorghum, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom, Brian McKinley, and John E. Mullet

Simulations of energy balance components at snow-dominated montane watershed by land surface models, Daeun Kim, Ram L. Ray, and Minha Choi

Sperm Chromatin Dynamics Associated with Male Fertility in Mammals, Naseer A. Kutchy, Sule Dogan, Abdullah Kaya, Arlindo Moura, and Erdogan Memili

Testis specific histone 2B is associated with sperm chromatin dynamics and bull fertility-a pilot study, Naseer A. Kutchy, Ana Velho, Erika S.B. Menezes, Marie Jacobsen, Giselle Thibaudeau, Robert W. Wills, Arlindo Moura, Abdullah Kaya, Andy Perkins, and Erdogan Memili

Soil as a Basic Nexus Tool: Soils at the Center of the Food–Energy–Water Nexus, Rattan Lal, Rabi H. Mohtar, Amjad T. Assi, Ram Ray, Haimanote Baybil, and Molly Jahn

Modeling the risk of salmonellosis from consumption of pistachios produced and consumed in the United States, Elisabetta Lambertini, Javad Barouei, Donald W. Schaffner, Michelle D. Danyluk, and Linda J. Harris

State of the Art of Water for Food Within the Nexus Framework, Sonja Loy, Jeffry Tahtouh, Clyde Munster, Kevin Wagner, Ali Fares, Srinivasulu Ale, Richard Vierling, Fouad Jaber, and Anish Jantrania

Proteomic analysis of seminal plasma from locally-adapted “Curraleiro Pé-Duro bulls” (Bos taurus): identifying biomarkers involved in sperm physiology in endangered animals for conservation of biodiversity, E. B. Menezes, R. V. de Oliveira, M. F. van Tilburg, E. A. Barbosa, N. V. Nascimento, A. L.M.C.S. Velho, F. B. Moreno, R. A. Moreira, A. C.O. Monteiro-Moreira, G. M.C. Carvalho, A. F. Ramos, E. Memili, and A. A. Moura

Biotechnological induction of shikimate-based antioxidant accumulation in Phyla dulcis, Godson O. Osuji, Ming Gao, Laura Carson, Peter Ampim, Aruna Weerasooriya, Paul Johnson, Eustace Duffus, Sela Woldesenbet, Jeneanne Kirven, Ebonee L. Williams, Dewisha Johnson, and Diadrian Clarke

Evaluation and inter-comparison of satellite soil moisture products using in situ observations over Texas, U.S., Ram L. Ray, Ali Fares, Yiping He, and Marouane Temimi

Onset of luteolytic action of exogenous prostaglandinF-2α during estrous cycle in goats, Juan E. Romano, Abdalhamid Alkar, and Marcel Amstalden

Comparison between allantochorion membrane and amniotic sac detection by per rectal palpation for pregnancy diagnosis on pregnancy loss, calving rates, and abnormalities in newborn calves, Juan E. Romano, Pablo Pinedo, Kelsey Bryan, Roney S. Ramos, Karol G. Solano, Daniel Merchan, and Juan Velez

Emerging Stress and Relative Resiliency of Giant Sequoia Groves Experiencing Multiyear Dry Periods in a Warming Climate, Yanjun Su, Roger C. Bales, Qin Ma, Koren Nydick, Ram L. Ray, Wenkai Li, and Qinghua Guo

Structural level differences in the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate in South Africa: A multilevel assessment of individual-, health facility-, and provincial-level predictors of infant HIV transmission, Selamawit A. Woldesenbet, Debra J. Jackson, C. J. Lombard, Thu Ha Dinh, Vundli Ramokolo, Tanya Doherty, Gayle G. Sherman, Yogan Pillay, and Ameena E. Goga

Submissions from 2016 2016

Modeling streamflow and sediment using SWAT in ethiopian highlands, Hailu Kendie Addis, Stefan Strohmeier, Feras Ziadat, Nigus Demelash Melaku, and Andreas Klik

Extraction and characterization of triglycerides from coffeeweed and switchgrass seeds as potential feedstocks for biodiesel production, Grace Armah-Agyeman, Michael Gyamerah, Paul O. Biney, and Selamawit Woldesenbet

Applicability of screening tests for oxytetracycline in the milk of three breeds of goats, Rahmat Attaie, Mohammed Bsharat, and Adela Mora-Gutierrez

Analysis of potential future climate and climate extremes in the brazos headwaters Basin, Texas, Ripendra Awal, Haimanote K. Bayabil, and Ali Fares

Integrating the Principles of Socioecology and Critical Pedagogy for Health Promotion Health Literacy Interventions, Lenna Dawkins-Moultin, Andrea McDonald, and Lisako McKyer

Enhancing extension and research activities through the use of web GIS, Noel M. Estwick, Richard W. Griffin, Annette A. James, and Samuel G. Roberson

Soil water content sensor response to organic matter content under laboratory conditions, Ali Fares, Ripendra Awal, and Haimanote K. Bayabil

Irrigation water requirements for seed corn and coffee under potential climate change scenarios, Ali Fares, Ripendra Awal, Samira Fares, Alton B. Johnson, and Hector Valenzuela

Temperature and probe-to-probe variability effects on the performance of capacitance soil moisture sensors in an oxisol, Ali Fares, Mohammad Safeeq, Ripendra Awal, Samira Fares, and Ahmet Dogan

A multi-satellite approach for water storage monitoring in an arid watershed, Dawit T. Ghebreyesus, Marouane Temimi, Ali Fares, and Haimanote K. Bayabil

Population-level effectiveness of PMTCT Option A on early mother-to-child (MTCT) transmission of HIV in South Africa: Implications for eliminating MTCT, Ameena E. Goga, Thu Ha Dinh, Debra J. Jackson, Carl J. Lombard, Adrian Puren, Gayle Sherman, Vundli Ramokolo, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Tanya Doherty, Nobuntu Noveve, Vuyolwethu Magasana, Yagespari Singh, Trisha Ramraj, Sanjana Bhardwaj, and Yogan Pillay

Sperm superoxide dismutase is associated with bull fertility, Kamilah E. Grant, Rodrigo V. De Oliveira, Bettye Sue Hennington, Aruna Govindaraju, Andy Perkins, John Stokes, Dennis Rowe, Einko Topper, Abdullah Kaya, Arlindo Moura, and Erdogan Memili

Sperm macromolecules associated with bull fertility, Abdullah Kaya and Erdoğan Memili

Transcriptome profiling of tiller buds provides new insights into phyb regulation of tillering and indeterminate growth in Sorghum, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom and John E. Mullet

Functional aspects of seminal plasma and sperm proteins and their potential as molecular markers of fertility, A. A. Moura and E. Memili

Moisture stress indicators in giant sequoia groves in the southern Sierra Nevada of California, USA, Ram L. Ray

Integrating runoff generation and flow routing in Susquehanna River basin to characterize key hydrologic processes contributing to maximum annual flood events, R. L. Ray, R. E. Beighley, and Y. Yoon

Effect of copulation on estrus duration and ovulation time in goats, Juan E. Romano, Abdalhamid Alkar, and Marcel Amstalden

Continuous presence of male on estrus onset, estrus duration, and ovulation in estrus-synchronized Boer goats, Juan E. Romano, Abdalhamid Alkar, Victor O. Fuentes-Hernández, and Marcel Amstalden

Effect of early pregnancy diagnosis by per rectum amniotic sac palpation on pregnancy loss, calving rates, and abnormalities in newborn dairy calves, Juan E. Romano, Kelsey Bryan, Roney S. Ramos, Juan Velez, and Pablo Pinedo

Improving the Physical and Chemical Properties of a Disturbed Soil Using Drying-bed Biosolids, John J. Sloan, Peter A.Y. Ampim, Thomas Boerth, James J. Heitholt, and Yingzhe Wu

Cow size and age as economic drivers of beef production systems in the Nebraska Sandhills, M. C. Stockton, S. Dhoubhadel, and L. A. Stalker

REVIEW: Challenges and opportunities in rising feral horse populations, L. Ward, S. Lindsey, J. M. Martin, M. Nicodemus, and E. Memili

Submissions from 2015 2015

Determination of withdrawal time for oxytetracycline in different types of goats for milk consumption, Rahmat Attaie, Mohammed Bsharat, Adela Mora-Gutierrez, and Sela Woldesenbet

Perinatal maternal probiotic intervention impacts immune responses and ileal mucin gene expression in a rat model of irritable bowel syndrome, J. Barouei, M. Moussavi, and D. M. Hodgson

Evaluation of antimicrobial activities of sequential spray applications of decontamination treatments on chicken carcasses, Hakan Benli, Marcos X. Sanchez-Plata, Osman Irfan Ilhak, Maryuri T. Núñez De González, and Jimmy T. Keeton

Imported and Domestic Beef: Are They Substitutes or Complements?, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine M. Azzam, and Matthew C. Stockton

Erratum: Impact of maternal HIV seroconversion during pregnancy on early mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) measured at 4-8 weeks postpartum in South Africa 2011-2012: A national population- based evaluation, Thu Ha Dinh, Kevin P. Delaney, Ameena Goga, Debra Jackson, Carl Lombard, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Mary Mogashoa, Yogan Pillay, and Nathan Shaffer

Impact of maternal HIV seroconversion during pregnancy on early mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) measured at 4-8 weeks postpartum in South Africa 2011-2012: A national population-based evaluation, Thu Ha Dinh, Kevin P. Delaney, Ameena Goga, Debra Jackson, Carl Lombard, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Mary Mogashoa, Yogan Pillay, and Nathan Shaffer

Sperm protamine-status correlates to the fertility of breeding bulls, Sule Dogan, Peter Vargovic, Rodrigo Oliveira, Lauren E. Belser, Abdullah Kaya, Arlindo Moura, Peter Sutovsky, John Parrish, Einko Topper, and Erdoğan Memili

First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, South Africa, Ameena E. Goga, Thu Ha Dinh, Debra J. Jackson, Carl Lombard, Kevin P. Delaney, Adrian Puren, Gayle Sherman, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Vundli Ramokolo, Siobhan Crowley, Tanya Doherty, Mickey Chopra, Nathan Shaffer, Yogan Pillay, Wondwossen Lerebo, Wesley Solomon, Nobuntu Noveve, Lucille Heyns, Jazelle Kiewitz, Pumza Mbenenge, Madoda Xokwe, Eva Mboweni, Similo Mzolo, Ria Molewa, Rose Hlabangani, Tshawe Ncedana, Nomalipheze Sitawutawu, Faith Nyati, Christalien Husselman, Katherine Robinson, Tsakani Mhlongo, Beverley Singh, and Ushmita Patel

Wetness conditions and redoximorphic features in a microtoposequence on the Texas Coast Prairie, Richard W. Griffin, Susan M. Starowitz, and Larry P. Wilding

Aquerts and aquertic soils: A querulous proposition, J. S. Jacob, R. W. Griffin, W. L. Miller, and L. R. Wilding

Tillering in the Sugary1 sweet corn is maintained by overriding the teosinte branched1 repressive signal, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom and Thomas P. Brutnell

Photosynthetic leaf area modulates tiller bud outgrowth in sorghum, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom and John E. Mullet

Progress and prospects in cryopreservation of stallion sperm, Kelli L. Matheny, Arabela G.A. Viana, Caleb Lemley, Heath King, Richard Hopper, Molly C. Nicodemus, and Erdogan Memili

A Survey of Nitrate and Nitrite Concentrations in Conventional and Organic-Labeled Raw Vegetables at Retail, Maryuri T. Nuñez de González, Wesley N. Osburn, Margaret D. Hardin, Michael Longnecker, Harsha K. Garg, Nathan S. Bryan, and Jimmy T. Keeton

Solutions for grand challenges in animal agriculture, A. M. Parisi, C. D. Glenn, H. M. Hurdle, R. B. Kennedy, A. M. Lesniak, R. N. Mann, L. D. Marsh, R. D. Montgomery, C. M. Oden, L. M. Pannell, T. R. Willingham, M. C. Allen, J. A. Boyette, R. A. Broome, D. R. Bugg, S. E. Clark, J. C. Craig, C. G. Crenshaw, B. S. Dixon, D. E. Dodson, M. L. Dore, C. M. Finerman, D. N. Fortin, M. E. Goings, L. R. Grant, B. T. Hairston, C. L. Hardin, T. L. Harris, T. D. Horton, M. E. Jiminez, A. N. Latch, K. A. Lewis, and P. D. Mann

Non-mosaic monosomy 59,X in cattle: a case report, Juan E. Romano, Terje Raussdepp, Pierre Y. Mulon, and Graciela B. Villadóniga

Sperm DNA assays and their relationship to sperm motility and morphology in bulls (Bos Taurus), Rosanna Serafini, Juan E. Romano, Dickson D. Varner, Rossella Di Palo, and Charles C. Love

Molecular Physiognomies and Applications of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells, F. Uzbas, I. D. May, A. M. Parisi, S. K. Thompson, A. Kaya, A. D. Perkins, and E. Memili

Missed opportunities for early infant HIV diagnosis: Results of a national study in South Africa, Selamawit A. Woldesenbet, Debra Jackson, Ameena E. Goga, Siobhan Crowley, Tanya Doherty, Mary M. Mogashoa, Thu Ha Dinh, and Gayle G. Sherman

Missed opportunities along the prevention of mother-to-child transmission services cascade in South Africa: Uptake, determinants, and attributable risk (the SAPMTCTE), Selamawit Woldesenbet, Debra Jackson, Carl Lombard, Thu Ha Dinh, Adrian Puren, Gayle Sherman, Vundli Ramokolo, Tanya Doherty, Mary Mogashoa, Sanjana Bhardwaj, Mickey Chopra, Nathan Shaffer, Yogan Pillay, and Ameena Goga

Poverty and inequality – But of what - As social determinants of health in Africa?, Eshetu B. Worku and Selamawit A. Woldesenbet

Submissions from 2014 2014

Automation for weed control in least developed Countries (LDCs), Renan Aguero, Noel M. Estwick, and Edgar Gutierrez

Root distribution of sweet corn (Zea mays) as affected by manure types, rates and frequency of applications, A. Ahmad, A. Fares, N. V. Hue, M. Safeeq, T. Radovich, F. Abbas, and M. Ibrahim

Environmental stressors influencing hormones and systems physiology in cattle, Toree L. Bova, Ludovica Chiavaccini, Garrett F. Cline, Caitlin G. Hart, Kelli Matheny, Ashleigh M. Muth, Benjamin E. Voelz, Darrel Kesler, and Erdoǧan Memili

Epigenetic mechanisms in mammalian male germline, Sule Dogan, Melissa C. Mason, and Erdogan Memili

Rainfall-runoff modeling in a flashy tropical watershed using the distributed HL-RDHM model, Ali Fares, Ripendra Awal, Jene Michaud, Pao Shin Chu, Samira Fares, Kevin Kodama, and Matt Rosener

Climate change impacts on agriculture and their effective communication by extension agents, Annette A. James, Noel M. Estwick, and Audrey Bryant

Determinants of sperm morphology, Abdullah Kaya, Sema Birler, Lefric Enwall, and Erdogan Memili

Chemical Composition, J. T. Keeton, S. M. Ellerbeck, and M. T. Núñez de González

Truncation invariant copulas for modeling directional dependence: Application to foreign currency exchange data, Jong Min Kim, Yoon Sung Jung, and Engin A. Sungur

Dynamics of progesterone, TNF- α, and a metabolite of pgf2 α in blood plasma of beef cows following embryo transfer, M. C. Mason, J. Copeland, E. J. Cuadra, T. H. Elsasser, Y. Jung, and J. Larson

Trends and variability of climate and river flow in context of run-of-river hydropower schemes: A case study of sunkoshi river basin, Nepal, Binaya Kumar Mishra, Ripendra Awal, Srikantha Herath, and Kensuke Fukushi

Cross-linking of bovine and caprine caseins by microbial transglutaminase and their use as microencapsulating agents for n-3 fatty acids, Adela Mora-Gutierrez, Rahmat Attaie, Jeneanne M. Kirven, and Harold M. Farrell

Hydroxyapatite grafted carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets: Promising bone implant materials, Adebola Oyefusi, Opeyemi Olanipekun, Gururaj M. Neelgund, Deforest Peterson, Julia M. Stone, Ebonee Williams, Laura Carson, Gloria Regisford, and Aderemi Oki

Molecular, cellular, and physiological determinants of bull fertility, Alexis Marie Parisi, Shannon Kate Thompson, Abdullah Kaya, and Erdoğan Memili

Interception losses in three non-native Hawaiian forest stands, Mohammad Safeeq and Ali Fares

Soil moisture retrieval using ground-based L-band passive microwave observations in northeastern USA, Maoruane Temimi, Tarendra Lakhankar, Xiwu Zhan, Michael H. Cosh, Nir Krakauer, Ali Fares, Victoria Kelly, Reza Khanbilvardi, and Laetitia Kumassi

Inclusion of dietary zeolite reduces aflatoxin B1 levels in household bread waste used as cattle feed, M. Yavarmanesh, M. Sohrabi Balssini, M. R.Edalatian Dovom, F. Ghiamati Yazdi, and J. Barouei

Altered nociceptive, endocrine, and dorsal horn neuron responses in rats following a neonatal immune challenge, Ihssane Zouikr, Melissa A. Tadros, Javad Barouei, Kenneth W. Beagley, Vicki L. Clifton, Robert J. Callister, and Deborah M. Hodgson

Submissions from 2013 2013

Molecular morphology and function of bull spermatozoa linked to histones and associated with fertility, Rodrigo V. De Oliveira, Sule Dogan, Lauren E. Belser, Abdullah Kaya, Einko Topper, Arlindo Moura, Giselle Thibaudeau, and Erdogan Memili

Interrelationships between apoptosis and fertility in bull sperm, Sule Dogan, Melissa C. Mason, Aruna Govindaraju, Lauren Belser, Abdullah Kaya, John Stokes, Dennis Rowe, and Erdogan Memili

In-situ and remote soil moisture sensing technologies for vadose zone hydrology, Ali Fares, Marouane Temimi, Kelly Morgan, and Thijs J. Kelleners

Comparative study of three Plumbago L. species (Plumbaginaceae) by microscopy, UPLC-UV and HPTLC, Ahmed M. Galal, Vijayasankar Raman, Bharathi Avula, Yan Hong Wang, Chidananda Swamy Rumalla, Aruna Dharmapriya Weerasooriya, and Ikhlas A. Khan

Endocrine control of bull fertility, Katherine L. Gilbert, Eric A. Gilbert, Aruna Govindaraju, Lyndi L. Jury, Melissa C. Mason, Kathryn E. Pfeiffer, Tricia M. Rowlison, Lori Ward, Abdullah Kaya, Jamie Larson, and Erdogan Memili