Agriculture and Human Science Faculty Publications

Submissions from 2005 2005

The genus Mitrephora (Annonaceae) in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, Aruna D. Weerasooriya and Richard M.K. Saunders

Submissions from 2004 2004

Viable transgenic goats derived from skin cells, Esmail Behboodi, Erdogan Memili, David T. Melican, Margaret M. Destrempes, Susan A. Overton, Jennifer L. Williams, Peter A. Flanagan, Robin E. Butler, Hetty Liem, Li How Chen, Harry M. Meade, William G. Gavin, and Yann Echelard

Epigenetic and genomic imprinting analysis in nuclear transfer derived Bos gaurus/Bos taurus hybrid fetuses, Scott V. Dindot, Peter W. Farin, Charlotte E. Farin, Juan Romano, Shawn Walker, Charles Long, and Jorge A. Piedrahita

Dual field calibration of capacitance and neutron soil water sensors in a shrinking-swelling clay soil, A. Fares, P. Buss, M. Dalton, A. I. El-Kadi, and L. R. Parsons

Use of cambridge engineering selector in a materials/manufacturing course, Richard B. Griffin

The development, implementation, and changes in engineering courses, at a large State University, sponsored through an NSF coalition, Richard Griffin, Courtney Svec, Rita Caso, and Jeff Froyd

Effect of macromolecule supplementation during in vitro maturation of goat oocytes on developmental potential, J. R. Herrick, E. Behboodi, E. Memili, S. Blash, Y. Echelard, and R. L. Krisher

Rapid and sensitive detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in bovine milk and feces by a combination of immunomagnetic bead separation-conventional PCR and real-time PCR, Sangeeta Khare, Thomas A. Ficht, Renato L. Santos, Juan Romano, Allison R. Ficht, Shuping Zhang, Irene R. Grant, Melissa Libal, David Hunter, and L Garry Adams

Origins of misconceptions in a materials concept inventory from student focus groups, Stephen Krause, Amaneh Tasooji, and Richard Griffin

Synchronization of goat fibroblast cells at quiescent stage and determination of their transition from G0 to G1 by detection of cyclin D1 mRNA, Erdogan Memili, Esmail Behboodi, Susan A. Overton, Anna M. Kenney, Michael O'Coin, Arya Zahedi, David H. Rowitch, and Yann Echelard

Effectiveness of acidic calcium sulfate with propionic and lactic acid and lactates as postprocessing dipping solutions to control Listeria monocytogenes on frankfurters with or without potassium lactate and stored vacuum packaged at 4.5°C, Maryuri T. Nuñez De Gonzalez, Jimmy T. Keeton, Gary R. Acuff, Larry J. Ringer, and Lisa M. Lucia

Sensory and physicochemical characteristics of frankfurters containing lactate with antimicrobial surface treatments, M. T. Nuñez De Gonzalez, J. T. Keeton, and L. J. Ringer

RNA synthetic activity of glutamate dehydrogenase: Determination of enzyme purity, RNA characteristics, and deamination/amination ratio, Godson O. Osuji, Jonas Konan, and Gitonga M'Mbijjewe

Responses of the fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and glutamate dehydrogenase activities of alfalfa to boron, gypsum, and limestone amendments of soil, G. O. Osuji, V. A. Haby, D. J. Chessman, and A. T. Leonard

Effectiveness of an SPAT educational program, Don L. Renchie, Alvin Larke, and Wash A. Jones

Mitrephora sirikitiae (Annonaceae): A remarkable new species endemic to northern Thailand, Aruna D. Weerasooriya, Piya Chalermglin, and Richard M.K. Saunders

Lectin receptors for endometrial H-type 1 antigen on goat conceptuses, S. Woldesenbet, R. Garcia, N. Igbo, J. Leake, S. K. Lewis, and Gary R. Newton

Submissions from 2003 2003

Managing citrus trees to optimize dry mass and nutrient partitioning, A. K. Alva, A. Fares, and H. Dou

Using a materials concept inventory to assess conceptual gain in introductory materials engineering courses, Stephen Krause, J. Chris Decker, and Richard Griffin

Identifying student misconceptions in introductory materials engineering classes, Stephen Krause, J. Chris Decker, Justin Niska, Terry Alford, and Richard Griffin

Purification of glutamate dehydrogenase isoenzymes and characterization of their substrate specificities, Godson O. Osuji, Cleantis Braithwaite, Kusi Fordjour, Wenceslaus C. Madu, Asefa Beyene, Paul S. Roberts, and Victor Wright

Nucleotide-dependent isomerization of glutamate dehydrogenase in relation to total RNA contents of peanut, G. O. Osuji, W. C. Madu, C. Braithwaite, A. Beyene, P. S. Roberts, A. Bulgin, and V. Wright

Biomass enhancement in maize and soybean in response to glutamate dehydrogenase isomerization, G. O. Osuji, A. S. Mangaroo, J. Reyes, A. Bulgin, and V. Wright

A novel approach to integrating design into manufacturing and materials education through the fabrication of a scale model cannon, Jeremy Weinstein and Richard Griffin

Comparison of proteins synthesized by polarized caprine oviductal epithelial cells and oviductal explants in vitro, S. Woldesenbet and G. R. Newton

Submissions from 2002 2002

Effects of emitter distribution patterns and soil type on water and solute distribution following microirrigation, A. Fares, L. R. Parsons, J. Šimůnek, M. Th Van Genuchten, and T. A. Wheaton

Laboratory activity using rapid prototyping and casting, Richard Griffin, Terry Creasy, and Jeremy Weinstein

An association between the butterfly Talicada nyseus and the lichen Leproloma sipmanianum as evidenced from chemical studies, Veranja Karunaratne, Karunananda Bombuwela, Selvaluxmy Kathirgamanathar, Vijaya Kumar, D. Nedra Karunaratne, K. B. Ranawana, D. S.A. Wijesundara, Aruna Weerasooriya, and E. D. De Silva

Fate of nitrate and bromide in an unsaturated zone of a sandy soil under citrus production, S. Paramasivam, A. K. Alva, A. Fares, and K. S. Sajwan

A highly efficient method for porcine cloning by nuclear transfer using in vitro-matured oocytes, Shawn C. Walker, Taeyoung Shin, Gretchen M. Zaunbrecher, Juan E. Romano, Greg A. Johnson, Fuller W. Bazer, and Jorge A. Piedrahita

(1521-1522) Proposals to reject the names Mitrephora teysmannii and Orophea macrocarpa (Annonaceae), A. D. Weerasooriya and R. M.K. Saunders

H-type 1 carbohydrate antigen expression by ovine endometrial cells, S. Woldesenbet, T. Green, and Gary R. Newton

Submissions from 2001 2001

Occurrence of red thread disease in the grasses of Horton Plains national park, N. K.B. Adikaram, Aruna Weerasooriya, and T. D. Mahaliyanage

Laboratory activities used in a sophomore materials science course at Texas A&M university, R. B. Griffin, A. L. Epps, and K. T. Hartwig

The development of a combined materials/manufacturing processes course at Texas A&M university, Richard B. Griffin and Terry S. Creasy

Development of two bacterial artificial chromosome shuttle vectors for a recombination-based cloning and regulated expression of large genes in mammalian cells, Young Kwon Hong, Duk Hwan Kim, Anton Beletskii, Charles Lee, Erdogan Memili, and William M. Strauss

Murine Xist RNA isoforms are different at their 3′ ends: A role for differential polyadenylation, Erdogan Memili, Young Kwon Hong, Duk Hwan Kim, Sara D. Ontiveros, and William M. Strauss

Division S-8 - Nutrient management & soil & plant analysis: Estimation of nitrate leaching in an entisol under optimum citrus production, S. Paramasivam, A. K. Alva, A. Fares, and K. S. Sajwan

Expression of liver fatty acid binding protein alters growth and differentiation of embryonic stem cells, Friedhelm Schroeder, Barbara P. Atshaves, Olga Starodub, Amy L. Boedeker, Roger R. Smith, John B. Roths, William B. Foxworth, and Ann B. Kier

Expression patterns of histone deacetylases in bovine oocytes and early embryos, and the effect of their inhibition on embryo development, Hanna Segev, Erdogan Memili, and Neal L. First

Mitrephora simeuluensis (Annonaceae): A new species from Simeulue, Indonesia, A. D. Weerasooriya and R. M.K. Saunders

Three new species of Mitrephora (Annonaceae) from Sabah, Malaysia, A. D. Weerasooriya and R. M.K. Saunders

Submissions from 2000 2000

Size distribution of fat globules in goat milk, R. Attaie and R. L. Richter

Evaluation of capacitance probes for optimal irrigation of citrus through soil moisture monitoring in an entisol profile, A. Fares and A. K. Alva

Soil water components based on capacitance probes in a sandy soil, A. Fares and A. K. Alva

Estimation of soil hydraulic properties of a sandy soil using capacitance probes and Guelph permeameter, A. Fares, A. K. Alva, P. Nkedi-Kizza, and M. A. Elrashidi

Zygotic and embryonic gene expression in cow: A review of timing and mechanisms of early gene expression as compared with other species, Erdogan Memili and Neal L. First

Sugar - Casein interaction in deuterated solutions of bovine and caprine casein as determined by oxygen-17 and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance a case of preferential interactions, A. Mora-Gutierrez and H. M. Farrell

An evaluation of soil water status using tensiometers in a sandy soil profile under citrus production, S. Paramasivam, A. K. Alva, and A. Fares

Transformation and transport of nitrogen forms in a sandy entisol following a heavy loading of ammonium nitrate solution: Field measurements and model simulations, S. Paramasivam, A. K. Alva, and A. Fares

Expression of carbohydrate antigens in the goat uterus during early pregnancy and on steroid-treated polarized uterine epithelial cells in vitro, J. K. Powell, S. R. Glasser, S. Woldesenbet, R. C. Burghardt, and G. R. Newton

Effects of soil type on virulence and persistence of entomopathogenic nematodes in relation to control of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), D. I. Shapiro, C. W. McCoy, A. Fares, T. Obreza, and H. Dou

Submissions from 1999 1999

Distribution of rainfall and soil moisture content in the soil profile under citrus tree canopy and at the dripline, Ashok K. Alva, Om Prakash, Ali Fares, and Arthur G. Hornsby

Thermodynamic linkage of ion binding and hydration in myofibrillar protein solutions determined from multinuclear spin relaxation studies, Ion C. Baianu, Thomas F. Kumosinski, Adela Mora-Gutierrez, Eiichi M. Ozu, T. S. Lioutas, and P. J. Bechtel

Bovine oocyte cytoplasm supports development of embryos produced by nuclear transfer of somatic cell nuclei from various mammalian species, Tanja Dominko, Maissam Mitalipova, Brad Haley, Zeki Beyhan, Erdogan Memili, Brett McKusick, and Neal L. First

Estimation of citrus evapotranspiration by soil water mass balance, A. Fares and A. K. Alva

A four-point bend test experiment for use in the classroom, and procedures for evaluating results, Richard Griffin and Sivasubramaniam Krishnan

Cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of long chain fatty acids, Mark J. McArthur, Barbara P. Atshaves, Andrey Frolov, William D. Foxworth, Ann B. Kier, and Friedhelm Schroeder

Control of gene expression at the onset of bovine embryonic development, Erdogan Memili and Neal L. First

NMR of casein hydration and activity in solutions with ions, Adela Mora-Gutierrez, Harold M. Farrell, and Thomas F. Kumosinski

Signaling by glutamate dehydrogenase in response to pesticide treatment and nitrogen fertilization of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), Godson O. Osuji and Cleantis Braithwaite

Pesticide inactivation of peanut glutamate dehydrogenase: Biochemical basis of the enzyme's isomerization, Godson O. Osuji, Cleantis Braithwaite, Richard Pointer, and Juanito Reyes

Spontaneous and engineered mutant mice as models for experimental and comparative pathology: History, comparison, and developmental technology, John B. Roths, William B. Foxworth, Mark J. McArthur, Charles A. Montgomery, and Ann B. Kier

Using a student organization to increase participation and success of minorities in agricultural disciplines, B. Allen Talbert, Alvin Larke, and Wash A. Jones

Submissions from 1998 1998

Cellular differentiation and I-FABP protein expression modulate fatty acid uptake and diffusion, Barbara P. Atshaves, William B. Foxworth, Andrey Frolov, John B. Roths, Ann B. Kier, Betty K. Oetama, Jorge A. Piedrahita, and Friedhelm Schroeder

An NMR study of myofibrillar protein interactions, Ion C. Baianu, A. Mora-Gutierrez, Thomas F. Kumosinski, and Peter J. Bechtel

Class thermal conductivity experiment for sophomore materials science and continuum mechanics courses, Richard Griffin, Dimitris Lagoudas, Priya Ragupathi, David Miller, and Eric Johnson

Onset of transcription in bovine oocytes and preimplantation embryos, Erdogan Memili, Tanja Dominko, and Neal L. First

Developmental changes in RNA polymerase II in bovine oocytes, early embryos, and effect of α-amanitin on embryo development, Erdogan Memili and Neal L. First

κ-Carrageenan Interaction with Bovine and Caprine Caseins As Shown by Sedimentation and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Techniques, Adela Mora-Gutierrez, Thomas F. Kumosinski, and Harold M. Farrell

Regulation of protein and prostaglandin secretion in polarized primary cultures of caprine uterine epithelial cells, G. R. Newton, D. W. Weise, J. A. Bowen, S. Woldesenbet, and R. C. Burghardt

Glutamate Dehydrogenase Isomerization: A Simple Method for Diagnosing Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Sufficiency in Maize (Zea mays L.), Godson O. Osuji, Juanito C. Reyes, and Arthur S. Mangaroo

Isolation and characterization of 26- and 30-kDa rat liver proteins immunoreactive to anti-sterol carrier protein-2 antibodies, Lixia Pu, William B. Foxworth, Ann B. Kier, Roland S. Annan, Steven A. Carr, Ricky Edmondson, David Russell, W. Gibson Wood, and Friedhelm Schroeder

Conservation of germ plasm from bison infected with Brucella abortus, C. D. Robison, D. S. Davis, J. W. Templeton, M. Westhusin, W. B. Foxworth, M. J. Gilsdorf, and L. G. Adams