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Assessment of Precision Technologies for Accurate Delivery of Crop Inputs 

Harbuck, Tyrel (2010-05-14)
At the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center (TVREC), Belle Mina, Alabama, Global Positioning System (GPS)-assisted machine guidance and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) have been implemented to study precision ...

Compaction of Switchgrass for Value Added Utilization 

Colley, Zahra (2006-05-15)
There are increasing concerns about energy prices, availability and utilization in the world. This has led to many governmental and privately sponsored studies and research on the potential of renewable energy from biomass. ...

Effect of Lightweight Aggregate on Early-Age Cracking of Mass Concrete 

Tankasala, Aravind (2017-12-06)
Early-age cracking in mass concrete structures is a severe problem which could lead to long-term serviceability related problems in the structure. In this dissertation, the effect of using lightweight aggregates (LWAs) on ...

Extended Working Hours in the Southeastern Logging Industry 

Mitchell, Dana (2008-08-15)
Logging business owners are exploring the ways to reduce equipment costs. Although shift work is common in some other industries, it is not common in the logging industry in the southeastern United States. Implementation ...

Optimization of Standard Depth Control Systems to Improve Row-Crop Planter Performance in the Southeast US. 

Poncet, Aurelie M. A. (2016-12-20)
Modern row-crop planters are designed to place individual seeds in the ground at a proper and predetermined depth to promote immediate germination and uniform emergence of seedlings. Seeding depth is manually adjusted by ...

Radio Frequency Heating for Dehydration and Pest Control of In-Shell Peanuts 

Harraz, Hatem (2007-05-15)
For many decades conventional wagon drying (curing) systems or batch/continuous flow drying systems have been used for peanut dehydration. Both are time and energy consuming. Radio Frequency (RF) dielectric heating has ...