Vol. 11 No. 1 (2018): IJABE

Beginning-of-Volume

Published: 2018-01-31

Overview Articles

Advances in greenhouse automation and controlled environment agriculture: A transition to plant factories and urban agriculture

Ramin Shamshiri, Fatemeh Kalantari, K. C. Ting, Kelly R. Thorp, Ibrahim A. Hameed, Cornelia Weltzien, Desa Ahmad, Zahra Mojgan Shad

1-22
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Review of intelligent sprinkler irrigation technologies for remote autonomous system

Xingye Zhu, Prince Chikangaise, Weidong Shi, Wen-Hua Chen, Shouqi Yuan

23-30
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Considerations of constructing quality, health and safety management system for agricultural products sold via e-commerce

Chen Ma, Dongyang Wang, Zhiquan Hu, Zhi Li

31-39
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Progress, problems and prospects for standardization of greenhouse-related technologies

Yanzhao Ren, Minjuan Wang, Iftikhar Ahmed Saeeda, Xuerui Chen, Wanlin Gao

40-48
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Applied Science, Engineering and Technology

Calculation and verification of formula for the range of sprinklers based on jet breakup length

Yue Jiang, Hong Li, Chao Chen, Qingjiang Xiang

49-57
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Monitoring and analyzing environmental factors favoring outbreaks of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vanillae in a vanilla shade house

Antonio Bautista Hernández, Fernando Ramos Quintana, Héctor Sotelo Nava

58-65
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Animal, Plant and Facility Systems

New control strategy against temperature sudden-drop in the initial stage of pad cooling process in poultry houses

Xue Hui, Baoming Li, Hongwei Xin, Weichao Zheng, Zhengxiang Shi, Xiao Yang, Shumei Zhao

66-73
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Sustainable energy management of solar greenhouses using open weather data on MACQU platform

Li Li, Jieyu Li, Haihua Wang, Ts. Georgieva, K. P. Ferentinos, K. G. Arvanitis, N. A. Sygrimis

74-82
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Improving utilization of nests and decreasing mislaid eggs with narrow width of group nests

Hongya Zheng, Baoming Li, Gang Chen, Chaoyuan Wang

83-87
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Power and Machinery Systems

Recognition and localization system of the robot for harvesting Hangzhou White Chrysanthemums

Qinghua Yang, Chun Chang, Guanjun Bao, Jun Fan, Yi Xun

88-95
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Design and test of robotic harvesting system for cherry tomato

Qingchun Feng, Wei Zou, Pengfei Fan, Chunfeng Zhang, Xiu Wang

96-100
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Design and experiment of variable rate orchard sprayer based on laser scanning sensor

Longlong Li, Xiongkui He, Jianli Song, Yajia Liu, Aijun Zeng, Yang Liu, Chaohui Liu, Zhixiong Liu

101-108
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Design of variable-rate liquid fertilization control system and its stability analysis

Jicheng Zhang, Shouyin Hou, Runtao Wang, Wenyi Ji, Ping Zheng, Shi Wei

109-114
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Automatic depth control system for a no-till seeder

Jiale Zhao, Longtu Zhu, Honglei Jia, Dongyan Huang, Mingzhuo Guo, Yongjiang Cong

115-121
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Effects of key parameters of straw chopping device on qualified rate, non-uniformity and power consumption

Weiwei Wang, Jincai Li, Liqing Chen, Haijun Qi, Xiutian Liang

122-128
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Inertial force balance and ADAMS simulation of the oscillating sieve and return pan of a rice combine harvester

Chuncai Wei, Lizhang Xu, Jianting Wang, Yaoming Li

129-137
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Natural Resources and Environmental Systems

Effects of nano carbon on soil erosion and nutrient loss in a semi-arid loess region of Northwestern China

Beibei Zhou, Xiaopeng Chen, Quanjiu Wang, Wei Wei, Tiancheng Zhang

138-145
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Effects of drip irrigation levels on soil water, salinity and wheat growth in North China

Zhenhua Wang, Renkuan Liao, Henry Lin, Guojun Jiang, Xinlin He, Wenyong Wu, Lilizhong zhang

146-156
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Effects of zeolite application on grain yield, water use and nitrogen uptake of rice under alternate wetting and drying irrigation

Junlin Zheng, Taotao Chen, Guimin Xia, Wei Chen, Guangyan Liu, Daocai Chi

157-164
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Effects of fertigation strategies on water and nitrogen distribution under water storage pit irrigation for orchards

Jingling Li, Pan Chen, Xihuan Sun, Ping Liu

165-171
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Effects of plastic sheet on water saving and yield under furrow irrigation method in semi-arid region

Muhammad Sohail Memon, Kausar Ali, Altaf Ali Siyal, Jun Guo, Shamim Ara Memon, Shakeel Ahmed Soomro, Noreena Memon, Changying Ji

172-177
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Cropping pattern optimization considering uncertainty of water availability and water saving potential

Lina Hao, Xiaoling Su, Vijay P Singh

178-186
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Information Technology, Sensors and Control Systems

Modeling for mung bean variety classification using visible and near-infrared hyperspectral imaging

Chuanqi Xie, Yong He

187-191
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Detection of green apples in natural scenes based on saliency theory and Gaussian curve fitting

Bairong Li, Yan Long, Huaibo Song

192-198
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Detection of egg stains based on local texture feature clustering

Qinghua Yang, Mimi Jia, Yi Xun, Guanjun Bao

199-205
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Biosystems, Biological and Ecological Engineering

Microorganism population in two-phase anaerobic fermentation of separated liquid of dairy manure

Qiang Li, Zhengjun Guan, Guoxiang Zheng

206-211
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Renewable Energy and Material Systems

Algae optical density sensor for pond monitoring and production process control

Yao Yao, Yufeng Ge, J. Alex Thomasson, Ruixiu Sui

212-217
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Effects of temperature on the performance of anaerobic co-digestion of vegetable waste and swine manure

Haiwei Ren, Zili Mei, Wenguang Fan, Yujie Wang, Feifei Liu, Tao Luo, Dong Li, Zhizhong Li, Rong Feng

218-225
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Ultrasound assisted alkaline pre-treatment of sugarcane filter mud for performance enhancement in biogas production

Zahir Talha, Abdelbagi Hamid, Dong Guo, Muhammad Hassan, Esmaeil Mehryar, Cedric Okinda, Weimin Ding

226-231
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Agro-product and Food Processing Systems

Effects of air movement in a hot air dryer on the drying characteristics of colored potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) using computational fluid dynamics

Hyeon Woo Park, Won Byong Yoon

232-240
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