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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 77
Number 1 September 2000
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
REVIEW PAPER
SE2Structures and EnvironmentRadiometric and Thermal Properties of, and Testing Methods for, Greenhouse Covering Materials:
G. PAPADAKIS; D. BRIASSOULIS; G. SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA; G. VOX; P. FEUILLOLEY;J. A. STOFFERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
RESEARCH PAPERS
PH2Postharvest ¹echnologyConstitutive Relationships for Shelled Maize: Y. H. ZHANG; S. C. NEGI; J. C. JOFRIET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Frequency Response of Non-linear Single Degree-of-freedom Systems for Biomaterials: B. SU;
Z. A. HENRY; H. ZHANG; D. O. ONKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SE2Structures and EnvironmentAmmonia, Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbon Dioxide Release from Pig Manure in Under-#oor
Deep Pits: J. -Q. NI; A. J. HEBER; C. A. DIEHL; T. T. LIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
AP2Animal Production ¹echnologyDesigning the Optimal Robotic Milking Barn, Part 2: Behaviour-based Simulation: I. HALACHMI . . . . . 67
A Model of the Thermal Balance for Cattle in Hot Conditions: R. E. MCGOVERN; J. M. BRUCE . . . . 81
S=2Soil and=aterA Transient-spectral Thermal Model of Soil under Radiative-interfering Cover: V. DE LUCA;
G. RUOCCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Sediment Delivery Processes and Agricultural Non-point Pollution in a Sicilian Basin: C. DI
STEFANO; V. FERRO; E. PALAZZOLO; M. PANNO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
RESEARCH NOTE
PH2Postharvest ¹echnologySome Physical Properties of Castor Nut relevant to the Design of Processing Equipment: J. O. OLAOYE 113
Number 2 October 2000
REVIEW PAPER
AE2Automation and Emerging ¹echnologiesMulti-layer Neural Networks for Image Analysis of Agricultural Products: D. S. JAYAS; J. PALIWAL;
N. S. VISEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
RESEARCH PAPERS
PA2Precision AgricultureVariation of Spray Deposit and Loss with Air-jet Directions applied in Orchards: R. HOLOWNICKI;
G. DORUCHOWSKI; A. GODYN; W. SWIECHOWSKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
PM2Power and MachineryPrediction and Experimental Veri"cation of the Hoe Path of a Rear-mounted Inter-row Weeder:
D. W. M. PULLEN; P. A. COWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Six-degrees-of-freedom Test Rig Design for Simulation of Mobile Agricultural Machinery Vibrations:
I. HOSTENS; J. ANTHONIS; P. KENNES; H. RAMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
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PH2Postharvest ¹echnologyPrediction of Oil Expression by Uniaxial Compression using Time-varying Oilseed Properties:
P. C. BARGALE; D. WULFSOHN; J. IRUDAYARAJ; R. J. FORD; F. W. SOSULSKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Firmness Changes of Pear Fruit before and after Harvest with the Acoustic Impulse Response
Technique: N. DE BELIE; S. SCHOTTE; J. LAMMERTYN; B. NICOLAI; J. DE BAERDEMAEKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Fluid Dynamic Analysis of the Solid}liquid Separation Process by Centrifugation: R. AMIRANTE;
P. CATALANO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Fractionation of Grain Sorghum using Abrasive Decortication: K. R. LOCHTE-WATSON;
C. L. WELLER; D. S. JACKSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Friction of Wheat on Corrugated and Smooth Galvanized Steel Surfaces: M. MOLENDA;
S. A. THOMPSON; I. J. ROSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
S=2Soil and=aterTractive Performance of a Mechanical Front-Wheel Assist Tractor as related to Forward Speeds:
C. JENANE; L. L. BASHFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Development of a Membrane Disinfection System for Closed Hydroponics in a Greenhouse:
T. OHTANI; A. KANEKO; N. FUKUDA; S. HAGIWARA; S. SASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
RESEARCH NOTE
PM2Power and MachineryAn Investigation of the Turning Behaviour of an Autonomous Rice Transplanter: G. WEISE;
Y. NAGASAKA; K. TANIWAKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Number 3 November 2000
REVIEW PAPER
PH2Postharvest ¹echnologyPotential Applications of Arti"cial Olfactory Sensing for Quality Evaluation of Fresh Produce:
Y. SARIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
RESEARCH PAPERS
AE2Automation and Emerging ¹echnologiesNoise Source Evaluation of a Real-time Soil Sensor, Part I: Static Elevation Changes: P. W. ELLIOTT;
K. HAGHIGHI; M. T. MORGAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
I¹2Information ¹echnologyTillage System Selection: a Mathematical Programming Model incorporating Weather Variability:
S. EKMAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
PA2Precision AgricultureReduction of Ammonia Emission by Slurry Application Techniques: K. A. SMITH; D. R. JACKSON;
T. H. MISSELBROOK; B. F. PAIN; R. A. JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277An Image Analysis System for measuring Insect Feeding E!ects caused by Biopesticides: V. ALCHANATIS;
A. NAVON; I. GLAZER; S. LEVSKI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
PM2Power and MachinerySoya Bean Threshing by Nylon Cords on Rotating Shafts: C. MESQUITA; M. HANNA; N. COSTA;
J. FRANCA NETO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
PH2Postharvest ¹echnologyE!ects of Drying Air Temperature and Humidity on Stress Cracks and Breakage of Maize Kernels:
V. J. DAVIDSON; S. D. NOBLE; R. B. BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
SE2Structures and EnvironmentOptimal Light Integral and Carbon Dioxide Concentration Combinations for Lettuce in Ventilated
Greenhouses: K. P. FERENTINOS; L. D. ALBRIGHT; D. V. RAMANI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
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The E!ects of Pen Partitions and Thermal Pig Simulators on Air#ow in a Livestock Test Room: B.BJERG; K. SVIDT; G. ZHANG; S. MORSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Pilot-Scale Development of a Bioreactor for the Treatment of Dairy Dirty Water: A. D. CANNON; K. R.GRAY; A. J. BIDDLESTONE; K. THAYANITHY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Penetration Resistance and Water-Holding Capacity of Di!erently Conditioned Straw for Deep LitterHousing Systems: A. DEININGER; M. TAMM; R. KRAUSE; H. SONNENBERG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
S=2Soil and =aterProbabilistic Design of Storage Capacity for Rainwater Cistern Systems: K. T. LEE; C.-D. LEE;
M.-S. YANG; C.-C. YU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
RD2Rural DevelopmentQuantitative Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Corkwaste Combustion Emis-
sions: A. CABAN3 AS; F. SAD EZ; A. GONZAD LEZ; R. ESCALADA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Number 4 December 2000
REVIEW PAPER
SE2Structures and EnvironmentA Review of Methods for Measuring Emission Rates of Ammonia from Livestock Buildings andSlurry or Manure Stores, Part 1: Assessment of Basic Approaches: V. R. PHILLIPS; R. SCHOLTENS; D. S.LEE; J. A. GARLAND; R. W. SNEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
RESEARCH PAPERS
AE2Automation and Emerging ¹echnologiesNoise Source Evaluation of a Real-time Soil Sensor, Part II: Dynamic Noise Sources: P. W. ELLIOTT;K. HAGHIGHI; R. BERNHARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
PM2Power and MachineryDesign and Testing of an Automatic Machine for Spraying at a Constant Distance from the TreeCanopy: E. MOLTOD ; B. MARTIN; A. GUTIED RREZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
PH2Postharvest ¹echnologyDevelopment of a Maize Breakage Test Method using a Commercial Food Processor: S. D. NOBLE; R.B. BROWN; V. J. DAVIDSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385Drying Characteristics of Willow Chips and Stems: J. K. GIGLER; W. K. P. vAN LOON; I. SERES; G.MEERDINK; W. J. COUMANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391A Comparison of Dryer Types used for Tea Drying: S. J. TEMPLE; A. J. B. vAN BOXTEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401Use of Carbon Dioxide as a Tracer Gas for Determining In-package Air#ow Distribution: D. J.TANNER; A. C. CLELAND; T. R. ROBERTSON; L. U. OPARA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
SE2Structure and EnvironmentCondensation and Radiation Transmittance of Greenhouse Cladding Materials, Part 3: Results forGlass Plates and Plastic Films: I. V. POLLET; J. G. PIETERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419Carbon Dioxide Emission and Water Evaporation from Deep Litter Systems: K.-H. JEPPSSON. . . . . . 429Physical and Chemical Properties of Screened}#ushed Pig Slurry Waste: D. T. HILL; J. W. BAIER . . 441Utilization of a Heat Pump in Pig Breeding for Energy Saving and Climate and Ammonia Control: G.RIVA; E. F. PEDRETTI; C. FABBRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
S=2Soil and =aterComment on: &Tillage and Heterogeneity E!ects on the Performance of Soil Water CharacteristicModels' by J. Y. Diiwu, R. P. Rudra, W. T. Dickinson and G. J. Wall: J. M. KIRBY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Response to Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
INDEX TO VOLUME 77
Abrasive decortication, fractionation of grain sorghum. 203Acoustic impulse response technique, "rmness changes of
pear fruit before and after harvest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Agricultural products, multi-layer neural networks for
image analysis of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Air-jet directions applied in orchards, variation of spray
deposit and loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Air#ow distribution, in-package: use of carbon dioxide as
a tracer gas for determining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Air#ow in a livestock test room, e!ects of pen partitions
and thermal pig simulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317ALBRIGHT, L. D. see FERENTINOS, K. P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309ALCHANATIS, V.; NAVON, A.; GLAZER, I.; LEVSKI, S. An image
analysis system for measuring insect feeding e!ectscaused by biopesticides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
AMIRANTE, R.; CATALANO, P. Fluid dynamic analysis of thesolid-liquid separation process by centrifugation . . . . . 193
Ammonia control, heat pump utilization in pig breeding 449Ammonia emission, reduction by slurry application tech-
niques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Ammonia, hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide release
from pig manure in under-#oor deep pits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Ammonia, review of methods for measuring emission
rates from livestock buildings and slurry or manurestores, Part 1: assessment of basic approaches . . . . . . . . 355
ANTHONIS, J. see HOSTENS, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Arti"cial olfactory sensing, potential applications for
quality evaluation of fresh produce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
BAIER, J. W. see HILL, D. T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441BARGALE, P. C.; WULFSOHN, D.; IRUDAYARAJ, J.; FORD, R. J.;
SOSULSKI, F. W. Prediction of oil expression by uniaxialcompression using time-varying oilseed properties . . . 171
BASHFORD, L. L. see JENANE, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Behaviour-based simulations, designing the optimal
robotic milking barn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67BERNHARD, R. see ELLIOTT, P. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365BIDDLESTONE, A. J. see CANNON, A. D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Biomaterials, frequency response of non-linear single
degree-of-freedom systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Biopesticides, insect feeding e!ects caused by: an image
analysis system for measuring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Bioreactor for the treatment of dairy dirty water, pilot-
scale development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327BJERG, B.; SVIDT, K.; ZHANG, G.; MORSING, S. The e!ects of
pen partitions and thermal pig simulators on air#ow ina livestock test room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
BOXTEL, A. J. B. VAN. see TEMPLE, S. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401Breeding, pigs: utilization of a heat pump for energy
saving and climate and ammonia control . . . . . . . . . . . . 449BRIASSOULIS, D. see PAPADAKIS, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7BROWN, R. B. see DAVIDSON, V. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303BROWN, R. B. see NOBLE, S. D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385BRUCE, J. M. see MCGOVERN, R. E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
CABAN3 AS, A.; SAD EZ, F.; GONZAD LEZ, A.; ESCALADA, R. Quant-itative assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydro-carbons from corkwaste combustion emissions . . . . . . 349
CANNON, A. D.; GRAY, K. R.; BIDDLESTONE, A. J.;THAYANITHY, K. Pilot-scale development of a bioreac-tor for the treatment of dairy dirty water . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
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Carbon dioxide, use as a tracer gas for determiningin-package air#ow distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Carbon dioxide concentration combinations, optimal,for lettuce in ventilated greenhouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Carbon dioxide emission and water evaporation fromdeep litter systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Carbon dioxide release from pig manure in under-#oordeep pits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Castor nut, some physical properties relevant to thedesign of processing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
CATALANO, P. see AMIRANTE, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Cattle, a model of thermal balance in hot conditions . . 81Centrifugation in the solid-liquid separation process,#uid dynamic analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Chemical properties of screened-#ushed pig slurry waste 441Cistern systems for rainwater, probabilistic design of
storage capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343CLELAND, A. C. see TANNER, D. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Climate control, heat pump utilization in pig breeding 449Comment on &Tillage and heterogeneity e!ects on the
performance of soil water characteristic models' byJ. Y. DIIWU, R. P. RUDRA, W. T. DICKINSON andG. J. WALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Comparison of dryer types used for tea drying . . . . . . . . . 401Condensation and radiation transmittance of greenhouse
cladding materials, Part 3: results for glass plates andplastic "lms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Constitutive relationships for shelled maize . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Corkwaste combustion emissions, quantitative assess-
ment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from . . . . . 349COSTA, N. see MESQUITA, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297COUMANS, W. J. see GIGLER, J. K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391COWELL, P. A. see PULLEN, D. W. M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Dairy dirty water, pilot-scale development of a bioreac-tor for treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
DAVIDSON, V. J.; NOBLE, S. D.; BROWN, R. B. E!ects ofdrying air temperature and humidity on stress cracksand breakage of maize kernels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
DAVIDSON, V. J. see NOBLE, S. D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385DE BAERDEMAEKER, J. see DE BELIE, N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183DE BELIE, N.; SCHOTTE, S.; LAMMERTYN, J.; NICOLAI, B.; DE
BAERDEMAEKER, J. Firmness changes of pear fruit beforeand after harvest with the acoustic impulse responsetechnique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
DE LUCA, V.; RUOCCO, G. A transient-spectral thermalmodel of soil under radiative-interfering cover . . . . . . . 93
Deep litter housing systems, penetration resistance andwater-holding capacity of di!erently conditionedstraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Deep litter systems, carbon dioxide emission and waterevaporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
DEININGER, A.; TAMM, M.; KRAUSE, R.; SONNENBERG, H.Penetration resistance and water-holding capacity ofdi!erently conditioned straw for deep litter housingsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Design and testing of an automatic machine for sprayingat a constant distance from the tree canopy . . . . . . . . . 379
Designing the optimal robotic milking barn, Part 2: be-haviour-based simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Development of a maize breakage test method usinga commercial food processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
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Development of a membrane disinfection system forclosed hydroponics in a greenhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
DI STEFANO, C.; FERRO, V.; PALAZZOLO, E.; PANNO, M.Sediment delivery processes and agricultural non-point pollution in a Sicilian basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
DIEHL, C. A. see NI, J.-Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Dirty water, dairy: pilot-scale development of a bioreac-
tor for treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Disinfection systems, membrane: for closed hydroponics
in a greenhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227DORUCHOWSKI, G. see HOLOWNICKI, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Dryer types used for tea drying, comparison . . . . . . . . . . . 401Drying air temperature and humidity, e!ects on stress
cracks and breakage of maize kernels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Drying characteristics of willow chips and stems . . . . . . . 391Dynamic noise sources, noise source evaluation of
a real-time soil sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
E!ects of drying air temperature and humidity on stresscracks and breakage of maize kernels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
E!ects of pen partitions and thermal pig simulators onair#ow in a livestock test room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
EKMAN, S. Tillage system selection: a mathematical pro-gramming model incorporating weather variability . . 267
ELLIOTT, P. W.; HAGHIGHI, K.; BERNHARD, R. Noise sourceevaluation of a real-time soil sensor, Part II: dynamicnoise sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
ELLIOTT, P. W.; HAGHIGHI, K.; MORGAN, M. T. Noisesource evaluation of a real-time soil sensor, Part I:static elevation changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Energy saving, heat pump utilization in pig breeding . . 449ESCALADA, R. see CABAN3 AS, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
FABBRI, C. see RIVA, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449FERENTINOS, K. P.; ALBRIGHT, L. D.; RAMANI, D. V. Opti-
mal light integral and carbon dioxide concentrationcombinations for lettuce in ventilated greenhouses . . 309
FERRO, V. see DI STEFANO, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103FEUILLOLEY, P. see PAPADAKIS, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Firmness changes of pear fruit before and after harvest
with the acoustic impulse response technique . . . . . . . . 183Fluid dynamic analysis of the solid-liquid separation
process by centrifugation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Food processors, commercial: development of a maize
breakage test method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385FORD, R. J. see BARGALE, P. C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Fractionation of grain sorghum using abrasive decortica-
tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203FRANCA NETO, J. see MESQUITA, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297Frequency response of non-linear single degree-of-free-
dom systems for biomaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Fresh produce, potential applications of arti"cial olfac-
tory sensing for quality evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Friction of wheat on corrugated and smooth galvanized
steel surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209FUKUDA, N. see OHTANI, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
GARLAND, J. A. see PHILLIPS, V. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355GIGLER, J. K.; LOON, W. K. P. VAN; SERES, I.; MEERDINK, G.;
COUMANS, W. J. Drying characteristics of willow chipsand stems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Glass plates, as greenhouse cladding materials: conden-sation and radiation transmittance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
GLAZER, I. see ALCHANATIS, V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
GODYN, A. see HOLOWNICKI, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129GONZAD LEZ, A. see CABAN3 AS, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349Grain sorghum, fractionation using abrasive decortica-
tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203GRAY, K. R. see CANNON, A. D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Greenhouse cladding materials, condensation and radi-
ation transmittance, Part 3: results for glass plates andplastic "lms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Greenhouse covering materials, radiometric and thermalproperties of, and testing methods for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Greenhouses, development of a membrane disinfectionsystem for closed hydroponics in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Greenhouses, ventilated: optimal light integral and car-bon dioxide concentration combinations for lettuce . 309
GUTIED RREZ, A. see MOLTOD , E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
HAGHIGHI, K. see ELLIOTT, P. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259,365
HAGIWARA, S. see OHTANI, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227HALACHMI, I. Designing the optimal robotic milking barn,
Part 2: behaviour-based simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67HANNA, M. see MESQUITA, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297Heat pump utilization in pig breeding for energy saving
and climate and ammonia control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449HEBER, A. J. see NI, J.-Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53HENRY, Z. A. see SU, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45HILL, D. T.; BAIER, J. W. Physical and chemical properties
of screened-#ushed pig slurry waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441Hoe path of a rear-mounted inter-row weeder, prediction
and experimental veri"cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137HOLOWNICKI, R.; DORUCHOWSKI, G.; GODYN, A.;
SWIECHOWSKI, W. Variation of spray deposit and losswith air-jet directions applied in orchards . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
HOSTENS, I.; ANTHONIS, J.; KENNES, P.; RAMON, H. Six-degrees-of-freedom test rig design for simulation ofmobile agricultural machinery vibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Hot conditions, a model of the thermal balance for cattle 81Humidity, e!ects on stress cracks and breakage of maize
kernels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Hydrogen sulphide release from pig manure in under-#oor deep pits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Hydroponics, closed, in a greenhouse: development ofa membrane disinfection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Image analysis of agricultural products, multi-layer neu-ral networks for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Image analysis system for measuring insect feeding e!ectscaused by biopesticides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
In-package air#ow distribution, use of carbon dioxide asa tracer gas for determining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Insect feeding e!ects caused by biopesticides, image anal-ysis system for measuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Investigation of the turning behaviour of an autonomousrice transplanter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
IRUDAYARAJ, J. see BARGALE, P. C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
JACKSON, D. R. see SMITH, K. A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277JACKSON, D. S. see LOCHTE-WATSON, K. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203JAYAS, D. S.; PALIWAL, J.; VISEN, N. S. Multi-layer neural
networks for image analysis of agricultural products 119JENANE, C.; BASHFORD, L. L. Tractive performance of
a mechanical front-wheel assist tractor as related toforward speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
JEPPSSON, K.-H. Carbon dioxide emission and waterevaporation from deep litter systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
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JOFRIET, J. C. see ZHANG, Y. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39JOHNSON, R. A. see SMITH, K. A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
KANEKO, A. see OHTANI, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227KENNES, P. see HOSTENS, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Kernels, maize: e!ects of drying air temperature and
humidity on stress cracks and breakage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303KIRBY, J. M. Comment on &Tillage and heterogeneity
e!ects on the performance of soil water characteristicmodels' by J. Y. DIIWU, R. P. RUDRA, W. T. DICKINSON
and G. J. WALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457KRAUSE, R. see DEININGER, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
LAMMERTYN, J. see DE BELIE, N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183LEE, C.-D. see LEE, K. T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343LEE, D. S. see PHILLIPS, V. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355LEE, K. T.; LEE, C.-D.; YANG, M.-S.; YU, C.-C. Probabilis-
tic design of storage capacity for rainwater cisternsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Lettuce in ventilated greenhouses, optimal light integraland carbon dioxide concentration combinations . . . . . 309
LEVSKI, S. see ALCHANATIS, V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Light integral and carbon dioxide concentration combi-
nations, optimal: for lettuce in ventilated greenhouses 309LIM, T. T. see NI, J.-Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Livestock buildings, review of methods for measuring
emission rates of ammonia from, Part 1: assessment ofbasic approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Livestock test rooms, e!ects of pen partitions and ther-mal pig simulators on air#ow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
LOCHTE-WATSON, K. R.; WELLER, C. L.; JACKSON, D. S.Fractionation of grain sorghum using abrasive decor-tication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
LOON, W. K. P. VAN see GIGLER, J. K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Maize, shelled: constitutive relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Maize breakage test methods, development using a com-
mercial food processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385Maize kernels, e!ects of drying air temperature and hu-
midity on stress cracks and breakage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Manure, pig, in under-#oor deep pits: ammonia, hydro-
gen sulphide and carbon dioxide release . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Manure stores, review of methods for measuring emis-
sion rates of ammonia from, Part 1: assessment of basicapproaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
MARTIDN, B. see MOLTOD , E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379Mathematical programming model of tillage system
selection, incorporating weather variability . . . . . . . . . . 267MCGOVERN, R. E.; BRUCE, J. M. A model of the thermal
balance for cattle in hot conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81MEERDINK, G. see GIGLER, J. K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Membrane disinfection system development for closed
hydroponics in a greenhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227MESQUITA, C.; HANNA, M.; COSTA, N.; FRANCA NETO, J.
Soya bean threshing by nylon cords on rotating shafts 297Milking barns, optimal robotic, Part 2: behaviour-based
simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67MISSELBROOK, T. H. see SMITH, K. A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Mobile agricultural machinery vibrations, six-degrees-
of-freedom test rig design for simulation of . . . . . . . . . . 155Model of the thermal balance for cattle in hot conditions 81MOLENDA, M.; THOMPSON, S. A.; ROSS, I. J. Friction of
wheat on corrugated and smooth galvanized steelsurfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
MOLTOD , E.; MARTIDN, B.; GUTIED RREZ, A. Design and testingof an automatic machine for spraying at a constantdistance from the tree canopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
MORGAN, M. T. see ELLIOTT, P. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259MORSING, S. see BJERG, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Multi-layer neural networks for image analysis of agri-
cultural products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
NAGASAKA, Y. see WEISE, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233NAVON, A. see ALCHANATIS, V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289NEGI, S. C. see ZHANG, Y. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Neural networks, multi-layer: for image analysis of agri-
cultural products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119NI, J.-Q.; HEBER, A. J.; DIEHL, C. A.; LIM, T. T. Ammonia,
hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide release from pigmanure in under-#oor deep pits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
NICOLAI, B. see DE BELIE, N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183NOBLE, S. D.; BROWN, R. B.; DAVIDSON, V. J. Development
of a maize breakage test method using a commercialfood processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
NOBLE, S. D. see DAVIDSON, V. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303Noise source evaluation of a real-time soil sensor, Part I:
static elevation changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Noise source evaluation of a real-time soil sensor, Part II:
dynamic noise sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365Non-linear single degree-of-freedom systems for bio-
materials, frequency response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
OHTANI, T.; KANEKO, A.; FUKUDA, N.; HAGIWARA, S.; SASE,S. Development of a membrane disinfection system forclosed hydroponics in a greenhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Oil expression, prediction by uniaxial compression usingtime-varying oilseed properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
OLAOYE, J. O. Some physical properties of castor nutrelevant to the design of processing equipment . . . . . . 113
Olfactory sensing, arti"cial: potential applications forquality evaluation of fresh produce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
ONKS, D. O. see SU, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45OPARA, L. U. see TANNER, D. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Optimal light integral and carbon dioxide concentration
combinations for lettuce in ventilated greenhouses . . 309Orchards, variation of spray deposit and loss with air-jet
directions applied in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
PAIN, B. F. see SMITH, K. A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277PALAZZOLO, E. see DI STEFANO, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103PALIWAL, J. see JAYAS, D. S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119PANNO, M. see DI STEFANO, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103PAPADAKIS, G.; BRIASSOULIS, D.; SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA, G.;
VOX, G.; FEUILLOLEY, P. Radiometric and thermalproperties of, and testing methods for, greenhousecovering materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Pear fruit, "rmness changes before and after harvest: theacoustic impulse response technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
PEDRETTI, E. F. see RIVA, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449Pen partitions and thermal pig simulators, e!ects on
air#ow in a livestock test room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Penetration resistance and water-holding capacity of
di!erently conditioned straw for deep litter housingsystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
PHILLIPS, V. R.; SCHOLTENS, R.; LEE, D. S.; GARLAND, J. A.;SNEATH, R. W. A review of methods for measuringemission rates of ammonia from livestock buildingsand slurry or manure stores, Part 1: assessment ofbasic approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
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Physical and chemical properties of screened-#ushed pigslurry waste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441,
441Physical properties of castor nut relevant to the design of
processing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113PIETERS, J. G. see POLLET, I. V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419Pig breeding, utilization of a heat pump for energy saving
and climate and ammonia control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449Pig manure, in under-#oor deep pits: ammonia, hydro-
gen sulphide and carbon dioxide release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Pig slurry waste, screened-#ushed: physical and chemical
properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441Pigs, thermal simulated, and pen partitions: e!ects on
air#ow in a livestock test room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317Pilot-scale development of a bioreactor for the treatment
of dairy dirty water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Pits, under-#oor deep: ammonia, hydrogen sulphide and
carbon dioxide release from pig manure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Plastic "lms, as greenhouse cladding materials: conden-
sation and radiation transmittance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419POLLET, I. V.; PIETERS, J. G. Condensation and radiation
transmittance of greenhouse cladding materials, Part3: results for glass plates and plastic "lms. . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Pollution, agricultural non-point: sediment delivery pro-cesses in a Sicilian basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from corkwaste com-bustion emissions, quantitative assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Potential applications of arti"cial olfactory sensing forquality evaluation of fresh produce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Prediction and experimental veri"cation of the hoe pathof a rear-mounted inter-row weeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Prediction of oil expression by uniaxial compressionusing time-varying oilseed properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Probabilistic design of storage capacity for rainwatercistern systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Processing equipment, some physical properties of castornut relevant to the design of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
PULLEN, D. W. M.; COWELL, P. A. Prediction and experi-mental veri"cation of the hoe path of a rear-mountedinter-row weeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Quality evaluation of fresh produce, potential applica-tions of arti"cial olfactory sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Quantitative assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydro-carbons from corkwaste combustion emissions . . . . . . . 349
Radiation transmittance of greenhouse cladding mater-ials, Part 3: results for glass plates and plastic "lms . . 419
Radiative-interfering cover, soil under: transient-spectralthermal model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Radiometric and thermal properties of, and testingmethods for, greenhouse covering materials. . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rainwater cistern systems, probabilistic design of storagecapacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
RAMANI, D. V. see FERENTINOS, K. P.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309RAMON, H. see HOSTENS, I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Real-time soil sensor, noise source evaluation, Part I:
static elevation changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Real-time soil sensor, noise source evaluation, Part II:
dynamic noise sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365Rear-mounted inter-row weeder, prediction and experi-
mental veri"cation of the hoe path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Reduction of ammonia emission by slurry application
techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Review of methods for measuring emission rates of am-monia from livestock buildings and slurry or manurestores, Part 1: assessment of basic approaches . . . . . . . . 355
Rice transplanters, autonomous, investigation of turningbehaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
RIVA, G.; PEDRETTI, E. F.; FABBRI, C. Utilization of a heatpump in pig breeding for energy saving and climateand ammonia control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
ROBERTSON, T. R. see TANNER, D. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Robotic milking barns, optimal, Part 2: behaviour- based
simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67ROSS, I. J. see MOLENDA, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209RUOCCO, G. see DE LUCA, V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SAD EZ, F. see CABAN3 AS, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349SARIG, Y. Potential applications of arti"cial olfactory
sensing for quality evaluation of fresh produce . . . . . . . 239SASE, S. see OHTANI, T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA, G. see PAPADAKIS, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7SCHOLTENS, R. see PHILLIPS, V. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355SCHOTTE, S. see DE BELIE, N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Sediment delivery processes and agricultural non-point
pollution in a Sicilian basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103SERES, I. see GIGLER, J. K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Shelled maize, constitutive relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Six-degrees-of-freedom test rig design for simulation of
mobile agricultural machinery vibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Slurry, review of methods for measuring emission rates of
ammonia from, Part 1: assessment of basic approaches 355Slurry application techniques, reduction of ammonia
emission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Slurry waste, screened-#ushed from pigs: physical and
chemical properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441SMITH, K. A.; JACKSON, D. R.; MISSELBROOK, T. H.; PAIN,
B. F.; JOHNSON, R. A. Reduction of ammonia emissionby slurry application techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
SNEATH, R. W. see PHILLIPS, V. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355Soil, transient-spectral thermal model under radiative-
interfering cover under. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Soil sensor, real-time: noise source evaluation, Part I:
static elevation changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Soil sensor, real-time: noise source evaluation, Part II:
dynamic noise sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365&Soil water characteristic models, tillage and hetero-
geneity e!ects on the performance of ' by J. Y. DIIWU,R. P. RUDRA, W. T. DICKINSON and G. J. WALL, com-ment on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Solid-liquid separation process by centrifugation, #uiddynamic analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
SONNENBERG, H. see DEININGER, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335SOSULSKI, F. W. see BARGALE, P. C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Soya bean threshing by nylon cords on rotating
shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297Spray deposit and loss, variation with air-jet directions
applied in orchards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Spraying, at a constant distance from the tree canopy:
design and testing of an automatic machine . . . . . . . . . . 379Static elevation changes, noise source evaluation of
a real-time soil sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Steel surfaces, corrugated and smooth galvanized: fric-
tion of wheat on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Storage capacity for rainwater cistern systems, probabil-
istic design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343Straw for deep litter housing systems, penetration resist-
ance and water-holding capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
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SU, B.; HENRY, Z. A.; ZHANG, H.; ONKS, D. O. Frequencyresponse of non-linear single degree-of-freedom sys-tems for biomaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SVIDT, K. see BJERG, B.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317SWIECHOWSKI, W. see HOLOWNICKI, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
TAMM, M. see DEININGER, A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335TANIWAKI, K. see WEISE, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233TANNER, D. J.; CLELAND, A. C.; ROBERTSON, T. R.; OPARA,
L. U. Use of carbon dioxide as a tracer gas for deter-mining in-package air#ow distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Tea drying, comparison of dryer types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401TEMPLE, S. J.; BOXTEL, A. J. B. VAN. A comparison of dryer
types used for tea drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401THAYANITHY, K. see CANNON, A. D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Thermal balance for cattle in hot conditions, a model of 81Thermal and radiometric properties of, and testing
methods for, greenhouse covering materials. . . . . . . . . . . 7THOMPSON, S. A. see MOLENDA, M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Threshing: soya bean, by nylon cords on rotating shafts 297&Tillage and heterogeneity e!ects on the performance of
soil water characteristic models' by J. Y. DIIWU, R. P.RUDRA, W. T. DICKINSON and G. J. WALL, comment on 457
Tillage system selection: a mathematical programmingmodel incorporating weather variability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Tracer gas for determining in-package air#ow distribu-tion, carbon dioxide use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Tractive performance of a mechanical front-wheel assisttractor as related to forward speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Tractors, mechanical front-wheel assist: tractive perfor-mance as related to forward speeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Transient-spectral thermal model of soil under radiative-interfering cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Tree canopy, design and testing of an automatic machinefor spraying at a constant distance from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Turning behaviour of an autonomous ricetransplanter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Uniaxial compression using time-varying oilseed proper-ties, prediction of oil expression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Use of carbon dioxide as a tracer gas for determining in-package air#ow distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Utilization of a heat pump in pig breeding for energysaving and climate and ammonia control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Variation of spray deposit and loss with air-jet directionsapplied in orchards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Vibrations, mobile agricultural machinery, six-degrees-of-freedom test rig design for simulation of . . . . . . . . . . . 155
VISEN, N. S. see JAYAS, D. S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119VOX, G. see PAPADAKIS, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Water evaporation from deep litter systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429Water-holding capacity of di!erently conditioned straw
for deep litter housing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Weather variability in a mathematical programming
model of tillage system selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Weeder, rear-mounted inter-row: prediction and experi-
mental veri"cation of the hoe path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137WEISE, G.; NAGASAKA, Y.; TANIWAKI, K. An investigation of
the turning behaviour of an autonomous rice trans-planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
WELLER, C. L. see LOCHTE-WATSON, K. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Wheat, friction on corrugated and smooth galvanized
steel surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Willow chips and stems, drying characteristics . . . . . . . . . . 391WULFSOHN, D. see BARGALE, P. C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
YANG, M.-S. see LEE, K. T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343YU, C.-C. see LEE, K. T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
ZHANG, G. see BJERG, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317ZHANG, H. see SU, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45ZHANG, Y. H.; NEGI, S. C.; JOFRIET, J. C. Constitutive
relationships for shelled maize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39