International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
(IJABE)
Open Access at http://www.ijabe.org
Table of Contents
Volume 2, Number 1, March, 2009
Editorial
Message from Editor-in-Chief·············································································· Maohua Wang, Roger Ruan(Ⅰ)
Power & Machinery System (PMS)
Kinematics and trajectory planning of a cucumber harvesting robot manipulator
························································ Zhang Libin, Wang Yan, Yang Qinghua, Bao Guanjun, Gao Feng, Xun Yi(1)
Droplet size and spray pattern characteristics of PWM-based continuously variable spray
········································································································· Deng Wei, He Xiongkui, Ding Weimin(8)
Land & Water Engineering (LWE)
Soil physical quality as influenced by long-term fertilizer management under an intensive cropping system
···························································· Du Zhangliu, Liu Shufu, Xiao Xiaoping, Yang Guangli, Ren Tusheng(19)
Bio-environmental Engineering (BEE)
CO2 evolution rate during solid-state fermentation for preparation of tomato pomace as a poultry feed ingredient
·························································································· Jamal A. Assi, Annie J. King, J. Vander Gheynst(28)
Information & Electrical Technologies (IET)
Improved method for nondestructive measurement of dynamic pollen source strength from transgenic crops using sonic anemometer···················································································································· Junming Wang, Xiusheng Yang(33)
Renewable Energy System (RES)
Processing and properties of rigid polyurethane foams based on bio-oils from microwave-assisted pyrolysis of corn stover
Jianping Wu, Yuanhua Wang, Yiqin Wan, Hanwu Lei, Fei Yu, Yuhuan Liu, Paul Chen, Lirong Yang, Roger Ruan(40)
Effect of nitrogen and extraction method on algae lipid yield
···················································································· Ying Shen, Zhijian Pei, Wenqiao Yuan, Enrong Mao(51)
Agro-product & Food Processing Engineering (AFPE)
Modeling and optimization for prediction of moisture content, drying rates and moisture ratio
········································································································· Shivmurti Shrivastav, B K Kumbhar(58)
Nondestructive assessment of quality of Nanfeng mandarin fruit by a portable near infrared spectroscopy
····································································································· Sun Xudong, Zhang Hailiang, Liu Yande(65)
Review
From agricultural engineering and forestry engineering to biomechinfotronic engineering
··············································································· Zheng Jiaqiang, Zhou Hongping, Xu Youlin, Xu Linyun(72)
Book Review
Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, edited by Da-Wen Sun, Published
········································································································································ Wang Yingkuan(79)
Information
IJABE has been covered by CA and CAB Abstracts································································· Wang Yingkuan(Ⅱ)
IJABE Guidelines for Authors····················································································································· (80)
International Editorial Board (Renewed)······················································································· Inside Front Cover