王应宽

Beijing, China

2014-03-02

博主按：本刊自2013年被《工程索引》（Ei Compendex）收录后，来稿量大增。为了加快论文的发表，本刊自2014年起，从季刊改成双月刊。今年还会针对学科内的前沿热点策划出版专辑或专栏。今年第一期已经按计划在2月25日正式出版，通过自建网站www.ijabe.org提供全文即时开放获取。欢迎大家关注和支持！

International Journal of Agriculturaland Biological Engineering

(IJABE)

Open Access at http://www.ijabe.org

Table of Contents

Volume 7, Number 1, February, 2014

IJABEEditorial

OpenAccess Leads to Success············································································ WangYingkuan（01）

Power& Machinery System (PMS)

Mechanicaland natural ventilation systems in a greenhouse designed using computationalfluid dynamics

············································ Jorge Flores-Velazquez, Juan I. Montero, Esteban J. Baeza, Juan C.Lopez（1）

Experimentalstudy on the performance of bowl-tray rice precision seeder

···································· YiShujuan, Liu Yongfen, Wang Chun, Tao Guixiang, Liu Haiyan, Wang Ruihan（17）

Land& Water Engineering (LWE)

Effect of smart sprinkler irrigation utilization on water use efficiencyfor wheat crops in arid regions

················································ HusseinMohammed Al-Ghobari, MohamedSaid Abdalla El Marazky（26）

Information& Electrical Technologies (IET)

Cascadednavigation control for agricultural vehicles trackingstraight paths

··································································································· HuJingtao, Li Taochang（36）

Detectingmaize leaf water status by using digital RGB images

························································ HanWenting, Sun Yu, Xu Tengfei, Chen Xiangwei, Su Ki Ooi（45）

Distinctelement method analysis and field experimentof soil resistance applied on the subsoiler

································································ LiBo, Liu Fanyi, Mu Junying, Chen Jun, Han Wenting（54）

Bio-environmentalEngineering (BEE)

Measurementand analysis of biogas fertilizer use efficiency, nutrient distribution andinfluencing factors of biogas residues and slurry on pig farms

··················································································· FanMin, Zhu Hongguang, Ma Jieqiong（60）

RenewableEnergy System (RES)

Validityof the Africa-wide Lang factor of 2.63 for estimating small biogas plantinstallation costs in Uganda

·················································································· KennethNdyabawe, William S. Kisaalita（70）

Agro-product & Food Processing Engineering(AFPE)

Detectionof Staphylococcus Aureus usingquantum dots as fluorescence labels

··································· Hu Yaohua, Wang Chengcheng,Bai Bing, Li Mintong, Ronghui Wang, Yanbin Li（77）

Physicalproperties of Brachystegia Eurycomaseeds as affected by moisture content

························································· NdubisiA. Aviara, Elizabeth B. Ibrahim, Lovelyn N. Onuoha（84）

Effectof pre-treatments on drying characteristics of Chinese jujube (Zizyphus jujuba Miller)

·············································································· ZhuBaomeng, Wen Xuesen, Wei Guodong（94）

Effectsof moisture content and feed rate on milling characteristics of wild apricotpits (Prunus armeniaca L.)

······································· A.E. Kate, U. C. Lohani, N. C. Shahi, J. P. Pandey, A. Sarkar, Khan Chand（103）

CoverCaption

BeijingResearch Center for Agricultural and Standards and Testing, Beijing Academy ofAgriculture and Forestry Sciences（Cover, Inside Front Cover）

Information

Warm congratulations on IJABE’s inclusion in Ei Compendex························································· （111）

Top 16 most cited papers published in IJABEaccording to Thomson Reuters and Google scholar·················· （112）

IJABEis a fast-growing peer-review OA journal—Updated Introduction to IJABE-2013·························· （113）

IJABEGuidelines for Authors···························································································· （115）

InternationalEditorial Board················································································ （Front Insert Ⅰ）