Research Publications

 

 

Research Publications 2003

 

 

 

 

Research publications from different departments under the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences (CAMS) in the year 2003 are given below:

 

Refereed Journals:
  1. Ahmad, I., I.A. Khan and M.M. Khan. 2003. Agronomy of seed tuber production for an indigenous potato cultivar ‘pars-70’ bred in Pakistan. Acta Hort. 619:301
  2. Ahmed, M., A. Arakel, D. Hoey, M.R. Thumarukudy, M.F.A. Goosen, M. Al-Haddabi and A. Al-Belushi. 2003. Feasibility of salt production from inland desalination plant reject brine: a case study. Desalination 158:09-117.
  3. Al-Adawi, A.O., M.L. Deadman, A.K. Al-Rawahi, A.J. Khan and Y.M. Al- Maqbali. 2003. Diplodia theobromae associated with sudden decline of mango in the Sultanate of Oman. Plant Pathology 52:419.
  4. Al-Saadi, A.M., M.L. Deadman and A.Y. Al-Maskri. 2003. Screening resistance of wheat and barley to spot blotch disease. Tests of Agrochemicals and Cultivars 23 (Annals of Applied Biology, 141, Supplement): 16-17.
  5. Al-Busaidi, A.S. and P. Cookson. 2003. Salinity-pH relationship in calcareous soils. SQU Journal for Scientific Research - Agricultural and Marine Sciences 8(1):41-46.
  6. Ali, A., N.A. Al-Asgah, S.M. Al-Ogaily and J. Gropp. 2003. Effect of sub-lethal concentrations of copper ions on the feed intake and nutrient utilization in Oreochromis niloticus. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 19:183-188.
  7. Ali, A., N.A. Al-Asgah, S.M. Al-Ogaily and S. Ali. 2003. Effect of feeding different levels of alfalfa meal on the growth performance and body composition of Oreochromis niloticus. Asian Fisheries Science 16:59-67.
  8. Al-Jabri, O., A. Omezzine and H. Boughanmi. 2003. Fresh fish markets in Oman: a price integration analysis. Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing 14(2):77-93.
  9. Al-Maskri, A., M. Nagieb, K. Hammer, A.A. Filatenko, I.A. Khan and A. Buerkert. 2003. A note about Triticum in Oman. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 50: 83-87.
  10. Al-Maskri, A, M.M. Khan, I.A. Khan and K. Al-Hansi. 2003. Effect of accelerated ageing on viability, vigor (RGR), lipid peroxidation and leakage in carrot (Daucus carota L.) seeds. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology 4:580-584.
  11. Al-Rawahy, S., D.L. Larson, J. Walworth and D.C. Slack. 2003. Effect of electrical input with drip irrigation on nitrate distribution in soil. Trans. ASAE 19(1): 55-58.
  12. Ampratwum, D.B. and A.S.S. Dorvlo. 2003. Equipment and power input for agriculture in Oman. International Journal of Agricultural Mechanization in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Tokyo, Japan. 34(2):65-70.
  13. Azam, K.M., A.A. Al-Raeesi, A.S. Kumar and W.S. Bowers. 2003. Control of leaf miner, Liriomyza trifolii Burgess in cucumber by plant extracts. Crop Research 25(3): 567-571.
  14. Bengtsson, G.B., M.S. Rahman, R.A. Stanley, C.O. Perera. 2003. Apple rings as model for fruit drying behavior- effects of surfactant and reduced osmolality reveal biological mechanisms. Journal of Food Science 68(2):563-569.
  15. Boughanmi, H., L. Zaibet, J. Waelti and A. Al-Belushi. 2003. The determinants of GCC intra-industry trade in agricultural products. Journal of Development and Economic Policies 6(1):63-79.
  16. Contreras, H., E. Jaramillo, C. Duarte and A. McLachlan. 2003. Population abundances, growth and natural mortality of the crustacean macroinfauna at two beach types in southern Chile. Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat. 76:543-561.
  17. Deszczynski, M., S. Kasapis and J.R. Mitchell. 2003. Rheological investigation of the structural properties and aging effects in the agarose/co-solute mixture. Carbohydrate Polymers 53:85-93.
  18. Deszczynski, M., S. Kasapis, W. MacNaughtan and J.R. Mitchell. 2003. Effect of sugars on the mechanical and thermal properties of agarose gels. Food Hydrocolloids 17:793-799.
  19. Eltayeb E.A., S.S. Al-Sinani and I.A. Khan. 2003. Effect of illumination by fluorescent light on the accumulation of glycoalkaloids in the tubers of 7 varieties of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) grown in Oman. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 6(7): 655-660.
  20. Gaur A., R. Horton, D.B. Jaynes, J. Lee and S.A. Al Jabri. 2003. Using surface time domain reflectometry measurements to estimate subsurface chemical movement. Vadose Zone Journal 2:539-543.
  21. Goddard, J.S., S.I. Ahmed and G. Al-Shagaa. 2003. Feed ingredient digestibility: Oman laboratory refines in vitro testing for tilapia feed. Global Aquaculture Advocate 6(6):53-54.
  22. Goddard, J.S., E. McLean and K. Wille. 2003. Co-dried sardine silage as an ingredient in tilapia, Oreochromis aureus diets. J. Aqua. Trop. 18(3):257-264.
  23. Goosen, M.F.A., S.S. Sablani, C. Paton, J. Perret, A. Al-Nuaimi, I. Haffar, H. Al-Hinai and W.H. Shayya. 2003. Solar energy desalination for arid coastal regions: development of a humidification-dehumidification seawater greenhouse. Solar Energy 75:413-419.
  24. Islam, M.R., S.S. Sablani and A.S. Mujumdar. 2003. An artificial neural network model for prediction of drying rates, Drying Technology - An International Journal 21(9):1871-1888.
  25. Johnson, E.H., R. Al-Busaidy and M.S. Hameed. 2003. An outbreak of lymphadenitis associated with Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia in Omani goats. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B (Infectious Diseases and Public Health) 50(2):102-104.
  26. Kacimov A.R. 2003. Unsaturated quasi-linear flow analysis in V-shaped domains. J. Hydrology (Elsevier) 279:70-82.
  27. Kacimov, A.R. 2003. Discussion on a technical note by Swamee P.K. and Kashyap D. "Design of minimum seepage-loss nonpolygonal canal sections". J. Irrigation and Drainage (ASCE) 129 (1):68-69.
  28. Kacimov A.R., S. Serrano. 2003. Comment on “On an Exact Analytical Solution of the Boussinesq Equation”, Transport in Porous Media, 39:339-345, 2000. Transport in Porous Media (Kluwer) 52(3): 387-392.
  29. Kadim, I.T., E.H. Johnson, O. Mahgoub, A. Srikandakumar, D.S. Al-Ajmi, A. Ritchie, K. Annamalai and A.S. Al-Halhali. 2003. Effect of low levels of dietary cobalt on apparent nutrient digestibility in Omani goats. Animal Feed Science and Technology 109:209-216.
  30. Kadim, I.T., O. Mahgoub, D.S. Al-Ajmi, R.S. Al-Maqbaly, N.M Al-Saqri and A. Ritchie. 2003. An evaluation of the growth, carcass and meat quality characteristics of Omani goat breeds. Meat Science 66:203-210.
  31. Kadim, I.T, O. Mahgoub, A. Srikandakumar, D.S. Al-Ajmi, R.S. Al-Maqbaly, N.M. Al-Saqry and E.H. Johnson. 2003. Effect of low levels of dietary cobalt on carcass and meat quality characteristics in Omani goats. Meat Science 66: (4): 837-844.
  32. Kasapis, S., I.M. Al-Marhoobi and J.R. Mitchell. 2003. Molecular weight effects on the glass transition of gelatin/co-solute mixtures. Biopolymers 70: 169-185.
  33. Kasapis, S., I.M. Al-Marhoobi and J.R. Mitchell. 2003. Testing the validity of comparisons between the rheological and the calorimetric glass transition temperatures. Carbohydrate Research 338:787-794.
  34. Kasapis, S., I.M. Al-Marhoobi, M. Deszczynski, J.R. Mitchell and R. Abeysekera. 2003. Gelatin vs. polysaccharide in mixture with sugar. Biomacromolecules 4:1142-1149.
  35. Khan, A.J., M.L. Deadman, Y.M. Maqbali, A. Maqbali, and Z. Handoo. 2003. Survey of nematodes parasitic on crop plants in Al-Batinah region, Sultanate of Oman. Indian Journal of Plant Pathology 20:22-24.
  36. Khan, A.J., H. Al-Oufi, E. McLean, J.S. Goddard, A. Srikandakumar and J. Al-Sabahi. 2003. Analysis of fatty acid profiles of kingfish (Scomberomorus commerson) from different coastal regions of the Sultanate of Oman. International Journal of Food Properties 6(1):49-60.
  37. Khan, A.J., S. Botti, A.M. Al-Subhi, M.A Zaidi, I. Altosaar, A. Alma and A. Bertaccini. 2003. Molecular characterization of the 16S rRNA gene of phytoplasmas detected in two leafhoppers species associated with alfalfa plants infected with witches’ broom in Oman. Phytopathol. Mediterr. 42:257-267.
  38. Khan, I.A., M.L. Deadman, H.S. Al Nabhani, and K.A. Al-Habsi. 2003. Interactions between temperature and yield components in exotic potato cultivars grown in Oman. Acta Horticulturae 619:353-359.
  39. Khan, I.A., M.L. Deadman, H.S. Al Nabhani and K.A. Al Habsi. 2003. Altering potato production systems in Oman by modifying the planting strategy and the seed supply mechanism. Acta Horticulturae 619:293-299.
  40. Kharbotly, A, O. Mahgoub, A.A. Al-Subhi and A.S. Al-Halhali. 2003. Studies on Omani indigenous grass species with potential for maintaining rangeland and livestock feeding. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 95(2-3):623 – 632.
  41. Mahmud, I., M.S. Hussain, A. Hannan, S. Alam, M.S. Hossain, H.U. Shekhar, L. Ali, N. Nahar and R. Rahman. 2003. Growth inhibitory activity of Uregina indica plant extract associated with decreased polyamine levels in liver tissue of partially hepatectomized rats. Bangladesh Journal of Life Sciences 15(2):7-15.
  42. McIlwain. J.L. 2003. Fine-scale temporal and spatial patterns of larval supply to a fringing reef in Western Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 252:207-222.
  43. Al-Kalbani, M., P. Cookson and H. AbdelRahman. 2003. Uses of Hydrophobic Siloxane Polymer (GuilspareŽ) for soil water management: application in the Sultanate of Oman. Water International (Journal of the IWRA), IL, USA. 28(2):217–223.
  44. Omezzine, A., H. Boughanmi and H. Al-Oufi. 2003. Demand elasticities of fresh fish commodities in Oman. SQU Journal for Scientific Research-Agricultural and Marine Sciences 8(2):55-61.
  45. Omezzine, A., O. Al-Jabri and H. Boughanmi. 2003. Analysis of fruit and vegetable price integration between Al-Mawaleh and Dubai wholesale market. Agricultural and Fisheries Research Bulletin 2(3):5-14.
  46. Opara, L.U. 2003. From farmers to blue-colar professionals: agricultural engineering students’ perspectives on their career prospects, critical skills, and discipline name change. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education 2(3):399-402.
  47. Opara, L.U. 2003. Traceability in agriculture and food supply chains: a review of basic concepts, technological implications, and future prospects. Food, Agriculture and Environment 1(1):101-106.
  48. Opara, L.U. 2003. Image is everything !: Undergraduate students’ contributions towards better understanding and improvement of public attitudes and perceptions of Agricultural Engineering. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education 2(3):457-460.
  49. Osman, N., I.E.D. El Huda, E.H. Johnson, R. Al-Busaidy and N.F. Suttle. 2003. The effects of breed, neonatal age and pregnancy on the plasma copper status of goats in Oman. Veterinary Research Communications 27(3):219-229.
  50. Perret, J.S., S.O. Prasher and A.R. Kacimov. 2003. Mass fractal dimension of soil macropores using computed tomography: from the box-counting to the cube-counting algorithm. European Journal of Soil Science 54(3):569-579.
  51. Pillay, A.E., J.R. Williams, M.O. El Mardi, S.M. Hassan and M.H. Al Hadabbi. 2003. Risk assessment of chromium and arsenic in date palm leaves used as livestock feed. Environment International 29:541-545.
  52. Rahman, M.S. 2003. A theoretical model to predict the formation of pores in foods during drying. International Journal of Food Properties 6(1): 61-72.
  53. Rahman, M.S. and S.S. Sablani. 2003. Structural characteristics of freeze-dried abalone: porosimetry and puncture test. Transaction Institute of Chemical Engineers Part C 81:309-315.
  54. Rahman, M.S., S. Kasapis, N. Guizani and O. Al-Amri. 2003. State diagram of tuna meat: freezing curve and glass transition. Journal of Food Engineering 57(4):321-326.
  55. Rahman, M.S., N. Guizani and M.H. Al-Ruzeiki. 2004. D- and Z-values of microflora in tuna mince during moist-heating and dry-heating. Food Science and Technology 37(1):93-98.
  56. Sablani, S.S., W.H. Shayya, and A.R. Kacimov. 2003. Explicit calculation of the friction factor in pipeline flow of Bingham plastic fluids: a neural network approach. Chemical Engineering Science (Elsevier) 58(1):99-106.
  57. Sablani, S.S. and M.S. Rahman. 2003. Effect of syrup concentration, temperature and sample geometry on equilibrium distribution coefficients during osmotic dehydration of mango. Food Research International 36:65-71.
  58. Sablani, S.S. and M.S. Rahman. 2003. Using neural networks for predicting thermal conductivity of food as a function of moisture content, temperature and porosity. Food Research International 36:617-623.
  59. Sablani, S.S. and W.H. Shayya. 2003. Neural network based non-iterative calculation of the friction factor for power law fluids. Journal of Food Engineering 57:327-335.
  60. Sablani, S.S., M.S. Rahman, I. Haffar, O. Mahgoub, A.S. Al-Marzouki, M.H. Al-Ruzeiqi, N.H. Al-Habsi and R.H. Al-Belushi. 2003. Drying rates and quality parameters of sardines processed using solar dryers. SQU Journal for Scientific Research - Agricultural and Marine Sciences 8(2):79-86.
  61. Sablani, S.S., M.F.A. Goosen, C. Paton, W.H. Shayya, and H. Al-Hinai. 2003. Simulation of fresh water production using a humidification-dehumidification seawater greenhouse. Desalination 159:283-288.
  62. Silva, A.G., I.T. Kadim and R.W. Purchas. 2003. Effect of genotypes and age on carcass and meat quality characteristics of ram lambs. SQU Journal for Scientific Research - Agricultural and Marine Sciences 8(2):73-78.
  63. Srikandakumar, A., E.H. Johnson, 0. Mahgoub, I.T. Kadim and D.S. Al-Ajmi. 2003. Anatomy and histology of the female reproductive tract of the Arabian Camel. SQU Journal for Scientific Research - Agricultural and Marine Sciences 8(2): 63-66.
  64. Srikandakumar, A., E.H. Johnson and O. Mahgoub. 2003. Effect of heat stress on respiratory rate, rectal temperature and blood chemistry in Omani and Australian Merino sheep. Small Ruminant Research 49:193-198.
  65. Zekri, S. and A. Dinar. 2003. Welfare consequences of water supply alternatives in rural Tunisia. Agricultural Economics 28:1-12.
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