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AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America

AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (AMA) (issn: 00845841) is a peer reviewed journal first published online after indexing scopus in 1982. AMA is published by Farm Machinery Industrial Research Corp and Shin-Norinsha Co. AMA publishes every subjects of general engineering and agricultural engineering. Lizi Jiaohuan Yu Xifu/Ion Exchange and Adsorption Fa yi xue za zhi

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03 Apr 2024 (Vol - 55 , Issue- 04 )
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31 Mar 2024 (Vol - 55 , Issue 03 )

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AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America

AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America (ISSN: 00845841) is a peer-reviewed journal. The journal covers Agricultural and Biological Sciences and all sort of engineering topic. the journal's scopes are in the following fields but not limited to:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication
Electronic Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Civil and architectural engineering
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Industrial and Commercial Design
Information Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Food Engineering

Research on the Fusion Technology of Renewable Energy and Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Prevention and Control

Paper ID- AMA-17-02-2022-11141

Agricultural non-point source pollution has the characteristics of complex occurrence mechanism and wide space-time range. The randomness of the time and place, occurrence of intermittent mode, uncertainty of emission form and way have increased the difficulty of agricultural non-point source pollution prevention and control. Based on the analysis of three stages of agricultural non-point source pollution prevention and control, the characteristics of the renewable energy technology and its specific methods of fusion technique combined with agricultural non-point source pollution prevention and control system were described in detail in this paper. Meanwhile, the scarcities of renewable energy technology applied in agriculture non-point source pollution prevention and control were pointed out and the important role of the renewable energy technology in agriculture non-point source pollution prevention and control were emphasized. According to this, this paper aimed at the deficiency of biogas technology and monitoring methods, two kinds of specific solutions were proposed and the advantages and disadvantages of two kinds of schemes were analyzed, respectively. The research work in this paper is of great guidance for the renewable energy technology applied in future agricultural non-point source pollution.

Design and Experiment of Flexible Threshing Device for Cabbage Seeds

Paper ID- AMA-16-02-2022-11140

In order to solve the technical problems of high rate of breaking and un-threshing in the threshing process of cabbage seeds, based on the conventional spike teeth- grid concave threshing unit, a low damage threshing unit with the combination of flexible spike teeth with round heads and a concave with circular tubes was designed. In this study, Hertz contact and collision theory was used to analyze and determine the structural parameters of the new threshing unit. The interaction force of different threshing elements, concave and materials were analyzed by using discrete element method. The feasibility of the flexible threshing unit was verified by the comparison test of the distribution of threshed mixture. Finally, in the orthogonal experiment, the rotating speed of the cylinder, the concave clearance and the feeding rate were taken as the experimental factors, and the breaking rate and the un-threshing rate of the Chinese cabbage seeds were taken as the experimental indexes, the optimal working parameter combination of the threshing unit was obtained by using the weight matrix method. Under the condition the rotating speed of the threshing cylinder 750 rpm, the concave clearance 20 mm, and the feeding rate 1.4 kg/s, the threshing performance of the flexible threshing unit was the best. At this time, the breaking rate was 0.064%, and the un-threshing rate was 0.67%, which both met the relevant industry standards.

Residue and field efficacy of selected insecticides against diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella L.) on cabbage

Paper ID- AMA-16-02-2022-11139

The field efficacy of chosen insecticides was studied during two consecutive years showed that chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC was incredibly effective insecticide in managing the population of diamond back moth, Plutella xylostella Linnaeus on cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. capitata and significantly differed with spinosad 2.5 SC. Residue analysis of chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC was estimated at recommended and doubles the recommended dose on cabbage crop to study its dissipation behaviour. The average initial residues of chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC was varied from 0.379 to 0.021 mg kg -1 and dissipated 80.21 % after 5th day of application at recommended dose and 0.828 to 0.053 mg kg-1 with 93.59 % dissipation after 10th day of application at double the recommended dose, respectively. The half-life values at recommended and double the recommended dose were 1.05 and 1.41 days, respectively. At 10th and 15th day residues of chlorantraniliprole were below limit of quantification (0.01mg kg-1) after application and below maximum residue limit (0.03 mg kg-1) at 7th and 15th day at recommended and double the recommended dose, respectively.

PROTEOLYTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF LON-LIKE RECOMBINANT PROTEASE FROM LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM IIA-1A5

Paper ID- AMA-16-02-2022-11138

Proteases are one of most important and abundant enzymes produced by the biotechnology industry, for scientific, physiological and industrial application and dominates the whole enzyme market. Lactobacillus plantarum IIA-1A5 is an Indonesian lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from beef Crossbreed of Ongole cattle. Preliminary analysis on its whole genome sequence indicated that this strain harbours some genes involved in protein degradation and might be promising to be further applied. This study aimed to study the proteolityc characteristic of the crude recombinant protease Lon-Like IIA-1A5. The result showed that crude Lon-like-IIA-1A5 was successfully expressed in a host cell induced with 1 mM IPTG at 37ºC. IPTG induction in culture was carried out at the 3rd hour of incubation with an OD600 of 0.67. Afterwards E. coli started to produce protein which was indicated by a decrease in the growth of e coli until the 5th hour after induction or until the cells were harvested compared to cultures without induction. The Proteolytic characteristic of crude recombinant Lon-Like IIA-1A5 protease was optimal at pH 9 and a temperature of 60 oC. Crude Lon-Like IIA-1A5 recombinant protease activity was increased in toluene, N-hexane, and chloroform solvents and inhibited in acetonitrile and methanol solvents as well as Cu2+, and Zn2+ ions. Crude recombinant Lon-Like IIA-1A5 protease degraded both myofibril protein and gelatin was statistically higher (P<0.05) than casein protein, skim milk, collagen and sarcoplasmic protein, while the ability of this protein to degrade casein protein, skim milk and bovine serum albumin was not different (P>0.05).

Performance of Major Seed spice crops in Rajasthan during Pre and post-Agri Export Zone periods: In context of Growth, Instability and Decomposition analysis

Paper ID- AMA-15-02-2022-11137

Present study was conducted to investigate the growth, instability and decomposition analysis in area, production, and productivity of major seed spice crops in Rajasthan. This study was entirely based on secondary data and the study period was divided into three sub-periods: pre-Agri Export Zone Period (1991-92 to 2004-05), post-Agri Export Zone Period (2005-06 to 2019-20), and overall period (1991-92 to 2019-20). The data was analysed using the compound annual growth rate, Cuddy-Della Valle instability index and decomposition models to accomplish the objectives of the study. The results of study indicated that highest growth rates were seen in the production of fenugreek (7.53%), cumin (18.66%), and fennel (11.15%) during the pre-AEZ, post-AEZ, and overall periods. The highest instability were found in fennel production in Rajasthan, with 49.73, 65.51, and 73.76 percent, respectively. The interaction effect was the driving force behind increased output in the coriander, cumin, fennel, and fenugreek crops in pre-AEZ and post-AEZ periods, whereas the yield effect was dominant for overall period.