James H. Kidd

On verso: Copied from a tin-type. Taken in Yorktown Va., in February 1864, the day of the arrival from the Kilpatrick raid on Richmond at which time I was commanding the 6th Mich. Calvary with the rank of major. Was promoted to Colonel the May following. Age 24. J.W.K.

Portrait of J. H. Kidd (in GAR uniform?)

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Ionia, Mich. Barbershop

circled on image: My little Fred 6 years Fred Kidd- verso: 1. Abraham Desluok [?] 2. Wm. Steody 3. Henry F. Voelker [Barber] 4. Fred Henrisch

Personal recollections of a cavalryman : with Custer's Michigan cavalry brigade in the Civil War /

Reprint. Originally published: Ionia, Mich. : Sentinel Print. Co., 1908.

A short ancient history. / c By James Henry Breasted. Being the ancient-history section from "Outlines of European history," part I, By James Harvey Robinson and James Henry Breasted.

Mode of access: Internet.

Captain Kidd's gold.

Mode of access: Internet.

Young Ireland : a fragment of Irish history, 1840-45 /

University of Illinois Library bookplate on front paste-down: "From the collection of James Collins, Drumcondra, Ireland. Purchased, 1918."

The devotional life of the Sunday school teacher /

Mode of access: Internet.

An improved simulation model to predict pre-harvest aflatoxin risk in maize

Aflatoxin is a potent carcinogen produced by Aspergillus flavus, which frequently contaminates maize (Zea mays L.) in the field between 40° north and 40° south latitudes. A mechanistic model to predict risk of pre-harvest contamination could assist in management of this very harmful mycotoxin. In this study we describe an aflatoxin risk prediction model which is integrated with the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) modelling framework. The model computes a temperature function for A. flavus growth and aflatoxin production using a set of three cardinal temperatures determined in the laboratory using culture medium and intact grains. These cardinal temperatures were 11.5 °C as base, 32.5 °C as optimum and 42.5 °C as maximum. The model used a low (≤0.2) crop water supply to demand ratio—an index of drought during the grain filling stage to simulate maize crop's susceptibility to A. flavus growth and aflatoxin production. When this low threshold of the index was reached the model converted the temperature function into an aflatoxin risk index (ARI) to represent the risk of aflatoxin contamination. The model was applied to simulate ARI for two commercial maize hybrids, H513 and H614D, grown in five multi-location field trials in Kenya using site specific agronomy, weather and soil parameters. The observed mean aflatoxin contamination in these trials varied from <1 to 7143 ppb. ARI simulated by the model explained 99% of the variation (p ≤ 0.001) in a linear relationship with the mean observed aflatoxin contamination. The strong relationship between ARI and aflatoxin contamination suggests that the model could be applied to map risk prone areas and to monitor in-season risk for genotypes and soils parameterized for APSIM.