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Francis S Nakayama
Plant Physiology and Genetics Research
Physical Science Collaborator

Phone: (520) 316-6350
Fax: (520) 316-6330

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Recycling of ligno-cellulosic and polythylene wastes from agricultural operations in thermoplastic composites - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Bajwa, D., Bajwa, S., Holt, G.A., Srinivasan, R., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S., Gesch, R.W. 2013. Recycling of ligno-cellulosic and polythylene wastes from agricultural operations in thermoplastic composites. Waste and Biomass Valorization. DOI:10.1007/s12649-013-9263-6.
Termite resistance of biobased composition boards made from cotton byproducts and guayule bagasse - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Holt, G.A., Chow, P., Wanjura, J.D., Pelletier, M.G., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2012. Termite resistance of biobased composition boards made from cotton byproducts and guayule bagasse. Industrial Crops and Products. 36:508-512.
Kenaf composition boards with termite resistance - (Proceedings)
Recycling of ligno-cellulosic and polyethylene wastes from agricultural operations in thermoplastic composites - (Abstract Only)
Sreekala, B.G., Sreekala, D.S., Holt, G.A., Srinivasan, R., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S., Gesch, R.W. 2011. Recycling of ligno-cellulosic and polyethylene wastes from agricultural operations in thermoplastic composites [abstract]. Proceedings of Second International Conference on Recycling and Reuse of Materials, August 5-7, 2011, Kottayam, Kerala, India. p. 18-19.
Bio-based composition boards made from cotton stalks and guayule wastes - (Abstract Only)
Holt, G.A., Chow, P., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2010. Bio-based composition boards made from cotton stalks and guayule wastes [abstract]. International Wood Composites Symposium, March 29-31, 2010, Seattle, WA. 2010 CDROM.
Evaluation of kukui oil (Aleurites moluccana) for controlling termites - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Nakayama, F.S., Osbrink, W.L., 2010. Evaluation of kukui oil (Aleurites moluccana) for controlling termites. Industrial Crops and Products. 31 (2): 312–315.
Evaluation of cotton gin byproducts as a ligno-cellulosic filler in polymer composites - (Abstract Only)
Bajwa, S., Holt, G.A., Bajwa, D., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2009. Evaluation of cotton gin byproducts as a ligno-cellulosic filler in polymer composites [abstract]. International Workshop on Utilisation of Cotton Plant By-produce for Value Added Products, November 9-11, 2009, Nagpur, India. 2009 CDROM.
Termite resistance and mechanical properties of biobased composition boards made from cotton gin byproducts and guayule bagasse - (Abstract Only)
Holt, G.A., Chow, P., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2009. Termite resistance and mechanical properties of biobased composition boards made from cotton gin byproducts and guayule bagasse. Holt, G.A., Chow, P., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2009. Termite resistance and physical properties of biobased composition boards made from cotton gin byproducts and guayule bagasse [abstract]. Published in the IRG document IRG/WP 09-60270 (The 40th Annual Meeting of IRG Program and List of Participants), May 24-28, 2009, Stockholm, Sweden, p. 11.
Termite resistance and physical properties of biobased composition boards made from cotton gin byproducts and guayule bagasse - (Abstract Only)
Holt, G.A., Chow, P., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2009. Termite resistance and physical properties of biobased composition boards made from cotton gin byproducts and guayule bagasse [abstract]. Presented at the poster session of the International Research Group on Wood Protection Conference May 26, 2009, in Beijing, China. Published in the IRG document IRG/WP 09-60270 (The 40th Annual Meeting of IRG Program and List of Participants), May 24-28, 2009, Stockholm, Sweden, p. 11.
Evaluation of two agricultural residues as ligno-cellulosic filler in polymer composites - (Abstract Only)
Bajwa, S., Holt, G.A., Bajwa, D., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2008. Evaluation of two agricultural residues as ligno-cellulosic filler in polymer composites [abstract]. Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops Conference, September 7-11, 2008. New Crops and Bioproducts Development. p. 36.
Fall vs. Spring Transplanting of Guayule Germplasm - (Abstract Only)
Coffelt, T.A., Ray, D.T., Nakayama, F.S. 2008. Fall vs. Spring Transplanting of Guayule Germplasm. Crop Science.
Plant Population, Planting Date, and Germplasm Effects on Guayule Latex, Rubber and Resin Yields - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S., Ray, D.T., Cornish, K., Mcmahan, C.M., Williams, C.F. 2009. Plant Population, Planting Date, and Germplasm Effects on Guayule Latex, Rubber and Resin Yields. Industrial Crops and Products. 29(1):255-260.
RESPONSE OF FOUR GUAYULE LINES TO TWO PLANT POPULATIONS - (Abstract Only)
Coffelt, T.A. 2007. Response of four guayule lines to two plant populations. American Society of Agronomy Abstracts. CD-Rom.
Some physical and mechanical properties of bio-based composition boards made from cotton gin and guayule wastes - (Abstract Only)
Holt, G.A., Coffelt, T.A., Chow, P., Nakayama, F.S. 2007. Some physical and mechanical properties of bio-based composition boards made from cotton gin and guayule wastes [abstract]. In: Proceedings of National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference, January 9-12, 2007, New Orleans, Lousiana. 2007 CDROM. p. 1483.
A Six Step Harvesting Procedure of Guayule Small Plots for Laboratory Analyses. - (Abstract Only)
Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2006. A six step harvesting procedure of guayule small plots for laboratory analyses.. Proceedings Assoc for Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC) Annual Meeting, p. 96.
PHYSICAL AND COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS OF PELLET FUEL FROM COTTON GIN BYPRODUCTS PRODUCED BY SELECT PROCESSING TREATMENTS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Holt, G.A., Blodgett, T.L., Nakayama, F.S. 2006. Physical and combustion characteristics of pellet fuel from cotton gin by-products produced by select processing treatments. Industrial Crops and Products. 24(3):204-213.
POST-HARVEST STORAGE EFFECTS ON GUAYULE LATEX QUALITY FROM AGRONOMIC TRIALS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
McMahan, C.M., Cornish, K., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S., Mccoy, R., Brichta, J.L., Ray, D. 2006. Post-harvest Storage Effects on Guayule Latex Quality from Agronomic Trials. Industrial Crops and Products. 24:321-328.
CHARACTERISTICS OF FUEL PELLETS PRODUCED FROM COTTON GIN BY-PRODUCTS AND GUAYULE BAGASSE - (Proceedings)
Holt, G.A., Nakayama, F.S., Coffelt, T.A., Blodgett, T.L. 2006. Characteristics of fuel pellets produced from cotton gin by-products and guayule bagasse. In: Proceedings of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, January 3-6, 2006, San Antonio, Texas. 2006 CDROM. p. 392-401.
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GUAYULE WOOD AND BARK - (Proceedings)
Chow, P., Nakayama, F.S., Blahnik, B., Youngquist, J.A., Coffelt, T.A. 2005. Chemical constituents and physical properties of guayule wood and bark. pp. 649-657. In M.J. Pascual-Villalobos, F.S. Nakayama, C.A. Bailey, E. Correal and W.W. Schloman, Jr. (ed.) Industrial Crops and Rural Development. Proceedings Assoc for Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC) Annual Meeting.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PELLET FUEL FROM COTTON GIN BYPRODUCTS UTILIZING VARIOUS PROCESSING TREATMENTS - (Proceedings)
Holt, G.A., Blodgett, T.L., Nakayama, F.S. 2005. Characteristics of pellet fuel from cotton gin byproducts utilizing various processing treatments. In: Pascual-Villalobos, M.J., Nakayama, F.S., Bailey, C.A., Correal, E., Schloman, Jr., W.W., editors. Proceedings of 2005 Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops: International Conference on Industrial Crops and Rural Development, 17-21 September, 2005, Murcia, Spain. p. 89-104.
DETERMINING OPTIMUM HARVEST TIME FOR GUAYULE LATEX AND BIOMASS - (Abstract Only)
Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2005. Determining optimum harvest time for guayule latex and biomass. pp 563-564. In International Conference on Industrial Crops and Rural Development Proceedings, Murcia, Spain, 17-21 September 2005.
POST-HARVEST STORAGE EFFECTS ON GUAYULE LATEX QUALITY FROM AGRONOMIC TRIALS - (Proceedings)
Mcmahan, C.M., Cornish, K., Mccoy, R.G., Brichta, J.L., Wilson, S., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S., Ray, D.T. 2005. Post-harvest storage effects on guayule latex quality from agronomic trials. International Conference on Industrial Crops and Rural Development Proceedings. p. 575-596.
POST-HARVEST STORAGE CONDITIONS ON GUAYULE LATEX QUALITY FROM AGRONOMIC TRIALS - (Proceedings)
Mcmahan, C.M., Cornish, K., Mccoy, R.G., Brichta, J.L., Wilson, S., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S., Ray, D.T. 2005. Post-harvest storage conditions on guayule latex quality from agronomic trials. In: M.J. Pascual-Villalobos, F. S. Nakayama, C.A. Bailey, E. Correal and W.W. Schloman, Jr., editors. Proceedings of the Association for Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC) Annual Meeting, Murcia, Spain, September 17-21, 2005. pp. 575-596.
PLANTING DATE EFFECTS ON GUAYULE YIELDS - (Abstract Only)
Coffelt, T.A., Ray, D.T., Nakayama, F.S., Cornish, K. 2005. Planting date effects on guayule yields. Agronomy Abstracts. CD-Rom (4752).
GENOTYPE AND ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ON GUAYULE (PARTHENIUM AGENTATUM) LATEX AND GROWTH - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Coffelt, T.A., Ray, D.T., Nakayama, F.S., Dierig, D.A. 2005. Genotype and environment effects on guayule (parthenium agentatum)latex and growth. Industrial Crops and Products. 22(1):95-99.
HARVESTING SMALL PLOTS OF GUAYULE FOR LABORATORY ANALYSES - (Proceedings)
Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S. 2004. Harvesting small plots of guayule for laboratory analyses. Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops Conference. p. 10
QUALITY OF LATEX EXTRACTED AND PURIFIED FROM GUAYULE AGRONOMIC TRIALS WITH DIFFERENT SPACINGS AND DATES OF PLANTING. - (Abstract Only)
Cornish, K., Mccoy Iii, R.G., Brichta, J.L., Coffelt, T.A., Nakayama, F.S., Ray, D.T. 2003. Quality of latex extracted and purified from guayule agronomic trials with different spacings and dates of planting.. Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops Conference. p.6.
PELLET FUEL FROM GUAYULE PLANT MATERIAL - (Abstract Only)
Nakayama, F.S., Holt, G.A., Coffelt, T.A., Vinyard, S.H. 2003. Pellet fuel from guayule plant material [abstract]. Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops 2003 Annual Meeting, October 12-15, 2003, Portland, Oregon.
INTRODUCTION OF BOOK TITLED MICROIRRIGATION FOR CROP PRODUCTION - (Book / Chapter)
Ayars, J.E., Bucks, D.A., Lamm, F.R., Nakayama, F.S. 2006. Introduction of book titled microirrigation for crop production. Microirrigation International Conference Proceedings. Book/Chapter, Chapter 1, pgs 1-26.
MICROIRRIGATION FOR CROP PRODUCTION - (Book / Chapter)
Lamm, F.R., Ayars, J.E., Nakayama, F.S. 2006. Microirrigation for Crop Production. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 618 p.
GENOTYPE X ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ON LATEX AND AGRONOMIC TRAITS OF GUAYULE - (Abstract Only)
Coffelt, T.A., Ray, D.T., Nakayama, F.S., Dierig, D.A. 2002. Genotype x environment effects on latex and agronomic traits of guayule. Agronomy Abstracts.
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS OF BIMONTHLY GUAYULE LATEX YIELD FOR SELECTING OPTIMAL HARVEST DATES - (Abstract Only)
DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIALLY USEFUL COPRODUCTS FROM GUAYULE - (Abstract Only)
GUAYULE AS A WOOD PRESERVATIVE - (Abstract Only)
REGROWTH AFTER HARVEST OF ONE- AND TWO-YEAR OLD GUAYULE PLANTS - (Abstract Only)
GENOTYPE X ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ON LATEX AND AGRONOMIC TRAITS OF GUAYULE - (Abstract Only)
SEASONAL EFFECTS ON GUAYULE LATEX CONTENT AND YIELD - (Proceedings)
GENOTYPE X ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ON LATEX AND AGRONOMIC TRAITS OF GUAYULE - (Abstract Only)
REGROWTH AFTER HARVEST OF ONE- AND TWO-YEAR-OLD GUAYULE PLANTS - (Abstract Only)
HERITABILITY OF GROWTH PARAMETERS IN GUAYULE. - (Abstract Only)
EVALUATION OF GUAYULE GERMPLASM FOR AGRONOMIC AND LATEX TRAITS - (Abstract Only)
HERITABILITY OF HEIGHT, WIDTH, RESIN, RUBBER, AND LATEX IN GUAYULE (PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
WATER MANAGEMENT OF NEW CROPS FOR COMMERCIALIZATION IN AN ARID ENVIRONMENT - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
PLANT REGROWTH FOLLOWING HARVEST OF ONE- AND TWO-YEAR OLD GUAYULE PLANTS - (Abstract Only)
RAPID GUAYULE LATEX QUANTIFICATION - (Abstract Only)
LESQUERELLA SEED PRODUCTION: WATER REQUIREMENT AND MANAGEMENT - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
COMPARISON OF ONE- AND TWO-YEAR OLD GUAYULE LINES - (Abstract Only)
PERFORMANCE OF TWO-YEAR OLD GUAYULE LINES - (Abstract Only)
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON RUBBER, LATEX, RESIN, AND PLANT BIOMASS - (Abstract Only)
EDITORIAL FOR SPECIAL AAIC ISSUE - (Other)
LESQUERELLA AND VERNONIA: OILSEEDS FOR ARID LANDS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
LESQUERELLA OILSEED ANALYSIS - (Abstract Only)