Boyaci, Hatice Filiz; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Unlu, Abdullah; Gumrukcu, Emine; Oten, Mehmet; Plazas Ávila, María de la O(MDPI AG, 2020-06)
[EN] The identification of heterotic groups may provide an important advantage for hybrid eggplant (Solanum melongena) breeding. In this study, we evaluated the combining ability and heterotic patterns of eggplant lines ...
Pons Puig, Clara; Casals, Joan; Palombieri, Samuela; Fontanet, Lilian; Riccini, Alessandro; Rambla Nebot, Jose Luis; Ruggiero, Alessandra; Figás-Moreno, María Del Rosario; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Koukounaras, Athanasios; Picarella ,Maurizio E.; Suli, Maria; Fisher, Josef; Ziarsolo, Pello; Blanca Postigo, José Miguel; Cañizares Sales, Joaquín; Soler Aleixandre, Salvador; Díez Niclós, Mª José Teresa De Jesús; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Monforte Gilabert, Antonio José; GRANELL RICHART, ANTONIO(Springer Nature, 2022-01-05)
[EN] The Mediterranean basin countries are considered secondary centres of tomato diversification. However, information on phenotypic and allelic variation of local tomato materials is still limited. Here we report on the ...
Quelal-Vásconez, Maribel Alexandra; Macchioni, Riccardo; Livi, Greta; Pérez-Esteve, Édgar; Lerma-García, María Jesús; Talens Oliag, Pau; Barat Baviera, José Manuel; Agerlin Petersen, Mikael; Bro, Rasmus(Elsevier, 2022-09-30)
[EN] A total of 56 key volatile compounds present in natural and alkalized cocoa powders have been rapidly evaluated using a non-target approach using stir bar sorptive extraction gas chromatography mass spectrometry ...
García-Segovia, Purificación; Igual Ramo, Marta; Martínez-Monzó, Javier(MDPI AG, 2021-07)
[EN] Beetroot is a root vegetable with carotenoids, phenols, vitamins, minerals, and water-soluble betalain pigments such as betacyanins (red-violet color) and betaxanthins (yellow-orange color), which have many nutritional ...
[EN] Cereal fungal contamination causes both economic and human health problems. In the present study, the chemical composition of commercial bay leaf, cinnamon, clove and oregano essential oils, and antifungal activity ...
[EN] Films based on a 75:25 polylactic acid (PLA) and Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) blend, containing 2% (w/w) of different phenolic acids (ferulic, p-coumaric or protocatechuic acid), and plasticised ...
[EN] Similar to many other plant-based products, strawberries are susceptible to fungal diseases
caused by various pathogen groups. In recent years, efforts have been made to combat these
diseases using biological control ...
GÓMEZ-MARTÍN, M. ESTHER; Gimenez-Carbo, Ester; Andrés-Doménech, Ignacio; Pellicer, Eugenio(Emerald, 2021-08-14)
[EN] Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the potential for implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the civil engineering bachelor degree in the School of Civil Engineering at Universitat Politecnica ...
[EN] Tomato landraces are highly appreciated by consumers, who are willing to pay a price premium for them. But little is known regarding sensory perception and its relationship with fruit composition. The Spanish variety ...
Hussain, Muhammad Iftikhar; Naeem, Majida; Khan, Zafar Iqbal; Akhtar, Shahzad; Nadeem, Muhammad; Alnuwaiser, Maha Abdallah; Ahmad, Kafeel; Vicente, Oscar; Yang, Hsi-Hsien(MDPI AG, 2022-10)
[EN] Copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) metal distribution in soil-plant ecosystems and their public health risk impact on ruminants (cows, buffalo, and sheep) are explored in the present investigation. Five
different forage ...
[EN] A field survey conducted on asymptomatic grapevine propagation material from nurseries and symptomatic young grapevines throughout different regions of Algeria yielded a collection of 70 Phaeoacremonium-like isolates ...
Calabuig-Serna, Antonio; Mir Moreno, Ricardo; Arjona, Paloma; Seguí-Simarro, Jose M.(Frontiers Media SA, 2023-03-31)
[EN] Free calcium (Ca2+) is a pivotal player in different in vivo and in vitro morphogenic
processes. In the induction of somatic embryogenesis, its role has been
demonstrated in different species. In carrot, however, this ...
[EN] BACKGROUND Ever since the beginning of agriculture, yields have been threatened by weeds. Chemical weed control is far more effective and economical than other methods. The frequent use of herbicides has led to ...
[EN] Agricultural packaging has a direct impact on the environmental performance of food. The carbon footprint (CF) of two of the most used packaging systems for international transport by road of fruit and vegetables is ...
Fakhreddine-Houhou, Houhou; Martí-Botella, Mari Carmen; Cordero-Cucart, María Teresa; Aragones, V; Sáez-Sánchez, Cristina; Cebolla Cornejo, Jaime; Pérez De Castro, Ana María; Rodriguez-Concepcion, Manuel; Picó Sirvent, María Belén; Daròs, José-Antonio(John Wiley & Sons, 2022-05)
[EN] Background
Carotenoids are health-promoting metabolites in livestock and human diets. Some important crops have been genetically modified to increase their content. Although the usefulness of transgenic plants to ...
Alemany Díaz, María Del Mar; Esteso, Ana; Ortiz Bas, Ángel; del Pino, Mariana(Elsevier, 2021-03)
[EN] Imbalance between supply and demand of crops frequently occurs in markets originating an excess or shortage of supply in relation to demand. This causes high volatility and uncertainty in market prices, unmet demand, ...
[EN] Peri-urban agriculture potentially serves as an essential green infrastructure, facilitating sustainable transitions within cities by providing crucial local food ecosystem services to urban populations. This study ...
[EN] Viticulture is facing emerging challenges not only because of the effect of climate change on yield and composition of grapes, but also of a social demand for environmental-friendly agricultural management. Adaptation ...
Valverde-Garcia, Damián; Pérez-Esteve, Édgar; Barat Baviera, José Manuel(Blackwell Publishing, 2020-07)
[EN] Alkalization, also known as "Dutching," is an optional, but very useful, step taken in the production chain of cocoa to darken its color, modify its taste, and increase natural cocoa solubility. Over the years, various ...
[EN] Macrophomina pseudophaseolina is a new Macrophomina species reported on different crop and weed species in Brazil, India and Senegal, but to date there are no studies about its adaptability components. In this work, ...