[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 ...
[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 ...
[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] 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, ...
[EN] In this study, five new recently described Monosporascus species, M. brasiliensis,
M. caatinguensis, M. mossoroensis, M. nordestinus, and M. semiaridus, which were found on weeds
collected from cucurbit cultivation ...
[EN] The stabilization of fruit bagasse by drying and milling technology is a valuable processing technology to improve its durability and preserve its valuable biologically active components. The objective of this study ...
[EN] The postharvest life of most fruit, vegetables and cereals is limited by fungal proliferation. The chemical
composition of Mentha piperita, M. spicata and M. suaveolens essential oils (EO), and the antifungal
activity ...
Verdeguer Sancho, Mercedes María; Rosello Caselles, Josefa; Castell Zeising, Vicente; Llorens Molina, Juan Antonio; Santamarina Siurana, M. Pilar(Elsevier, 2020-06)
[EN] The chemical composition of Essential Oils Satureja montana and Mentha longifolia was determined, and their activity against important phytopathogenic and post-harvest fungi was studied, to evaluate their potential ...
[EN] The use of energy in the livestock sector will rise in the years to come due to the increasing demand for animal proteins from a word population that will reach 9.15 billion people before 2050. Livestock houses for ...
PASCUAL, L; Yan, Jinqiang; Pujol, Marta; Monforte Gilabert, Antonio José; Picó Sirvent, María Belén; MARTIN HERNANDEZ, A.M.(Frontiers Media SA, 2019-10-01)
[EN] Melon production is often compromised by viral diseases, which cannot be treated with chemicals. Therefore, the use of genetic resistances is the main strategy for generating crops resistant to viruses. Resistance to ...
[EN] The aim of this study is to combine the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) with sensory analysis for assessing the quality of stone fruits, such as peaches and nectarines. To this end, a multicriteria model based on the ...