[EN] The use of rootstocks tolerant to water stress in pepper crops is a complementary technique for saving irrigation water without affecting yields by means of particular rootstock physiological traits, which changes the ...

Seeds of eight cultivars of globe artichoke (‘Imperial Star’; ‘A-107’; ‘A-109’; ‘Harmony’, formerly ‘Nun-3031’; ‘Nun-3007’, ‘Madrigal’, formerly ‘Nun-9444’; ‘Prelude’ and ‘Concert’) were sown in polystyrene trays on the ...

This two-year study (1999-2000) analysed the effects of three factors on the germination of caper seeds: the fruit position on the mother plant, the fruit maturation stage and the unit fruit weight. Plants of cultivar Comun ...

[ES] El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar la respuesta de las plantas de Physalis a la aplicación de diferentes dosis de riego y soluciones nutritivas, en términos productivos y de desarrollo vegetativo. Para ...

The incidence of brown bud disorder in broccoli is quite common in the Spanish Mediterranean region during early autumn and late spring. This disorder affects the quality of heads and shoots, and more important reduces its ...

[EN] Tubers of Cyperus esculentus were an important food in ancient Egypt. in Spain the tubers are used to make a beverage named horchata, and are also consumed as fresh after soaking. in other countries tubers are used ...

Waiting bed plants, used succesfully in Holland and Belgium, reduces the time between planting and harvest and could facilitate the production of strawberries during the winter in the warm climate of the Spanish mediterranean ...

[ES] La alcaparra, alcaparro o tápena (Capparis spinosa L.) es una planta de la familia de las capparidáceas cuya propagación sexual presenta factores limitantes. Entre los principales problemas a destacar se pueden encontrar ...

The artichoke industry in Spain is based principally on asexually propagated cultivars (‘Blanca de Tudela’ or ‘Violeta de Provenza’). The use of seed propagated cultivars prevents stand deficiency and soil-borne diseases ...

[ES] El conocimiento de la curva de retención de humedad del suelo resulta fundamental para la programación del riego. Las curvas de retención de humedad se han determinado tradicionalmente con las ollas a presión de ...