[EN] World population is expected to reach 9.2 × 109 people by 2050. Feeding them will
require a boost in crop productivity using innovative approaches. Current agricultural
production is very dependent on large amounts ...
González-Orenga, Sara; Leandro, Maria Elisa D. A.; Tortajada, Laura; Grigore, Marius N.; Llorens Molina, Juan Antonio; Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo; Laguna Lumbreras, Emilio; Boscaiu, Monica; Vicente, Oscar(Elsevier, 2021-11)
[EN] Bupleurum tenuissimum is a rare species in Spain, which became extinct in recent decades in many localities, including protected areas. In the study area, the ¿Albufera¿ Natural Park (SE Spain), the species was present ...
[EN] Limonium angustebracteatum is a halophyte endemic to the E and SE Iberian Peninsula with interest in conservation. Salt glands represent an important adaptive trait in recretohalophytes like this and other Limonium ...
Gramazio, Pietro; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Plazas Ávila, María de la O; Mangino, Giulio; Herraiz García, Francisco Javier; Vilanova Navarro, Santiago(Frontiers Media SA, 2017)
[EN] Advanced backcrosses (ABs) and introgression lines (ILs) of eggplant (Solanum melongena) can speed up genetics and genomics studies and breeding in this crop. We have developed the first full set of ABs and ILs in ...
Labastida Jaimes, Diana Laura(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-10-20)
[ES] Las legumbres desempeñan un papel fundamental en la seguridad alimentaria de países en desarrollo. Dentro de este grupo, el frijol común Phaseolus vulgaris es especialmente importante para el consumo humano, ya que ...
Taïbi, Khaled; Campo García, Antonio Dámaso Del; Vilagrosa, Alberto; Belles Albert, José Mª; López-Gresa, María Pilar; Pla, Davinia; Calvete Chornet, Juan José; López-Nicolás, José M.; Mulet, José Miguel(Frontiers Media SA, 2017-07-24)
[EN] Drought is one of the main constraints determining forest species growth, survival and productivity, and therefore one of the main limitations for reforestation or afforestation. The aim of this study is to characterize ...
Conesa, Miguel A.; Fullana-Pericas, Mateu; GRANELL RICHART, ANTONIO; Galmes, Jeroni(Frontiers Media SA, 2020-01-10)
[EN] The Mediterranean long shelf-life (LSL) tomatoes are a group of landraces with a fruit remaining sound up to 6¿12 months after harvest. Most have been selected under semi-arid Mediterranean summer conditions with poor ...
Muñoz Mayor, Alicia; Pineda Chaza, Benito José; García Abellán, José O.; Antón Martínez, María Teresa; García Sogo, Begoña; Sánchez Bel, Paloma; Flores, Francisco B.; Atarés Huerta, Alejandro; Angosto, Trinidad; Pintor Toro, José A.; Moreno Ferrero, Vicente; Bolarin, Maria C.(Elsevier, 2012-03-15)
[EN] One strategy to increase the level of drought and salinity tolerance is the transfer of genes codifying different types of proteins functionally related to macromolecules protection, such as group 2 of late embryogenesis ...
Al Hassan, Mohamad; López Gresa, María Pilar; Boscaiu Neagu, Mónica Tereza; Vicente Meana, Óscar(2016)
[EN] Comparative studies on the responses to salinity and drought were carried out in three Juncus species, two
halophytes (Juncus maritimus Lam. and Juncus acutus L.) and one more salt-sensitive (Juncus articulatus L.). ...
Boscaiu Neagu, Mónica Tereza; Donat Torres, Maria del Pilar; Llinares Palacios, Josep Vicent; Vicente Meana, Óscar(Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara Cluj-Napoca + Academic Pres, 2012)
Over the next few decades we must boost crop productivity if we are to feed a growing world population, which will reach more than 9×109 people by 2050; and we should do it in the frame of a sustainable agriculture, with ...
Sánchez-Gerschon, Verónica; Martinez-Fernandez, Irene; González-Bermúdez, María R.; de la Hoz-Rodríguez, Sergio; González, Florenci V.; Lozano Juste, Jorge; Ferrándiz Maestre, Cristina; Balanzà, Vicente(American Society of Plant Biologists, 2024-05-13)
[EN] Flowers, and hence, fruits and seeds, are produced by the activity of the inflorescence meristem after the floral transition. In plants with indeterminate inflorescences, the final number of flowers produced by the ...