Modelling has proven to be an important tool in the design of manifolds and silencers for internal combustion engines. Although simple 1D models are generally sufficiently precise in the case of manifold models, they would ...

[EN] Solanum pimpinellifoliumandSolanum lycopersicumvar.cerasiformerepresent a valuable tool for tomato breeding, particularly for tolerance to abiotic stresses. Water stress and salinity are major constraints to tomato's ...

A mobile open-circuit respirometry system was constructed for estimating heat production (HP) in small ruminants from CH4 and CO2 production and 02 consumption by the respiratory quotient (RQ) method. The method was evaluated ...

[EN] Previous studies have reported that trinexapac-ethyl (TE) stimulates growth of well-watered (WW) eucalypt plants. However, the physiological and hormonal changes in response to this chemical remain unclear. Furthermore, ...

[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 ...

[EN] In vegetables, tolerance to drought can be improved by grafting commercial varieties onto drought tolerant rootstocks. Grafting has emerged as a tool that copes with drought stress. In previous results, the A25 pepper ...

[EN] The almond tree is generally recognized as drought-tolerant, though it depends on water resources to achieve high yields. During the summer months of two consecutive years, several physiological and biochemical ...

Plants of one evergreen oak (Quercus ilex) and three deciduous oaks (Q. faginea, with small leaves; Q. pyrenaica and Q. robur, with large leaves) were exposed both to filtered air and to enhanced ozone levels in Open-Top ...