Fornes Sebastiá, Fernando; Belda Navarro, Rosa María(Elsevier, 2017)
[EN] Charred organic matter is recently receiving attention for its potential use as soilless growth medium. However, depending on its origin and on the manufacturing technology, it can result toxic for plants. This fact ...
Pastor Fernández, Carlos(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-03-04)
[ES] Las malas hierbas pueden ocasionar pérdidas de rendimiento muy importantes en los cultivos. Para el manejo de las mismas, existen diferentes métodos de control, como culturales, mecánicos y físicos, biológicos, ...
[EN] Pelargonic acid (PA) is the only natural herbicide authorized for professional use in Spain. Incorporating PA into an integrated weed management strategy in vineyards may enable a more sustainable production method ...
Pastor Fernández, Carlos(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-10-21)
[ES] La producción de los cultivos se ve afectada por la competencia de las plantas arvenses por los diferentes recursos, como el agua, la luz, los nutrientes y el suelo, entre otros, además de que pueden actuar como ...
[EN] For small cheese-making factories, with no effluent treatment plants, whey can be a serious
problem and the landfarming technique represents an alternative for its disposal. However, whey may contain antibiotic residues ...
[EN] Water shortage throughout the world, especially in arid regions in the later decades has led to search for alternatives to save potable fresh water. Treated wastewater (TWW) appears to be an opportunity for irrigation. ...
Pérez Cebrián, Alberto(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-12-29)
La generación de cantidades considerables de lodos de depuración durante el tratamiento de aguas
residuales es inevitable y debe de ser cuidadosamente tratada. Entre las diversas opciones disponibles
para la gestión de ...
[EN] The essential oil composition of Peumus boldus and Drimys winterii was analyzed by means of capillary GC-FID and GC-MS. More than 96% of the total oil components (43 and 54 compounds, respectively) were identified, ...
[EN] Norharmane is a secondary metabolite that appears in different species of land plants. In this paper, we investigated for the first time the specificity of norharmane through germination and growth tests on some crops ...
Verdeguer Sancho, Mercedes María; Sánchez-Moreiras, Adela M.; Araniti, Fabrizio(MDPI, 2020-11)
[EN] Weeds are one of the major constraints in crop production affecting both yield and quality. The excessive and exclusive use of synthetic herbicides for their management is increasing the development of herbicide-resistant ...
Muñoz, Marta; Torres-Pagán, Natalia; Peiró Barber, Rosa Mª; Guijarro, Rubén; Sánchez-Moreiras, Adela M.; Verdeguer Sancho, Mercedes María(MDPI, 2020-06)
[EN] Weeds and herbicides are important stress factors for crops. Weeds are responsible for great losses in crop yields, more than 50% in some crops if left uncontrolled. Herbicides have been used as the main method for ...
[EN] Essential oils (EOs), extracted from aromatic plants, have been proposed as candidates to develop natural herbicides. This study aimed to evaluate the herbicidal potential of Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav., Mentha x ...
Hernández-Soto, Maria Consuelo; Hernández-Latorre, Marisa; Oliver-Tomás, Borja; Ponce, Estefanía; Renz, Michael(Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2019-07)
[EN] A two-step procedure is described for the synthesis of a carbon material with a similar composition and properties as peat. The produced hydrochar is made suitable for agricultural applications by removing plant growing ...