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Umami taste components in chicken-spices blends and potential effect of aroma on umami taste intensity
(Food Science and Human Wellness, 2023-06-01)In this study, umami taste intensity (UTI) and umami taste components in chicken breast (CB) and chicken-spices blends were characterized using sensory and instrumental analysis. Our main objective was ... -
Uncovering the genetic basis for quality traits in the Mediterranean old wheat germplasm and phenotypic and genomic prediction assessment by cross-validation test
(Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023-01-27)The release of new wheat varieties is based on two main characteristics, grain yield and quality, to meet the consumer’s demand. Identifying the genetic architecture for yield and key quality traits has ... -
Understanding consumers' perceptions towards Iberian pig production and animal welfare
(Meat Science, 2020-09-19)The Spanish market offers a greater variety of Iberian pork products. The aim of this paper is to determine the perception of consumers of several aspects of Iberian pig production and animal welfare ... -
Understanding Drainage Dynamics and Irrigation Management in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Basin
(Water, 2022-12-21)Irrigation is one of the main users of water worldwide and its overuse may affect the natural regimes of water systems. To avoid this, drainage and irrigation management needs to be improved. This study ... -
Understanding host-microbiota interactions in the commercial piglet around weaning
(Scientific reports, 2021-12-06)Weaning is a critical period in the life of pigs with repercussions on their health and welfare and on the economy of the swine industry. This study aimed to assess the efect of the commercial early ... -
Understanding How Microorganisms Respond to Acid pH Is Central to Their Control and Successful Exploitation
(Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020-09-24)Microbes from the three domains of life, Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya, share the need to sense and respond to changes in the external and internal concentrations of protons. When the proton concentration ... -
Understanding the future meat consumers
(Meat Science, 2022-08-06)Revered, desired, hated and even persecuted, meat leaves almost no one indifferent. It is a fundamental element of our culture and traditions, and gives rise to numerous controversies, trends and social ... -
Understanding the Interaction Effects between Dietary Lipid Content and Rearing Temperature on Growth Performance, Feed Utilization, and Fat Deposition of Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
(Animals, 2021-02-03)This study was conducted to elucidate the interaction effects of temperature and dietary lipid levels (2 × 2 factorial experiment) on the growth performance, muscle, and liver composition in adult farmed ... -
Understanding the key features of the spontaneous formation of bona fde prions through a novel methodology that enables their swift and consistent generation
(Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2023-09-07)Among transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases afecting humans, sporadic forms such as spo‑ radic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease are the vast majority. Unlike genetic or acquired forms ... -
Understanding the key preharvest factors determining ‘Packham’s Triumph’ pear heterogeneity and impact in superficial scald development and control
(Postharvest Biology and Technoogy, 2020-11-06)Although superficial scald (SS) is well characterized on apples, there is still few information regarding the influence that initial fruit’s maturity heterogeneity may have on the development of this ... -
Understanding the legal trade of cattle and camels and the derived risk of Rift Valley Fever introduction into and transmission within Egypt
(PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018-01-19)Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonosis, which may cause significant losses for the livestock sector and have serious public health implications. Egypt has been repeatedly affected by RVF ... -
Undifferentiated Wing Sarcoma in a Peach-Faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)
(Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2022-11-04)A 10-year-old peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) was evaluated for an ulcerated and painful mass at the location of a fracture 2 years previously. Whole body radiographs showed a humeral ... -
Unraveling the antiviral activity of plitidepsin against SARS-CoV-2 by subcellular and morphological analysis
(Antiviral Research, 2022-02-26)The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has made evident the need for broad-spectrum, efficient antiviral treatments to combat emerging and re-emerging viruses. Plitidepsin is an antitumor ... -
Unravelling consensus genomic regions conferring leaf rust resistance in wheat via meta-QTL analysis
(The Plant Genome, 2021-12-17)Leaf rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia triticina Erikss (Pt), is a destructive disease affecting wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and a threat to food security. Developing resistant cultivars represents ... -
Unravelling opportunities, synergies, and barriers for enhancing silvopastoralism in the Mediterranean
(Land Use Policy, 2022-04-16)Silvopastoral systems combine wood perennials with forage and livestock. These multipurpose wood-pasture habitats represent an important part of European bio-cultural and ecological heritage. However, ... -
Unravelling the cold-induced regulation of ethylene and α-farnesene and its involvement with the development of scald-like disorders in different pear cultivars
(Postharvest Biology and Technoogy, 2020-12-26)To better understand the cold-induced regulation of scald-like disorders in pears and the specific roles played by ethylene and α-farnesene, three pear cultivars with different patterns of ethylene ... -
Unravelling the Combined Use of Soil and Microbial Technologies to Optimize Cultivation of Halophyte Limonium algarvense (Plumbaginaceae) Using Saline Soils and Water
(Soil Systems, 2023-08-17)Salt-affected soils have detrimental effects on agriculture and ecosystems. However, these soils can still be used for halophyte (salt-tolerant plants) cultivation using brackish and/or saline water. ... -
Unravelling the complex duplication history of deuterostome glycerol transporters
(Cells, 2020-07-10)Transmembrane glycerol transport is an ancient biophysical property that evolved in selected subfamilies of water channel (aquaporin) proteins. Here, we conducted broad level genome (>550) and transcriptome ... -
Unravelling the contribution of the Penicillium expansum PeSte12 transcription factor to virulence during apple fruit infection
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Unravelling the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Protective Effect of Lactate on the High-Pressure Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes
(Biomolecules, 2021-04-30)Formulations with lactate as an antimicrobial and high-pressure processing (HPP) as a lethal treatment are combined strategies used to control L. monocytogenes in cooked meat products. Previous studies ...