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Spread of Xylella fastidiosa in Majorca Island Agroecosystems: Interaction Between Insect Vectors, Woody Hosts and Bacterial Subspecies
(Plant Pathology, 2025-06-08)Xylella fastidiosa (XF) is a gram-negative bacterium naturally transmitted by xylem sap-feeding insects that causes serious plant diseases. Since 2016, three subspecies of XF have been identified in ... -
Improved techniques for monitoring Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an endoparasitoid of Tuta absoluta, in tomato fields
(BioControl, 2025-07-09)The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta is a major pest threatening global tomato production, particularly in the Mediterranean basin. Biological control strategies using predators and parasitoids, such as ... -
Interannual carry-over effects of severe drought on field-grown young pear trees
(Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2025-03-27)Perennial fruit trees will likely face a severe drought during their lifespan as climate change places pressure on irrigation resources. Our understanding of carry-over effects of seasonal drought on ... -
Quantifying the environmental human health burden of food demand in Spain: A life cycle assessment study
(Environmental Research, 2025-06-13)The negative impacts of current dietary patterns in Spain on both human health and the environment are well documented. While the strong connection between environmental degradation and human health is ... -
Cloning and Expression of a Truncated Form of the p72 Protein of the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) for Application in an Efficient Indirect ELISA System
(Pathogens, 2025-05-29)African swine fever (ASF) is a disease that affects both domestic and wild swine. It was recently reported in the Dominican Republic and Haiti (2021), representing a substantial risk to America. The ... -
Biological control of pests of stored cereals with the predatory mites Blattisocius tarsalis and Cheyletus malaccensis
(Journal of Pest Science, 2024-12-10)Numerous arthropod pest species can cause significant losses in the quantity and quality of stored products. Currently, the most common pest control strategy is the use of a limited number of authorized ... -
Side effects of pesticides used in organic and conventional tomato crops on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, a parasitoid of Tuta absoluta
(Pest Management Science, 2025-06-16)BACKGROUND Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris is a key biological control agent of Tuta absoluta, one of the most destructive pests in tomato crops worldwide. As part of integrated pest management (IPM) ... -
Enhancing the oxidative stability of flaxseed oil using food-grade O/W Pickering emulsions stabilized by antioxidant-rich cocoa byproduct particles
(Applied Food Research, 2025-05-25)Pickering emulsions with antioxidant properties are of great interest in developing encapsulation systems for compounds that are highly susceptible to oxidation. In this study, the fabrication of ... -
The Olfactory System of Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris (Marsh) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Natural Enemy of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
(International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025-07-29)The parasitoid wasp Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris is a key koinobiont solitary endoparasitoid of the invasive agricultural pest Tuta absoluta. This study investigates both the morphological and molecular ... -
Epidemiology of Xylella fastidiosa in Ibiza and Formentera: A Comprehensive Study of Insect Vectors and Transmission Dynamics
(Agronomy, 2025-01-27)Xylella fastidiosa (XF) is a Gram-negative bacterium responsible for severe plant diseases affecting a wide range of host plants, some of them important crops. Since 2017, only the pauca subspecies ... -
Quantitative characterization of high-pressure inactivation of E. coli and Salmonella in fruit purees enhanced by acid exposure and delayed sampling
(Food Research International, 2025-08-21)This study aimed to quantitatively characterize the inactivation kinetics of Escherichia coli (CECT5947 & CTC1029) and Salmonella (GN001 & CIP106188) during high-pressure processing (HPP, from 300 to ... -
Transforming Hyperspectral Images Into Chemical Maps: A Novel End-to-End Deep Learning Approach
(Journal of Chemometrics, 2025-07-16)Current approaches to chemical map generation from hyperspectral images are based on models such as partial least squares (PLS) regression, generating pixel-wise predictions that do not consider spatial ... -
Novel high-pressure thermal processing at industrial scale efficiently inactivates bacterial spores while minimises process-induced contaminants in acid and low-acid infant food
(Food Research International, 2025-08-06)High-pressure thermal processing (HPTP) takes advantage of rapid and uniform compression heating and decompression cooling. However, its industrial implementation faces scale-up and operational challenges. ... -
Antimicrobial Efficacy of Nanochitosan and Chitosan Edible Coatings: Application for Enhancing the Safety of Fresh-Cut Nectarines
(Coatings, 2025-03-03)The growing demand for fresh foods, as well as the rise in ready-to-eat foods, is leading the food industry to study edible coatings to maintain the quality of fresh-cut fruit. The objective of this ... -
Microbiome-based surveillance of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens from urban wild boars in Barcelona, 2022–2023
(One Health, 2025-03-28)Incursions of wild animals into urban areas amplify the potential risks of zoonotic disease transmission by increasing contact between humans and animal reservoirs. Monitoring the presence of pathogens ... -
Hyperspectral imaging and predictive microbiology for the non-invasive evaluation of the growth probability of Staphylococcus aureus in sliced dry-cured ham
(Meat Science, 2025-07-21)This work aimed to explore the potential of a non-invasive approach, consisting of the use of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) together with predictive microbiology, for dry-cured ham safety evaluation. The ... -
Assessing the Potential of Fecal NIRS for External Marker and Digestibility Predictions in Broilers
(Animals, 2025-07-24)This study evaluated fecal near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) potential to predict three external markers (Yb, Ti, and polyethylene glycol (PEG)) and dry matter digestibility (DMD) calculated from ... -
Simultaneous Detection of Classical and African Swine Fever Viruses by Duplex Taqman Real-Time PCR Assay in Pigs Infected with Both Diseases
(Pathogens, 2025-05-13)The increasing spread of African swine fever (ASF) in recent years and the presence of classical swine fever (CSF) subclinical forms in endemic countries suggests that the possibility of coinfection ... -
Organic enrichment negatively impacts meiobenthic copepods on Argentinean coasts
(Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2025-06-30)Organic enrichment is a growing threat to coastal environments, yet its effects on meiobenthic copepods in marine sediments remain poorly understood. In this large-scale observational study conducted ... -
CmFUL1 was potentially involved in fruit elongation in melon
(Horticulture Research, 2025-05-21)Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a fruit crop in the world; fruit size and fruit shape are major traits for melon quality. Fruit length is a crucial indicator affecting fruit size and shape, but few genes ...