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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 ... -
Impact of different controlled temperature and humidity conditions on the behaviour, posture and spatial needs in fattening rabbits
(Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2025-08-07)This study aimed to evaluate the effect of thermal conditions on the posture and behaviour of fattening rabbits and to determine the minimum space allowance and height required in a transport container ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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) ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Comparison of Three Commercial ELISA Kits for Detection of Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 in Serum Samples from Different Animal Species
(Viruses, 2025-05-16)The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, significantly impacting global health, economies, and social stability. In February ... -
Fibre-like structure formation in fava bean protein based extrudates: effects of extrusion inputs and potential of outputs for process control
(Future Foods, 2025-06-25)High moisture extrusion processing (HMEP) is a complex process in which product formulation and extrusion conditions play a key role in fibre-like structure formation. The aim of this work was to study ... -
Growth performance, phytate degradation, and tibia characteristics of broiler chickens fed pelleted diets with varying feed particle sizes and phytase levels
(Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2025-07-21)The objective was to investigate the effects of feed particle size and microbial phytase supplementation of pelleted diets on growth performance, myo-inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP6) degradation, and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...