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Immunomodulation Evidence of Nanostructured Recombinant Proteins in Salmonid Cells
(Animals, 2024-03-09)Recent studies have demonstrated that immune-related recombinant proteins can enhance immune function, increasing host survival against infectious diseases in salmonids. This research evaluated inclusion ... -
Innovative vs classical methods for drying heterotrophic Chlorella vulgaris: Impact on protein quality and sensory properties
(Food Research International, 2024-02-18)Drying is a necessary step in the microalgae production chain to reduce microbial load and oxidative degradation of the end product. Depending on the differences in applied temperature and treatment ... -
Impact of Deficit Irrigation Strategies Using Saline Water on Soil and Peach Tree Yield in an Arid Region of Tunisia
(Agriculture, 2024-02-27)Sustainable fruit orchard development in arid areas is severely affected by the scarcity of fresh water. To mitigate the lack of fresh water, the use of low-quality water for irrigation is becoming a ... -
Pork belly quality variation and its association with fatness level
(Meat Science, 2024-03-07)Belly is a very popular pork cut composed of different layers of fat and muscle tissue. This work aims to investigate the effect of belly fatness on the morphological, mechanical (firmness) and compositional ... -
Genetic regulation of volatile production in two melon introgression line collections with contrasting ripening behavior
(Horticulture Research, 2024-01-16)The importance of melon aroma in determining fruit quality has been highlighted in recent years. The fruit volatile profile is influenced by the type of fruit ripening. Non-climacteric fruits contain ... -
Cephalonomia tarsalis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) for the control of the sawtoothed grain beetle, either alone or in combination with the predatory mite Blattisocius tarsalis
(Journal of Stored Products Research, 2024-01-19)The sawtoothed grain beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) is an important pest of stored cereals. Due to the phasing out of many active compounds registered as insecticides and ... -
New Potential Role of European Mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) in the Epidemiology of Border Disease in the Pyrenees
(Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2023-10-24)Since 2001, high-mortality outbreaks of border disease (BD) have negatively affected populations of Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica). Studies in the affected areas determined that sympatric ... -
Protección contra las heladas: nutrición, fenología y bioestimulación
(Revista de Fruticultura, 2023, 92, Marzo/Abril, 38-53, 2023-03)Frost protection: nutrition, phenology and biostimulation. Late frost at the end of winter or early spring cause every year severe damage to different crops, including vineyards and fruit trees. This ... -
A monoclonal antibody targeting a large surface of the receptor binding motif shows pan-neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 activity
(Nature Communications, 2024-02-05)Here we report the characterization of 17T2, a SARS-CoV-2 pan-neutralizing human monoclonal antibody isolated from a COVID-19 convalescent individual infected during the first pandemic wave. 17T2 is a ... -
Native and invasive bird interactions increase the spread of Newcastle disease in urban environments
(Biological Invasions, 2023-12-11)Due to their large population sizes, synanthropic birds, including native and invasive species, can transmit pathogens to other vertebrates, and even humans. In particular, Newcastle disease virus (NDV) ... -
Exploring large-scale gene coexpression networks in peach (Prunus persica L.): a new tool for predicting gene function
(Horticulture Research, 2024-01-02)Peach is a model for Prunus genetics and genomics, however, identifying and validating genes associated to peach breeding traits is a complex task. A gene coexpression network (GCN) capable of capturing ... -
Air treatment technologies in pig farms. Life cycle assessment of dry and wet scrubbers in Northern Italy and Northeastern Spain
(Science of the Total Environment, 2024-02-24)Over the years, different solutions were developed and tested to reduce the emissions of ammonia and particulate matter from the livestock facilities. The environmental performances of these solutions ... -
Preweaning piglet survival on commercial farms
(Journal of Animal Science, 2023-12-12)Preweaning piglet mortality (PWM), a trait highly related to litter size, is one of the main concerns associated with productive efficiency and animal welfare in commercial pig farms. The objectives of ... -
Erysipelas with preferential brain and skin involvement in a Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
(Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2024-02-01)Infections by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae occur in domestic animals and cause the disease known as ‘erysipelas’. The ubiquity of Erysipelothrix spp. makes infection possible in a wide range of ... -
PERSEUS: an interactive and intuitive web-based tool for pedigree visualization
(Bioinformatics, 2024-02-03)Pedigree-based analyses’ prime role is to unravel relationships between individuals in breeding programs and germplasms. This is critical information for decoding the genetics underlying main inherited ... -
Impacts of diffuse urban stressors on stream benthic communities and ecosystem functioning: A review
(Limnetica, 2024)Catchment urbanisation results in urban streams being exposed to a multitude of stressors. Notably, stressors originating from diffuse sources have received less attention than stressors originating ... -
Nuevas estrategias de control de chinches en el cultivo del avellano: “cultivos trampa” y el depredador natural (Zelus renardii) identificado en el Camp de Tarragona
(Revista de Fruticultura, 2024, 97, Enero-Febrero, 24-35, 2024-01)Uno de los principales problemas para obtener una buena calidad de la avellana y el beneficio del agricultor es la mancha blanca en el grano causada por la picada alimenticia de insectos sobre ... -
Tres olis catalans, en el top 10 de la guia IBEROLEUM en la categoria de petites produccions
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Nuevos portainjertos de manzano alternativos al M.9
(Revista de Fruticultura, 2023, 92, Marzo-Abril, 6-25, 2023-03)La selección de la variedad y portainjerto, junto con la elección del sistema de formación son decisiones clave para la viabilidad económica de la parcela. Con una alta eficiencia, M.9 ha sido el ... -
Evaluación de nuevas variedades de triticale y centeno híbrido en España
(Vida Rural, 2024, 545, Febrero, 46-51, 2024-02-15)En este artículo se presentan los resultados de los ensayos de nuevas variedades comerciales de triticale y centeno híbrido en España realizados por el Grupo para la Evaluación de Nuevas Variedades de ...