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    • Sánchez, Miguel A.; Cid, Pablo; Navarrete, Humberto; Aguirre, Carlos; Chacón, Gustavo; Salazar, Erika; Prieto, Humberto (Wiley & Sons, 2016)
      The potential impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on biodiversity is one of the main concerns in an environmental risk assessment (ERA). The likelihood of outcrossing and pollen-mediated gene flow from GM crops and ...
    • Silveira, Ana Cecilia; Oyarzún, Dennise; Escalona Contreras, Víctor (Wiley, 2018-06)
      Thompson Seedless (TS) and Black (BS) grapes sanitised with 2, 4, 6, 8 mg L-1 O-3 or NaOCl (100 mg L-1) were stored 21days at 5 degrees C. Ozonated water stimulated the respiration rate, especially after 5 days of storage, ...
    • Neira, José; Ortiz, Mauricio; Morales, Luis; Acevedo Hinojosa, Edmundo (Inst Investigaciones Agropecuarias, 2015)
      Oxygen is an important element for plant growth. Reducing its concentration in the soil affects plant physiological processes such as nutrient and water uptake as well as respiration, the redox potential of soil elements ...
    • Machuca, A.; Odio, A.; Tapia, M. L.; Silveira, A. C.; Escalona Contreras, Víctor (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2018)
      Safety of fresh-cut products is largely affected by the microbial load of raw material. In this sense, a hydroponic production system allows to reduce microbial contamination, as long as the quality of the used water on ...
    • Guajardo, Verónica; Hinrichsen, Patricio; Munoz Schick, Carlos (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2017)
      Fruit breeding programs usually use controlled hand pollination among cultivars and advanced selections for obtaining segregating populations to select new cultivars. In sweet cherries, however, sometimes in controlled p ...
    • Shinya, P.; Contador, L.; Predieri, S.; Rubio, P.; Infante Espiñeira, Rodrigo (Elsevier, 2013)
      tThe peach melting flesh cultivars ‘Ryan Sun’ and ‘Sweet September’ and the non-melting, ‘Kakamas’ wereharvested according to their visually assessed ground color and divided into four, ripeness classes (M1,M2, M3, and ...
    • Schlich, P.; Medel Maraboli, Marcela; Urbano, C.; Parr, W. V. (Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology Inc., 2015)
      Background and Aims: Complexity is a multidimensional and poorly defined term that is frequently employed to characterise wine sensorially. The present study aimed to investigate the sensorial nature of perceived complexity ...
    • Parr, Wendy V.; Grose, Claire; Hedderley, Duncan; Medel Marabolí, Marcela; Masters, Oliver; Días Araujo, Leandro; Valentín, Dominique (Elsevier, 2020)
      Quality and complexity are abstract terms employed frequently to describe a wine’s overall attributes. In the present study, we investigated: (i) attributes driving wine professionals’ judgments of quality and complexity ...
    • Boza Martínez, Sofía; Marcos Cubillos, Gonzalo; Cortés Belmar, Maruja; Mora González, Marcos (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Facultad Ciencias Agrarías, 2016)
      This research aims to contribute to the understanding of the attitudes related to public support programs of micro and small farmers in the central zone of Chile. For this, it was conducted a survey of 126 entrepreneurs ...
    • Moletto Lobos, Ítalo; Mattar Bader, Cristián; Barichivich, Jonathan (MDPI, 2020)
      Farmers in the temperate zone of southern Chile have started to irrigate historically rainfed pastures during recent years to reduce dairy productivity losses against increasingly severe summer droughts. The lack of ...
    • Laurie, V. Felipe; Salazar, Sofía; Campos, M. Ignacia; Cáceres Mella, Alejandro; Peña Neira, Álvaro (American Society for Enology and Viticulture., 2014)
      Microoxygenation (MOX) is a winemaking technique used with the aim of enhancing certain chemical and sensory wine features. Theoretically, by infusing small volumes of oxygen in a continuous way, the quality of the product ...
    • Fichet Lagos, Thomas Gilbert; Chamorro, Jorge; Riquelme Escobar, Alejandro (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Fac. Agronomía, 2012-04)
      Peteca rind pitting as influenced by proline content in winter lemon albedo. Cien. Inv. Agr. 39(1): 201-209. One of the most important problems in lemon growing is the physiological disorder known as "peteca", which is ...
    • Fanzone, Martín; Zamora, Fernando; Jofré, Viviana; Assof, Mariela; Gómez Cordovés, Carmen; Peña Neira, Álvaro (2012)
      BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the chemical composition of wine and its association with the grape variety/cultivar is of paramount importance in oenology and a necessary tool for marketing. Phenolic compounds are very important ...
    • Obreque Slier, Elías; Peña Neira, Álvaro; López Solís, Remigio; Ramírez Escudero, Cristián; Zamora Marín, Fernando (2007)
      Enological tannins are widely used in winemaking process to improve different characteristics of wines. A wide spectrum of enological tannins is now available on the market; however, the tannins’ chemical nature and ...
    • Fanzone, Martín; Peña Neira, Álvaro; Jofré, Viviana; Assof, Mariela; Zamora, Fernando (2010)
      Malbec is a wine grape variety that is now mainly produced in Mendoza and considered to be the emblematic cultivar of Argentina. Forty-four phenolic compounds, including hydroxybenzoic and hydroxycinnamic acids and ...
    • Cerda Carrasco, Aarón de la; López Solís, Remigio; Núñez Kalasic, Hugo; Peña Neira, Álvaro; Obreque Slier, Elías (Wiley, 2015)
      Background: Phenolic compounds are widely distributed secondary metabolites in plants usually conferring them with unique taste, flavour and health-promoting properties. In fruits of Vitis vinifera L., phenolic composition ...
    • Cáceres Mella, Alejandro; Peña Neira, Álvaro; Avilés Gálvez, Pamela Marisol; Medel Maraboli, Marcela; Barrio Galán, Rubén del; López Solís, Remigio; Canals, Joan Miquel (Wiley, 2014)
      BACKGROUND:Theblending of wine is a commonpractice in winemaking toimprovecertain characteristics that are appreciated by consumers. The use of some cultivars may contribute phenolic compounds that modify certain ...
    • Delgado Cuzmar, Paula; Salgado, Eduardo; Ribalta Pizarro, Camila; Olaeta, José A.; López, Eugenio; Pastenes Villarreal, Claudio; Cáceres-Mella, Alejandro (Wiley, 2018-07)
      The effect of three water status level and two harvest date 55 and 64days after veraison (DAV) on phenolic and sensory composition of Cabernet Sauvignon wines were investigated. The later harvest date led to wine with a ...
    • Obreque Slier, Elías; Peña Neira, Álvaro; López Solís, Remigio; Cáceres Mella, Alejandro; Toledo Araya, Héctor; López Rivera, Américo (Elsevier, 2013)
      Phenolic composition of skins from Vitis vinifera L. cv Carménère (CA), Merlot (M), Cabernet Franc (CF) and Cabernet Sauvignon (CS) grapes during ripening was evaluated by HPLC-DAD and spectrophotometric analysis. At the ...
    • Baginsky Guerrero, Cecilia; Peña Neira, Álvaro; Cáceres, Alejandro; Hernández, Teresa; Estrella, Isabel; Morales, Héctor; Pertuzé Concha, Ricardo (Elsevier, 2013)
      Fava beans (Vicia faba L.) are a popular food in many countries. However, there is a lack of information about the phenolic composition of some important edible varieties. Polyphenols in fava beans are located in several ...