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    • Zulantay, Marcela; Román Figueroa, Celián; Uribe Meneses, Juan; Celis, Christian; Moyano, Ricardo; Paneque Corrales, Manuel (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, 2013)
    • Salazar Guerrero, Osvaldo; Manrique, Augusto; Tapia Fernández, Yasna; Casanova Pinto, Manuel; Govan, Joseph; Covarrubias, José I.; Contreras, Américo; Cabeza, Ricardo A. (Springer, 2020)
      The main aim of this study is to develop a mechanistic model of fertilization for recommending the application of zinc (Zn) fertiliser for maize based on the mass balance of Zn. The model would consider the critical Zn ...
    • Mashalaba, Lwando; Galleguillos Torres, Mauricio; Seguel Seguel,Óscar; Poblete Olivares, Javiera (Elsevier, 2020)
      Soil physical properties influence vineyard behavior, therefore the knowledge of their spatial variability is essential for making vineyard management decisions. This study aimed to model and map selected soil properties ...
    • Govan, Joseph; Abarca, Gabriel; Aliaga, Carolina; Sanhueza, Byran; Orellana, Walter; Cárdenas Jirón, Gloria; Zagal, José H.; Tasca, Federico (Elsevier, 2020)
      Iron(II) 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octa(cyano)phthalocyanine (OCNFePc), was tested as a catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) adsorbed on carbon nanotubes. The composite was analyzed spectroscopically and electrochemically ...
    • Urbina, M. A.; Luna Jorquera, G.; Thiel, M.; Acuña Ruz, T.; Amenábar Cristi, María; Andrade, C.; Ahrendt, C.; Castillo, C.; Chevallier, A.; Cornejo D'Ottone, M.; Correa Araneda, F.; Duarte, C.; Fernández, C.; Galbán Malagón, C.; Godoy, C.; González Aravena, M.; Hinojosa, I. A.; Jorquera, A.; Kiessling, T.; Lardies, M. A.; Lenzi, J.; Mattar, C.; Munizaga, M.; Olguín Campillay, N.; Pérez Venegas, D. J.; Portflitt Toro, M.; Pozo, K.; Pulgar, J.; Vargas, E. (Wiley, 2020)
      Marine plastic pollution is worse than expected, and we are starting to realize its full extent and severity. Solving the plastic pollution problem is not easy, as it requires the action and commitment of all sectors of ...
    • Boza Martínez, Sofía; Cortés, Maruja; Prieto Durán, Carmen; Muñoz Eulogio, Tomás Francisco; Mora González, Marcos (Universidad Federal de Santa María, Brasil, 2020)
      An adequate supply of fresh, high quality and accessible vegetables is essential for a healthy food system. In Latin America, these are mostly produced by smallholder farmers. The objective of this research was to characterize ...
    • Dilla Alfonso, Haroldo; Hansen Figueroa, Karen (SAGE, 2020)
      One of the characteristics of contemporary political geography is the transformation of international borders into resources for capitalist value creation. This has been accompanied by the emergence of new identities and ...
    • Homer Bannister, Ian; Prieto Varón, Mayerly; Díaz Martínez, Verónica (Universidad de Zulia, Venezuela, 2020)
      El cultivo vitivinícola en Chile ha crecido el 50 % en los últimos 12 años, provocando un aumento drástico en el uso de agroquímicos, entre ellos los herbicidas, los cuales deben ser aplicados en forma dirigida. Las malezas ...
    • Acuña, E.; Castillo B.; Queupuan, M; Casanova, M.; Tapia, Y. (Springer, 2020)
      Lead is one of the most harmful trace elements found in soils. Despite reductions in environmental lead exposure, an historical lead pollution continues affecting soils in many areas. To mitigate the impact of lead, ...
    • Uribe Muñoz, Héctor; Lembeye, Felipe (Universidad Austral de Chile, 2020)
      In dairy cattle, genetic selection for milk yield was generally based on 305 days lactation records that were calculated from available monthly test-day milk yield records. A test-day milk yield record, multiplied by the ...
    • Steinfort, Úrsula; Contreras Valdovinos, Américo; Albornoz, Francisco; Reyes Paecke, Sonia; Guilleminot, Paola (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2020)
      Urban vegetation is generally exposed to adverse environmental conditions, such as high temperatures, compacted soils, low fertility, and a high pollutant concentration. The influence of biophysical and social factors on ...
    • Estay Villalón, Karinna; Pan, Shuliang; Zhong, Fang; Guinard, Jean-Xavier (Elsevier, 2020)
      This study analyzed children's (n = 384), 5 to 12 years old, and their mothers' (n = 321) vegetable liking in three countries (Chile, China and the USA). Liking measures were collected using tasting sessions in which ...
    • Kessi Pérez, Eduardo I.; Molinet, Jennifer; García, Verónica; Aguilera, Omayra; Cepeda, Fernanda; López, María Eugenia; Sari, Santiago; Cuello, Raúl; Ciklic, Iván; Rojo, María Cecilia; Combina, Mariana; Araneda Tolosa, Cristian; Martínez, Claudio (MDPI, 2020)
      The yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiaeis the main species responsible for the process that involves the transformation of grape must into wine, with the initial nitrogen in the grape must being vital for it. One of the main ...
    • Núñez Salazar, Reynaldo; Aguirre, Carlos; Corvalán Soto, Jorge Andrés; Salinas, Pamela; Salinas, Carlos; Prieto, Humberto; Paneque Corrales, Manuel (MDPI, 2020)
      Due to the low incidence of precipitation attributed to climate change, many high-altitude Andean lakes (HAALs) and lagoons distributed along the central Andes in South America may soon disappear. This includes La Brava-La ...
    • Undurraga, Nicole; Araya, Jaime E.; Zuazúa, Francisco; Alonso, Máximo F. (Pontificia Univ. Católica Chile, 2020)
      The population density of the aphid Melanaphis donacis (Passerini) was studied in experimental plots of Arundo donax (L.) at the Antumapu Campus of the University of Chile, La Pintana (33 degrees 34' 08 '' S 70 degrees 38' ...
    • Muñoz Sáez, Andrés; Kitzes, Justin; Merenlender, Adina M. (Wiley, 2020)
      Vinecology, the integration of ecological and viticultural practices, focuses on the working landscapes of the Mediterranean-climate biomes to make wine-grape production compatible with species conservation. We examined ...
    • Cortez, Donna; Padilla, Rodrigo; Herrera, Sebastián; Paneque Corrales, Manuel (MDPI, 2020)
      Climate information is crucial to the management and profitability of key development sectors involving agriculture, hydrologic resources, natural hazards, and energy. Climate knowledge, real-time weather information, ...
    • Barros Parada, Wilson; Bergmann, Jan; Curkovic Sekul, Tomislav; Espinosa, Cristian; Fuentes-Contreras, Eduardo; Guajardo, Jorge; Herrera, Heidy; Morales, Sebastián; Queiroz, Abel F. O.; Vidal, Álvaro (Springer, 2020)
      Leucoptera sinuellais a leaf-miner moth present in several regions in the world, which has been recently introduced into Chile. The larvae feed exclusively on the leaves of poplar and willow trees, and the damage caused ...
    • Acuña Nelson, Sergio Miguel; Bastías Montes, José Miguel; Cerda Leal, Fabiola Rossana; Parra Flores, Julio Enrique; Aguirre García, Juan; Toledo, Pedro G. (Hindawi, 2020)
      Protein adsorption is influenced by many factors such as temperature, pH, protein size and structure, or surface energy and roughness, among others. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique ...
    • Araya Osses, Daniela; Casanueva, Ana; Román Figueroa, Celián; Uribe Meneses, Juan Manuel; Paneque Corrales, Manuel (Springer, 2020)
      General circulation models (GCMs) allow the analysis of potential changes in the climate system under different emissions scenarios. However, their spatial resolution is too coarse to produce useful climate information for ...