Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas: Recent submissions

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    • Use of fecal indices as a non-invasive tool for nutritional evaluation in extensive-grazing sheep 
      Orellana, Carla; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Arana, Wilmer; Escanilla Cruzat, Juan; Zavaleta, Carmen; Castellaro, Giorgio (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary To adequately manage ruminants in extensive grazing, it is important to have non-invasive techniques to evaluate their nutritional status. Some of these techniques are based on the use of fecal indicators, ...
    • The rise and demise of plastic shopping bags in Chile - broad and informal coalition supporting ban as a ... 
      Amenábar Cristi, María; Holzapfel, Camila; Nehls, Medina; De Veer, Diamela; González, Camila; Holtmann, Geraldine; Honorato Zimmer, Daniela; Kiessling, Tim; Leyton Muñoz, Ailin; Narváez Reyes, Soledad; Núñez, Paloma; Sepúlveda, José Miguel; Vásquez, Nelson; Thiel, Martín (Elsevier, 2020)
      Single-use plastic bags (SUPBs) were introduced to society as a way to facilitate our daily lives, but due to their low post-use value they are found as litter in many different environments, from urban to rural and remote, ...
    • Spectral responses to labile organic carbon fractions as useful soil quality indicators across a climatic gradient 
      Ramírez, Paulina B.; Calderón, Francisco J.; Fonte, Steven J.; Santibáñez, Fernando; Bonilla, Carlos A. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Light fraction (LF) and permanganate-oxidizable C (PDXC) demonstrate high reliability as indicators for monitoring soil functioning in response to changes in soil organic carbon (SOC). However, mechanisms affecting the ...
    • The 2016 red tide crisis in southern Chile: Possible influence of the mass oceanic dumping of dead salmons 
      Armijo, Julien; Oerder, Vera; Auger, Pierre-Amaël; Bravo Lizana, Angela; Molina, Ernesto (Elsevier, 2020)
      In 2016, a massive harmful algal bloom (HAB) of Alexandrium catenella around Chiloe island caused one of the major socio-ecological crisis in Chilean history. This red tide occurred in two distinct pulses, the second, most ...
    • Net Nitrogen Mineralisation in Maize-Cover Crop Rotations in Mediterranean Central Chile 
      Salazar, Osvaldo; Casanova Pinto, Manuel; Najera, Francisco; Contreras, Américo; Tapia, Yasna (Springer, 2020)
      The main aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the maize-cover crop rotation (Zm-cc) in the soil net nitrogen mineralisation (NNM) by measuring in situ NNM incubation in the upper soil (0-25 cm) during spring-summer ...
    • Surface materials and landforms as controls on InSAR permanent and transient responses to precipitation ... 
      Jordan, Teresa E.; Lohman, Rowena B.; Tapia, Lorenzo; Pfeiffer Jakob, Marco; Scott, Chelsea P.; Amundson, Ronald; Godfrey, Linda; Riquelme, Rodrigo (Elsevier, 2020)
      Ground-based monitoring and remote sensing of extreme rain events in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, Chile, reveal a complex relationship between precipitation, soil types and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) ...
    • Rice Grain Cadmium Concentrations in the Global Supply-Chain 
      Shi, Zhengyu; Carey, Manus; Meharg, Caroline; Williams, Paul N.; Signes Pastor, Antonio J.; Triwardhani, Eridha Ayu; Pandiangan, Febbyandi Isnanda; Campbell, Katrina; Elliott, Christopher; Marwa, Ernest M.; Jiujin, Xiao; Gomes Farías, Julia; Nicoloso, Fernando Teixeira; De Silva, P. Mangala C. S.; Lu, Ying; Norton, Gareth; Adomako, Eurek; Green, Andy J.; Moreno Jiménez, Eduardo; Zhu, Yongguan; Carbonell Barrachina, Ángel Antonio; Haris, Parvez I.; Lawgali, Youssef F.; Sommella, Alessia; Pigna, Massimo; Brabet, Catherine; Montet, Didier; Njira, Keston; Watts, Michael J.; Hossain, Mahmud; Islam, M. Rafiqul; Tapia Fernández, Yasna; Oporto, Carla; Meharg, Andrew A. (Springer, 2020)
      One of cadmium's major exposure routes to humans is through rice consumption. The concentrations of cadmium in the global polished (white), market rice supply-chain were assessed in 2270 samples, purchased from retailers ...
    • Modelling physiological and environmental factors regulating relative fruit set and final fruit numbers in ... 
      Lordan, Jaume; Reginato Meza, Gabino; Lakso, Alan N.; Francescatto, Poliana; Robinson, Terence L. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
      Chemical thinning of apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) has been practised for 50 years but it remains an unpredictable part of apple production with large variations from year to year and within years. Carbohydrate availability ...
    • Floral scent evaluation of three cut flowers through sensorial and gas chromatography analysis 
      Aros Orellana, Danilo; Garrido, Nicole; Rivas, Constanza; Medel-Marabolí, Marcela; Müller, Carsten; Rogers, Hilary; Úbeda, Cristina (MDPI, 2020)
      The main function of floral scent is to attract and guide pollinators, but it is also an important character in the ornamental plant industry. Several studies have considered the chemical evaluation of floral scent during ...
    • Divergent molecular and growth responses of young "Cabernet Sauvignon" (Vitis vinifera) plants to simple ... 
      Tobar, M.; Fiore, Nicola; Pérez Donoso, A. G.; León, R.; Rosales, I. M.; Gambardella, M. (Nanjing Agricultural Univ, 2020)
      Grapevine rupestris stem pitting associated virus (GRSPaV) is one of the most widely distributed viruses; even so, little is known about its effect on Vitis vinifera. To provide new insights, the effects of single and mixed ...
    • CHLSOC: the Chilean Soil Organic Carbon database, a multi-institutional collaborative effort 
      Pfeiffer Jakob, Marco; Padarian, José; Osorio, Rodrigo; Bustamante, Nelson; Olmedo, Guillermo Federico; Guevara, Mario; Aburto, Felipe; Albornoz, Francisco; Antilen, Mónica; Araya, Elías; Arellano, Eduardo; Barret, Maialen; Barrera, Juan; Boeckx, Pascal; Briceño, Margarita; Bunning, Sally; Cabrol, Lea; Casanova Pinto, Manuel; Cornejo, Pablo; Corradini, Fabio; Curaqueo, Gustavo; Doetterl, Sebastián; Durán, Paola; Escudey, Mauricio; Espinoza, Angelina; Francke, Samuel; Fuentes Espoz, Juan; Fuentes, Marcel; Gajardo, Gonzalo; García, Rafael; Gallaud, Audrey; Galleguillos Torres, Mauricio; Gómez, Andrés; Hidalgo, Marcela; Ivelic Sáez, Jorge; Mashalaba, Lwando; Matus, Francisco; Meza, Francisco; Mora, María de la Luz; Mora, Jorge; Muñoz, Cristina; Norambuena, Pablo; Olivera, Carolina; Ovalle, Carlos; Panichini, Marcelo; Pauchard, Aníbal; Pérez Quezada, Jorge; Radic, Sergio; Ramírez, José; Riveras, Nicolás; Ruiz, Germán; Salazar Guerrero, Osvaldo; Salgado, Iván; Seguel Seguel,Óscar; Sepúlveda, María; Sierra, Carlos; Tapia Fernández, Yasna; Tapia, Francisco; Toledo, Balfredo; Torrico, José Miguel; Valle, Susana; Vargas, Ronald; Wolff, Michael; Zagal, Erick (Copernicus Gesellschaft MBH, 2020)
      A critical aspect of predicting soil organic carbon (SOC) concentrations is the lack of available soil information; where information on soil characteristics is available, it is usually focused on regions of high agricultural ...
    • Predation of nabis punctipennis on acyrthosiphon pisum in the presence of the alternative prey aphis ... 
      Campos Medina, Verónica; Araya, Jaime E.; Zuazúa, Francisco (Universidad de Concepción, 2020)
      The feeding behavior of the generalist predator Nabis punctipennis Blanchard (Nabidae) on Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris (Aphididae), two hemipterans common in alfalfa in Chile, was studied in a laboratory experiment using A. ...
    • Dynamics of chilean fruit exports from a regional perspective 
      Boza Martínez, Sofía; Muñoz, Jazmín; Núñez Mejía, Aracely; Díaz Lanchas, Jorge (Universidad de Concepción, 2020)
      Forest and agricultural exports, particularly fruit exports, are one of the backbones of the Chilean economy. In general, the study of this type of exports has been approached from a local perspective, regardless of the ...
    • Correction: Jaramillo, F.; et al. Priorities and interactions of sustainable development goals (SDGs) with ... 
      Fernando, Jaramillo; Desormeaux, Amanda; Hedlund, Johanna; Jawitz, James; Clerici, Nicola; Piemontese, Luigi; Rodríguez Rodríguez, Jenny; Anaya, Jesús; Blanco Libreros, Juan; Borja, Sonia; Celi, Jorge; Chalov, Sergey; Chun, Kwok Pan; Cresso, Matilda; Destouni, Georgia; Dessu, Shimelis; Di Baldassarre, Giuliano; Downing, Andrea; Espinosa, Luisa; Ghajarnia, Navid; Girard, Pierre; Gutiérrez, Álvaro; Hansen, Amy; Hu, Tengfei; Jarsjö, Jerker; Kalantari, Zahra; Labbaci, Adnane; Licero Villanueva, Lucia; Livsey, John; Machotka, Ewa; McCurley, Kathryn; Palomino Ángel, Sebastián; Pietron, Jan; Price, René; Ramchunder, Sorain; Ricaurte Villota, Constanza; Ricaurte, Luisa; Dahir, Lula; Rodríguez, Erasmo; Salgado, Jorge; Sannel, A. Britta; Santos, Ana; Seifollahi Aghmiuni, Samaneh; Sjöberg, Ylva; Sun, Lian; Thorslund, Josefin; Vigouroux, Guillaume; Wang Erlandsson, Lan; Xu, Diandian; Zamora, David; Ziegler, Alan; Ahlén, Imenne (MDPI, 2020)
    • Assessment of rhizobacterial consortia to manage plant parasitic nematodes of grapevine 
      Aballay Espinoza, Erwin; Prodan, Simona; Correa Uribe, Pía; Allende Rivera, Jorge (Elsevier, 2020)
      Two of the most damaging plant parasitic nematodes affecting vineyards in Chile are Xiphinema index and Meloidogyne ethiopica, whose control is primarily performed with chemical nematicides. The aim of this study was to ...
    • New fossil woods from lower cenozoic volcano-sedimentary rocks of the fildes peninsula, King George Island, ... 
      Oh, Changhwan; Philippe, Marc; Mcloughlin, Stephen; Woo, Jusun; Leppe, Marcelo; Torres González, Teresa; Park, Tae-Yoon S; Choi, Han-Gu (Wiley, 2020)
      Ten embedded fossil logs sampled in situ from the middle Eocene volcano-sedimentary rocks close to Suffield Point in the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, are assigned to Protopodocarpoxylon araucarioides ...
    • Contrasting grapevines grafted into naturalized rootstock suggest scion-driven transcriptomic changes in ... 
      Franck Berger, Nicolas; Zamorano Merino, Denisse; Wallberg Núñez, Britt; Hardy, Charlotte; Ahumada, Mario; Rivera, Natalia; Montoya, María; Urra, Claudio; Meneses, Claudio; Balic, Iván; Mejía, Nilo; Ibacache, Antonio; Zurita Silva, Andrés (Elsevier, 2020)
      Viticulture is facing water deficit problems related to climate change, new extremes in heat and precipitation regimes and drought events. Rootstocks use was assessed as strategy for enhancing performance of Cabernet ...
    • Soil texture, infective juvenile concentration, and soil organic matter influence the efficacy of Steinernema ... 
      Lankin Vega, Gabriela; Vidal Retes, Giselle; Allende, Geraldine; Castañeda Álvarez, Carlos; San-Blas, Ernesto; Aballay Espinoza, Erwin (Society of Nematologists, 2020)
      The influence of infective juveniles (IJs) concentration, soil texture, IJ-host distance and organic matter (OM) content, at different decomposition degree, on the activity of the nematode Steinernema feltiae isolate Lican ...
    • Citizens’ Surveillance Micro-network for the Mapping of PM2.5 in the City of Concón, Chile 
      Gramsch, Ernesto; Morales Salinas, Luis; Baeza, Marcelo; Ayala, Cristian; Soto, Cristian; Neira, José; Pérez, Patricio; Moreno, Francisco (Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research, 2020)
      A micro-network of low-cost sensors has been built and deployed in the city of Concon with the purpose of informing the community about the air quality in their neighborhood. Currently, 10 active stations, which are installed ...
    • Effect of test year, parity number and days in milk on somatic cell count in dairy cows of Los Rios region in Chile 
      Sebastino, Kiala; Uribe Muñoz, Héctor; González Verdugo, Humberto (Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, 2020)
      In Chile, most dairy cattle are located in the southern region of the country, where the largest volume of milk is produced. This study aimed to quantify changes of somatic cell count (SCC) over 20 years in 11 herds of the ...