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    • Luebert Bruron, Federico José (The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 2013-03)
      A revision of the Heliotropium L. sect. Cochranea (Miers) Kuntze (Heliotropiaceae) is presented and a total of 17 species is recognised. Morphology, ecology, distribution, conservation status and phenology of all species ...
    • Castañeda Alvarez, Carlos; Aballay Espinoza, Erwin (Springer, 2016)
      The use of rhizobacteria to control plant parasitic nematodes has been widely studied. Currently, the research focuses on bacteria-nematode interactions that can mitigate this complex microbiome in agriculture. Various ...
    • 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 ...
    • Úbeda, Cristina; Gil i Cortiella, Mariona; Villalobos González, Luis; Gómez, Camila; Pastenes Villarreal, Claudio; Peña Neira, Álvaro (MDPI, 2020)
      The aim of this study was to determine the volatile profiles of new seedless table grape cultivars Timco , Magenta , Krissy and Arra15 and compare them with the traditional table grape variety Crimson seedless. The ...
    • Aballai, Víctor; Aedo, Jorge E.; Maldonado, Jonathan; Bastias Molina, Macarena; Silva Ascencio, Herman; Meneses, Claudio; Boltaña, Sebastián; Reyes, Ariel; Molina, Alfredo; Valdés, Juan Antonio (Elsevier, 2017)
      Stress is a primary contributing factor of fish disease and mortality in aquaculture. We have previously reported that the red cusk-eel (Genypterus chilensis), an important farmed marine fish, demonstrates a handling-st ...
    • Ulloa, Pilar E.; Rincón, Gonzalo; Islas Trejo, Alma; Araneda Tolosa, Cristian; Iturra, Patricia; Neira Roa, Roberto; Medrano, Juan F. (Springer, 2015)
      The objectives of this study were to measure gene expression in zebrafish and then identify SNP to be used as potential markers in a growth association study. We developed an approach where muscle samples collected from ...
    • Gainza, Felipe; Opazo, Ismael; Guajardo, Verónica; Meza, Pablo; Ortiz, Mauricio; Pinochet, Jorge; Muñoz, Carlos (Inst Investigaciones Agropecuarias, 2015)
      The current global agricultural challenges imply the need to generate new technologies and farming systems. In this context, rootstocks are an essential component in modern agriculture. Most currently used are those clonally ...
    • Opazo Palma, Ismael; Toro, Guillermo; Salvatierra, Ariel; Pastenes Villarreal, Claudio; Pimentel, Paula (Elsevier, 2020)
      The effects of climate change have forced to search quickly new strategies to achieve sustainable agriculture in the context of a growing demand for food. Rootstocks have shown to have a key role in the resistance and ...
    • Ubilla Bravo, Gerardo (Univ. Zaragoza, 2020)
      Chile has undergone strong transformations in its rural and peri-urban space since the second half of the 20th century. Some studies analyze the spatial implications at the national and regional levels of rural instruments ...
    • Hinojosa, Andrea; Silveira, Ana Cecilia; Ospina, Monica; Char, Cielo; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Escalona Contreras, Víctor (Wiley Periodicals, 2013)
      Chlorine-based washing systems have been widely used by the fresh-cut industry. However, there is much interest in developing safer and more environmentally friendly sanitization methods. Watercress was immersed in sodium ...
    • Ruiz, Karina B.; Aloisi, Iris; Del Duca, Stefano; Canelo, Valentina; Torrigiani, Patrizia; Silva, Herman; Biondi, Stefania (Elsevier, 2016-04)
      Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a highly salt-tolerant species subdivided into five ecotypes and exhibiting broad intra-specific differences in tolerance levels. In a greenhouse study, Chilean landraces belonging ...
    • Krüger, Kerstin; Fiore, Nicola (Springer, 2019)
      To reduce the spread of phytoplasmas in a crop or in a certain geographic area, epidemiological studies are of crucial importance in determining which insect species transmit these pathogens. In this chapter, we describe ...
    • Schnettler Morales, Berta; Denegri Coria, Marianela; Miranda Vargas, Horacio; Sepúlveda Maldonado, José; Mora González, Marcos; Lobos Andrade, Germán (2014)
      Background: Eating is one of the most frequent human behaviors, but there are few studies that relate eating and subjective well-being. Typologies of people were distinguished and characterized according to their level ...
    • Fredes, Melissa; Muñoz Schick, Carlos; Prat Del Río, María Loreto; Torres, Francisco; Sáez, Pedro; Bustamante, Leonardo; Paiva, Leonardo; Pertuzé Concha, Ricardo (Inst Investigaciones Agropecuarias, 2016)
      Rubus geoides Sm. is a wild raspberry native in Patagonia. Its domestication can broaden the genetic base of the cultivated raspberry, prevent over exploitation of wild populations, and diversify fruit production in areas ...
    • Carpio, Carlos; Curkovic Sekul, Tomislav (Universidad de Concepción, Campus Chillán, 2016)
      El chanchito blanco (Pseudococcus viburni) es la principal plaga del granado (Punica granatum L.) en Chile, de manera que se requiere disponer de un sistema de seguimiento eficiente. Entre 2011 y 2013 se evaluaron cuatro ...
    • Curkovic Sekul, Tomislav; Vergara, Javier; Araya Clericus, Jaime; Contreras, Américo (Universidad de Concepción, 2017)
      Vespula germanica (F.) has a negative impact on agriculture, beekeeping, and tourism in Chile. Therefore, environmentally-friendly strategies need to be implemented to control this serious pest. The objective of this study ...
    • Henríquez Sáez, José; Sarmiento V., Oliver; Alarcón C., Paula (INST INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS, 2011)
      Apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) is the most important disease in Chilean apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) orchards where fungicide management is the main tool to control disease. Sensitivity tests to difenoconazole, fenarimol, ...
    • Infante Espiñeira, Rodrigo; Meneses Alvarado, Claudio; Predieri, Stefano (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2008-08)
      The objective of this research was to evaluate the shelf life of two nectarine flesh typologies in order to determine the exporting potential of fresh nectarines to distant markets. "Maria Dolce" (subacid fruit type) and ...
    • Pérez, Claudio; Araneda Tolosa, Cristian; Estay, Francisco; Díaz Pérez, Nelson; Vizziano Cantonnet, Denise (Elsevier, 2018)
      Salmonids have two sex hormone-binding globulin (Shbg) paralogs. Shbga is mainly expressed in the liver, while Shbgb is secreted by the granulosa cells of the rainbow trout ovary. Coexpression of shbgb and the gonadal ...
    • Araya, Jaime E.; Estay, P.; Araya, M. H. (SPANISH NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLO, 2006-03)
      The control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum on tomato with Encarsia formosa is influenced by the use of insecticides. Nine days after allowing E. formosa adults to lay their eggs in T vaporariorum nymphs on tomato plants, ...