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 ...

Castor bean (Ricinus communisL.) contains ricinoleic acid, making it one of the world's most important oil-seeds. There are few studies on this species in Chile, despite its potential as an industrial crop. This study ...

The successful promotion of vegetable consumption by children requires a deep understanding of children's vegetable preferences as well as the factors shaping them throughout childhood. This study analyzed children vegetable ...

The main objective of this study was to develop a vision system that is able to classify fresh-cut apple slices according to the development of enzymatic browning. The experiment was carried out on ‘Granny Smith’ apple ...

Peach flesh softening is a continuous process that occurs mainly during postharvest. It allows fruit to reach the proper firmness for consumption. In this trial, it was evaluated different texture attributes of three ...

Offshore wind energy potential and its technical and economic feasibility were determined in Chile. Wind speed data from ERA-Interim reanalysis 10 m above the sea surface between 1979 and 2014 was used. The capacity factor ...

Given the increasing use of nanotechnology in food production and packaging, its acceptance was evaluated in Temuco, Chile, and different consumer segments were identified. Different brands of sunflower oil were used at ...

In breeding programs, genetic evaluations can be performed using phenotypic information from the selection candidates per se or from relatives to obtain breeding values (EBV) by the traditional method known as the Best ...

Con el objeto de recuperar un suelo agrícola (Typic Xerochrepts, areno francoso) disturbado por extracción de arenas subsuperficiales, se desarrolló un estudio en la Estación Experimental Germán Greve Silva de la Facultad ...