Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas: Recent submissions

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    • The relationship between children’s and mothers’ vegetable liking in Chile, China and the United States 
      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 ...
    • Generation of a Non-Transgenic Genetically Improved Yeast Strain for Wine Production from Nitrogen-Deficient Musts 
      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 ...
    • Physicochemical Parameters Affecting the Distribution and Diversity of the Water Column Microbial Community ... 
      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 ...
    • Population dynamics of Melanaphis donacis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and its Coccinellidae and Syrphidae predators ... 
      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' ...
    • Bird-friendly wine country through diversified vineyards 
      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 ...
    • Topoclimatic Zoning and Representative Areas as Determined by an AutomaticWeather Station (AWS) Network in ... 
      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, ...
    • 3,7-Dimethylpentadecane: a novel sex pheromone component from Leucoptera sinuella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) 
      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 ...
    • Nanocoatings of Bovine Serum Albumin on Glass: Effects of pH and Temperature 
      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 ...
    • Climate change projections of temperature and precipitation in Chile based on statistical downscaling 
      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 ...
    • Optimización del riego en paltos y cítricos 
      Beyá-Marshall, Víctor; Galleguillos Torres, Mauricio (Universidad de Chile, 2020)
      En este libro, que integra la Serie Ciencias Agronómicas N°34, se describen, en 8 capítulos, diversas investigaciones que tributan a la adaptación frente a la escasez hídrica, representando una contribución para garantizar ...
    • Botanical Composition and Diet Quality of the Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna Mol.) in Highland Range of Parinacota, Chile 
      Castellaro Galdames, Giorgio; Yáñez Orellana, Carla Fernanda; Escanilla, Juan; Bastías, Camilo; Cerpa, Patrich; Raggi Saini, Luis (MDPI, 2020)
      Understanding the botanical composition of herbivores’ diets and their nutritional quality is an important question in the development of sustainable strategies for the management of natural resources. In Chilean highland ...
    • Digital soil mapping and GlobalSoilMap. Main advances and ways forward 
      Arrouays, Dominique; Poggio, Laura; Salazar Guerrero, Osvaldo; Mulder, Vera Laetitia (Elsevier, 2020)
      In this concluding paper, we summarize the main advances coming forward from the joint conference of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) Working Groups (WG) "Digital Soil mapping" (DSM) and "GlobalSoilMap". We ...
    • Hydraulic conductivity in a soil cultivated with wheat-rapeseed rotation under two tillage systems 
      Seguel Seguel,Óscar; Díaz Madrid, Diego; Acevedo Hinojosa, Edmundo; Silva Candia, Paola; Homer Bannister, Ian; Seitz, Steffen (Springer, 2020)
      To evaluate the effect of tractor transits and tillage system operations on soil pore functioning in a Haploxeroll, soil physical properties were measured on a field located in central Chile. The study site was divided ...
    • Population Genetic Structure of Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in Different ... 
      Basoalto, Alejandra; Ramírez, Claudio C.; Lavandero, Blas; Devotto, Luis; Curkovic Sekul, Tomislav; Franck, Pierre; Fuentes Contreras, Eduardo (MDPI, 2020)
      The codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is a major pest introduced to almost all main pome fruit production regions worldwide. This species was detected in Chile during the last decade of the ...
    • Olive oil and the millennial generation in Chile. What do these consumers consider when buying this product? 
      Mora González, Marcos; Schnettler, Berta; Lobos, Germán; Geldes, Cristián; Boza Martínez, Sofía; Lapo, María del Carmen; Paz, Ruth (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2020)
      This study aimed to identify the attributes influencing the purchase decision process of the olive oil consumer belonging to "Millennials" in the Metropolitan Region, Chile. The method includes data collection from 408 ...
    • Microbiological quality of powdered infant formula in Latin America 
      Parra Flores, Julio; Maury-Sintjago, Eduard; Rodríguez Fernández, Alejandra; Acuña, Sergio; Cerda, Fabiola; Aguirre García, Juan; Holy, Ondrej (International Association for Food Protection, 2020)
      Cronobacter is a bacterial genus that includes seven species, and the species Cronobacter sakazakii is most related to meningitis and septicemia in infants associated with powdered infant formula (PIF). The objectives ...
    • Plant life at the dry limit—Spatial patterns of floristic diversity and composition around the hyperarid ... 
      Ruhm, Jonathan; Böhnert, Tim; Weigend, Maximilian; Merklinger, Félix F.; Stoll, Alexandra; Quandt, Dietmar; Luebert Bruron, Federico José (Public Library Science, 2020)
      Extreme arid conditions in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile have created a unique vegetation almost entirely restricted to the desert margins along the coast of the Pacific Ocean and the Andean range. In this study we ...
    • Black carbon transport between Santiago de Chile and glaciers in the Andes Mountains 
      Gramsch, Ernesto; Muñoz, Alicia; Langner, Joakim; Morales Salinas, Luis; Espinoza Soto, Cristian Andrés; Pérez, Patricio; Rubio Campo, María A. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Near Santiago de Chile and towards the Andes Mountains there are several areas sensitive to contamination, such as, the Natural Sanctuary Yerba Loca, National Park Rio Clarillo, several glaciers and the Farellones ski ...
    • Agricultural adapters from the vineyard landscape impact native oak woodland birds 
      Muñoz Sáez, Andrés; Heaton, Emily E.; Reynolds, Mark; Merenlender, Adina M. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Agricultural expansion changes wildlife communities. Some species adapt to working lands, increasing their relative abundance in these modified landscapes, and this may result in spillover effects for communities in adjacent ...
    • Alteration of enzyme activities and functional diversity of a soil contaminated with copper and arsenic 
      Aponte, Humberto; Herrera, Wence; Cameron, Clare; Black, Helaina; Meier, Sebastián; Paolini, Jorge; Tapia Fernández, Yasna; Cornejo, Pablo (Elsevier, 2020)
      Copper (Cu) mining has to address a critical environmental issue related to the disposal of heavy metals and metalloids (HMs). Due to their deleterious effects on living organisms, Cu and arsenic (As) have gained global ...