Daranas Boadella, Núria (Date of defense: 2018-11-29)
The fruit production is threatened by several bacterial diseases, such as fire blight of apple and pear, bacterial canker of kiwifruit, bacterial spot of stone fruits, and angular leaf spot of strawberry. ...
Coma Bech, Marta (Date of defense: 2011-05-11)
Biological nutrient removal has been studied and applied for decades in order to remove nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. However, more anthropogenic uses and the continued demand for water have ...
Ruscalleda Beylier, Maël (Date of defense: 2012-02-17)
This thesis results from the collaborative projects between the LEQUIA-UdG group and Cespa (a company in charge of several landfill sites in Spain). The aim of the work was the development of a suitable ...
Montesinos Barreda, Laura (Date of defense: 2014-05-16)
A series of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from the BP134 peptide (a member of the CECMEL11 library) exhibited potent bactericidal effect and low cytotoxicity, and were selected for expression ...
Pous Rodríguez, Narcís (Date of defense: 2015-05-28)
The presence of nitrates (NO3-) in groundwater is a worldwide concern. The high energy demand and environmental impact of available technologies requires investigating new technologies. This thesis was ...
Emran Khaled Abd El Aziz, Mohamed (Date of defense: 2012-12-03)
The work presented in this Doctoral Thesis has studied the temporal and spatial patterns of the most relevant soil parameters with special attention posed to soil biological and biochemical dynamics ...
Morales Nicolàs, Gerard (Date of defense: 2018-04-12)
Bacterial spot disease of stone fruits, caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni, is of high economic importance in the major stone-fruit-producing areas worldwide. Disease control is mainly based on ...
Puig Garcia, Mireia (Date of defense: 2015-12-15)
Brown spot of pear is a fungal disease caused by Stemphylium vesicarium. Currently, the disease control efficacy is limited, due to the characteristics of disease and the reduction of the allowed ...
Lazo Zamalloa, Oxana (Date of defense: 2018-02-13)
Europeans are regular consumers of fish and aquaculture products. Therefore, five species of potential aquaculture rearing named: Meagre, Pikeperch, Grey Mullet, Greater Amberjack and Wreckfish were ...
Monclús Sales, Hèctor (Date of defense: 2011-11-08)
The work presented in this PhD thesis includes various partial studies aimed at developing a decision support system for membrane bioreactor integrated control. The decision support systems (DSS) have ...