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Narváez Torres, Lola (Date of defense: 2012-07-09)
Nurseries growing potted ornamental plants carry an important activity in the overall agricultural production in Catalonia. As a result of the activity developed and agricultural practices adopted by nursery growers ...
Recasens Gracia, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2020-09-16)
Urban agriculture is defined, as the agricultural and livestock activities that are carried out within or around cities. FAO's definition includes those services offered by agrarian activity that benefit the society. In ...
Iturralde García, Rey David (Date of defense: 2020-07-24)
Spain is one of the main producing countries of chickpeas and beans in Europe and is also the main importer. Nowadays, pest control is mainly based on the application of phosphine. However, the risks on human health and ...
López Gómez, Manuel Francisco (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)
The infection process of Meloidogyne arenaria, M. incognita and M. javanica was compared on zucchini squash, cucumber, melon, pumpkin and watermelon in a growth chamber. All cucurbits were susceptible to the three isolates ...
Cañameras, Núria (Date of defense: 1990-01-01)
Se estudia la respuesta a diferentes tratamientos en la micro propagación de Cymara Scolymus i la evolución de las características físico-anatómicas en las diferentes fases. La mayor respuesta morfogenetica durante la fase ...
Sans Molins, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2019-10-31)
Sensory and nutritional quality are key elements for consumers, providing added value to agri-food products. However, there is a general perception that horticultural products have lost their quality, especially their ...
Simó Cruanyes, Joan (Date of defense: 2013-11-14)
Els calçots, tiges florals immadures de la ceba (Allium cepa L.), són un cultiu típic de Catalunya i juguen un paper important en l’agricultura catalana. Es calcula que la producció de la campanya 2012-2013 va ser d’uns ...
Aparicio del Moral, Yahana Michelle (Date of defense: 2019-07-23)
Peach and nectarine tree belongs to the species Prunus persica and is the third most produced fruit species in the world. Within Europe, Spain is a leading producer. Most of the crops are located in Catalonia (northeastern ...
Mattar, Ghadeer (Date of defense: 2023-07-21)
(English) Although mineral chelates have been produced for more than 70 years, neither production methods nor optimum conditions are well specified. The solid evidence that the complexes are true chelates is still missing. ...
Mirazimi, Farnaz Sadat (Date of defense: 2023-04-19)
(English) Currently, the use of 3D printing technology in the food sector is being considered, which can improve or displace some of the traditional methods of food manufacturing. The 3D printing market has grown significantly ...
Giné Blasco, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2016-12-21)
The general objective of the thesis was to determinate the population dynamics of Meloidogyne on tomato and cucumber, the yield losses caused by the nematode and the effect of biologically-based management strategies to ...
Gulfo Cabrales, Rafael Antonio (Date of defense: 2014-09-22)
Research about the cryoconcentration process of food fluids is an important area of study. Cryoconcentration is a concentration process of fluids by separating water into ice shape. Freeze concentration, allows to obtain ...
Seguí Amórtegui, Luis Alberto (Date of defense: 2004-03-18)
El objetivo principal de esta tesis es el desarrollo de una metodología para el análisis técnico-económico de los Sistemas de Regeneración y Reutilización de Aguas Residuales (SRRAR). La metodología se fundamenta en la ...
Aljoumani, Basem (Date of defense: 2012-12-27)
Sustainability of irrigated agriculture is a growing concern in the Baix Llobregat area. Although irrigated land accounts for a substantial proportion of food supply to the local market, it has been, and still is increasingly ...
Dong, Xiaoyun (Date of defense: 2016-05-25)
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest membrane protein superfamily encoded by the human genome and represent the largest class of drug targets for a wide range of pathological conditions. Two GPCRs members, ...
Srinivasan, Sundaramoorthy (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)
Human color perception is mediated by cone photoreceptor cells which mainly locate on the fovea of the eye. Bright light activates the photosensitive opsin pigments which are embedded in the outer segment membrane discs ...
Delavari, Azar (Date of defense: 2016-12-01)
Laccases belong to multi copper oxidase enzyme family (EC 1.10.3.2). Their capacity to oxidíze a wide range of substrates makes them very attractive for the industry and are growing in importance for environmentally-friendly ...
Razzaghi, Neda (Date of defense: 2022-11-25)
(English) Perception of the world by an organism is not possible unless decoding the received information through its sensory systems. In vertebrates, G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and ion channels are principal ...
Rasaeifar, Bahareh (Date of defense: 2020-12-10)
G-protein coupled receptors represents the largest family of membrane protein in eukaryotes cells with more than 800 members. The reason of their importance lies in their function, being responsible for the primary mechanism ...
Dankar, Iman Talal (Date of defense: 2019-01-09)
3D food printing is a precise digitalized process that is based on monitoring the characteristics of the printed substrate in accordance with the process parameters. In this thesis mashed potatoes were first mixed with ...