Characterization, improvement and application of plant elicitor peptides as new control tools against plant pathogens 

    Foix Pericot, Laura (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

    La família de les Rosaceae comprèn espècies d’alta rellevància econòmica, com ho són les espècies de fruiters de clima temperat, ornamentals i medicinals. El seu cultiu, però, es veu limitat per la propagació de diversos ...

    Correlating sensory attributes, textural parameters and volatile organic compounds for the assessment of distinctive quality traits of melon and peach fruit cultivars 

    Bianchi, Tiago Luís Cardoso Ferreira Pinhanços de (Date of defense: 2021-02-09)

    Melons (Cucumis melo L.) and peaches (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) are two commercially important fruit species in the European Union. The quality improvement of melon and peach cultivars is determinant to maintain and ...

    Estudi dels patrons de colonització postincendi en vertebrats al llarg de gradients ambientals i espacials 

    Puig-Gironès, Roger (Date of defense: 2016-12-22)

    Wildfires are natural perturbations that affect the structure of the landscape and biodiversity. In the Mediterranean basin, wildfires occur especially in hot seasons. However, in recent years the number of fires with the ...

    Integrated management of bacterial spot disease of stone fruits caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni: development of a disease forecasting system 

    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 preventive measures, ...

    Interacció Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae-perera. Factors determinants i activitat de diversos fosfonats en el desenvolupament de la malaltia 

    Moragrega i Garcia, Concepció (Date of defense: 1997-10-24)

    Blast of pear caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is one of the bacterial disease that limit pear production throughout the world. Symptoms are characterized by blast of buds and blossoms wich causes significant ...

    Mixed models and point processes 

    Serra Saurina, Laura (Date of defense: 2013-11-22)

    The main objective of this Thesis is to model the occurrence of wildfires and, in particular, knowing the factors with more influence, to evaluate how they are distributed in space and time. The Thesis presents three major ...

    Synthetic antifungal peptides for controlling brown spot of pear caused by Stemphylium vesicarium. Activity, mode of action and field evaluation 

    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 fungicides. Therefore, ...