• Biological control of quarantine bacterial plant diseases with Lactobacillus plantarum strains. Improvement of fitness and monitoring 

  Daranas Boadella, Núria (Date of defense: 29-11-2018)

  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. The conventional ...
• 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: 12-04-2018)

  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, ...
• Aquaporins in boar and bull spermatozoa: identification and functional implications 

  Prieto Martínez, Noelia (Date of defense: 17-03-2017)

  Aquaporins (AQPs) are proteins involved in the transport of water and some other solutes across plasma membranes. The fact that mammalian spermatozoa are highly permeable to water suggests the presence of these proteins. ...
• Freezability markers for boar sperm: new proteomic approaches 

  Vilagran Martí, Ingrid (Date of defense: 05-02-2016)

  Sperm cryopreservation is currently the most suitable technique to store boar sperm samples for a long period of time. However, not all boar ejaculations present the same freezability, this allows the classification of ...
• Anàlisi del potencial de mercat de la carn procedent de porcs mascles sencers com a alternativa a la castració quirúrgica 

  Borrisser Pairó, Francesc (Date of defense: 28-11-2016)

  Surgical castration of piglets is a common practice in farms to avoid boar taint (androstenone and skatole) in meat, and to improve its sensory quality. The European Commission is planning to ban surgical castration by ...

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