Institut de Tecnologia Agroalimentària: Recent submissions
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Experimental basis for the control of plant diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa using synthetic antimicrobial peptides
Xylella fastidiosa is one of the most damaging phytopathogenic bacteria in the world, causing a variety of diseases with a major economic impact on agriculture and the environment. Until now, no therapeutic solution has ...
Correlating sensory attributes, textural parameters and volatile organic compounds for the assessment of distinctive quality traits of melon and peach fruit cultivars
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 ...
Aplicación de la transglutaminasa microbiana en quesos frescos de coagulación ácida y de coagulación enzimática
The aim of this doctoral thesis was to evaluate the application of microbial transglutaminase (MTGase), produced by BDF Natural Ingredients, in the manufacture of acid and enzymatic coagulation fresh cheeses. In the case ...
Biological control of quarantine bacterial plant diseases with Lactobacillus plantarum strains. Improvement of fitness and monitoring
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Synthetic antifungal peptides for controlling brown spot of pear caused by Stemphylium vesicarium. Activity, mode of action and field evaluation
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, ...
Strategies for the production of cationic α-helical antimicrobial peptides in plant biofactories
Antimicrobial Peptides have strong interest as a novel class of antimicrobial agents in the phytosanitary field. This Thesis focuses on the development of strategies to produce of BP100 derivatives (BP100ders) in genetically ...
Avaluació de compostos fenòlics en aliments mitjançant tècniques HPLC-DAD i UHPLC-DAD-MSn
The doctoral thesis has developed new methods for the analysis of phenolic compounds in tomato, lettuce and dry-cured sausages with vegetable extracts. The new-developed chromatographic methods are simplified and validated, ...
Food safety in fast drying (QDS process®) of dry-cured meat products: high pressure and NaCl-free processing implementation
With the objective to study food safety aspects of innovative meat technologies and combinations among them, QDS (Quick-dry-slice), NaCl-free processing and high pressure were integrated in the production of two types of ...
Espectroscòpia NIR per a la determinació on-line de l'AW i del contingut d'aigua i sal durant l'assecat de productes crus-curats
The aim of this study was to determine whether NIRS technology would be suitable to develop a control system to correct drying conditions in order to avoid the appearance of defects in the product. Several predictive models ...
A molecular approach on sperm changes during epididymal maturation, ejaculation and in vitro capacitation of boar spermatozoa
Mammalian spermatozoa acquire functionality during epididymal maturation and ability to penetrate and fertilize the oocyte during capacitation. Sperm quality results indicated that both epididymal maturation and ejaculation ...
Improvement of heat-induced gel properties of porcine plasma
L'objectiu és millorar els gels de plasma porcí induïts per calor a pH àcid utilitzant transglutaminasa microbiana (MTGasa). El tractament millora textura i CRA dels gels a pH 5,5, però les millores no són suficients per ...
Variability associated to the insertion and expression of transgenes in plants
Amb la finalitat de garantir la seguretat dels consumidors i del medi ambient, a la UE els aliments modificats genèticament (MG) estan sotmesos a un rigorós procés d'autorització que inclou: caracterització molecular del ...
Lactic acid bacteria as bioprotective agents against foodborne pathogens and spoilage microorganisms in fresh fruits and vegetables
La present tesi doctoral es centra en l'aplicació dels bacteris de l'àcid lactic (BAL) com a agents bioprotectors davant microorganismes patògens i deteriorants.Es van aïllar i seleccionar BAL de fruites i hortalisses ...
Desarrollo de métodos rápidos para el análisis de residuos en producción animal
La utilización de algunas sustancias antimicrobianas y algunos corticosteroides como promotores del crecimiento es una práctica ilegal en la UE. Una nueva aproximación para la detección y el control del suministro de estos ...
Characterization and efficacy of bacterial strains for biological control of soil-borne diseases caused by Phytophthora cactorum and Meloidogyne javanica on Rosaceous plants
S'avaluaren 58 soques de Pseudomonas fluorescens i Pantoea agglomerans per la seva eficàcia en el biocontrol de la malaltia causada per l'oomicet Phytophthora cactorum en maduixera i pel nematode formador de gal·les ...
Advances in animal blood processing: development of a biopreservation system and insights on the functional properties of plasma
La sang és un subproducte amb un alt potencial de valorització que s'obté en quantitats importants en els escorxadors industrials. Actualment, la majoria de sistemes de recollida de la sang no segueixen unes mesures d'higiene ...
