Browsing Programa de Doctorat en Tecnologia Agroalimentària i Biotecnologia by Subject "504"

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Dynamics of chemical microcontaminants in peri-urban agriculture and evaluation of their potential impact on crops and human health

Margenat Mas, Anna Maria (Date of defense: 2018-11-27)

Peri-urban agriculture carries out environmental, social and economic functions and services to the nearby urban areas. Nonetheless, most of these fields are impacted with organic and inorganic contaminants caused by ...

Fate and effects of waterborne contaminants of emerging concern in the soil-plant system : impact of biochar soil amendment to mitigate their plant uptake

Hurtado Cervera, Carlos (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)

Water scarcity is an issue of global concern due to the increase of the population and the climate change, which both increase the water demand. Many arid and semiarid countries are facing high water stress and the use of ...

Flowering native weeds for the conservation of wild pollinators in agroecosystems

Morrison, Jane H. (Date of defense: 2018-06-29)

Concerns about a global decline in pollinators have called for more knowledge about the drivers of wild pollinator abundance and diversity in agroecosystems. Agricultural intensification has been identified as the main ...

Uptake and metabolization of antibiòtics in crops

Tadić, Đorđe (Date of defense: 2020-11-04)

The discovery of antibiotics (ABs) and their mass production brought a revolution in medicine worldwide during the middle of the XX century. Infectious diseases with high morbidity and mortality suddenly become treatable. ...