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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2013)

Published: 2013-07-31

Agricultural economics

Growth of citrus production among the Euro-Mediterranean countries: political implications and empirical findings

E. Schimmenti, V. Borsellino, A. Galati

561-577
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The effect of consumer innovativeness in the acceptance of a new food product. An application for the coffee market in Spain

R. Barrena-Figueroa, T. Garcia-Lopez-de-Meneses

578-592
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Agricultural engineering

The influence of non-living mulch, mechanical and thermal treatments on weed population and yield of rainfed fresh-market tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

M. Fontanelli, M. Raffaelli, L. Martelloni, C. Frasconi, M. Ginanni, A. Peruzzi

593-602
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A hybrid genetic algorithm for route optimization in the bale collecting problem

C. Gracia, B. Diezma-Iglesias, P. Barreiro

603-614
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Development of two portable patternators to improve drift control and operator training in the operation of vineyard sprayers

E. Gil, A. Landers, M. Gallart, J. Llorens

615-625
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Estimation of soil coverage of chopped pruning residues in olive orchards by image analysis

F. Jiménez-Jiménez, G. L. Blanco-Roldán, F. Márquez-García, S. Castro-García, J. Agüera-Vega

626-634
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Conceptual design of a chickpea harvesting header

H. Golpira

635-641
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Field sprayer for inter and intra-row weed control: performance and labor savings

J. Carballido, A. Rodríguez-Lizana, J. Agüera, M. Pérez-Ruiz

642-651
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Operations planning for agricultural harvesters using ant colony optimization

A. Bakhtiari, H. Navid, J. Mehri, R. Berruto, D. D. Bochtis

652-660
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Energy inputs-yield relationship and sensitivity analysis of pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) production in Markazi Region of Iran

R. Keshavarz Afshar, A. Alipour, M. Hashemi, M. Ansari Jovini, D. Pimentel

661-669
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Identification of bean varieties according to color features using artificial neural network

A. Nasirahmadi, N. Behroozi-Khazaei

670-677
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Pressure and specific energy requirements for densification of compost derived from swine solid fraction

N. Pampuro, A. Facello, E. Cavallo

678-684
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Agricultural environment and ecology

Effect of genotype, Cr(III) and Cr(VI) on plant growth and micronutrient status in Silene vulgaris (Moench)

A. E. Pradas-del-Real, P. García-Gonzalo, R. Alarcón, A. González-Rodríguez, M. C. Lobo, A. Pérez-Sanz

685-694
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Animal breeding, genetics and reproduction

Antioxidant effects of bovine serum albumin on kinetics, microscopic and oxidative characters of cryopreserved bull spermatozoa

I. Ashrafi, H. Kohram, H. Tayefi-Nasrabadi

695-701
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Short communication. Mitochondrial DNA diversity of the founder populations of the Asturcón pony

I. Alvarez, I. Fernandez, M. Cuervo, D. Martin, L. Lorenzo, F. Goyache

702-707
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Animal health and welfare

Short communication. Presence, quantification and phylogeny of Israeli acute paralysis virus of honeybees in Andalusia (Spain)

M. Vicente-Rubiano, D. Kukielka, A. I. de las Heras, J. M. Sanchez-Vizcaino

708-713
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Short communication. Impact of the amino acid proline on the cold hardiness of honey bee, Apis mellifera L.

M. Mollaei, S. A. Hoseini, M. Karimi, Z. Hekmat

714-717
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Animal production

Effects of main reproductive and health problems on the performance of dairy cows: a review

N. Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh

718-735
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Effect of dietary protein level on retention of nutrients, growth performance, litter composition and NH3 emission using a multi-phase feeding programme in broilers

F. Hernandez, M. D. Megias, J. Orengo, S. Martinez, M. J. Lopez, J. Madrid

736-746
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Conjugated linoleic acid content in milk of Chilean Black Friesian cows under pasture conditions and supplemented with canola seed (Brassica napus) concentrate

J. P. Avilez Ruiz, G. von Fabeck, F. García-Gómez, M. Alonzo, M. Delgado Pertíñez

747-758
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Fatty acid composition of muscle and internal fat depots of organic and conventional Payoya goat kids

F. De la Vega, J. L. Guzmán, M. Delgado-Pertíñez, L. A. Zarazaga, A. Argüello

759-769
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Fatty acid composition of muscle and adipose tissues of organic and conventional Blanca Andaluza suckling kids

F. De la Vega, J. L. Guzmán, M. Delgado-Pertíñez, L. A. Zarazaga, A. Argüello

770-779
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Hindgut fermentation in pigs induced by diets with different sources of starch

J. Suárez-Belloch, S. Doti, N. Rodríguez-Romero, J. A. Guada, M. Fondevila, M. A. Latorre

780-789
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Relationship between udder morphology traits, alveolar and cisternal milk compartments and machine milking performances of dairy camels (Camelus dromedarius)

M. Ayadi, R. S. Aljumaah, A. Musaad, E. M. Samara, M. M. Abdelrahman, M. A. Alshaikh, S. K. Saleh, B. Faye

790-797
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Effect of increasing lysine supply during last third of gestation on reproductive performance of Iberian sows

F. Gómez-Carballar, L. Lara, R. Nieto, J. F. Aguilera

798-807
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Plant breeding, genetics and genetic resources

Sort communication. Genotype × environment interaction analysis in two chickpea RIL populations

J. Carreras, J. Rubio, F. Flores, T. Millan, J. Gil

808-813
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Short communication. Efficiency of AFLP markers and seed storage protein electrophoresis to study the phylogeny of some Hordeum species

H. A. El Rabey, A. L. Al-Malki, K. O. Abulnaja, T. A. Kumosani, J. A. Khan

814-819
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Plant production (Field and horticultural crops)

Simulating improved combinations tillage-rotation under dryland conditions

M. Soldevilla-Martinez, D. Martin-Lammerding, J. L. Tenorio, I. Walter, M. Quemada, J. I. Lizaso

820-832
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Effect of different fertilization strategies on nitrogen balance in an outdoor potted crop of Osteospermum ecklonis (DC.) Norl. ‘Purple Red’ under Mediterranean climate conditions

L. Narvaez, R. Caceres, O. Marfà

833-841
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Plant protection

Transcriptome analysis in Ceratitis capitata to unveil genes involved in ageing-maturation process

V. San Andrés, P. Castañera, B. Sabater Muñoz

842-854
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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
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