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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2015)

Published: 2015-05-29

Agricultural economics

The competitive advantage of the Tunisian palm date sector in the Mediterranean region

Rihab Ben-Amor, Encarnación Aguayo, M. Dolores de Miguel-Gómez

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Changes in the pastoral sheep systems of semi-arid Mediterranean areas: association with common agricultural policy reform and implications for sustainability

Paula M. Toro-Mujica, Claudio Aguilar, Raúl Vera, Cecilio Barba, José Rivas, Antón García-Martínez

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Agricultural engineering

Description of the airflow produced by an air-assisted sprayer during pesticide applications to citrus

Ramon Salcedo, Cruz Garcera, Rafael Granell, Enrique Molto, Patricia Chueca

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Analysis of fruit and oil quantity and quality distribution in high-density olive trees in order to improve the mechanical harvesting process

Francisco J. Castillo-Ruiz, Francisco Jiménez-Jiménez, Gregorio L. Blanco-Roldán, Rafael R. Sola-Guirado, Juan Agüera-Vega, Sergio Castro-Garcia

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Development of a doorframe-typed swinging seedling pick-up device for automatic field transplantation

Luhua Han, Hanping Mao, Jianping Hu, Kunpeng Tian

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Relationships among the contact patch length and width, the tire deflection and the rolling resistance of a free-running wheel in a soil bin facility

Parviz Tomaraee, Aref Mardani, Arash Mohebbi, Hamid Taghavifar

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Agricultural environment and ecology

Self-reseeding annual legumes for cover cropping in rainfed managed olive orchards

M. Ângelo Rodrigues, Isabel Q. Ferreira, Sara L. Freitas, Jaime M. Pires, Margarida P. Arrobas

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Nitrogen migration in crop rotations differing in fertilisation

Saulius Guzys, Stefanija Miseviciene

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Animal production

Effect of calf sex on some productive, reproductive and health traits in Holstein cows

Arash Chegini, Navid Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh, Hossein Hosseini-Moghadam

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Short communication: The effect of different inclusion levels of polyethylene glycol as a silage additive on ensilage characteristics of pomegranate peel and in vitro rumen fermentation

Ali Hatami, Daryoush Alipour, Fardin Hozhabri, Meisam Tabatabaei

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Short communication: Prediction of apparent metabolisable energy content of cereal grains and by-products for poultry from its chemical composition

Beatriz Losada, Carlos de Blas, Paloma García-Rebollar, Pilar Cachaldora, Jesús Méndez, Miguel Ibañez

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Short communication: Relationships between the daily intake of unsaturated plant lipids and the contents of major milk fatty acids in dairy goats

Andrés L. Martínez Marín, Nieves Núñez Sánchez, Ana I. Garzón Sigler, Francisco Peña Blanco, Miguel Angel de la Fuente

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Plant breeding, genetics and genetic resources

Genetic relationships between interspecific lines derived from Oryza glaberrima and Oryza sativa crosses using microsatellites and agro-morphological markers

Yonnelle D. Moukoumbi, Olufisayo Kolade, Khady N. Drame, Moussa Sie, Marie Noelle Ndjiondjop

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Variability, heritability and genetic association in vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.)

Umakanta Sarker, Md Tofazzal Islam, Md Golam Rabbani, Shinya Oba

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Plant production (Field and horticultural crops)

Vine vigor, yield and grape quality assessment by airborne remote sensing over three years: Analysis of unexpected relationships in cv. Tempranillo

Irene Bonilla, Fernando Martinez de Toda, Jose Antonio Martínez-Casasnovas

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Plant protection

Antifungal potential of Bacillus vallismortis R2 against different phytopathogenic fungi

Preet K. Kaur, Jaspal Kaur, Harvinder S. Saini

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Mature seeds for in vitro sanitation of the Grapevine leafroll associated virus (GLRaV-1 and GLRaV-3) from grape (Vitis vinifera L.)

Rosa Peiró, Najet Gammoudi, Alberto Yuste, Antonio Olmos, Carmina Gisbert

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Characterization of a newly established aggregation of the invasive ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis and current status of the invader in Spain

Xavier Pons, Meritxell Roca, Belén Lumbierres, Éric Lucas

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Fungal trunk pathogens associated with wood decay of pistachio trees in Iran

Hamid Mohammadi, Mehdi Sarcheshmehpour, Ebrahim Mafi

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Soil science

Impact of different cropping conditions and tillage practices on the soil fungal abundance of a Phaeozem luvico

Romina P. Gomez, Mónica B. Aulicino, Cecilia I. Mónaco, Natalia Kripelz, Cristina A. Cordo

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Water management

Increasing efficiency in ethanol production: Water footprint and economic productivity of sugarcane ethanol under nine different water regimes in north-eastern Brazil

Daniel Chico, Antonio D. Santiago, Alberto Garrido

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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
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