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Vol. 18 No. 4 (2020)

Published: 2021-02-09

Agricultural economics

Governance of knowledge and innovation in the Ibero-American agri-food system

Jose-Maria Garcia-Alvarez-Coque, Eugenia Saini, Esther Esteban-Rodrigo, Francisco Mas-Verdu

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The impacts of agricultural support on enhancing the efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability of sheep breeding: The case of Niğde and Aksaray provinces, Turkey

Betül Gürer

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Economic and social impacts of the biodiesel industry: Assessment and policy implications in Spain

Francisca Fernández-Tirado, Carlos Parra-López

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Agricultural engineering

A quantitative multivariate methodology for unsupervised class identification in pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) plant leaves size

Francesca Antonucci, Rossella Manganiello, Corrado Costa, Virgilio Irione, Luciano Ortenzi, Maria A. Palombi

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Effects of fan volute structure on airflow characteristics in rice combine harvesters

Zhenwei Liang, Depeng Li, Jun Li, Kunpeng Tian

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Simulation of local head loss of drip-irrigation tape with integrated in-line emitters as a function of cross section

Yalin Wang, Xueliang Ju, Shijiang Zhu, Meng Li

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A whole row automatic pick-up device using air force to blow out vegetable plug seedlings

Hanping Mao, Guoxin Ma, Luhua Han, Jianping Hu, Feng Gao, Yang Liu

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Agricultural environment and ecology

Toxicological and ecotoxicological pressure due to pesticide use in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba

Edelbis López-Dávila, Michael Houbraken, Jasmine De Rop, Gijs Du Laing, Osvaldo Romero, Pieter Spanoghe

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Monitoring and bioremediation of organochlorine pesticides in surface water with Enterobacter asburiae

Seham S. El-Gendy, Elsayed B. Belal, Nagwa M. Sidkey, Mohamed A. S. Abdelrazek, Metwaly M. S. Metwaly, Waseem A. Gad

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Animal breeding, genetics and reproduction

Development of a SNP parentage assignment panel in some North-Eastern Spanish meat sheep breeds

Jorge H. Calvo, Magdalena Serrano, Flavie Tortereau, Pilar Sarto, Laura P. Iguacel, María A. Jiménez, José Folch, José L. Alabart, Stéphane Fabre, Belén Lahoz

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Short term administration of cyproterone acetate for contraception: Effects on testosterone secretion and semen characteristics in rams (Ovis aries) and bucks (Capra hircus)

Viviana N. Flores-Gil, Rosario Velázquez, Adolfo Toledano-Díaz, Julián Santiago-Moreno, Antonio López-Sebastián

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Animal health and welfare

Effect of stocking density and use of environmental enrichment materials on the welfare and the performance of pigs in the growth and finishing phases

Edilson D. Caldas, André Michelon, Luciana Foppa, Sandra M. Simonelli, Carlos R. Pierozan, Julie G. N. Dario, José V. S. Duarte, Camilo C. R. Silva, Caio A. Silva

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Animal production

Effects of distillated myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) leaves’ intake on cull ewes’ body weight gain, carcass composition and meat quality

Souha Tibaoui, Hadhami Hajji, Samir Smeti, Ilyes Mekki, Ines Essid, Naziha Atti

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Discriminant analysis using fatty acids profile, stable carbon isotopes and tocopherols content as tool for feeding system prediction in Iberian pigs

Juan M. García-Casco, Carmen L. Delgado-Chavero, Elena Zapata, Andrés Paredes, María Muñoz, Ana I. Rey

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Plant production (Field and horticultural crops)

The development of the radicular and vegetative systems of almond trees with different rootstocks following the application of biostimulants

Alba Mondragón-Valero, Ricardo Malheiro, Domingo M. Salazar, Juan Martínez-Tomé, José A. Pereira, Isabel López-Cortés

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Plant protection

Electrocution and containment methods to reduce the activity of red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, Ol.)

Marco Fedrizzi, Mauro Pagano, Mirko Guerrieri, Roberto Tomasone, Sergio Musmeci, Silvia Arnone, Raffaele Sasso, Massimo Cristofaro, Francesca Antonucci, Enrico Santangelo

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Short Communication: Frankliniella tenuicornis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a novel harmful insect to banana (Musa sp.) crops

Costas Michael, Elison F. B. Lima

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Short communication: Pepino mosaic virus, a new threat for Serbia’s tomatoes

Ivana Stankovic, Ana Vucurovic, Katarina Zecevic, Branka Petrovic, Danijela Ristic, Ivan Vucurovic, Branka Krstic

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Soil science

Effect of replacing conventional Italian ryegrass by organic nitrogen source systems on chemical soil properties

Silvia Baizán, Fernando Vicente, José A. Oliveira, Elías Afif-Khouri, Adela Martínez-Fernández

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Water management

Evapotranspiration and its components over a rainfed spring maize cropland under plastic film on the Loess Plateau, China

Xiang Gao, Fengxue Gu, Daozhi Gong, Weiping Hao, Jianmin Chu, Haoru Li

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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
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