Browsing by Author "Torra Farré, Joel"
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A germination study of herbicide-resistant field poppies in Spain
Cirujeda Ranzenberger, Alicia; Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi; Torra Farré, Joel; Taberner Palou, Andreu (EDP Sciences; Institut national de la recherche agronomique (França), 2008)Field poppy, Papaver rhoeas L., is a very common weed in winter cereals in North-Eastern Spain. Its control is becoming difficult due to expanding herbicide resistance. To control field poppies there are alternative ... -
A survey of Lolium rigidum populations in citrus orchards: Factors explaining infestation levels
Atanackovic, Valentina; Juárez Escario, Alejandro; Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi; Torra Farré, Joel (Weed Science Society of Japan, 2015)The presence of herbicide-resistant Lolium rigidum in Mediterranean (Spanish) citrus orchards was reported in 2005 and it poses a serious threat to crop management. The main objective of this research was to investigate ... -
Accumulation of target gene mutations confers multiple resistance to ALS, ACCase and EPSPS inhibitors in Lolium species in Chile
Vázquez-García, José G.; Alcántara-de la Cruz, Ricardo; Palma-Bautista, Candelario; Rojano-Delgado, Antonia M.; Cruz-Hipólito, Hugo E.; Torra Farré, Joel; Barro, Francisco; Prado, Rafael de (Frontiers Media, 2020-10-28)Different Lolium species, common weeds in cereal fields and fruit orchards in Chile, were reported showing isolated resistance to the acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase), acetolactate synthase (ALS) and 5-enolpyruvylshikimat ... -
Amaranthus palmeri a New Invasive Weed in Spain with Herbicide Resistant Biotypes
Torra Farré, Joel; Royo-Esnal, Aritz; Romano, Yolanda; Osuna, Maria D.; León, Ramón G.; Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi (MDPI, 2020-07-10)Amaranthus palmeri is the most prominent invasive weed in agricultural land from North America, partly due to its propensity to evolve resistance to multiple herbicide sites of action. In the last two decades, reports of ... -
Analysing spatial correlation of weeds and harvester ants in cereal fields using point processes
Comas Rodríguez, Carles; Royo-Esnal, Aritz; Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi; Torra Farré, Joel (Springer Verlag, 2016)The interaction between the spatial distribution of weed richness and weed cover and the spatial location of harvester ant nets was investigated in cereal fields. The understanding of such interdependencies can be relevant ... -
Approach to demography of ALS-resistant glebionis coronaria as influenced by management factors: tillage, allelopathic crops and herbicides
Hada, Zeineb; Khammassi, Messaad; Jenfaoui, Houda; Menchari, Yosra; Torra Farré, Joel; Souissi, Thouraya (MDPI, 2022)Glebionis coronaria (L.) Cass. ex Spach is one of the most serious weeds in cereal crops in Northern Tunisia. Our previous studies have confirmed the presence of resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides in G. coronaria, ... -
Characterisation of emergence of autumn and spring cohorts of Galium spp. in winter cereals
Royo-Esnal, Aritz; Torra Farré, Joel; Conesa i Mor, Josep A. (Josep Antoni); Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi (European Weed Research Society, 2010)The emergence of three artificial cohorts of Galium aparine, G. spurium and G. tricornutum with different accessions was studied over two years under the climatic conditions of north-eastern Spain. Seeds were sown in ... -
Current status of herbicide resistance in the iberian peninsula: future trends and challenges
Torra Farré, Joel; Montull Daniel, José María; Calha, Isabel M.; Osuna, María D.; Portugal, Joao; Prado, Rafael de (MPDI, 2022)The evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds has emerged as one of the most serious threats to sustainable food production systems, which necessitates the evaluation of herbicides to determine their efficacy. The first ... -
Cytochrome P450 metabolism-based herbicide resistance to imazamox and 2,4-D in Papaver rhoeas
Torra Farré, Joel; Menéndez, Julio; Rojano Delgado, Antonia María; Salas, Marisa; Prado, Rafael de (Elsevier, 2021-03)Papaver rhoeas biotypes displaying multiple herbicide resistance to ALS inhibitors and synthetic auxin herbicides (SAH) are spreading across Europe. In Spain, enhanced metabolism to imazamox was confirmed in one population, ... -
Describing Polygonum aviculare emergence in different tillage systems
Royo-Esnal, Aritz; García, Addy Laura; Torra Farré, Joel; Forcella, Frank; Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi (European Weed Research Society, 2015)Effects of four tillage systems (direct drill, subsoiler, chisel plough and mouldboard plough) on the dynamics of Polygonum aviculare populations were studied over three growing seasons. Cumulative emergence on a weekly ... -
Distribution of Glyphosate-Resistance in Echinochloa crus-galli Across Agriculture Areas in the Iberian Peninsula
Vázquez-García, José G.; Rojano-Delgado, Antonia M.; Alcántara-de la Cruz, Ricardo; Torra Farré, Joel; Dellaferrera, Ignacio; Portugal, João M.; Prado, Rafael de (Frontiers Media, 2021-02-12)The levels of resistance to glyphosate of 13 barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) populations harvested across different agriculture areas in the Southern Iberian Peninsula were determined in greenhouse and laboratory ... -
Editorial: multiple herbicide-resistant weeds and non-target site resistance mechanisms: a global challenge for food production
Torra Farré, Joel; Osuna, Maria D.; Merotto, Aldo; Vila-Aiub, Martin (Frontiers Media, 2021) -
Efecto de la fecha de siembra en las malas hierbas en cereales de invierno
Montull Daniel, José María; Torra Farré, Joel (Interempresas, 2019-10-07)Se debe tener en cuenta que las malas hierbas son propias de cada parcela y por tanto, se debe de plantear una estrategia de control a medio y largo plazo. Esto implica no solo el cultivo, sino también el manejo del suelo ... -
Effect of patch size on seed removal by harvester ants
Torra Farré, Joel; Atanackovic, Valentina; Blanco Moreno, J.; Royo-Esnal, Aritz; Westerman, Paula Renate (European Weed Research Society, 2016-02)The harvester ant Messor barbarus can be responsible for high weed seed losses in dryland cereals in Spain. Because weeds occur in patches, harvester ants have to be able to find and exploit patches. However, seed patches ... -
Efficiency, profitability and carbon footprint of different management programs under no-till to control herbicide resistant Papaver rhoeas
Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi; Royo-Esnal, Aritz; Valencia-Gredilla, Francisco; Torra Farré, Joel (MDPI, 2020-04-01)The present work examines the effects of different integrated weed management (IWM) programs on multiple herbicide-resistant Papaver rhoeas populations in terms of effectiveness, profitability and carbon footprint. With ... -
El grupo de investigación de Malherbología de la Universidad de Lleida: 25 años de transferencia de conociiento al sector
Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi; Conesa i Mor, Josep A. (Josep Antoni); Torra Farré, Joel; Royo-Esnal, Aritz; Montull Daniel, José María; Llenes, J. M.; Taberner Palou, Andreu (Phytoma-España, 2021)La transferencia de conocimiento constituye una actividad aca-démica menos conocida (y reconocida) que la docencia o la inves-tigación y, sin embargo, deviene uno de los mejores indicadores del papel social de las universidades ... -
Emergence of field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.): Comparison of two accessions and modelling
Royo-Esnal, Aritz; Necajeva, Jevgenija; Torra Farré, Joel; Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi; Gesch, Russell W. (Elsevier B.V., 2015)Many weed species are becoming rare due to intense agricultural management, which leads to a decrease of biodiversity in agroecosystems. Cultivating some of these species for their oilseed content may help preserve them ... -
Emergence patterns of rare arable plants and conservation implications
Torra Farré, Joel; Forcella, Frank; Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi; Royo-Esnal, Aritz (MDPI, 2020-03-01)Knowledge on the emergence patterns of rare arable plants (RAP) is essential to design their conservation in Europe. This study hypothesizes that is possible to find functional groups with similar emergence patterns within ... -
Enhanced 2,4-D metabolism in two resistant papaver rhoeas populations from Spain
Torra Farré, Joel; Rojano-Delgado, Antonia M.; Rey Caballero, Jordi; Royo-Esnal, Aritz; Salas, Maria L.; Prado, Rafael de (Frontiers Media, 2017-07-13)Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas), the most problematic broadleaf weed in winter cereals in Southern Europe, has developed resistance to the widely-used herbicide, 2,4-D. The first reported resistance mechanism in this species ... -
Erratum: Torra et al. Amaranthus palmeri a New Invasive Weed in Spain with Herbicide Resistant Biotypes. Agronomy 2020, 10, 993
Torra Farré, Joel; Royo-Esnal, Aritz; Romano, Yolanda; Osuna, Maria D.; León, Ramón G.; Recasens i Guinjuan, Jordi (MDPI, 2021-02-12)