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Agrotecnio aims to become a reference in Europe addressing all the key elements of the food production chain in an integrated way focusing on target crops and animals of commercial importance, rather than model systems. This later aspect sets our centre apart from other centers which focus on fundamental science and/or model plant and animal systems. As a result we should be able to address fundamental and important questions in the crop/animal of interest and results from our research will be directly and immediately applicable to our target organism. [Més informació]
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Can bioplastic or woodchip groundcover replace herbicides or plastic mulching for valuable broadleaf plantations in Mediterranean areas?
(Springer Nature, 2017-01-19)Weed control is fundamental in plantations of valuable broadleaved species. The most common weeding techniques are repeatedly applied herbicides and removable plastic mulching, both raising environmental concerns. We studied ... -
Assessing post-storm forest dynamics in the pyrenees using high-resolution LIDAR data and aerial photographs
(Springer Nature, 2015-08-28)We evaluated how historical storm events have shaped the current forest landscape in three Pyrenean subalpine forests (NE Spain). For this purpose we related forest damage estimations obtained from multi-temporal aerial ... -
Effects of tree size and position on pipe model ratios in Scots pine
(NRC Canada, 2005-07-02)We investigate how the foliage mass to wood area ratios depend on tree and stand characteristics of previously collected data from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Our analysis allowed a separation of the relationship ... -
Recruitment patterns of four tree species along elevation gradients in Mediterranean mountains: not only climate matters
(Elsevier, 2015-11-02)Evidence of tree regeneration failure of some species in the Iberian Peninsula forests warns us about the impact that the global change may exert on the preservation of Mediterranean forests, such as we know them. Predictions ... -
Survival vs. growth trade-off in early recruitment challenges global warming impacts on Mediterranean mountain trees
(Elsevier, 2015-06-27)Climate change is expected to alter the geographic distribution of many plant species worldwide. However, there is still no clear evidence showing a generalised direction and magnitude of these distribution shifts. Here, ... -
Crown bulk density and fuel moisture dynamics in Pinus pinaster stands are neither modified by thinning nor captured by the Forest Fire Weather Index
(Springer-Verlag, 2017-06-28)Key message. No temporal change was recorded during summer in fuel availability in Pinus pinaster stands, contrary to predictions from the Forest Fire Weather Index. Also, thinning had no mid-term effect on fuel moisture ... -
Resource and non‐resource root competition effects of grasses on early‐versus late‐successional trees
(John Wiley and Sons, 2009-04-08)1. This study assessed the effects of resource (i.e. nutrients) and non‐resource (i.e. interference for space) competition from fine roots of competing grasses on the growth, morphology and architecture of fine roots of ... -
A broad-scale analysis of the main factors determining the current structure and understory composition of Catalonian sub-alpine (Pinus uncinata Ram.) forests
(Oxford University Press, 2011-12-13)A broad-scale analysis of the structure and understory composition of Pyrenean mountain pine (Pinus uncinata Ram.) stands was performed using data from the Spanish National Forest Inventory. Twelve structure-based forest ... -
EuMIXFOR empirical forest mensuration and ring width data from pure and mixed stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) through Europe
(Springer Nature, 2017-08-28)Key message This data set provides unique empirical data from triplets of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) and European beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) across Europe. Dendrometric variables are provided for 32 triplets, ... -
Growth, allocation and leaf gas exchanges of hybrid poplar plants in their establishment phase on previously forested sites: effect of different vegetation management techniques
(Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)EDP Sciences, 2007-04-11)The effect of different vegetation control methods (mowing and cultivation between plantation rows, herbicide application and cover plant sowing) on hybrid poplar (P. maximowiczii $\times$ balsamifera) growth, biomass ... -
Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search
(Oxford University Press, 2019-10-29)Document recommendation systems for locating relevant literature have mostly relied on methods developed a decade ago. This is largely due to the lack of a large offline gold-standard benchmark of relevant documents that ... -
Plasticity in growth, biomass allocation and root morphology in beech seedlings as induced by irradiance and herbaceous competition
(Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)EDP Sciences, 2005)Biomass increment, biomass allocation and fine-root morphology were compared on four-year old Fagus sylvatica seedlings growing under low (11% relative irradiance), medium (14-19%) or high (46%) irradiance under natural ... -
Quantifying the effect of nitrogen-induced physiological and structural changes on poplar growth using a carbon-balance model
(Oxford University Press, 2011-04-14)We evaluate the importance of changes in photosynthetic capacity, respiration rates, root shoot ratio, pipe model parameters and specific leaf area in the early-growth response of hybrid poplar to nitrogen availability. ... -
Inter-individual variability in the production of flavan-3-ol colonic metabolites: preliminary elucidation of urinary metabotypes
(Springer (part of Springer Nature), 2018-04-03)Purpose. There is much information on the bioavailability of (poly)phenolic compounds following acute intake of various foods. However, there are only limited data on the effects of repeated and combined exposure to specific ... -
Design, optimization and validation of genes commonly used in expression studies on DMH/AOM rat colon carcinogenesis model
(PeerJ, 2019-01-29)Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as colon cancer, is the third most common form of cancer worldwide in men and the second in women and is characterized by several genetic alterations, among them the expression of several ... -
Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses
(Nature Research (part of Springer Nature), 2019-05-19)The identity of the dominant root-associated microbial symbionts in a forest determines the ability of trees to access limiting nutrients from atmospheric or soil pools1,2, sequester carbon3,4 and withstand the effects of ... -
Control de patógenos de transmisión alimentaria en fresas congeladas y listas para el consumo
(SPE3 s.l., 2020-03-11)Estrategias de mitigación de los problemas asociados a la presencia de patógenos de transmisión alimentaria para la mejora de la calidad e inocuidad en la obtención de fresas congeladas y listas para el consumo. -
Cellular innate immunity against PRRSV and swine influenza viruses
(MDPI, 2019-03-11)Porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) is a polymicrobial syndrome that results from a combination of infectious agents, such as environmental stressors, population size, management strategies, age, and genetics. PRDC ... -
La forestación de tierras agrícolas: balance de un instrumento de política forestal para el cambio del uso de la tierra
(Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales, 2019-09-11)Se han cumplido 25 años del inicio del programa de forestación de tierras agrarias con motivo de la reforma de la Política Agrícola Comunitaria (PAC) en 1992. El objetivo de este estudio es realizar un análisis global, a ... -
Forest management for adaptation to climate change in the Mediterranean basin: a synthesis of evidence
(Elsevier, 2017-10-21)As global climate becomes warmer, the maintenance of the structure and function of Mediterranean forests constitutes a key challenge to forest managers. Despite the need for forest adaptation, an overall evaluation of the ...