Vol. 15 No. 2 (2017)

Agricultural economics

Is the increase of scale in the tropics a pathway to smallholders? Dimension and ecological zone effect on the mixed crop-livestock farms

Jaime Rangel, José A. Espinosa, Carmen de Pablos-Heredero, José Rivas, José Perea, Elena Angón, Antón García-Martínez

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Pulling back the curtain on 'behind the border' trade costs: The case of EU-US agri-food trade

Ana I. Sanjuán, George Philippidis, Helena Resano

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Global Malmquist indices of productivity change in Egyptian wheat production

Yahia H. Elasraag, Silverio Alarcón

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Geographical proximity on the valuations of unlisted agrarian companies: Does distance from company to company and to strategic points matter?

Paolo Occhino, Mariluz Maté

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Agricultural engineering

A combined flamer-cultivator for weed control during the harvesting season of asparagus green spears

Luisa Martelloni, Marco Fontanelli, Christian Frasconi, Michele Raffaelli, Michel Pirchio, Andrea Peruzzi

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Environmental impacts of irrigated and rain-fed barley production in Iran using life cycle assessment (LCA)

Ehsan Houshyar

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Machine learning applied to the prediction of citrus production

Irene Díaz, Silvia M. Mazza, Elías F. Combarro, Laura I. Giménez, José E. Gaiad

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Agricultural environment and ecology

Short communication: Evaluation of a model for predicting Avena fatua and Descurainia sophia seed emergence in winter rapeseed

Mohammad A. Aboutalebian, Shahram Nazari, Jose L. Gonzalez-Andujar

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Animal breeding, genetics and reproduction

Genotype × environment interaction for fertility and milk yield traits in Canadian, Mexican and US Holstein cattle

Hugo H. Montaldo, Alejandra Pelcastre-Cruz, Héctor Castillo-Juárez, Felipe J. Ruiz-López, Filippo Miglior

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Prevalence and risk factors for stillbirths in Holstein cows in a hot environment

Miguel Mellado, María I. Chávez, Ulises Macías-Cruz, Leonel Avendaño-Reyes, Evaristo Carrillo, José E. García

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Animal health and welfare

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) genetic diversity in Spain: A review

Francisco J. Diéguez, Manuel Cerviño, Eduardo Yus

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Effect of space allowance during transport and fasting or non-fasting during lairage on carcass contamination and meat traits in Merino lamb

Herminia Vergara, Almudena Cózar, Ana I. Rodríguez, Luis Calvo

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Animal production

In vitro fermentation pattern and acidification potential of different sources of carbohydrates for ruminants given high concentrate diets

Zahia Amanzougarene, Susana Yuste, Antonio de Vega, Manuel Fondevila

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Relationship between birth order, birth weight, colostrum intake, acquisition of passive immunity and pre-weaning mortality of piglets

Jean Le Dividich, Rui Charneca, Françoise Thomas

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Plant breeding, genetics and genetic resources

Mode of inheritance of low-N tolerance adaptive traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under contrasting nitrogen environments

Ahmed M. M. Al Naggar, Reda Shabana, Mosaad M. Abd-El-Aleem, Zainab El-Rashidy

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Assessment of combining ability for yield and quality components in hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

Narayanasamy Rohini, Valliyappan Lakshmanan, Desabandhu Saraladevi, John J. Amalraj, Perumal Govindaraju

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Plant physiology

Whole-plant mineral partitioning during the reproductive development of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Raul A. Sperotto, Marta W. Vasconcelos, Michael A. Grusak, Janette P. Fett

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Root and aerial growth in early-maturing peach trees under two crop load treatments

Isabel Abrisqueta, Wenceslao Conejero, Lidia López-Martínez, Juan Vera, M. Carmen Ruiz Sánchez

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Plant protection

Cobweb, a serious pathology in mushroom crops: A review

Jaime Carrasco, María-Jesús Navarro, Francisco J. Gea

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Specific and sensitive primers for the detection of predated olive fruit flies, Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Esther Lantero, Beatriz Matallanas, Maria Dolores Ochando, Susana Pascual, Carmen Callejas

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The bean rhizosphere Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain RZ9 strongly reduces Fusarium culmorum growth and infectiveness of plant roots

Imen Haddoudi, Yosra Sendi, Marwa Batnini, Samir Ben Romdhane, Haythem Mhadhbi, Moncef Mrabet

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Compatibility of organic farming treatments against Monosteira unicostata with non-target arthropod fauna of almond trees canopy

Ismael Sánchez-Ramos, Aránzazu Marcotegui, Susana Pascual, Cristina E. Fernández, Guillermo Cobos, Manuel González-Núñez

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In vitro effects of copper nanoparticles on plant pathogens, beneficial microbes and crop plants

Susanta Banik, Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque

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Within-field distribution of the damson-hop aphid Phorodon humuli (Schrank) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and natural enemies on hops in Spain

Alicia Lorenzana, Alfonso Hermoso de Mendoza, Victoria Seco, Piedad Campelo, Pedro A. Casquero

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Germination success under different treatments and pod sowing depths in six legume species present in olive groves

Gema Siles, Álvaro García-Zafra, Juan A. Torres, Antonio García-Fuentes, Luis Ruiz-Valenzuela

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