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Vol. 13 No. 4 (2015)

Published: 2015-12-02

Agricultural economics

Dealing with drought in irrigated agriculture through insurance schemes: an application to an irrigation district in Southern Spain

Jorge Ruiz, María Bielza, Alberto Garrido, Ana Iglesias

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Vertical integration and profitability of the agrifood industry in an economic crisis context

Alfredo J. Grau, Araceli Reig

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Assessment of greening and collective participation in the context of agri-environmental schemes: The case of Andalusian irrigated olive groves

Anastasio J. Villanueva, José A. Gómez-Limón, Manuel Arriaza, Macario Rodríguez-Entrena

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Comparing hypothetical versus non-hypothetical methods for measuring willingness to pay in a food context

Laura Martínez-Carrasco, Margarita Brugarolas, Africa Martínez-Poveda, Juan J. Ruiz-Martínez

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A bottom-up model to describe consumers’ preferences towards late season peaches

Etiénne Groot, Luis M. Albisu

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Agricultural engineering

Performance of machinery in potato production in one growing season

Kun Zhou, Allan L. Jensen, Dionysis D. Bochtis, Claus G. Sørensen

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Structural and parameter design of transverse multi-cylinders device on rice agronomic characteristics

Zhong Tang, Yaoming Li, Zhan Zhao, Tao Sun

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Agricultural environment and ecology

Methodological considerations in discriminating olive-orchard management type using olive-canopy arthropod fauna at the level of order

Carlos Jerez-Valle, Pedro A. García-López, Mercedes Campos, Felipe Pascual

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Nitric oxide and nitrous oxide emissions from cattle-slurry and mineral fertiliser treated with nitrification inhibitor to an agricultural soil: A laboratory approach

José Pereira, João Coutinho, David Fangueiro, Henrique Trindade

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Simulating future wheat yield under climate change, carbon dioxide enrichment and technology improvement in Iran. Case study: Azarbaijan region

Hamed Mansouri, Yaghoub Raei, Abdolreza Nokhbe Zaeim

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Is multifunctionality the future of mountain pastoralism? Lessons from the management of semi-natural grasslands in the Pyrenees

Feliu López-i-Gelats, Marta G. Rivera-Ferre, Cristina Madruga-Andreu, Jordi Bartolomé-Filella

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Animal breeding, genetics and reproduction

Seasonal changes in reproductive activity, sperm variables and sperm freezability in Blanca Andaluza bucks

Lourdes Gallego-Calvo, M. Carolina Gatica, Julian Santiago-Moreno, José L. Guzmán, Luis Zarazaga

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A polymorphism in the stearoyl-CoA desaturase gene promoter influences monounsaturated fatty acid content of Duroc × Iberian hams

Eliana Henriquez-Rodriguez, Marc Tor, Ramona N. Pena, Joan Estany

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Short communication. Stallion sperm quality after combined ejaculate fractionation and colloidal centrifugation

Francisco Crespo, Jaime Gosálvez, Stephen D. Johnston, Joaquina de la Torre

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Animal health and welfare

Mastitis diagnosis in ten Galician dairy herds (NW Spain) with automatic milking systems

Angel Castro, Jose M. Pereira, Carlos Amiama, Javier Bueno

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Short communication: Influence of subclinical endometritis on the reproductive performance of dairy cows

Mónica Barrio, Marcos Vigo, Luis A. Quintela, Juan J. Becerra, Pedro J. García-Herradón, Daniel Martínez-Bello, Francisco I. Fernandez-Sanchez, Alberto Prieto, Juan Cainzos, Ana I. Peña

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Animal production

Effects of feeding dry glycerol on milk production, nutrients digestibility and blood components in primiparous Holstein dairy cows during the early postpartum period

Farokh Kafilzadeh, Vahid Piri, Hamed Karami-Shabankareh

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Performance, behaviour and meat quality of beef heifers fed concentrate and straw offered as total mixed ration or free-choice

Sergio P. Iraira, Ana Madruga, María Pérez-Juan, José L. Ruíz-de-la-Torre, María Rodríguez-Prado, Sergio Calsamiglia, Xavier Manteca, Alfred Ferret

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Colostrum production of Alentejano and Large-White × Landrace sows: consumption, passive immunity and mortality of piglets

Rui Charneca, Maria J. Vila-Viçosa, Paulo Infante, José Nunes, Jean Le Dividich

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Short communication: Production performance and plasma metabolites of dairy ewes in early lactation as affected by chitosan

Aser Garcia-Rodriguez, Josune Arranz, Nerea Mandaluniz, Ina Beltrán-de-Heredia, Roberto Ruiz, Idoia Goiri

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Short communication: Impact of the intensity of milk production on ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions in Portuguese cattle farms

José Pereira, Henrique Trindade

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Plant production (Field and horticultural crops)

Use of organic mulch to enhance water-use efficiency and peach production under limiting soil conditions in a three-year-old orchard

Joan Lordan, Miquel Pascual, Josep M. Villar, Francisco Fonseca, Josep Papió, Victor Montilla, Josep Rufat

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Tillering and yield formation of a temperate Japonica rice cultivar in a Mediterranean rice agrosystem

Maite Martinez-Eixarch, M. del Mar Català, Núria Tomàs, Eva Pla, Defeng Zhu

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Organic cultivation of field pea by use of products with different action

Natalia Georgieva, Ivelina Nikolova, Grozi Delchev

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Influence of cover crop treatments on the performance of a vineyard in a humid region

Emiliano Trigo-Córdoba, Yolanda Bouzas-Cid, Ignacio Orriols-Fernández, Emilia Díaz-Losada, Jose M. Mirás-Avalos

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Plant protection

History of the race structure of Orobanche cumana and the breeding of sunflower for resistance to this parasitic weed: A review

Leire Molinero-Ruiz, Philippe Delavault, Begoña Pérez-Vich, Maria Pacureanu-Joita, Mariano Bulos, Emiliano Altieri, Juan Domínguez

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Organic amendments conditions on the control of Fusarium crown and root rot of asparagus caused by three Fusarium spp.

Ana I. Borrego-Benjumea, José M. Melero-Vara, María J. Basallote-Ureba

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Short communication: Short and long-term efficacy and phytotoxicity of phosphine against Rhynchophorus ferrugineus in live Phoenix canariensis palms

Óscar Dembilio, Josep A. Jaques

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Soil science

Use of geophysical survey as a predictor of the edaphic properties variability in soils used for livestock production

Nahuel R. Peralta, Pablo L. Cicore, Maria A. Marino, Jose R. Marques da Silva, Jose L. Costa

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Testing of leachability and persistence of sixteen pesticides in three agricultural soils of a semiarid Mediterranean region

Isabel Garrido, Nuria Vela, José Fenoll, Ginés Navarro, Gabriel Pérez-Lucas, Simón Navarro

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Short communication: Predicting cation exchange capacity from hygroscopic moisture in agricultural soils of Western Europe

José Torrent, María C. del Campillo, Vidal Barrón

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Water management

Adaptation of irrigation networks to climate change: Linking robust design and stakeholder contribution

Alfredo Granados, Francisco J. Martín-Carrasco, Silvestre García de Jalón, Ana Iglesias

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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
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