Vol. 12 No. 4 (2014)

• In memoriam. Carlos Álvarez-López

  Manuel Marey-Pérez

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Agricultural economics

• Differential quality and technical/managerial advice relationships in Andalusian (Spain) olive oil protected designations of origin

  María Laura Cendón, Javier Sanz-Cañada, Delio Lucena-Piquero

  869-888

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• Evaluating the functionality of agricultural systems: social preferences for multifunctional peri-urban agriculture. The “Huerta de Valencia” as case study

  Inmaculada Marques-Perez, Baldomero Segura, Concepcion Maroto

  889-901

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• Impact of variation in production traits, inputs costs and product prices on profitability in multi-purpose sheep

  Zuzana Krupová, Emil Krupa, Marie Wolfová, Monika Michaličková

  902-912

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• Employing social accounting matrix multipliers to profile the bioeconomy in the EU member states: is there a structural pattern?

  George Philippidis, Ana I. Sanjuán, Emanuele Ferrari, Robert M'barek

  913-926

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• The effects of agricultural trade openness on food price transmission in Latin American countries

  Insa Flachsbarth, Alberto Garrido

  927-940

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Agricultural engineering

• Soil-blade orientation effect on tillage forces determined by 3D finite element models

  Ayadi Ibrahmi, Hatem Bentaher, Aref Maalej

  941-951

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• Effect of mechanical pruning on the yield and quality of ‘Fortune’ mandarins

  Bernardo Martin-Gorriz, Ignacio Porras Castillo, Antonio Torregrosa

  952-959

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• Evaluation of different mechanical fruit harvesting systems and oil quality in very large size olive trees

  Franco Famiani, Daniela Farinelli, Sara Rollo, Salvatore Camposeo, Claudio Di Vaio, Paolo Inglese

  960-972

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• Modeling and design of a combined transverse and axial flow threshing unit for rice harvesters

  Zhong Tang, Yaoming Li, Lizhang Xu, Francis Kumi

  973-983

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Agricultural environment and ecology

• A maximum entropy model for predicting wild boar distribution in Spain

  Jaime Bosch, Fernando Mardones, Andrés Pérez, Ana de la Torre, María Jesús Muñoz

  984-999

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• The short term influence of aboveground biomass cover crops on C sequestration and β–glucosidase in a vineyard ground under semiarid conditions

  Fernando Peregrina, Eva P. Pérez-Álvarez, Enrique García-Escudero

  1000-1007

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• Biological water contamination in some cattle production fields of Argentina subjected to runoff and erosion

  Celio I. Chagas, Filipe B. Kraemer, Oscar J. Santanatoglia, Marta Paz, Juan Moretton

  1008-1017

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• Soil seed-bank germination patterns in natural pastures under different mineral fertilizer treatments

  Anna Iannucci

  1018-1028

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Animal breeding, genetics and reproduction

• Genetic relationships between six eastern Pyrenean sheep breeds assessed using microsatellites

  Ainhoa Ferrando, Félix Goyache, Pere-Miquel Parés, Carlos Carrión, Jordi Miró, Jordi Jordana

  1029-1037

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• Dose-dependent effect of a single GnRHa injection on the spawning of meagre (Argyrosomus regius) broodstock reared in captivity

  Hipolito Fernandez-Palacios, Dominique Schuchardt, Javier Roo, Marisol Izquierdo, Carmen Hernandez-Cruz, Neil Duncan

  1038-1048

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Animal health and welfare

• Latent infections are the most frequent form of paratuberculosis in slaughtered Friesian cattle

  Patricia Vazquez, Joseba M. Garrido, Elena Molina, Maria V. Geijo, Nieves Gomez, Valentin Perez, Iker A. Sevilla, Marta Alonso-Hearn, Adoracion Cortes, Ramon A. Juste

  1049-1060

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Animal production

• Evolution of udder morphology, alveolar and cisternal milk compartment during lactation and their relationship with milk yield in Najdi sheep

  Moez Ayadi, Abdelkarim M. Matar, Riyadh S. Aljumaah, Mohammed A. Alshaikh, Mohammed A. Abouheif

  1061-1070

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• Effects of wheat cultivar, metabolizable energy level, and xylanase supplementation to laying hens diet on performance, egg quality traits, and selected blood parameters

  Masoud Mirzaee, Mehran Torki, Mahmood Habibian

  1071-1081

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• An analysis of the composition of gain and growth of primal cuts of Iberian pigs of 10 to 150 kg body weight as affected by the level of feeding and dietary protein concentration

  Rosa Nieto, Luis Lara, Roberto Barea, Rosa García-Valverde, Jose A. Conde-Aguilera, Jose F. Aguilera Sánchez

  1082-1093

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• Short communication. Effects of purslane extract on performance, immunity responses and cecal microbial population of broiler chickens

  Mohammad R. Ghorbani, Mohammad Bojarpour, Mansour Mayahi, Jamal Fayazi, Reza Fatemitabatabaei, Saleh Tabatabaei, Idrus Zulkifli

  1094-1098

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• Short communication. Effect of concentrate supplementation and prolificacy on the productive and economic performance of autochthonous sheep breeds fed forage-based diets

  Raimon Ripoll-Bosch, Margalida Joy, Albina Sanz, Isabel Blasco, Guillermo Ripoll, Javier Álvarez-Rodríguez

  1099-1104

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• Short communication: Effect of the feed presentation form on the intake pattern, productive traits and rumen pH of beef cattle fed high concentrate diets

  Antonio Gimeno, Alberto Dieste, Abdelmuhsen Al Alami, Antonio de Vega, Carlos Castrillo, Manuel Fondevila

  1105-1109

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Plant breeding, genetics and genetic resources

• Characterization of native perennial ryegrasses for persistence in mediterranean rainfed conditions

  Federico Sanna, Antonello Franca, Claudio Porqueddu, Giovanna Piluzza, Giovanni A. Re, Leonardo Sulas, Simonetta Bullitta

  1110-1123

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• Male sterility of triticale lines generated through recombination of triticale and rye maintainers

  Tomasz Warzecha, Agnieszka Sutkowska, Halina Góral

  1124-1130

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• Short communication. Employment of molecular markers to develop tetraploid “supermale” asparagus from andromonoecious plants of the landrace ‘Morado de Huétor’

  Jose J. Regalado, Juan Gil, Patricia Castro, Roberto Moreno, Carlos Lopez-Encina

  1131-1136

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Plant physiology

• Assessment of the viability of using saline reclaimed water in grapefruit in medium to long term

  Cristina Romero-Trigueros, Pedro A. Nortes, Francisco Pedrero, Oussama Mounzer, Juan J. Alarcón, Jose M. Bayona, Emilio Nicolás

  1137-1148

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• From the juvenile to the adult vegetative phase in olive seedlings: the transition along the stem axis

  Laura Casanova, M. Paz Suárez, Victor M. Fernández-Cabanás, Ana M. Morales-Sillero, M. Rocío Jiménez, Pilar Rallo

  1149-1157

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Plant protection

• Identification and antifungal activity of an actinomycete strain against Alternaria spp.

  Fen Gao, Yuanhua Wu, Mengliang Wang

  1158-1165

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• Chemical composition and bio-pesticidal values of essential oil isolated from the seed of Heracleum persicum Desf. ex Fischer (Apiaceae)

  Asgar Ebadollahi, Ebrahim A. Zavieh, Asghar Nazifi, Jalal J. Sendi, Manoochehr Farjaminezhad, Ali Samadzadeh, Pejman Tajmiri

  1166-1174

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Soil science

• Short communication. Growth and nodulation of cowpea after 5 years of consecutive composted tannery sludge amendment

  Ana R. L. Miranda, Luis A. P. L. Nunes, Mara L. J. Oliveira, Wanderley J. Melo, Ademir S. F. Araujo

  1175-1179

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Water management

• Impact of infiltration parameters and Manning roughness on the advance trajectory and irrigation performance for closed-end furrows

  Weibo Nie, Liangjun Fei, Xiaoyi Ma

  1180-1191

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Editorial Board

• Editorial Board

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