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    • openAccess   NaCl protects against Cd and Cu-induced toxicity in the halophyte Atriplex halimus 

      Bankaji, Insaf; SLEIMI, Noomene; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Perez-Clemente, Rosa Maria Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) (2016)
      The objective of the present work was to evaluate the extent of Cd- and Cu-induced oxidative stress and the antioxidant response triggered in the halophyte species Atriplex halimus after metallic trace elements exposure. ...
    • openAccess   New approaches to improve crop tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses 

      González-Guzmán, Miguel; Cellini, Francesco; Fotopoulos, Vasileios; Balestrini, Raffaella; Arbona, Vicent John Wiley & Sons (2021-09-04)
      During the last years, a great effort has been dedicated at the development and employment of diverse approaches for achieving more stress-tolerant and climate-flexible crops and sustainable yield increases to meet the ...
    • closedAccess   New insights into the role of indole-3-acetic acid in the virulence of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi 

      Aragón, Isabel M.; Pérez-Martínez, Isabel; Moreno-Pérez, Alba; Cerezo García, Miguel; Ramos, Cayo Wiley Online Library (2014)
      Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is a widespread phytohormone among plant-associated bacteria, including the tumour-inducing pathogen of woody hosts, Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi. A phylogenetic analysis of the iaaM/iaaH ...
    • openAccess   New opportunities for developing tomato varieties with enhanced carotenoid content 

      Leiva-Brondo, Miguel; Valcárcel, Mercedes; Martí, Raúl; Roselló, Salvador; Cebolla-Cornejo, Jaime Universidade de Sao Paulo (2016)
      The development of varieties with a high content of antioxidant compounds, such as carotenoids, has become a major focus in the marketing of tomato. Several mutants have been used in the development of high pigment ...
    • closedAccess   Next-generation systemic acquired resistance 

      Luna Diez, Estrella; Bruce, Toby J. A.; Roberts, Michael; Flors, Victor; Ton, Jurriaan American Society of Plant Biologists (2012)
      Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is a plant immune response to pathogen attack. Recent evidence suggests that plant immunity involves regulation by chromatin remodeling and DNA methylation. We investigated whether SAR ...
    • closedAccess   NH4+ induces antioxidant cellular machinery and provides resistance to salt stress in citrus plants 

      Fernández Crespo, Emma; Gómez Pastor, Rocío; Scalschi, Loredana; Llorens, Eugenio; Camañes, Gemma; García Agustín, Pilar Springer Verlag (2014-09)
      NH4 + nutrition in Carrizo citrange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck × Poncirus trifoliata L) plants acts as an inducer of resistance against salinity conditions. NH4 + treatment triggers mild chronic stress that primes plant ...
    • openAccess   NH4+ protects tomato plants against Pseudomonas syringae by activation of systemic acquired acclimation 

      Fernández Crespo, Emma; Scalschi, Loredana; Llorens, Eugenio; García Agustín, Pilar; Camañes, Gemma Oxford University Press (2015-08)
      NH4 + nutrition provokes mild toxicity by enhancing H2O2 accumulation, which acts as a signal activating systemic acquired acclimation (SAA). Until now, induced resistance mechanisms in response to an abiotic stimulus and ...
    • openAccess   Non-destructive determination of taste-related compounds in tomato using NIR spectra 

      Ibáñez, Ginés; Cebolla-Cornejo, Jaime; Martí, Raúl; Roselló, Salvador; Valcárcel, Mercedes Elsevier (2019-07-09)
      Near infrared (NIR) diffuse reflectance was used to predict the contents of taste-related compounds of tomato. Models were obtained for several varietal types including processing tomato, cherry and cocktail tomato, mid-sized ...
    • openAccess   Non-targeted metabolite profiling of citrus juices as a tool for variety discrimination and metabolite flow analysis 

      Arbona, Vicent; Iglesias, Domingo J.; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio BioMed Central (2015-02-05)
      Background Genetic diversity of citrus includes intrageneric hybrids, cultivars arising from cross-pollination and/or somatic mutations with particular biochemical compounds such as sugar, acids and secondary metabolite ...
    • openAccess   Omics of Root-to-Shoot Signaling Under Salt Stress and Water Deficit 

      Pérez Alfocea, Francisco; Ghanem, Michael Edmond; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Dodd, Ian Charles Mary Ann Liebert (2011)
      Maximizing crop yield depends on the leaves receiving an optimal supply of water, mineral nutrients, small organic molecules, proteins, and hormones from the root system via the xylem. Soil drying and salinization ...
    • openAccess   La opinión de los estudiantes sobre metodologías docentes 

      Carbó, Sheila; Meseguer Costa, Sergio; Juan, Pablo Universitat Politècnica de València (2017)
      Se realiza una investigaci on sobre ciertas metodolog as descritas por Finkel en su libro((Como dar clasecon la boca cerrada)). Esta investigaci on consiste en una valoraci on que realizan los alumnos del ...
    • openAccess   Opposing Roles of Plant Laticifer Cells in the Resistance to Insect Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens 

      Castelblanque, Lourdes; García-Andrade, Javier; Martínez-Arias, Clara; Rodríguez, Juan J.; Escaray, Francisco José; Aguilar-Fenollosa, Ernestina; Jaques , Josep A.; Vera, Pablo Elsevier (2020)
      More than 12,000 plant species (ca. 10% of flowering plants) exude latex when their tissues are injured. Latex is produced and stored in specialized cells named ‘‘laticifers’’. Laticifers form a tubing system composed of ...
    • openAccess   Optimising grapevine summer stress responses and hormonal balance by applying kaolin in two Portuguese Demarcated Regions 

      Bernardo, Sara; Dinis, Lia; Luzio, Ana; Machado, Nelson; Gonçalves, Alexandre; Vives-Peris, Vicente; Pitarch Bielsa, Marta; López Climent, María Fernanda; Malheiro, Aureliano; Correia, Carlos; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Moutinho-Pereira, José International Viticulture and Enology Society (IVES) (2021-03-01)
      In Mediterranean-like climate areas, field-grown grapevines are typically exposed to severe environmental conditions during the summer season, which can negatively impact the sustainability of viticulture. Despite the ...
    • openAccess   Optimization of electronic nose drift correction applied to tomato volatile profiling 

      Valcárcel, Mercedes; Ibáñez, Ginés; Martí, Raúl; Beltran Arandes, Joaquin; Cebolla-Cornejo, Jaime; Roselló, Salvador Springer (2021)
      E-noses can be routinely used to evaluate the volatile profile of tomato samples once the sensor drift and standardization issues are adequately solved. Short-term drift can be corrected using a strategy based on a ...
    • closedAccess   Orius laevigatus strengthens its role as a biological control agent by inducing plant defenses 

      bouagga, sarra; Urbaneja, Alberto; Rambla, José L.; Granell, Antonio; Perez-Hedo, Meritxell Springer (2017-05)
      Orius laevigatus is a generalist predator that is widely used in augmentative strategies against the key pest of sweet pepper, Frankliniella occidentalis. Despite being a zoophytophagous predator, the phytophagous behavior ...
    • closedAccess   Oxylipin dynamics inMedicago truncatulain response to saltand wounding stresses 

      De Domenico, Stefania; Taurino, Marco; Gallo, Antonia; Poltronieri, Palmiro; Pastor, Victoria; Flors, Victor; Santino, Angelo Wiley (2019)
      Multiple stresses are becoming common challenges in modern agriculture dueto environmental changes. A large set of phytochemicals collectively knownas oxylipins play a key role in responses to several stresses. Understandingthe ...
    • closedAccess   Oxylipin mediated stress response of a miraculin-like protease inhibitor in Hexanoic acid primed eggplant plants infested by Colorado potato beetle 

      López-Galiano, María José; Ruiz Arroyo, Victor Manuel; Fernández Crespo, Emma; Rausell, Carolina; Real, María Dolores; García Agustín, Pilar; González-Bosch, Carmen; García-Robles, Inmaculada Elsevier (2017-08)
      Insect-plant interactions are governed by a complex equilibrium between the mechanisms through which plant recognize insect attack and orchestrate downstream signaling events that trigger plant defense responses, and the ...
    • openAccess   Papel del polen en el control biológico de Tetranychus urticae en clementinos 

      Pina, Tatiana; Sá Argolo, Poliane; Urbaneja, Alberto; Jaques , Josep A. Ediciones y Promociones LAV (2012)
      La gestión de las cubiertas vegetales constituye una estrategia de control biológico por conservación a considerar en la regulación de las poblaciones de la araña roja, Tetranychus urticae , en cítricos. En este trabajo ...
    • openAccess   Partial Root-Zone Drying of Olive (Olea europaea var. "Chetoui") Induces Reduced Yield under Field Conditions 

      Dbara, Soumaya; Haworth, Matthew; Emiliani, Giovani; Ben Mimoun, Mehdi; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Centritto, Mauro Panagiotis Kalaitzis, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute at Chania, GREECE (2016-06)
      The productivity of olive trees in arid and semi-arid environments is closely linked to irrigation. It is necessary to improve the efficiency of irrigation techniques to optimise the amount of olive fruit produced in ...
    • closedAccess   Patterns of ambulatory dispersal in Tetranychus urticae can be associated with host plant specialization 

      Aguilar-Fenollosa, Ernestina; Rey-Caballero, J.; Blasco, J.M.; Segarra-Moragues, J. G.; Hurtado-Ruiz, Monica; Jaques , Josep A. Springer (2015)
      Dispersal can be an essential factor affecting the biological control of pests. Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) is a cosmopolitan and polyphagous species that may reach the pest status in many cropping ...