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Margenat Mas, Anna Maria (Date of defense: 2018-11-27)
Peri-urban agriculture carries out environmental, social and economic functions and services to the nearby urban areas. Nonetheless, most of these fields are impacted with organic and inorganic contaminants caused by ...
Flórez Vergara, Alexy (Date of defense: 2008-02-08)
Asistimos en la actualidad a una constante pérdida de la diversidad genética de los cultivos. Paralelamente en muchas zonas del mundo, especialmente en los países más desarrollados, se produce una regresión de la agricultura ...
Bachir, Nivine (Date of defense: 2023-07-28)
(English) Acrylamide is a toxic compound and is classified as a probable human carcinogen. In recent decades, international organizations have established levels of safety for ingestion due to its harmful effects endangering ...
Gallart González-Palacio, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2009-09-14)
Conèixer la dinàmica poblacional d'espècies arvenses és una informació bàsica per al disseny d'estratègies de control de males herbes eficaces i sostenibles des d'un punt de vista ambiental. La forcadella (Digitaria ...
Marando, Graciela (Date of defense: 2013-03-15)
En España, la legislación minera obliga, desde el año 1982, a que todas las actividades mineras realicen trabajos de restauración con el fin de devolver al entorno aquellos terrenos afectados por las actividades extractivas. ...
Hurtado Cervera, Carlos (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)
Water scarcity is an issue of global concern due to the increase of the population and the climate change, which both increase the water demand. Many arid and semiarid countries are facing high water stress and the use of ...
Casals Missio, Joan (Date of defense: 2012-07-27)
Tomato landraces are highly appreciated by consumers in the market. The main reasons are the presumed superior organoleptic quality with respect to modern cultivars, as well as the widespread perception that landraces are ...
Morrison, Jane H. (Date of defense: 2018-06-29)
Concerns about a global decline in pollinators have called for more knowledge about the drivers of wild pollinator abundance and diversity in agroecosystems. Agricultural intensification has been identified as the main ...
Moreno Moreno, Fabián Leonardo (Date of defense: 2014-11-05)
Coffee is the most traded food in the world. The coffee industry has a great economic and social relevance worldwide. The sensory and functional properties of the product are highly important for the consumers, and therefore, ...
Sánchez Fernández, Pablo (Date of defense: 2012-11-19)
Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) is a flatfish of high commercial importance in Southern Europe that has been a promising species for diversifying Mediterranean aquaculture since early 1980's. It has failed to reach ...
Masaló Llorà, Ingrid (Date of defense: 2008-09-10)
El propòsit del treball es caracteritzar hidrodinàmicament els tancs més utilitzats en el sector aqüícola, i donar pautes de disseny per millorar-ne l'autoneteja, i optimitzar l'eficiència d'utilització tant de l'espai com ...
Llop Casamada, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-07-20)
Vegetable production in greenhouses is an important and productive economic activity for agricultural businesses in Southern Europe. One of the most risky factors affecting this activity is the use of plant protection ...
Soriano González, Jesús (Date of defense: 2023-04-28)
(English) Coastal areas support important ecosystems with great ecological value, giving rise to countless resources increasingly exploited by humans. Understanding the processes occurring in both inland and aquatic ...
Jiménez de Ridder, Patrícia (Date of defense: 2014-07-29)
In our work we studied some aspects of biochemical quality in the rehabilitation process of degraded soils through the application of sewage sludge. As biochemical quality parameters we focused on the carbon cycle, through ...
Portell Canal, Xavier (Date of defense: 2014-12-09)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is one of the yeasts with major economic, social, and health significance in human culture. Depending on the growth conditions experienced by the cell, S. cerevisiae growth can proceed via fermentative, ...
Cerqueira, Francisco Diogo de Almeida (Date of defense: 2020-06-08)
Antibiotic (AB) Resistance is an increasing global problem for public health, with multi-resistant bacteria persisting and spreading not only in clinical settings but also in the environment. One of the possible vectors ...
Caselles Osorio, Aracelly (Date of defense: 2007-01-12)
Los sistemas de humedales construidos de flujo subsuperficial horizontal (HCFSS) constituyen una tecnología válida para la depuración de aguas residuales urbanas. Uno de los principales objetivos de estos sistemas es ...
Narváez Torres, Lola (Date of defense: 2012-07-09)
Nurseries growing potted ornamental plants carry an important activity in the overall agricultural production in Catalonia. As a result of the activity developed and agricultural practices adopted by nursery growers ...
Recasens Gracia, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2020-09-16)
Urban agriculture is defined, as the agricultural and livestock activities that are carried out within or around cities. FAO's definition includes those services offered by agrarian activity that benefit the society. In ...
Iturralde García, Rey David (Date of defense: 2020-07-24)
Spain is one of the main producing countries of chickpeas and beans in Europe and is also the main importer. Nowadays, pest control is mainly based on the application of phosphine. However, the risks on human health and ...