Departament d'Enginyeria Agroalimentària i Biotecnologia

El Departament d’Enginyeria Agroalimentària i Biotecnologia és un departament multidisciplinari que està involucrat en un ampli ventall d’activitats i disciplines de recerca però la seva investigació està principalment enfocada a l’agricultura, la indústria agroalimentària i l’aqüicultura biotecnològica.


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Recent Submissions

Structure-function relationships in sensory G protein-coupled receptors 

Razzaghi, Neda (Date of defense: 2022-11-25)

(English) Perception of the world by an organism is not possible unless decoding the received information through its sensory systems. In vertebrates, G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and ion channels are principal ...

Effect of precursors and thermal processing on acrylamide formation in synthetic potato models. Validation with potato cultivars 

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 ...

Assessment of different strategies to reduce environmental fungicide contamination in vineyards 

Ortega Rioja, Paula (Date of defense: 2024-03-12)

(English) The use of plant protection products (PPP) has become an essential tool in agriculture to achieve the minimum requirements of quality and quantity of food demanded by consumers. Moreover, due to its repeated use ...

Understanding consumers' perceptions to stimulate aquaculture fish consumption in Europe 

López Mas, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-07-20)

(English) Fish can play a crucial role in feeding the growing global population and providing it with essential nutrients. However, the world’s fish stocks are limited and almost fully exploited. Consequently, aquaculture ...

Improving monitoring and management of low-lying coastal areas with Sentinel-2 data: the Ebro Delta showcase 

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 ...

Desarrollo de modelos para la identificación de variedades y fitopatologías mediante técnicas fotónicas 

Borraz Martínez, Sergio (Date of defense: 2022-05-12)

In the cultivation of fruit trees, the most common is to work with cuttings. In this way, the grafted fruit tree variety offers specific fruit qualities and the rootstock offers certain agronomic and adaptation characteristics. ...

Uptake and metabolization of antibiòtics in crops 

Tadić, Đorđe (Date of defense: 2020-11-04)

The discovery of antibiotics (ABs) and their mass production brought a revolution in medicine worldwide during the middle of the XX century. Infectious diseases with high morbidity and mortality suddenly become treatable. ...

L’agricultura en els espais metropolitans : el cas de la Regió Metropolitana de Barcelona 

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 ...

Balance de masa e identificación de indicadores para medir eficiencia en la gestión y procesado de materiales en las plantas públicas de compostaje de Fracción Orgánica de Residuos Municipales (FORM) de Cataluña 

Girón Rojas, Emma Cecilia (Date of defense: 2020-09-10)

The importance for the good management of the waste increases day by day, due to the increase of the generation of waste .Composting is one of the most used treatments in the management of the organic fraction of municipal ...

Manejo integrado de plagas en legumbres almacenadas mediante el uso de atmósferas modificadas y de control biológico 

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 ...

Millora de la qualitat sensorial i nutricional de les varietats tradicionals hortícoles: el cas del calçot (Allium cepa L.) 

Sans Molins, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2019-10-31)

Sensory and nutritional quality are key elements for consumers, providing added value to agri-food products. However, there is a general perception that horticultural products have lost their quality, especially their ...

Durability of resistance to Meloidogyne mediated by R-genes in solanaceous and cucurbitaceous crops 

García Mendívil, Helio Adán (Date of defense: 2019-10-29)

Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus, and eggplant, Solanum melongena, are two major crops commonly grafted onto resistant rootstocks for controlling soilborne diseases. However, there are currently no commercially ...

Dynamics of chemical microcontaminants in peri-urban agriculture and evaluation of their potential impact on crops and human health 

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 ...

Flowering native weeds for the conservation of wild pollinators in agroecosystems 

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 ...

Population dynamics of Meloidogyne spp. on tomato and cucumber and biologically-based management strategies 

Giné Blasco, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2016-12-21)

The general objective of the thesis was to determinate the population dynamics of Meloidogyne on tomato and cucumber, the yield losses caused by the nematode and the effect of biologically-based management strategies to ...

Structure-activity investigation on laccases by computational and site directed mutagenesis studies 

Delavari, Azar (Date of defense: 2016-12-01)

Laccases belong to multi copper oxidase enzyme family (EC 1.10.3.2). Their capacity to oxidíze a wide range of substrates makes them very attractive for the industry and are growing in importance for environmentally-friendly ...

Stability and folding of G-protein coupled receptors associated to degenerative diseases 

Dong, Xiaoyun (Date of defense: 2016-05-25)

G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest membrane protein superfamily encoded by the human genome and represent the largest class of drug targets for a wide range of pathological conditions. Two GPCRs members, ...

Caracterización sensorial y culinaria de germoplasma de judía grano (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) y aplicación a la mejora genética 

Rivera Pinzano, Ana (Date of defense: 2015-11-18)

In recent decades, much work has gone into collecting and conserving phytogenetic resources, resulting in a considerable increase in the number of entries stored ex situ in germplasm banks. However, these resources have ...

Stability and ligand binding properties of human cone visual pigments 

Srinivasan, Sundaramoorthy (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)

Human color perception is mediated by cone photoreceptor cells which mainly locate on the fovea of the eye. Bright light activates the photosensitive opsin pigments which are embedded in the outer segment membrane discs ...

Study of effects of cooking methods on physical properties and bioactive compounds in selected potato cultivars (Solanum tuberosum L) 

Yang, Yali (Date of defense: 2015-09-29)

La patata es una fuente de carbohidratos, de versátil preparación y presentación. Dependiendo del proceso de cocción y de las características morfológicas y nutricionales de la patata estos efectos pueden ser positivos o ...

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