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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Mirazimi, Farnaz Sadat (Date of defense: 2023-04-19)
(English) Currently, the use of 3D printing technology in the food sector is being considered, which can improve or displace some of the traditional methods of food manufacturing. The 3D printing market has grown significantly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Aparicio del Moral, Jesús Omar (Date of defense: 2019-01-25)
The growing global demand for water, and as a consequence, the reliability of supply of resources, is a global priority, especially in areas with semi-arid climates, such as the Campo de Cartagena area, San Vicente del ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...