Institut de Tecnologia Agroalimentària: Recent submissions
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Genomics and formulation optimization for enhancing the microbial safety of dry fermented sausages
ENG- Dry fermented sausages (DFS) are traditional meat products with high production and consumption in Mediterranean countries. Microbial communities of DFS vary throughout the production process, providing characteristic ...
Obtención y caracterización de hongos asociados a plantas con potencial como bioplaguicidas y biofertilizantes
ENG- Currently, agriculture requires products to protect crops against pests and diseases. Due to the problems generated by chemical synthesis products, such as the negative impact on the environment and on people's health, ...
Towards the use of new tools based on non-invasive technologies and mathematical modelling for improving quality and microbiological safety of dry-cured ham
ENG- Dry-cured ham is consumed all around the world and it is very appreciated by its organoleptic characteristics. Although it is a very typical product from the Mediterranean area, dry-cured ham production extends to ...
Use of oscillating electromagnetic fields in the processing of viscous vegetable homogenates
ENG- Industrial thermal treatment of liquid foods is often carried out by tunnel pasteurization, or continuous-flow pasteurization by putting the food material in indirect contact with hot water or steam in a way that ...
Desenvolupament del procés d’obtenció d’un concentrat proteic d’alt valor nutritiu a partir de sang procedent d’escorxadors
Global forecasts of an impending shortage of animal protein for human consumption have led to the search for new sources of dietary protein, either from alternative plant, fungal or insect sources, or from by-products of ...
Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) as an alternative and sustainable source of novel antimicrobial compounds to improve food safety
Macroalgae have been recognized as an interesting source of compounds with multiple applications in different fields due to their various bioactivities since current trends are moving towards the use of alternative compounds ...
Relevance of sperm chromatin protamination, condensation and DNA integrity for sperm function and fertility: the role of toroid linker regions
Male fertilising capacity has traditionally been predicted by the assessment of sperm concentration, motility and morphology. During the last few decades, however, research has been particularly focused on the analysis of ...
Molecular insights into mammalian sperm physiology: a comparative study of glutathione S-transferases in male reproduction
Male infertility is a global health problem affecting one in four infertile couples. This also has a negative repercussion on the animal breeding industry, where infertility has a detrimental impact on their balance sheets. ...
Characterization, improvement and application of plant elicitor peptides as new control tools against plant pathogens
La família de les Rosaceae comprèn espècies d’alta rellevància econòmica, com ho són les espècies de fruiters de clima temperat, ornamentals i medicinals. El seu cultiu, però, es veu limitat per la propagació de diversos ...
Experimental basis for the control of plant diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa using synthetic antimicrobial peptides
Xylella fastidiosa is one of the most damaging phytopathogenic bacteria in the world, causing a variety of diseases with a major economic impact on agriculture and the environment. Until now, no therapeutic solution has ...
Correlating sensory attributes, textural parameters and volatile organic compounds for the assessment of distinctive quality traits of melon and peach fruit cultivars
Melons (Cucumis melo L.) and peaches (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) are two commercially important fruit species in the European Union. The quality improvement of melon and peach cultivars is determinant to maintain and ...
Aplicación de la transglutaminasa microbiana en quesos frescos de coagulación ácida y de coagulación enzimática
The aim of this doctoral thesis was to evaluate the application of microbial transglutaminase (MTGase), produced by BDF Natural Ingredients, in the manufacture of acid and enzymatic coagulation fresh cheeses. In the case ...
Biological control of quarantine bacterial plant diseases with Lactobacillus plantarum strains. Improvement of fitness and monitoring
The fruit production is threatened by several bacterial diseases, such as fire blight of apple and pear, bacterial canker of kiwifruit, bacterial spot of stone fruits, and angular leaf spot of strawberry. The conventional ...
Integrated management of bacterial spot disease of stone fruits caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni: development of a disease forecasting system
Bacterial spot disease of stone fruits, caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni, is of high economic importance in the major stone-fruit-producing areas worldwide. Disease control is mainly based on preventive measures, ...
Aquaporins in boar and bull spermatozoa: identification and functional implications
Aquaporins (AQPs) are proteins involved in the transport of water and some other solutes across plasma membranes. The fact that mammalian spermatozoa are highly permeable to water suggests the presence of these proteins. ...
Freezability markers for boar sperm: new proteomic approaches
Sperm cryopreservation is currently the most suitable technique to store boar sperm samples for a long period of time. However, not all boar ejaculations present the same freezability, this allows the classification of ...
Anàlisi del potencial de mercat de la carn procedent de porcs mascles sencers com a alternativa a la castració quirúrgica
Surgical castration of piglets is a common practice in farms to avoid boar taint (androstenone and skatole) in meat, and to improve its sensory quality. The European Commission is planning to ban surgical castration by ...
Synthetic antifungal peptides for controlling brown spot of pear caused by Stemphylium vesicarium. Activity, mode of action and field evaluation
Brown spot of pear is a fungal disease caused by Stemphylium vesicarium. Currently, the disease control efficacy is limited, due to the characteristics of disease and the reduction of the allowed fungicides. Therefore, ...
Strategies for the production of cationic α-helical antimicrobial peptides in plant biofactories
Antimicrobial Peptides have strong interest as a novel class of antimicrobial agents in the phytosanitary field. This Thesis focuses on the development of strategies to produce of BP100 derivatives (BP100ders) in genetically ...
Avaluació de compostos fenòlics en aliments mitjançant tècniques HPLC-DAD i UHPLC-DAD-MSn
The doctoral thesis has developed new methods for the analysis of phenolic compounds in tomato, lettuce and dry-cured sausages with vegetable extracts. The new-developed chromatographic methods are simplified and validated, ...
