Browsing Institut de Tecnologia Agroalimentària by Subject "630"

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Characterization, improvement and application of plant elicitor peptides as new control tools against plant pathogens

Foix Pericot, Laura (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

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 ...

Correlating sensory attributes, textural parameters and volatile organic compounds for the assessment of distinctive quality traits of melon and peach fruit cultivars

Bianchi, Tiago Luís Cardoso Ferreira Pinhanços de (Date of defense: 2021-02-09)

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 ...

Integrated management of bacterial spot disease of stone fruits caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni: development of a disease forecasting system

Morales Nicolàs, Gerard (Date of defense: 2018-04-12)

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, ...

Synthetic antifungal peptides for controlling brown spot of pear caused by Stemphylium vesicarium. Activity, mode of action and field evaluation

Puig Garcia, Mireia (Date of defense: 2015-12-15)

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, ...

Synthetic peptides that target key processes of Xylella fastidiosa and its host for the leaf scorch control in almond plants

Moll Dos Santos, Luis Alejandro (Date of defense: 2024-12-18)

ENG- Food security is critical for sustaining the growing global population, but it is increasingly threatened by plant diseases that lead to significant food losses. The frequency of emerging and reemerging plant disease ...