Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences found in all prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. They are able to move from one genome location to another and replicate in the genome, producing mutations and ...

During the last years the cultivation of hemp has been gaining relevance all over the world in numerous sectors such as the agronomic, the pharmaceutical, the food industry or the automotive ones, among others; to such an ...

Brassica olercea L. is a species with numerous botanical varieties, with different characteristics among them. This work is framed in the BRAAVA Project of the Fundacio Miquel Agusti that seeks the introduction of new ...

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. ...

El tomàquet (Solanum lycopersicum L.) és un dels vegetals més consumits arreu del món i la seva demanda creix anualment. Degut a aquest fet el tomàquet s’ha convertit en un fruit d’especial interès en recerca de noves ...

Brotonera cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala) is a Catalan cabbage landrace, historically grown in the Garraf and El Vallés areas. It is a product that comes from a long culinary tradition, since the espigalls of ...

Cauliflower or broccoli, scientifically named Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, represents a botanical variety of the species Brassica oleracea that belongs to the cruciferous family. The origin of the cauliflower and its ...

Tomato landraces (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are highly appreciated by consumers. Around the Mediterranean several landraces have been selected since the arrival of this species to the continent. Many varieties have become ...

The "Calçots" are one of each resprouts of an onion (Allium cepa L.) in its second year of cultivation, once past the bulb formation process, and nowadays it is one of the fastest growing crops in Catalonia in the past few ...

Col brotonera is a traditional variety of cabbage that has organoleptic characteristics highly appreciated among consumers and is typical of the Garraf region. This cabbage produces two different edible structures which ...