The stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) is a tree species native to the Mediterranean region, much appreciated for its edible seed: the pine nut. Pine nuts are highly valued products in gastronomy for their taste and nutritional ...

The intensive production of livestock has increased the excess of pig slurry and has caused the need for their treatment mainly due to the negative consequences that slurry can produce on the environment. This project is ...

The agri-food sector is one of the main economic engines in Europe. This sector includes the meat industry such as the production of cured sausages. The meat industry is committed to the development of new products and the ...

Vaccination is a stressful and painful event for animals. In this study, it has been investigated whether intra-dermal vaccination without needle improves the animal welfare of piglets compared to traditional intra-muscular ...

Nowadays, either tomato or lettuce cultivations have great importance because of their growing demand. For this reason, it is very important to find some methods which allow obtaining high yields without causing damage to ...

Aquest estudi consisteix en una caracterització d’una parcel·la situada al nord-est d’Espanya i sota influència del clima mediterrani. La parcel·la ha estat sotmesa a una zonificació en funció de les característiques del ...

The anaerobic digestion is a well-known technology to treat wastes with a high potential of methane recovery (i.e. manures, slaughterhouse waste, animal by-products waste and other types of organic wastes) even presenting ...

The biological removal of ammoniacal nitrogen (N) from wastewater has been carried out, usually, through combined nitrification-denitrification processes. With the discovery of the biological process of anaerobic oxidation ...

When working with fruit trees, many characters that are studied are not evaluable until the trees begin to develop the fruits. Many companies and research centres, base their efforts on developing molecular tools to try ...

Currently, there is a major issue with the slurries generated on farms, due to the emissions produced during their storage and treatment. These slurries are rich in ammonia, a highly volatile component that, when released, ...