Horticultural crops constantly face abiotic stress factors such as salinity, which have intensified in recent years due to accelerated climate change, significantly affecting their yields and profitability. Under these conditions, it has become necessary implement effective sustainable solutions guarantee agricultural productivity food security. The influence of BALOX ® , a biostimulant plant origin, was tested on the responses salinity Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia plants exposed salt...

Abstract. The high erosion rates found in the agriculture land make valuable use of mulches to control soil and water losses. Coffee husk (Coffea canephora var. robusta) can be one those mulches. This paper evaluates how apply mulch order obtain best effectiveness. An experimental factorial design 4 × 3 2 with two replicates was designed a greenhouse total number 48 cases. All samples were deposited trays 0.51 m2 applied simulated rain 122 mm h−1 during 21 min. factors examined following:...

Climate change accentuates abiotic stress conditions putting at risk several commercial cultivars particularly vulnerable to salinity in the early stages of development, which makes adopting new technologies tune with environment necessary mitigate its impact. In this study, we tested possible effects a biostimulant (BALOX®) on enhancing salt tolerance salt-treated tomato plants, analysing plant growth and biochemical markers: photosynthetic pigments, ion contents roots leaves, leaf...

Rice fields in southern Europe are mainly located wetlands of high ecological value, such as L'Albufera, one the most important rice-growing areas Spain. Considering unique characteristics this environment, it is crucial to identify those farming practices that minimize on-field emissions crop, main causes its impacts, and increase soil organic carbon mitigate climate change. This study assesses environmental impact rice grown L'Albufera from a cradle-to-farm gate perspective, considering...

Global warming is linked to progressive soil salinisation, which reduces crop yields, especially in irrigated farmland on arid and semiarid regions. Therefore, it necessary apply sustainable effective solutions that contribute enhanced salt tolerance. In the present study, we tested effects of a commercial biostimulant (BALOX®) containing glycine betaine (GB) polyphenols activation salinity defense mechanisms tomato. The evaluation different biometric parameters quantification biochemical...

Cardoon leaves are of great pharmaceutical importance due to their high content polyphenol compounds. Polyphenolic compounds have attracted much interest health-promoting effects. The these in C. cardunculus depends on several factors, such as genotype, crop management, plant tissues, harvest time, and storage time. In this study, the effects nitrogen (N) fertilisation (rates forms) biomass yield profile were determined. Increasing amount N up 180 kg-ha−1 did not significantly increase...

Artichoke herb is of great pharmaceutical importance, mainly due to the high content phenolic compounds. This paper presents effect late nitrate (N) fertilization with mineral and organic N on yield air-dried herb, total polyphenolic acids (TCQA), profile as well antioxidant activity (AA). These parameters were measured in (ORG) conventional (CON) cropping systems. The principal outcomes revealed that highest TCQA was determined herbal extracts ORG management treatments 20 kg ha−1. result...

Soil salinity is one of the major causes losses in agricultural production, which accentuated by global warming. A sustainable strategy to mitigate effects increasing soil salinisation use biostimulants. In this study, effect a plant-based biostimulant was tested on tomato plants exposed different levels loamy and sandy soils. Salinity soils reached maximum value 14.35 dS m−1. The treatments included control (tap water) dose 0.4 mL L−1 commercial BALOX®, containing polyphenols glycine...

The use of living mulches (LM) grown in-season together with the cash crop is a potentially important method organic vegetable production. There are only few reports on influence LM biological value crops. impacts Alexandrian clover yields and levels phenolic compounds in leeks shallots were investigated. three sowing dates for plants: 3 weeks before planting shallot, at date, from shallots. higher than without LM; plants accumulated more total (TP) compounds, plant extracts showed...

Modern agriculture aims to encompass all soil attributes optimize use and minimize environmental impacts. One of those is color, which allows determining important variables for crop management conservation. In this study, the relationships between lightness several pedologic, topographic, were determined. hundred ten topsoil points sampled in an area where Mediterranean climate only homogeneous forming factor. Soil samples air dried, crushed, sieved, measurements made using a trichromatic...

Wetlands started to gain attention when the scientific community began investigating these resources in eighties. Water, wildlife, and vegetation attracted most of interest funding, whereas soils were relegated from research efforts. Despite this situation, US researchers developing a specific terminology methodologies for hydric order unveil new soil class that could offer great agricultural environmental opportunities. In Spain, similar studies are practically nonexistent, so we carried...

The cultivation system with cover crops as living mulches is growing in importance the worldwide agriculture it combines an economical effect pro-ecological and soil protecting activities.The plant species tested research were not frost resistant: buckwheat, millet, white mustard berseem clover.A control plots without crops.The intercrops sown first decade of August, autumn a grown biomass was mulch, after being damaged by spring, mulch covering ground surface.Winter garlic bulbs planted...

The global soil carbon pool comprises organic (SOC), found in almost all soils, and inorganic (SIC), calcareous soils. Despite their agricultural significance, mostly prevalent drylands often alkaline, are historically understudied. Using soils obtained from a decade-long, fully factorial field experiment located on temperate, near neutral pH, this study examined the influence of cover crops (no-cover vs radish) three levels tillage intensity: shallow (10 cm) deep (20 non-inversion, plough...

Abstract. Remote sensing and geospatial applications very often require ground truth data to assess outcomes from spatial analyses or environmental models. Those sets, however, may be difficult collect in proper format even unavailable. In the particular case of soil colour collection reliable can cumbersome due measuring methods, communication issues, other practical factors which lead a lack standard procedure for measurement georeferencing. this paper we present laboratory that provides...

Soil seedbanks are defined in composition and quantity by many environmental factors inherent to a specific area, they can be an indicator of the potential problems weeds crops. In Valencia (Spain), rice is cultivated with continuous flooding during growing season, after harvesting, paddy fields flooded again winter. This study investigates fields’ soil seedbank this Mediterranean area effect winter on seedbank. Multispectral images from Sentinel-2 satellite were used characterise water...

Appears in: ICERI2017 Proceedings Publication year: 2017Pages: 5239-5244ISBN: 978-84-697-6957-7ISSN: 2340-1095doi: 10.21125/iceri.2017.1373Conference name: 10th annual International Conference of Education, Research and InnovationDates: 16-18 November, 2017Location: Seville, Spain

The potential offered by technologies is a reality that must be addressed and used in the Higher Education environments. Professors able to integrate into their sessions facilitate work of skill acquisition. main objectives this are: i) take advantage Lessons tool (PoliformaT) evaluate acquisition transversal competences and, ii) compare if use flip teaching improves its In subject "Geology, Soil science Climatology" (Degrees Agri-Food Engineering Forestry Engineering), an experience was...

A. Jiménez-BelenguerS. Calvet-SanzH. Moreno-RamónS. Ibáñez-AsensioM. Cabedo-FabrésM. Ferrando-BatallerA. Martinez-GarcíaI. Guillén-Guillamón