Ana Piedra-Buena

ORCID: 0000-0002-7876-8840
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Research Areas
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Plant Disease Management Techniques
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant and soil sciences
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Banana Cultivation and Research
  • Environmental and Ecological Studies
  • Potato Plant Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Date Palm Research Studies
  • Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
  • Coal and Its By-products
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
  • Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond

Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias
2015-2024

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
2014

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2006-2013

Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
2009-2011

In total, 140 populations of the genus Meloidogyne collected from representative horticultural regions Spain and maintained at Department Agroecology, Institute Agrarian Sciences, Madrid were characterized using perineal morphology, sequenced amplified region polymerase chain reaction with species-specific primers, bioassay. Using a modified North Carolina differential host test as basis, 13 did not fit into published race scheme. These had very limited ranges, reproducing only on...

10.1094/pdis-93-2-0180 article EN other-oa Plant Disease 2009-01-08

Fungal volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with biological activity produced by entomopathogenic fungi ( Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium robertsii ) isolated from banana fields (Canary Islands) the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia , used in biocontrol of root-knot nematodes, repel weevil (BW), Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) under laboratory conditions. BW is main pest Musa spp. (Linnaeus, 1753)). Its cryptic behavior makes it difficult to manage. Repellent VOCs alter can...

10.7717/peerj.19414 article EN cc-by PeerJ 2025-05-29

Semi‐quantitative data of peak intensities in infrared (IR) spectra humic acids (HAs) from semiarid soils under contrasting environmental conditions (vegetation type, geological substrate and local climate) were analysed by multivariate treatments. Resolution‐enhanced IR (applying a second derivative‐based subtractive operator) showed typical lignin pattern, which was coded to obtain an index used classify the degree diagenetic alteration moiety HA fraction. Partial least squares regression...

10.1111/ejss.12016 article EN European Journal of Soil Science 2013-01-31

Abstract This laboratory study evaluates the biofumigant effect of different organic materials with aim developing non‐chemical alternatives for management Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood populations. Sources material from production system were selected reducing agricultural residue accumulation problems as well decreasing costs due to use chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The residues pepper, strawberry, tomato cucumber crops, orange juice industry residues,...

10.1002/ps.1257 article EN Pest Management Science 2006-07-11

Tecia solanivora is the most prevalent pest causing damage to potato crops in fields Canary Islands, but even more so postharvest storage period. However, currently, there are no authorised chemical insecticides for facilities. Analysis of viability predator mite Blattisocius tarsalis as a biological control agent this moth was carried out. A study temperature effect showed B. maintains predatory capacity range 10–27 °C. Though activity increases with temperature, differences mortality rates...

10.3390/agriculture12070920 article EN cc-by Agriculture 2022-06-24

The Guatemalan potato moth (Tecia solanivora) is designated a quarantine pest by the European Union, causing severe production losses in crops. No effective chemical control alternatives are currently available, and cultural techniques unable to reduce harvest acceptable levels. With focus on biological control, two egg parasitoids (Trichogramma euproctidis Trichogramma achaeae) were selected evaluated for use under field storage conditions. Laboratory assays (choice no-choice) indicated...

10.3390/insects14080679 article EN cc-by Insects 2023-08-01

Fifteen percent of harvested bananas are discarded daily in the Canary Islands at packing houses because marketing standards, mainly based on their appearance, or retired to avoid falls market price bananas. This fruit is an environmental issue, and green banana flour (GBF) interesting management alternative for it. In this paper, artisanal process obtaining GBF was optimized. The study physicochemical nutritional characteristics gluten-free indicated a high contribution starch, fiber,...

10.3390/su16156647 article EN Sustainability 2024-08-03

To study the characteristic N-forms of humic-type materials, samples sapric peat from Galicia (northern Spain) were heated at 350 °C for 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 s, studied by Curie-point Py-GC/MS, solid-state CPMAS 13C-NMR 15N-NMR spectroscopies. NMR analysis in progressive heating stages showed concentration heterocyclic N-forms, maximum structural transition amide-to-heterocyclic forms being observed 120 s (56% N 34% aromatic C). Under more drastic conditions all depleted. Correlation...

10.1080/02757540.2010.504665 article EN Chemistry and Ecology 2010-10-01

Abstract Quantitative changes in soil organic matter (SOM) from undisturbed Mediterranean forests and neighbouring deforested sites were assessed by analysing lipids humic acids (HAs), total studying 80 variables. Changes the composition of free reflected vegetation types, whereas HAs analysed visible 13 C NMR spectroscopy, sodium perborate degradation Curie‐point pyrolysis indicated extent structural alteration lignin soil. The molecular fractions released techniques applied to showed that...

10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00282.x article EN Soil Use and Management 2010-07-27

The golden twin-spot moth (Chrysodeixis chalcites) is one of the most important pests in banana production on Canary Islands (Spain). efficacy different biorational insecticides based bioenzyme complexes (Intruder®), plant extracts: Rutaceae and Piperaceae (Avenger®), Lauraceae (BioKnock®), cinnamon, citronella, Menta (Cinamite®), Alliaceae Solanacea (Garlitrol-Forte®), citrus (Prevam®), neem oil (Indasol®) was assessed against C. chalcites. Laboratory assays included: choice (repellent...

10.3390/agronomy12123141 article EN cc-by Agronomy 2022-12-10

The complex molecular assemblages were analysed in the soil gas phase after applying pine forest wastes (PFW) or sugarbeet vinasses (SBV) for soil-borne crop pests' management. For this purpose, solid-phase micro-extraction (SPME) and chromatography (GC) used coupled with mass spectrometry (MS). organic applied either to Calcic Entisol Haplic Arenosol moistened at field capacity was covered polyethylene sheet 28-30 days retain volatiles. PFW-treated mainly released volatile terpene...

10.1080/10934520902996930 article EN Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A 2009-07-11

Phthorimaea operculella is one of the most important pests causing damage to stored potatoes. In this work, effect temperature (at 10, 20 and 30 °C) on predation pest eggs by Blattisocius tarsalis was studied in laboratory. addition, three predatory release rates two densities under microcosm conditions. The results showed that B. maintains its capacity at low temperatures (10 °C), obtaining an efficiency 49.66 ± 5.06% compared control. turn, °C, a maximum efficacy 78.17 4.77% achieved, very...

10.3390/agronomy11020288 article EN cc-by Agronomy 2021-02-04
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