• Metschnikowia pulcherrima as an efficient biocontrol agent of Botrytis cinerea infection in apples: unraveling protection mechanisms through yeast proteomics 

  Fernández San Millán, Alicia  ; Fernández Irigoyen, Joaquín  ; Santamaria, Enrique; Larraya Reta, Luis María  ; Farrán Blanch, Inmaculada; Veramendi Charola, Jon   (Elsevier, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  The results obtained in this study show that the Mp-30 strain of Metschnikowia pulcherrima is able to completely prevent Botrytis cinerea infection in apples, which is a major postharvest disease of fruits throughout the ...

• The role of rootstocks for grape growing adaptation to climate change: meta-analysis of the research conducted in Spanish viticulture 

  Santesteban García, Gonzaga  ; Rekarte, Isabel; Torres Molina, Nazareth  ; Galar Martínez, Mónica; Villa Llop, Ana; Visconti, Fernando; Intrigliolo, Diego S.; Escalona, José M.; Herralde, Felicidad de; Miranda Jiménez, Carlos   (International Viticulture and Enology Society, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Rootstock election is one of the key decisions when designing a vineyard. Although the research performed to determine the effect they induce in the behaviour of scion varieties is not scarce, it is not easy to have a ...

• Pollen viability, self-incompatibility, and a very singular S-allele structure between the reasons for the limited potential productivity of traditional Basque cider apple varieties 

  Crespo Martínez, Sara; Oneka Mugica, Oihane ; Laquidáin Imirizaldu, María Jesús; Urrestarazu Vidart, Jorge  ; Santesteban García, Gonzaga  ; Miranda Jiménez, Carlos   (Elsevier, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Cider regions conserve a broad diversity of traditional cultivars for which knowledge has hardly evolved. Key aspects of their reproductive biology are barely known, hindering improvement in orchard management and resulting ...

• Assessment of flesh browning diversity in apple germplasm collections phenotyped by image analysis 

  Miranda Jiménez, Carlos  ; Irisarri, P.; Arellano Zapatero, Julia; Bielsa, F. J.; Valencia Leoz, Ana ; Urrestarazu Vidart, Jorge; Pina, Ana; Santesteban García, Gonzaga  ; Castel, L.; Errea, Pilar (ISHS, 2023)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena

  Enzymatic flesh browning (EB) is one of the major problems affecting the quality and limiting the shelf life of minimally processed fruit. Traditionally, EB has been measured objectively using colourimeters. However, ...

• Dynamics of GFLV, GFkV, GLRaV-1, and GLRaV -3 grapevine viruses transport toward developing tissues 

  Crespo Martínez, Sara; Ramírez Lacunza, Asier; Miranda Jiménez, Carlos  ; Urrestarazu Vidart, Jorge  ; Santesteban García, Gonzaga   (Springer, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Viral diseases in grapevine cause large economic losses due to decreased irregular yield and unbalanced ripening, and can even lead to plant mortality. There is a large number of grapevine viral agents, and a few of them ...

• Drought stress tolerance in plants 

  González García, Esther   (MDPI, 2023)   Otros / Bestelakoak  

  The current climate change scenario is accelerating degradation, desertification, and salinisation: all destructive processes that are negatively impacting arable lands and food production. This is particularly important ...

• Latest trends in modelling forest ecosystems: new approaches or just new methods? 

  Blanco Vaca, Juan Antonio  ; Lo Wong, Yueh-Hsin (Springer, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Purpose of Review: Forest models are becoming essential tools in forest research, management, and policymaking but currently are under deep transformation. In this review of the most recent literature (2018–2022), we aim ...

• Agronomic evaluation of eight 41 B × 110 richter grapevine genotypes as rootstock candidates for mediterranean viticulture 

  Marín Ederra, Diana  ; Miranda Jiménez, Carlos  ; Abad Zamora, Francisco Javier  ; Urrestarazu Vidart, Jorge  ; Mayor Azcona, Blanca; Villa Llop, Ana; Santesteban García, Gonzaga   (KeAi Communications, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Choosing the most appropriate rootstock(s) is a key decision for the profitability of vineyards; therefore, there must be a sufficient range of rootstocks in the market adapted to different environmental conditions and ...

• 8ª Edición de la Escuela de verano de Ecología de Navarra: ecólogas/os por un día 

  Imbert Rodríguez, Bosco  ; Blanco Vaca, Juan Antonio   (Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, AEET, 2022)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Durante los pasados 23 y 24 de junio tuvo lugar la 8ª edición de la Escuela de Verano de Ecología de Navarra de la Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) con el título ‘Ecólogas/os por un día’. En la jornada se impartieron ...

• Soil moisture modulates biological nitrification inhibitors release in sorghum plants 

  Bozal-Leorri, Adrián; Arregui Odériz, Luis Miguel  ; Torralbo, Fernando; González Moro, María Begoña; González Murua, Carmen; Aparicio Tejo, Pedro María   (Springer, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Background and aims: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is able to exude allelochemicals with biological nitrifcation inhibition (BNI) capacity. Therefore, sorghum might be an option as cover crop since its BNI ability may reduce ...

• Deciphering plant health status: the link between secondary metabolites, fungal community and disease incidence in olive tree 

  Gomes, Teresa; Pereira, José Alberto; Moya-Laraño, Jordi; Poveda Arias, Jorge  ; Lino-Neto, Teresa; Baptista, Paula (Frontiers Media, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Plant-associated microorganisms are increasingly recognized to play key roles in host health. Among several strategies, associated microorganisms can promote the production of specific metabolites by their hosts. However, ...

• Bacillus thuringiensis Cyt proteins as enablers of activity of Cry and Tpp toxins against Aedes albopictus 

  Lai, Liliana  ; Villanueva, Maite; Muruzabal Galarza, Ane; Fernández González, Ana Beatriz ; Unzué Pozas, Argine; Toledo Arana, Alejandro; Caballero Murillo, Primitivo  ; Caballero Sánchez, Carlos  (2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Aedes albopictus is a species of mosquito, originally from Southeast Asia, that belongs to the Culicidae family and the Dipteran insect order. The distribution of this vector has rapidly changed over the past decade, making ...

• Unravelling the phytotoxic effects of glyphosate on sensitive and resistant Amaranthus Palmeri populations by GC-MS and LC-MS metabolic profiling 

  Zulet González, Ainhoa  ; Gorzolka, Karin; Döll, Stefanie; Gil Monreal, Miriam  ; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes  ; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana   (MDPI, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Glyphosate, the most successful herbicide in history, specifically inhibits the activity of the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS; EC 2.5.1.19), one of the key enzymes in the shikimate pathway. ...

• First study on the root endophytic fungus Trichoderma hamatum as an entomopathogen: development of a fungal bioinsecticide against cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis) 

  Lana, Maite; Simón De Goñi, Oihane  ; Velasco, Pablo; Rodríguez, Víctor Manuel; Caballero Murillo, Primitivo  ; Poveda Arias, Jorge (Elsevier, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Cotton leaf worm (Spodoptera littoralis) is a pest that produces important losses in horticultural and ornamental crops in greenhouse, being classified as quarantine pest A2 by EPPO. One of the strategies proposed to control ...

• Carbon density in boreal forests responds non-linearly to temperature: an example from the Greater Khingan Mountains, northeast China 

  Liu, Yang; Trancoso, Ralph; Ma, Qin; Ciais, Philippe; Gouvêa, Lidiane P.; Yue, Chaofang; Assis, Jorge; Blanco Vaca, Juan Antonio   (Elsevier, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Boreal forests play a crucial role in the global carbon (C) cycle and in climate stabilization. To better predict global C budgets, it is important to accurately estimate the size of forest C pools, and to identify the ...

• Soil C/N ratios cause opposing effects in forests compared to grasslands on decomposition rates and stabilization factors in southern European ecosystems 

  Blanco Vaca, Juan Antonio  ; Durán Lázaro, María  ; Luquin, Josu; San Emeterio Garciandía, Leticia  ; Yeste Yeste, Antonio  ; Canals Tresserras, Rosa María   (Elsevier, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Soils store an important amount of carbon (C), mostly in the form of organic matter in different decomposing stages. Hence, understanding the factors that rule the rates at which decomposed organic matter is incorporated ...

• It's not you, it's me: Medicago truncatula efd-1 mutant phenotype depends on rhizobium symbiont 

  Larrainzar Rodríguez, Estíbaliz   (Oxford University Press, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  The work by Jardinaud et al. (2022a) illustrates the need to reconsider the identification of genes with a functional role in symbiosis when using a model system in which nodule development and plant growth are constrained ...

• Editorial: Drought stress in legumes 

  Furlan, Ana Laura; González García, Esther; Roy Choudhury, Swarup; Signorelli, Santiago (Frontiers Media, 2022)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Plants are challenged by diverse environmental constraints, among which drought stress is increasingly important. Meteorological models predict an increase in the areas prone to drought in the future. Legumes are important ...

• Editorial: Beneficial effects of fungal endophytes in major agricultural crops 

  Poveda Arias, Jorge  ; Baptista, Paula; Sacristán, Soledad; Velasco, Pablo (Frontiers Media, 2022)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  Endophytic microorganisms are those that can dwell within plant tissues without any external sign of infection or other harmful effects on the host plants (Burragoni and Jeon, 2021). In recent decades, the important role ...

• Role of oxidative stress in the physiology of sensitive and resistant Amaranthus palmeri populations treated with herbicides inhibiting acetolactate synthase 

  Eceiza, Mikel Vicente  ; Barco Antoñanzas, María  ; Gil Monreal, Miriam  ; Huybrechts, Michiel; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana  ; Cuypers, Ann; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes   (Frontiers Media, 2023)   Artículo / Artikulua  

  The aim of the present study was to elucidate the role of oxidative stress in the mode of action of acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibiting herbicides. Two populations of Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson from Spain (sensitive ...

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