CHILEAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Edited and published by Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Ministerio de Agricultura, Chile

VOLUME 74 - ISSUE 2
Pages 129 - 245
April - June 2014

Cover photography: Agrometeorological station installed in a 'Thompson Seedless' vineyear, Valparaíso Region, Chile.
Source: Gabriel Sellés, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA La Platina, Santiago, Chile.

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Impact of tembotrione and flufenacet plus isoxaflutole application timings, rates, and adjuvant type on weeds and yield of maize
Authors: Robert Idziak, and Zenon Woznica
Pages 129-134 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200001
Trait analysis, diversity, and genotype x environment interaction in some wheat landraces evaluated under drought and heat stress conditions
Authors: Sindhu Sareen, Bhudeva Singh Tyagi, Ashok Kumar Sarial, Vinod Tiwari, and Indu Sharma
Pages 135 - 142 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200002
Genetic variability in Chilean pepino fruit (Solanum muricatum Aiton)
Authors: Carlos Muñoz, Ricardo Pertuzé, Mónica Balzarini, Cecilia Bruno, and Angélica Salvatierra
Pages 143 - 147 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200003
Analysis of tomato matrix effect in pesticide residue quantification through QuEChERS and single quadrupole GC/MS
Authors: Ana M. Domínguez, Fabian Placencia, Francisco Cereceda, Ximena Fadic, and Waldo Quiroz
Pages 148 - 156 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200004
Repeated applications of CPPU on highbush blueberry cv. Duke increase yield and enhance fruit quality at harvest and during postharvest
Authors: Jorge B. Retamales, Gustavo A. Lobos, Sebastian Romero, Ricardo Godoy, and Claudia Moggia
Pages 157 - 161 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200005
Transcriptional analysis of cell wall and cuticle related genes during fruit development of two sweet cherry cultivars with contrasting levels of cracking tolerance
Authors: Cristian Balbontín, Héctor Ayala, Joselyn Rubilar, Jessica Cote,and Carlos R. Figueroa
Pages 162 - 169 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200006
Prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of honey bee viruses in the Biobio Region, Chile, and their association with other honey bee pathogens
Authors: Marta Rodríguez, Marisol Vargas, Karina Antúnez, Marcos Gerding, Fidel Ovidio Castro, and Nelson Zapata
Pages 170 - 177 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200007
Insecticide effect of cyantraniliprole on tomato moth Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) larvae in field trials
Authors: Patricia Larraín, Cristian Escudero, Jorge Morre, and Jeovanny Rodri­guez
Pages 178 - 183 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200008
Assessment of SPLAT formulations for control of Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in a Brazilian apple orchard
Authors: Cristiano Joao Arioli, Patrik Luiz Pastori, Marcos Botton, Mauro Silveira Garcia, Rafael Borges, and Agenor Mafra-Neto
Pages 184 - 190 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200009
Transcriptomic responses of the aphid Myzus persicae nicotianae Blackman (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to insecticides: Analyses in the single Chilean clone of the tobacco aphid
Authors: Marco Cabrera-Brandt, Andrea X. Silva, Gaël Le Trionnaire, Denis Tagu, and Christian C. Figueroa
Pages 191 - 199 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200010
Toxicity of the phenolic extract from jabuticabeira (Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) O. Berg) fruit skins on Spodoptera frugiperda
Authors: Ana Paula C. Alves, Angelita D. Corrêa, Dejane S. Alves, Adelir A. Saczk, Jéssica B. R. Lino, Geraldo A. Carvalho
Pages 200 - 204 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200011
Productive and metabolic response to corn silage supplementation in grazing dairy cows in early lactation during autumn
Authors: Alvaro Morales, Daniela Grob, Oscar Balocchi, and Ruben Pulido
Pages 205 - 212 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200012
Estimation of water requirements and Kc values of 'Thompson Seedless' table grapes grown in the overhead trellis system, using the Eddy covariance method
Authors: Paulina Villagra, Victor Garcia de Cortazar, Raúl Ferreyra, Cristina Aspillaga, Carlos Zúñiga, Samuel Ortega-Farias, and Gabriel Sellés
Pages 213 - 218 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200013
Assessment of current and potential yield of hand-dug wells in a semi-arid zone of south-central Chile using an analytical methodology
Authors: Hamil Uribe, David E. Rupp, Jose Luis Arumí, Ryan D. Stewart, and John S. Selker
Pages 219 - 224 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200014
REVIEW
Influence of breed and feeding on the main characteristics of quality of sheep carcass and meat: A review
Authors: Jorge Ramirez-Retamal, and Rodrigo Morales
Pages: 225 - 233 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-583920144000200015
SCIENTIFIC NOTES
Toxicity of some insecticides used in maize crop on Trichogramma pretiosum (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) immature stages
Authors: Jander R. Souza, Geraldo A. Carvalho, Alexandre P. Moura, Marcelo H.G. Couto, and Jader B. Maia
Pages: 234 - 239 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/SO718-58392013000200016
Effect of different day and night nutrient solution concentration on growth, photosynthesis, and leaf NO3- content of lettuce grown aeroponically
Authors: Francisco Albornoz, J. Heinrich Lieth, José A. Gonzalez-Fuentes
Pages: 240 - 245 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/SO718-58392013000200017