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

VOLUME 75 - ISSUE 1
Pages 3 - 136
January - March 2015

Cover photography: Capsicum chinense Jacq. plants.
Source: Luis Latournerie Moreen, Instituto Tecnológico de Conkal, Conkal, Yucatán, México.

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Relationships between phenotypic variation in osmotic adjustment, water-use efficiency and drought tolerance of seven cultivars of Lotus corniculatus L.
Authors: Luis Inostroza, Hernan Acuña, and Gerardo Tapia
Pages 3 - 12 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100001
Seed quality and water use characteristics of maize landraces compared with selected commercial hybrids
Authors: Farai Mazvimbakupa, Albert Thembinkosi Modi, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
Pages 13 - 20 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100002
Effects of different potting growing media for Petunia grandiflora and Nicotiana alata Link & Otto on photosynthetic capacity, leaf area, and flowering potential
Authors: Gheorghe Cristian Popescu, and Monica Popescu
Pages 21 - 26 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100003
Performance of faba bean genotypes with Orobanche foetida Poir. and Orobanche crenata Forsk. infestation in Tunisia
Authors: Imen Trabelsi, Zouhaier Abbes, Moez Amri, and Mohamed Kharrat
Pages 27 - 34 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100004
Effects of ridge tillage on photosynthesis and root characters of rice
Authors: Yao Yuan-zhi
Pages 35 - 41 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100005
Content of nitrates in potato tubers depending on the organic matter, soil fertilizer, cultivation simplifications applied and storage
Authors: Jaroslaw Poberezny, Elzbieta Wszelaczynska, Dorota Wichrowska, and Dariusz Jaskulski
Pages 42 - 49 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100006
Monitoring levels of deoxynivalenol in wheat flour of Brazilian varieties
Authors: Cristiano L. Silva, Giovani Benin, Andre C. Rosa, Eduardo Beche, Elesandro Bornhofen, and Marcio A. Capelin
Pages 50 - 56 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100007
Modeling codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) phenology and predicting egg hatch in apple orchards of the Maule Region, Chile
Authors: Wilson Barros-Parada, Alan L. Knight, and Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras
Pages 57 - 62 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100008
Multiple natural enemies do not improve two spotted spider mite and flower western thrips control in strawberry tunnels
Authors: Gemma Albendin, Maria del Castillo Garcia, and José Maria Molina
Pages 63 - 70 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100009
Survival of Bemisia tabaci and activity of plant defense-related enzymes in genotypes of Capsicum annuum L.
Authors: Luis Latournerie-Moreno , Alex Ic-Caamal, Esaú Ruiz-Sánchez, Horacio Ballina-Gómez, Ignacio Islas-Flores , Wilberth Chan-Cupul, and Daniel González-Mendoza
Pages 71 - 77 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100010
Distribution and prevalence of crown rot pathogens affecting wheat crops in southern Chile
Authors: Ernesto Moya-Elizondo, Nolberto Arismendi, Maria Paz Castro, and Herman Doussoulin
Pages 78 - 84 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100011
Recovery of root growth and physiological characters in cotton after salt stress relief
Authors: Wen-Qi Guo, Pei-Tong Zhang, Chun-Hong Li, Jian-Mei Yin, and Xiao-Yong Han
Pages 85 - 91 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100012
Nitrogen fertilizer influence on wheat yield and use efficiency under different environmental conditions
Authors: Violeta Mandic, Vesna Krnjaja, Zorica Tomic, Zorica Bijelic, Aleksandar Simic, Dragana Ruzic Muslic, and Marija Gogic
Pages 92 - 97 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100013
Relationship between mineralized nitrogen during anaerobic incubations and the residual effect of nitrogen fertilization in two rice paddy soils in Chile
Authors: Diego Villasenor, Erick Zagal, Neal Stolpe, and Juan Hirzel
Pages 98 - 104 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100014
Variability of mineral nitrogen content in soil as affected by meat and bone meal used as fertiliser
Authors: Arkadiusz Stepien, and Katarzyna Wojtkowiak
Pages 105 - 110 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100015
Contribution of legumes to the availability of soil nitrogen and its uptake by wheat in Mediterranean environments of central Chile
Authors: Soledad Espinoza, Carlos Ovalle, Erick Zagal, Ivan Matus, and Alejandro del Pozo
Pages 111 - 121 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100016
SCIENTIFIC NOTES
Genetic variability analysis of faba bean accessions using Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers
Authors: María E. Salazar-Laureles, Delfina de J. Pérez-López, Andrés González-Huerta, Luis M. Vázquez-García, and Ernestina Valadez-Moctezuma
Pages: 122 - 130 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100017
Genetic differentiation between 'Araucano' creole and 'Hampshire Down' sheeps in Chile
Authors: Silvana Bravo, Giovanni Larama, Manuel Ortíz, and Néstor Sepúlveda
Pages: 131 - 136 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392015000100018