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

VOLUME 76 - ISSUE 1
Pages 3 - 133
January - March 2016

Cover photography: Metarhizium anisopliae conidia under scanning electron microscope.
Source: María Esperanza Sepúlveda, Producción Hongos Entomopatógenos, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA Quilamapu, Chillán, Chile.

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Soybean morphophysiology and yield response to seeding systems and plant populations
Authors: Raniele Souza, Itamar Teixeira, Elton Reis, and Alessandro Silva
Pages 3-8 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100001
Toxicity of essential oils of Piper marginatum Jacq. against Tetranychus urticae Koch and Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor)
Authors: Nicolle Ribeiro, Claudio Camara, and Clecio Ramos
Pages 71-76 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100010
Germplasm evaluation of heat tolerance in bread wheat in Tel Hadya, Syria
Authors: Emeka C. Okechukwu, Christain U. Agbo, Michael I. Uguru, and Francis C. Ogbonnaya
Pages 9-17 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100002
Characterization of genetic diversity of native ‘Ancho’ chili populations of Mexico using microsatellite markers
Authors: Rocío Toledo-Aguilar, Higinio López-Sánchez, Amalio Santacruz-Varela, Ernestina Valadez-Moctezuma, Pedro A. López, Víctor H. Aguilar-Rincón, Víctor A. González-Hernández, and Humberto Vaquera-Huerta
Pages 18-26 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100003
Exogenous application of brassinolide can alter morphological and physiological traits of Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel. under room and high temperatures
Authors: Jian-hang Niu, Shakeel Ahmad Anjum, Ran Wang, Jin-huan Li1, Mei-ru Liu, Ji-xuan Song, Ali Zohaib, Jun Lv, San-gen Wang, and Xue-feng Zong
Pages 27-33 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100004
Milk production, grazing behavior and nutritional status of dairy cows grazing two herbage allowances during winter
Authors: Miguel Ruiz-Albarran, Oscar Balocchi, Fernando Wittwer, and Rubén Pulido
Pages 34-39 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100005
Genetic diversity of Colombian sheep by microsatellite markers
Authors: Ricardo Ocampo, Henry Cardona, and Rodrigo Martínez
Pages 40-47 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100006
Insecticidal activity of powder and essential oil of Cryptocarya alba (Molina) Looser against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky
Authors: Juan J. Pinto, Gonzalo Silva, Inés Figueroa, Maritza Tapia, Angélica Urbina, J. Concepción Rodríguez, and Angel Lagunes
Pages 48-54 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100007
Malpighia emarginata DC. bagasse acetone extract: Phenolic compounds and their effect on Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Authors: Tamara R. Marques, Aline A. Caetano, Dejane S. Alves, Vinicius de O. Ramos, Anderson A. Simão, Geraldo A. Carvalho, and Angelita D. Corrêa
Pages 55-61 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100008
Feeding and oviposition deterrent activities of microencapsulated cardamom oleoresin and eucalyptol against Cydia pomonella
Authors: Orkun Baris Kovanci
Pages 62-70 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100009
Molecular, morphological and pathogenic characterization of six strains of Metarhizium spp. (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) for the control of Aegorhinus superciliosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Authors: María Sepúlveda, Marisol Vargas, Macarena Gerding, Ricardo Ceballos, Pía Oyarzúa
Pages 77-83 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100011
Diurnal pattern of nitrous oxide emissions from soils under different vertical moisture distribution conditions
Authors: Junzeng Xu, Qi Wei, Shihong Yang, Yanhua Wang, and Yuping Lv
Pages 84-92 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100012
Whole plant open chamber to measure gas exchange on herbaceous plants
Authors: Florencia Noemí Ferrari, Carlos Alberto Parera, and Carlos Bernardo Passera
Pages 93-99 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100013
Priming effects of leaves of Laurus nobilis L. and 1,8-cineole on carbon mineralization
Authors: Burak Koçak, and Cengiz Darici
Pages 100-104 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100014
Direct measurement and prediction of bulk density on alluvial soils of central Chile
Authors: Manuel Casanova, Elizabeth Tapia, Oscar Seguel, and Osvaldo Salazar
Pages 105-113 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100015
REVIEW
Arsenic translocation in rice cultivation and implication in human health
Authors: José M. Bastías and Tatiana Beldarrain
Pages: 114-122 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100016
SCIENTIFIC NOTES
Photosynthetic behavior, growth and essential oil production of Melissa officinalis L. cultivated under colored shade nets
Authors: Graziele C. Oliveira, Willyam L. Vieira, Suzana C. Bertolli, and Ana Claudia Pacheco
Pages: 123-128 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100017
Dissipation of four insecticides in tomato fruit using high performance liquid chromatography and QuEChERS methodology
Authors: Gomaa Ramadan, Mohamed Shawir, Ahmed El-bakary, and Samir Abdelgaleil
Pages: 129-133 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392016000100018