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Researchers of the group of Improved food quality at the Universitat Jaume I have developed an electronic nose that compares the aromatic characteristics of different samples of food.
 Having an electronic nose system which discriminates what tomatoes, melons or other products are more attractive bouquet is particularly useful for businesses.
Until now, no known electronic noses “smelled” like and changed throughout the day based on laboratory conditions. To overcome these drifts, researchers have made extensive correction work through a methodology “that can be extrapolated to other teams,” explains researcher at UJI Salvador Rosello.
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Researchers at the Department of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences, University of León, located in Ponferrada, have shown that calcium is useful to hold to maturity in the organic production of a variety of plum. To date, there was no documentation on the role of culture environment and storage time on the ripeness of this fruit in organic production. The researchers are currently working on incorporating calcium treatments in both the field and after harvest to improve the conservation and fruit quality. The plum is a fruit that is produced in El Bierzo.
 Scientific work published in Scientia Horticulturae, Indexed in the Journal of Citation Reports, Found significant differences in weight, color and firmness of the fruit derived both from the dates of collection, as the calcium content of the site where stood the plums (Prunus domestica). The analysis centered on the variety of green and plum Queen Claudia Green Gage, addressed called organic crops. “The gardens that do not use synthetic products are becoming more common,” he told DiCYT one of the authors of the research, Marcos Guerra.
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Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Shandong Agricultural University studied the effects of different modes of mixing lines of peas in a culture of wheat aphid populations spikes and other insects from their parade . The experimental device consisted of mixtures of rows of peas and wheat in the proportions 2:2, 2:4, 2:6; 2:8.
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The conventional way to counter the damage caused by insect pests of crops for human consumption is to apply insecticides to try to exterminate the parasite concerned. This method is criticized both for side effects (destruction of other non-pest species, risk adverse human health) and for its own technical limitations:
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Ethnoecological Catholic University of Avila (UCAV) have identified about 50 edible wild plants in the province of Avila. The work, which began in 2008 and will end next year, seeks to introduce new products in the food market.
 The Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts of the UCAV, Pedro Manuel Diaz is one of the researchers involved in this work, based on surveys of edible wild plant gatherers in the province, and field identification doubtful species.
Since July 2008 and added 85 polls and the results (available on 75) have yielded information on the species collected in the past or still are collected, popular names, habitat where they thrive,
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