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

VOLUME 73 - ISSUE 3
Pages 205 - 326
July - September 2013

Cover photography: Annatto (Bixa orellana L.) fruit and seeds.
Source: Dyego da Costa Santos, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Unidade Acadêmica de Engenharia Agrícola, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brasil.

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Contrasting physiological responses to high salinity between two varieties of corn 'Lluteño' (salt tolerant) and 'Jubilee' (salt sensitive)
Authors: Libertad Carrasco-Rios, Carla Rojas, and Manuel Pinto
Pages 205 - 212 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300001
Paddy plants inoculated with PGPR show better growth pysiology and nutrient content under saline conditions
Authors: Yachana Jha, and R.B. Subramanian
Pages 213 - 219 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300002
Effect of auxin on cluster roots induction in Embothrium coccineum J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. in phosphorus deficiency condition
Authors: Gabriel Donoso-Ñanculao, Mauricio Castro, Dario Navarrete, León A. Bravo, and Luis J. Corcuera
Pages 220 - 224 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300003
Evaluation for fresh consumption of new broad bean genotypes with a determinate growth habit in central Chile
Authors: Cecilia Baginsky, Paola Silva, Jorge Auza, and Edmundo Acevedo
Pages 225 - 232 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300004
Winter wheat grain yield and its components in the North China Plain: irrigation management, cultivation and climate
Authors: Lihua Lv, Yanrong Yao, Lihua Zhang, Zhiqiang Dong, Xiuling Jia, Shuangbo Liang, and Junjie Ji
Pages 233 - 242 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300005
Economic evaluation of a crop rotation portfolio for irrigated farms in central Chile
Authors: Jorge González U., Pablo Undurraga, Juan Hirzel, and Ingrid Martínez G.
Pages 243 - 249 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300006
Antimicrobial activity against Xanthomonas albilineans and fermentation kinetics of a lactic acid bacterium isolated from the sugar cane crop
Authors: Liliana Serna-Cock, Andres Felipe Camargo-Guarnizo, and Carlos Andres Rengifo-Guerrero
Pages 250 - 258 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300007
Comparative study of two coniferous species (Pinus pinaster Aiton and Cupressus sempervirens L. var. dupreziana [A. Camus] Silba) essential oils: chemical composition and biological activities
Authors: Ismail Amri, Mohsen Hanana, Samia Gargouri, Bassem Jamoussi, and Lamia Hamrouni
Pages 259 - 266 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300008
Performance and ultrasound measurements of beef cattle fed diets based on whole corn or oats grains
Authors: Hugo M. Arelovich, Rodrigo D. Bravo, Marcela F. Martínez, Pedro L. Forgue, and Sergio O. Torquati
Pages 267 - 274 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300009
Phosphate solubilizing bacteria: Assessment of their effect on growth promotion and phosphorous uptake of green gram (Vigna radiata [L.] R. Wilczek)
Authors: Buddhi Charana Walpola, and Min-Ho Yoon
Pages 275 - 281 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300010
Heavy metals in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) after tannery sludge compost amendment
Authors: Maria Doroteia Marçal Silva, Ademir Sergio Ferreira Araujo, Luis Alfredo Pinheiro Leal Nunes, Wanderley Jose de Melo, and Rajeev Pratap Singh
Pages 282 - 287 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300011
Phosphorus fertilization of 'Fuyutoyo' cabbages in phosphorus-rich Eutrustox soil
Authors: Arthur Bernardes Cecílio Filho, Gilson Silverio da Silva, and Juan Waldir Mendoza Cortez
Pages 288 - 292 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300012
Effect of dehydration temperature on physico-chemical properties and antioxidant capacity of glodenberry (Physalis peruviana L.)
Authors: Jessica Lopez, Antonio Vega-Galvez, Maria Jose Torres1, Roberto Lemus-Mondaca, Issis Quispe-Fuentes, Karina Di Scala
Pages 293 - 300 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300013
SCIENTIFIC NOTES
Growth and nutrient accumulation of Anacardium othonianum Rizz. seedlings grown in nutrient solution
Authors: Layara Alexandre Bessa, Fabiano Guimarães Silva, Marialva Alvarenga Moreira, João Paulo Ribeiro Teodoro, and Frederico Antônio Loureiro Soares
Pages: 301 - 308 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300014
Biology of the tea mosquito bug (Helopeltis theivora Waterhouse) on Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H. Rob.
Authors: K.K. Srikumar, and P. Shivarama Bhat
Pages: 309 - 314 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300015
Toxicity of neem oil to the cassava green mite Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Authors: Amanda C.B. Silva, Adenir V. Teodoro, Eugenio E. Oliveira, Adriano S. Rêgo, and Rafael R. Silva
Pages: 315 - 319 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300016
Mathematical modeling for the annatto (Bixa orellana L.) seed drying process
Authors: Dyego da Costa Santos, Alexandre José de Melo Queiroz, Rossana Maria Feitosa de Figueirêdo, and Emanuel Neto Alves de Oliveira
Pages: 320 - 326 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392013000300017