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

VOLUME 74 - ISSUE 3
Pages 249 - 370
July - September 2014

Cover photography: Open pits showing preferential flow pathways through physical distribution of stained areas with Brilliant blue dye tracer. Left: Photo subjected to maximization of blue, green, and cyan color.
Source: Ignacio Fuentes, Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Santiago, Chile.

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Response of root characteristics and yield in peanut under terminal drought condition
Authors: Junya Junjittakarn, Teerayoot Girdthai, Sanun Jogloy, Nimitr Vorasoot, and Aran Patanothai
Pages 249 - 256 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300001
Physiologic characteristics of corn and Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. Webster in intercropping cultivation
Authors: Orismário L. Rodrigues, João Carlos C. Galvão, Evander A. Ferreira, Daniel V. Silva, Márcia V. Santos, Lino R. Ferreira, Rosana C. Pereira, and Rafael S. Felipe
Pages 257 - 262 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300002
Agronomic performances of three vetch species growing under different drought levels
Authors: Sywar Haffani, Majid Mezni, and Wided Chaibi
Pages 263 - 272 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300003
Essential oils as biological alternatives to protect the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) against Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Authors: Ismail Amri, Lamia Hamrouni, Mohsen Hanana, Bassem Jamoussi, and Kaouthar Lebdi
Pages 273 - 279 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300004
Ruminal pH and temperature, papillae characteristics and animal performance of fattening calves fed on concentrate or maize silage based diets
Authors: Raúl Bodas, Raquel Posado, Daniel Jose Bartolome, Marí­a José Tabernero de Paz, Pedro Herráiz, Eduardo Rebollo, Luis Jesús Gómez, and Juan José Garcí­a
Pages 280 - 285 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300005
Ingestive behavior of grazing heifers receiving crude glycerin supplementation during the dry-rainy season transition
Authors: Vitor Visintin Silva de Almeida, Robério Rodrigues Silva, Aline Cardoso Oliveira Visintin, Augusto Cesar de Queiroz, Fabiano Silva, Claudia Batista Sampaio, Mateus de Melo Lisboa, Fabrício Bacelar Lima Mendes, and Tulio Octavio Jardim D'Almeida Lins
Pages 286 - 292 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300006
Dehydrated olive-waste cake as a source of high value-added bioproduct: Drying kinetics, physicochemical properties, and bioactive compounds
Authors: Elsa Uribe, Roberto Lemus-Mondaca, Alexis Pasten, Sebastian Astudillo, Antonio Vega-Gálvez, Luis Puente-Diaz, and Karina Di Scala
Pages 293 - 301 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300007
Evaluation of water use and yield responses of drip-irrigated sugar beet with different irrigation techniques
Authors: Ustun Sahin, Selda Ors, Fatih M. Kiziloglu, Yasemin Kuslu
Pages 302 - 310 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300008
Swine manure application methods effects on ammonia volatilization, forage quality, and yield in the Pre-Amazon Region of Brazil
Authors: Mayanna Costa, Francirose Shigaki, Bruno Alves, Peter Kleinman, Marcos Pereira
Pages 311 - 318 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300009
Isolation and selection of fluorescent pseudomonads based on multiple plant growth promotion traits and siderotyping
Authors: Jayamohan Subramanian, and Kumudini Satyan
Pages 319 - 325 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300010
Differences in maize physiological characteristics, nitrogen accumulation and yield under different cropping patterns and nitrogen lebel
Authors: Xiangqian Zhang, Guoqin Huang, and Qiguo Zhao
Pages 326 - 332 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300011
Effects of fertilization regimes on tea yields, soil fertility, and soil microbial diversity
Authors: Shan-Lian Qiu, Li-Min Wang, Dong-Feng Huang, and Xin-Jian Lin
Pages 333 - 339 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300012
Morpho-physical pedotransfer functions for groundwater pollution by nitrate leaching in Central Chile
Authors: Ignacio Fuentes, Manuel Casanova, Oscar Seguel, Francisco Najera, and Osvaldo Salazar
Pages 340 - 348 | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300013
SCIENTIFIC NOTES
Floral transition in Origanum vulgare L.: anatomical analysis across phenological stages in response to different photoperiodic regimes
Authors: Vanina Davidenco, Lina Seisdedos, Selva B. Nuñez, and Juan A. Arguello
Pages: 349 - 354 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300014
Genetic variability assessment in the genus Passiflora by SSR markers
Authors: Claudia Lougon Paiva, Alexandre Pio Viana, Eileen Azevedo Santos, Josie Cloviane de Oliveira Freita, Raimundo Nonato Olivera Silva, and Eder Jorge de Oliveira
Pages: 355 - 360 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300015
Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) as an indicator of toxicology of herbicides registered for corn in Brazil
Authors: Claubert W. G. de Menezes, Marcus A. Soares, Arley J. Fonseca, José B. dos Santos, Silma da S. Camilo, and José C. Zanuncio
Pages: 361 - 365 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300016
Beef production from dairy bulls under two different production systems and its effect on the fatty acid profile and beef quality
Authors: Adrian Catrileo, Rodrigo Morales, Claudio Rojas, and David Cancino
Pages: 366 - 370 | Abstract | Full Text PDF | DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000300017