Researchers Carlos Agustí, Ana Moral and Antonio Trapero

A team at the UCO evaluates the effectiveness of two beneficial microorganisms and a fertilizer as a strategy to bolster the olive tree's natural defenses against Verticillium Wilt of olive (VWO), a disease that poses a serious threat to olive groves

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Researcher Andrea Roman in Zofin (area where the research was carried out)

Soil, growth pattern and species heterogeneity in the forest determine tree survival after windstorms, according to a study by the University of Cordoba and The Silva Tarouca Research Institute in the Czech Republic.

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Almond trees in Córdoba

Researchers at the Department of Agronomy of the UCO, IAS-CSIC and IFAPA have evaluated the physiological and productive responses to reduced or suspended irrigation during a single season on an irrigated almond plot, demonstrating that restrictive measures could threaten the plantations' survival

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Main researcher Antonio Sánchez together with proffesors Vidal Barrón and María del Carmen del Campillo

A team from the Department of Agronomy at the UCO has demonstrated, through field tests carried out during 8 agricultural seasons, that foliar feeding with fertilizer increases the concentration of zinc in wheat more than if it is applied to the soil

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Researchers Juan Antonio Rodríguez and Jorge García

Researchers from the Agronomy Department at the University of Cordoba have field tested a technology that takes advantage of excess pressure from the grid to generate energy, saving more than 2,000€ and 9 tonnes of CO2 per year.

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Researchers José Torrent and María del Carmen del Campillo

A team from the Department of Agronomy at the University of Cordoba (DAUCO) publishes the ideal ratio between phosphorus and zinc in soil for the proper fertilization of corn cultivated on lands with zinc deficiencies

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Researchers José Torrent and Vidal Barrón at the lab

A paper from the Agronomy Department at the University of Cordoba and Southwest University (China) has advanced in the understanding of influencing factors in the formation of iron oxides that affect a soil's ability to be more agriculturally efficient

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Researcher Juan Moral in the lab

 

The University of Cordobas's Agronomy Department (abbreviated to DAUCO in Spanish) reduced the occurrence of Verticillium wilt in a commercial olive plantation by applying an Integrated Disease Management strategy

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Small family run livestock farms stand out in Cordoba’s dehesa

A University of Cordoba study maps out the characteristics of dehesa farms associated with feeding cooperatives in Los Pedroches and Upper Guadiato

A dehesa is a distinctive ecosystem in the Mediterranean areas of the Iberian Peninsula labeled High Nature Value due to the value of its ecosystem services and its role in conserving biodiversity. An image of vast land sprinkled with holm oaks and cork oaks where extensive farm animals graze is the most common one that comes to mind when describing the topic of the dehesa, but what occurs when we zoom in on this image?

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Research in olive varieties steps up the fight against anthracnose

A study by researchers at the University of Córdoba has identified the olive varieties most resistant to an epidemic which could ruin the year’s harvest

Heavy rainfall in 1996 and 1997 provided the ideal conditions for the largest olive anthracnose epidemic recorded in recent decades, but at the same time prompted more intensive research into this pathogen.

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