Vol 38, No 2 (2011)

Table of Contents

Review Articles

The medicinal value of honey: a review on its benefits to human health, with a special focus on its effects on glycemic regulation
Manuel E. Cortés, Pilar Vigil, Gloria Montenegro
303-317

Research Paper

Optimal subdivision of land in agrarian reform projects: an analysis using genetic algorithms
José Ambrósio Ferreira Neto, Edgard Carneiro dos Santos Junior, Urbano Fra Paleo, Mayron César de Oliveira Moreira
169-178
Perceived quality in fresh peaches: an approach through structural equation modeling
Marcos Mora, Jacqueline Espinoza, Berta Schnettler, Gemma Echeverría, Stefano Predieri, Rodrigo Infante
179-190
The seasonal and inter-annual patterns of biomass accumulation and crude protein in kleingrass (Panicum coloratum) in the semiarid Pampean region of Argentina
Carlos M. Ferri
191-198
Effects of physicochemical soil properties of five agricultural soils on herbicide soil adsorption and leaching
Claudio Alister, Manuel Araya, Marcelo Kogan
243-251
Spatial distribution of head smut (Sporisorium reilianum) of corn in Mexico
Jesús Ricardo Sánchez-Pale, José Francisco Ramírez-Dávila, Andrés González-Huerta, Carlos de León
253-263
The use of actometry and electronic nose devices to assess the locomotor activity of two species of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera)
Guillermo Heit, Valeria Messina, Graciela Mareggiani, Rosa Cohen, Paola Carrizo
265-275
Soil C/N influences carbon flux and partitioning in control and fertilized mini-plots of Pinus radiata in New Zealand
Horacio E. Bown, Michael S. Watt, Peter W. Clinton, Euan G. Mason
277-289
Analogy of physicochemical attributes of two grape seeds cultivars
Seyed Mohammad Ahmadi, Barat Ali Siahsar
291-301
Characterization of cheese consumers in Santiago Province, Chile
Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez, Claudio Aguilar, Paula Toro-Mujica, Raúl Vera, Matías Cerda, Ignacio Briones
327-335

Research Notes

Determination of harvest maturity of D’Agen plums using the chlorophyll absorbance index
Rodrigo Infante, Pía Rubio, Loreto Contador, Massimo Noferini, Guillermo Costa
199-203
Implementation of an in vitro bioassay as an indicator of the bionutrient FitoMas
María Elena Díaz de Villegas, Grizel Delgado, Mauricio Rivas, Esmérida Torres, Maribel Saura
205-210
Performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) cultivars in a tropical sheltered production system
Mayte Piñón
211-217
Different alternatives for producing sprouts of avocado (Persea americana) rootstocks
Mónica Castro, Claudia Fassio, Nicole Darrouy, Marcela Aedo, Lorena Jorquera
219-226
The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala apples
María Dolores Raffo, Rodolfo Rodríguez, Lucía Mañueco
227-232
Alternative plants hosts of legume aphids and predators, in the province of León (Spain)
Isabel Bertolaccini, Etelvina Núñez-Pérez, Emilio Jorge Tizado
233-242