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Dario Donno, Federica Turrini, Emanuele Farinini, Maria Gabriella Mellano, Raffaella Boggia, Gabriele Loris Beccaro and Giovanni Gamba
Chestnut processing has increasingly grown in recent years. All the processes involved in the chestnut supply chain are characterized by the production of high levels of by-products that cause several environmental and disposal issues. The Castanea spp. ...
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Lorenzo Bini, Massimo Gori, Stefania Nin, Roberto Natale, Elisabetta Meacci, Edgardo Giordani and Stefano Biricolti
Castanea sativa Mill. is a valuable species with historical and economic importance in Europe, particularly in the Mediterranean area. In Italy, chestnut cultivation has been developed for centuries, leading to the recognition of more than 300 varieties....
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Megan Braga, Susana de Sousa Araújo, Hélia Sales, Rita Pontes and João Nunes
Chestnuts are multipurpose trees that grow mainly in the Northern Hemisphere due to their aptitude for fruit and wood production. These trees are vastly significant for the economy and wildlife. The widespread distribution of these trees demonstrates the...
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Elisabetta Prezzi, Dario Donno, Maria Gabriella Mellano, Gabriele Loris Beccaro and Giovanni Gamba
The present work, based on a multivariate approach, may represent a rapid, effective, and low-cost tool, preliminary to genetic analysis, for the assessment of the traceability and quality of Castanea spp. nuts with no information on their origin.
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Eirini Anastasaki, Aikaterini Psoma, Savvina Toufexi, Georgios Partsinevelos, Dimitrios Papachristos, Dimitrios Avtzis and Panagiotis Milonas
Curculio elephas is an oligophagous insect, attacking fruits of chestnut (Castanea spp.) and oak (Quercus spp.). It is considered one of the most important pests of European chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Europe and it occurs in a continuous range through...
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Guglielmo Lione, Francesca Brescia, Luana Giordano and Paolo Gonthier
Chestnut blight is the major disease of chestnuts (Castanea spp.) cultivated worldwide for the production of edible nuts. The disease is caused by the pathogenic fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, which infects trees by means of airborne propagules penetra...
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Dario Donno, Michele Fabro, Maria Gabriella Mellano, Giovanni Gamba, Annachiara Fioccardi and Gabriele Loris Beccaro
In European countries, the utilisation of chestnut flours (CF) has been increasing in the bakery industry because the CF ingredients provide not only nutritional and health benefits but also improve organoleptic and health-promoting properties. This work...
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Andrej Mergedu?, Marjan Jan?ekovic, Dejan ?korjanc, Tadeja Kraner ?umenjak and Maksimiljan Brus
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of supplementation of hydrolyzable tannins (HT) from sweet chestnut wood extract (Castanea sativa Mill.) to the diet of Limousin bulls on growth rate, carcass and meat quality traits, and fecal C...
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Maxime Verbist, Jorge M. Branco and Lina Nunes
Among biological agents, insect attacks may cause severe degradation of timber structures in the service life of buildings which leads to lower mechanical performance and, thus, maintenance problems over time. Additionally, compression perpendicular to t...
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Jose Luis Nieves-Aldrey,Diego Gil-Tapetado,Oscar Gavira,Juan R. Boyero,Carlo Polidori,Maria J. Lombardero,Diana Blanco,Carmen Rey del castillo,Pilar Rodriguez Rojo,Jose M. Vela,Eva Wong
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Aim of study: The globally invasive gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 (Cynipidae: Cynipini), reached Spain seven years ago and is already regarded as an important pest of chestnuts (Castanea spp.) in this country as well as worldwide. In t...
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