Vol 39, No 1 (2012)

Table of Contents

Research Paper

Effects of contracts and work relationships on salaries and income distribution of workers in the Chilean agriculture sector, 1996 and 2006
Jorge Campos, William Foster
5-17
Factors that affect fruit consumption in schools of the Metropolitan Region (Chile): The case of two schools in the district of Lo Prado
Andre Beaujanot, Guillermo Donoso, Andrea del Valle
19-35
Factors that influence the price of cattle in livestock auctions: the case of the stockyard of Melipilla (Chile)
Javier L. Troncoso, Alejandra Engler, Paula Manriquez, Antonio Valdivia
37-45
Consumer preferences and willingness to pay for organic apples.
Arcadio A. Cerda, Leidy Y. García, Samuel Ortega-Farías, Álvaro M. Ubilla
47-59
Management, production, and nutritional characteristics of cup-plant (Silphium perfoliatum) in temperate climates of southern Chile.
Gastón Pichard
61-77
Antioxidant properties and color of Hibiscus sabdariffa extracts.
Claudia Salazar-González, Fidel T. Vergara-Balderas, Ana E. Ortega-Regules, José Á. Guerrero-Beltrán
79-90
Cold storage effects on oxidative stress of Red Globe table grape rachises.
Reinaldo Campos-Vargas, Pablo Zamora, Rodrigo Contreras, Hans Köhler, Gustavo E. Zúñiga, Alonso Pérez-Donoso, Bruno G. Defilippi
91-104
Plant nutrition, foliar standards, chlorophyll activity and soil nutrient status of two cultivars of Leucospermum cordifolium (Proteaceae).
Carlos E. Álvarez, Marino Fernández-Falcón, M. Mercedes Hernández
105-116
Pruning effects on vegetative growth and fruit quality of ‘Bing’/‘Gisela®5’ and ‘Bing’/‘Gisela®6’ sweet cherry trees (Prunus avium).
Macarena Villasante, Soledad Godoy, Juan Pablo Zoffoli, Marlene Ayala
117-126
Seasonal pattern of root growth in relation to shoot phenology and soil temperature in sweet cherry trees (Prunus avium): A preliminary study in central Chile.
Claudia Bonomelli, Carlos Bonilla, Edouard Acuña, Pamela Artacho
127-136
Effect of the inoculum size on the axenic in vitro production of Steinernema carpocapsae.
Juan Suárez-Sánchez, Raquel Alatorre-Rosas, Héctor M. Poggi-Varaldo, Josefina Barrera-Cortés
137-145
Female calling and male flight orientation and searching behaviors in Callisphyris apicicornis: evidence for a female-produced sex attractant pheromone.
Tomislav Curkovic, Catalina Ferrera
147-158
An ecophysiographic approach for Araucaria araucana regeneration management.
Fernando Drake, Juan Ramón Molina, Miguel Ángel Herrera
159-176
Combining genetic gain and diversity under an individual selection method in a selected provenance of Eucalyptus cladocalyx.
Freddy Mora, Javier Saavedra
177-184

Research Notes

An analysis of the physical and germination parameters of the sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa).
Susana Benedetti, Marta González, Edison García, Iván Quiroz
185-192
Effects of sulfur fertilization on wheat production and industrial quality (Triticum aestivum).
Luis E. Herrera, Hernán Pinilla, Héctor Sanhueza
193-199
Peteca rind pitting as influenced by proline content in winter lemon albedo.
Thomas Fichet, Jorge Chamorro, Alejandro Riquelme
201-209
Effect of water stress on herbicide efficiency applied to Urochloa decumbens.
Maria R. Rocha-Pereira, Antônio E. Klar, Dagoberto Martins, Guilherme S. Ferreira de Souza, Juana Villalba
211-220
Effect of water activity on in vitro mycelial growth of Neofusicoccum spp. infecting blueberry
Bernardo A. Latorre, Gonzalo A. Díaz, María P. Reed
221-228
Relationship between chloride concentration and electrical conductivity in groundwater and its estimation from vertical electrical soundings (VESs) in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Héctor Peinado-Guevara, Carlos Green-Ruíz, Jaime Herrera-Barrientos, Oscar Escolero-Fuentes, Omar Delgado-Rodríguez, Salvador Belmonte- Jiménez, María Ladrón de Guevara
229-239