Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Agri-Food Research for young researchers. WIA. 21

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The scientific manuscripts presented in the 10th Workshop on Agri-Food Research for young researchers (WIA2021) are here reported. The WiA2021 is an annual Scientific Workshop organized by the Doctoral Program in Advanced Techniques for Research and Development in Food and Agriculture (TAIDA) of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) in Spain, in where PhD candidates present their research works. This WIA edition was virtually held on July 21st 2021 with more than 50 TAIDA PhD candidates from the Agri-food sector who presented the main advances of their annual research activities. It was an international event connecting our young researches from several countries. Presentations showed a great scientific interest and reflect the outstanding potential of the Research Groups involved in the TAIDA PhD Program belonging to several Research institutions of the Region of Murcia (UPCT, CEBAS-CSIC and IMIDA), other Spanish Regions, and to several foreign institutions. We expect that during its celebration, an exchange of research ideas and experiences among PhD candidates, and research groups, have been favored. The scientific program is structured into three sessions: three sessions: Food Technology & Agri-food Economy, Plant Production Technology & Engineering, and Agri-Food Biotechnology & Gardening. In this edition, 4 young researchers have been awarded for their presentations. The Scientific & Organizing Committee considers that it is necessary for TAIDA PhD candidates to undertake this formative training activity to acquire the typical skills of a PhD, remarking how to summarize their results, highlighting the main important results while presenting and disseminating clearly and concisely to a diverse audience in a limited time, as usually happens in the presentations at worldwide scientific conferences.