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Phenology, pollen synchronization and fruit characteristics were studied during the season 2011-2012 for European hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) cv. "Tonda di Giffoni" and three of its pollinizers ("Tonda Romana", "Tond...

It is important to look for alternative substrates to replace non-renewable resources such as peat used in growing media in horticulture. The aim of this work was to evaluate if the compost of pear and apple pomace could...

Safe pesticide application must ensure efficacy in pest control while minimizing environmental and human health risks. This study investigated pesticide potential drift by comparing ground and aerial spraying systems und...

Salt stress limits plant production in arid and semi-arid zones. Although Na2SO4 is frequent in saline soils, most studies on plant physiological responses to salt stress were conducted using NaCl. This study aimed to de...

The objective of the present study was to determine the Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI) effect on the cv. Frantoio olive tree, under semiarid mediterranean weather condtions (8 months dry period). The trial was establ...

El presente trabajo se llevó a cabo en 7 bajos alcalinos ubicados en el sector más llano de la cuenca del arroyo del Azul (centro de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Dichos ambientes, debido a sus limitaciones...

More sustainable practices involving biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and the use of portable chlorophyll meter in fertilization management are promising to increase nitrogen (N) use efficiency in the common bean crop....

Extraction of inbred lines is a very important step in maize breeding since these lines will be used to obtain hybrids intended for the market. However, this expensive process, hinders genotype evaluation in contrasting ...

Ceraeochrysa claveri Navás (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) is a predator found in several agricultural ecosystems and feeds on insects and phytophagous mites. Its high reproductive potential and forage capacity makes it a can...

Vigor control in grapevine may become especially important under climate change. A better understanding of gene-phenotype relationships is required in order to exploit plant genomics for breeding purposes. This research ...

Pitanga (Eugenia uniflora L.) is an exotic fruit species of significant economic importance. However, due to genetic variability, its exploitation is hampered by the lack of homogeneous fruit production. In this scenario...

The research was to compare 4 treatments with different percentages of vegetable fiber added, replacing animal fat, determining objectives, to use apple pomade as source of fiber in replace to meat sausage pork fat, asse...

Mexico is the center of the origin, domestication and diversity of maize. This cereal is the main constituent of the Mexican diet, especially in low-income families. In this research, 10 maize accessions derived from a l...

La utilización de nuevas tecnologías asociadas a la agricultura de precisión permite capturar información de múltiples variables en gran cantidad de sitios georreferenciados dentro de lotes en producción. Las covar...

Risk assessment of urban trees is an incipient practice in Latin America, generally performed with foreign methods, due to the lack of qualified personnel and locally validated or adapted methodology. This article evalua...

En México, la turba de Sphagnum (peat moss), es el principal sustrato utilizado para la producción de plántulas de hortalizas en bandeja de poliestireno, su precio es elevado por ser de importación, lo que hace neces...

El proceso de "agriculturización" se define como el uso creciente y continuo de tierras para cultivos agrícolas en lugar de usos ganaderos o mixtos. El objetivo del trabajo fue evaluar el efecto de diez años de agricu...

En la provincia de Catamarca existe una gran superficie cultivada con alfalfa bajo riego. La falta de conocimiento de los requerimientos hídricos del cultivo en esta zona es un grave inconveniente. Con el objeto de subs...

Soursop is an exotic tropical fruit, highly perishable, presents losses around 30% in postharvest, has marked commercial importance especially for internal consumption and a maximum shelf life. The objective of the prese...

Ca2+ and Si2+ treatments confer resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses in many fruits. In sweet cherries, Ca2+ improves shelf life extension during storage, but only CaCl2 is used. On the other hand, there is scarce i...

Black Sigatoka (Pseudocercospora fijiensis) is the most important leaf spot disease of bananas worldwide, particularly affecting Cavendish banana, the most exported variety. Additionally, this pathogen has developed resi...

The objective of this work was to evaluate 81 lentil cultivars using morphological traits and seed characteristics using digital phenotyping. Caliber (C) and the color traits luminosity (L), color coordinates a and b, an...

El potencial que ofrecen las plantas como fuente de principios bioactivos ha sido poco estudiado. El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar la actividad fitotóxica de los extractos metanólicos de Dieffenbachia ...

Se evaluaron los cambios en la radiación transmitida a través de films fotoselectivos (FS) fluorescentes y el impacto de estos cambios sobre la producción de tres cultivares de rosa para corte Fuego Negro, Maroussia y...