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Evaluación de características hortícolas de cinco líneas avanzadas de ají dulce (Capsicum chinense Jacq.)
(2018-05)
Sweet chili is the sixth most important vegetable in Puerto Rico. It is used to make “sofrito”, an important ingredient in Puerto Rican cuisine. The production of this vegetable depends on the planting of cultivars adapted ...
Occurrence and characterization of Mn nodules in a Toposequence at Coloso valley agricultural reserve
(2010)
Manganese (Mn) nodules are sedimentary rocks, generally spherical or irregularly round in shape with concentric layers formed from manganese and iron mineral precipitation. These are redoximorphic features in soils with ...
Organic sweet pepper yield and soil microbial communities as afected by a commercial organic fertilizer and sunn hemp as a cover crop in Puerto Rico
(2013)
Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) is a legume cover crop that produces large amounts of biomass which, combined with its relatively high nitrogen (N) content and N-fixing capacity, can potentially offset N fertilizer needs by ...
Consumo voluntario y digestibilidad del heno de pasto pajón (Diachanthium annulatum) tratado con un complejo enzimático y uno nitrogenado
(2012)
Two experiments were conducted to determine if the chemical composition (CC), in vivo voluntary intake (VI) and digestibility in vivo and in situ degradability of mature Bluestem grass hay (BGH) (Dichanthium annulatum), ...
Rendimiento de materia seca y características fermentativas de ensilajes de maíz ( Zea mays L.) Asociados con leguminosas anuales
(2011)
Corn (Zea mays L) is an ideal crop for silage due to its high levels of fermentable carbohydrates, but its major limitation for use in human and animal feeding is its low crude protein concentration (CP). An alternative ...
Potencial productivo de Crotalaria Juncea CV. Tropic Suns en agroecosistemas de Puerto Rico
(2010)
Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) is a multipurpose legume of fast growth and high N2 fixation ability, thus justifying its use on degraded soils in the tropic to improve their fertility. However, there is limited information ...
Pathogenic, phenotypic and genetic characterization of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense isolates afeccting banana (Musa spp.) cultivars in Puerto Rico
(2016)
Panama disease, or Fusarium wilt as it is also know, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (FOC) is one of the most destructive and widely disseminated diseases of banana (Musa spp.). The objectives of this study ...
Restorative effects of combined sustainable practices on the biological, physical and chemical properties of a soil and crop productivity
(2013)
Unsuitable agricultural practices have exacerbated worldwide soil degradation, thus limiting food production. There is a need to develop and better understand the effect of sustainable production practices that have the ...
Ciclo de vida, control químico y estado de daño de Holopothrips tabebuia (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) en la zona oeste de Puerto Rico
(2013)
This study was made to determine the life cycle, the effectiveness of various insecticides, and the damage of Holopothrips tabebuia, a new invasive species, in the western region of Puerto Rico. Holopothrips tabebuia took ...
Manejo de la pudrición de raíz del aguacate (Persea americana Mill.) utilizando controles biológicos, Arachis glabrata y composta de café
(2010)
Se estudió el efecto de Bacillus subtilis, Trichoderma harzianum, Arachis glabrata como cobertor vegetal, composta de café y Fosetyl-Al para la pudrición de raíz (Phytophthora cinnamomi) de aguacate en invernadero y campo. ...