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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 ...
Fijación biológica de nitrógeno y almacenamiento de carbon en agrosistemas de producción de carbono en agrosistemas de producción de café (Coffea arábica L.) en Puerto Rico
(2009)
Coffee agroforestry systems have been promoted because they have smaller environmental impact than sun grown coffee. The majority of shade grown coffee systems use leguminous trees capable of fixing N2 from the atmosphere, ...
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 ...
Relación entre propiedades del suelo y el efecto de coberturas vegetales, en aguacate (Persea americana Mill.)
(2009)
In 2007, Puerto Rico imported 64 percent of the avocado consumed, which could suggest the economic potential of increasing its production, although this must take into consideration several factors, among others, production ...
Caracterización físico-química de enmiendas a base de lignina y efectos de su uso en los microorganismos del suelo
(2021-05-12)
The objective of this research was the physical and chemical characterization of lignin based amendments and the determination of the effects of its use on soil microorganisms. Results
show that calcium lignosulfonate ...
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 ...