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Contributions of Agroforestry Systems to Food Provisioning of Peasant Households: Conflicts and Synergies in Chiapas, Mexico

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Traditional agroforestry systems are widely recognized for their contributions to provisioning, support, regulation, and cultural services. However, because of the advancement of industrial agriculture and a corporative food system, peasants' food ...
Lorena Soto-Pinto, Sandra Escobar Colmenares, Marina Benítez Kanter, Angelita López Cruz, Erin Estrada Lugo, Balente Herrera Hernández, Estelí Jiménez-Soto   +6 more
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Physiological and microclimatic consequences of variation in agricultural management of maize

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2020
Background: Maize is cultivated under different agricultural management systems, which influence the ecological dynamics of the crop, and therefore the physiology of the plant. Questions: What is the effect of different agricultural management on the
Rosa Guadalupe Pérez-Hernández, Manuel Jesus Cach-Pérez, Rosaura Aparacio-Fabre, Hans Van der Wal, Ulises Rodríguez-Robles   +4 more
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Evolutionary dynamics of insertion sequences in relation to the evolutionary histories of the chromosome and symbiotic plasmid genes of Rhizobium etli populations [PDF]

, 2010
Insertion sequences (IS) are mobile genetic elements that are distributed in many prokaryotes. In particular, in the genomes of the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria collectively known as rhizobia, IS are fairly abundant in plasmids or chromosomal ...
Bustos, Patricia, Davila, Guillermo, Gonzalez, Victor, Hernandez-Gonzalez, Ismael, Lozano, Luis, Santamaria, Rosa I., Souza, Valeria, Young, J. Peter W.   +7 more
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Updating the distribution of the Sierra Madre Sparrow Xenospiza baileyi across central Mexico: historical records, new localities, and conservation perspectives

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2020
The Sierra Madre Sparrow (Xenospiza baileyi) is an endangered species microendemic to subalpine grasslands of central and northwestern Mexico. Given that land use change is highly dynamic in central Mexico, there is a need for a continuous monitoring of ...
Rubén Ortega-Álvarez, Rafael Calderón-Parra, Ulises Martínez Molina, Fredy Martínez Molina, Gabriel Martínez Molina, Yuridia Martínez Molina, Agustín Martínez Villagrán, Josué Martínez Freire, Rocío Vásquez Robles, Delfino García Loaeza, Jaciel Martínez García, Sarai García Loaeza, Nancy Isabel Garduño López, Luis A. Sánchez-González   +13 more
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Dry‐Milled Corn and Corn Products and Health: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
This review describes research regarding products of dry‐milled corn (maize) including potential health implications. Foods can be produced from whole or more highly refined versions of grits, cornmeal, or corn flour and may or may not be nixtamalized, which can impact nutrient contents and bioavailability.
Kern M, Hooshmand S.
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Perspectivas del sistema milpa en Yucatán

Bioagrociencias, 2021
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Efraín Castillo-López, Emily E. Marín-Collí, Gorgonio López-Tolentino, José Antonio Jiménez-Chi, Germani Adrian Muñoz-Osorio   +4 more
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Empoderamiento y feminismo comunitario en la conservación del maíz en México [PDF]

, 2017
Articulo científico para revista indizada.El objetivo es analizar, desde una perspectiva basada en el feminismo comunitario, el proceso de empoderamiento de las mujeres que conforman un grupo de ocho integrantes matlatzincas de la comunidad de San ...
ACUÑA Ivonne, ALTIERI Miguel, Ana Gabriela Rincón Rubio, BEETS Willem, BENTANCOR María, BEUTLER Gisela, BUSTOS ROMERO Olga L., CABNAL Lorena, CAMPOS Carolina, CARRASCO Cristina, CID AGUAYO Beatriz Eugenia, DAHLERUP Drude, FREIRE Paulo, GARCÍA Irene, GRANADOS Rubén, Humberto Thomé Ortíz, Ivonne Vizcarra Bordi, JAMES W. Carper, LAGARDE Marcela, LEE Richard, LEÓN Magdalena, MALHOTRA Anju, MAX-NEEF Manfred, MOLYNEUX Maxine, MONASTERIOS Elisabeth, MURGUIALDAY Clara, PAREDES Julieta, PAREDES Julieta, Patricia Gascón Muro, PÉREZ María, QUEZADA Noemí, ROWLANDS Jo, SILIPRANDI Emma, SILIPRANDI Emma, SPIVAK Gayatri, STROMQUIST Nelly, TERÁN C. Silvia, VIZCARRA Ivonne, VIZCARRA Ivonne, VIZCARRA Ivonne   +39 more
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Respuesta fisiológica del maíz en monocultivo y milpa en suelos superficiales y profundos de Yucatán, México

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2023
Antecedentes: El manejo agrícola modifica el microclima en el área de cultivo, afectando la fisiología y productividad de las plantas. Preguntas: ¿Cómo varía el microclima, fisiología y productividad del maíz en un monocultivo (M) y una milpa ...
Andrés A. Mares-Guerrero, Manuel J. Cach-Pérez, Casandra Reyes-García, Hans van der Wal   +3 more
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El papel de la milpa en la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en hogares de Ocotal Texizapan, Veracruz

Polibotánica, 2020
En México, las actividades productivas de las comunidades indígenas campesinas giran alrededor de la milpa. La Soberanía y Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SSAN) de dichas comunidades está sujeta a amenazas debido a factores que ponen en riesgo la ...
Doris Arianna Leyva Trinidad, Arturo Pérez Vázquez, Islandia Bezerra da Costa, Rubia Carla Formighieri Giordani   +3 more
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Seasonal Changes in a Maize-Based Polyculture of Central Mexico Reshape the Co-occurrence Networks of Soil Bacterial Communities

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
The milpa is a traditional maize-based polyculture in Mexico that is typically practiced as rainfed agriculture. Because milpa cultivation has been practiced over a vast range of environmental and cultural conditions, this agroecosystem is recognized as ...
Eria A. Rebollar, Edson Sandoval-Castellanos, Kyria Roessler, Brandon S. Gaut, Luis D. Alcaraz, Luis D. Alcaraz, Mariana Benítez, Mariana Benítez, Ana E. Escalante   +8 more
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