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Farm Typologies of Banana and Plantain Smallholders: Agricultural Practices and Disease Constraints in Department of Huila, Colombia. [PDF]

Scientifica (Cairo)
Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) are among the most widely cultivated crops in tropical regions and are consumed worldwide. These agricultural systems provide fundamental products in the Colombian basket of goods and generate the highest domestic rural employment.
Bermeo-Fúquene P, Rico-Sierra EM, Parra-Alferes EB, Navarro-Niño DA, Vargas-Berdugo AM, Varón-Devia EH, Rodríguez-Polanco E.   +6 more
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A rapid inventory of amphibians, squamates, and bats of Mata de Plátano Field Station and Nature Reserve, Arecibo, Puerto Rico. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We perform a rapid survey of amphibians, reptiles, and bats at the Mata de Plátano Field Station and Nature Reserve in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a protected reserve adjacent to a larger forest. Our rapid survey resulted in finding 70%, 14%, and 22% of the amphibians, reptiles, and bat fauna, respectively, highlighting that smaller areas can act as refuges ...
Bernstein JM, Calderón-Acevedo CA, Mônico PI, Viñola-Lopez LW, Soto-Centeno JA.   +4 more
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Rapid taxonomic categorization of short, abundant virus sequences for ecological analyses. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We sampled 1086 bats from two, adjacent Puerto Rican caves and tested them for infection by herpesviruses, resulting in 3131 short, viral sequences. Using percent identity of nucleotides and a machine learning algorithm (affinity propagation), we categorized herpesviruses into 43 operational taxonomic units (OTUs).
Sjodin AR, Willig MR, Rodríguez-Durán A, Anthony SJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Comparison of ohmic heating‐ and microwave‐assisted extraction techniques for avocado leaves valorization: Optimization and impact on the phenolic compounds and bioactivities

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 11, Issue 9, Page 5609-5620, September 2023., 2023
The paper addresses the hypothesis that using green extraction techniques may provide time, cost, and energy saving compared to traditional methods. We show that using ohmic (OHAE)‐ and microwave‐assisted extraction (MAE) techniques for Fuerte avocado pruning waste leaves phenolics provides less solvent consumption and better extraction efficiency with
Lale Gumustepe, Nevriye Kurt, Ebru Aydın, Gulcan Ozkan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The long road to a sustainable banana trade

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 662-671, September 2023., 2023
Bananas are the world's most popular dessert fruit and a staple starch crop for millions in low‐ and middle‐income countries. The banana export trade that supplies North America, Europe, and other wealthy nations has a history fraught with exploitation and conflict.
Daniel P. Bebber
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating power in conservation

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 5, Issue 3, March 2023., 2023
This paper offers an overview of core power theories that are relevant to conservation research and practice and provides examples of how power operates in conservation drawing on literature and three supporting case studies. Finally, the paper then provides six guiding principles for better power analysis and uptake in conservation research and ...
Ross T. Shackleton, Gretchen Walters, Jevgeniy Bluwstein, Houria Djoudi, Livia Fritz, Flore Lafaye de Micheaux, Tristan Loloum, Van Thi Hai Nguyen, Mialy Rann Andriamahefazafy, Samantha S. Sithole, Christian A. Kull   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical and Physicochemical Characteristics, Bioactive Compounds, and Antioxidant Activity of Cladodes from Erect Prickly Pear Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.

Journal of Food Quality, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. is well adapted to arid and semiarid regions and has great potential for industrialisation. One‐ to four‐year‐old cladodes of this species harvested in Drâa‐Tafilalet region in the southeast of Morocco, were characterised by examining physical and physicochemical parameters. Their bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity
Soufiane Lahmidi, Abdelmonaim Homrani Bakali, Hasnaâ Harrak, Francisca Hernández   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thapsigargin blocks electromagnetic field‐elicited intracellular Ca2+ increase in HEK 293 cells

Physiological Reports, Volume 10, Issue 9, May 2022., 2022
Abstract Biological effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have previously been identified for cellular proliferation and changes in expression and conduction of diverse types of ion channels. The major effect elicited by EMFs seems to be directed toward Ca2+ homeostasis.
Federico Bertagna, Rebecca Lewis, S. Ravi P. Silva, Johnjoe McFadden, Kamalan Jeevaratnam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exportaciones de plátano canario. ¿Son racionales las decisiones de pica?

Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales, 2014
Los productores canarios de plátano han optado en los últimos años por no enviar al mercado peninsular una parte significativa de su oferta exportable.
José Juan Cáceres-Hernández, Gloria Martín Rodríguez, José Ignacio González Gómez, Juan Sebastián Nuez-Yánez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Escalado de la producción del biofertilizante Fertilaz y su validación agrícola [PDF]

ICIDCA Sobre los Derivados de la Caña de Azúcar, 2023
Este trabajo propuso desarrollar la producción del biofertilizante Fertilaz. Se seleccionaron criterios para el escalado teniendo en cuenta la no similitud geométrica de los fermentadores de 42 y 500 L.
Isbel González-Marrero, María Cristina Pérez-Peñaranda, Julio Oramas-García, Yoel Beovides-García , Jaime Simó-González, Yoandra Román-Tabio , Emilio Arcadio Sotolongo-Valdés   +6 more
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