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Investigación en jícama (Pachyrhizus erosus) y su potencial para el desarrollo agrícola de la Región.

Agronomía Mesoamericana, 2016
La Jícama (Pachyrhizus erosus) representa una excelente alternativa para la diversificación de la agricultura en el trópico americano, ya que es posible utilizar sus raíces tuberosas como alimento, y de las semillas obtener rotenona para la elaboración ...
Antonio Mora, Jorge Morera
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Edible Coating Based on Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) Mucilage Applied to Soursop Fruits in Postharvest Storage

Journal of Food Quality, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
The soursop fruit (Annona muricata L.) is a crop of significant economic value for Nayarit, which is characterized by having a bittersweet taste, making it attractive to the consumer. However, the soursop has rapid maturation which causes a short shelf life.
Miguel Angel De los Santos-Santos, Rosendo Balois-Morales, José Orlando Jiménez-Zurita, Irán Alia-Tejacal, Graciela Guadalupe López-Guzmán, Yolotzin Apatzingan Palomino-Hermosillo, Guillermo Berumen-Varela, Juan Diego García-Paredes, Juan Luis Valenzuela   +8 more
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Evaluación de la diversidad y patrones de distribución de Passiflora subgénero Astrophea (Passifloraceae) en Colombia. Un reto para la investigación taxonómica, florística y de conservación de las especies

Acta Agronómica, 2016
Passiflora con ca. 575 especies es el género más rico de Passifloraceae cuyo centro de diversidad está en Colombia y Ecuador. Éste se divide en cinco subgéneros, entre estos Astrophea agrupa las especies arborescentes y leñosas.
Adriana Carolina Aguirre-Morales, Miguel Macgayver Bonilla Morales, Creucí Maria Caetano   +2 more
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Identification of Fungal Pathogens of Mango and Soursop Fruits Using Morphological and Molecular Tools and Their Control Using Papaya and Soursop Leaf and Seed Extracts

International Journal of Agronomy, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
Fruit and vegetable products are susceptible to the attack of fungi during postharvest handling. Chemical fungicides are the most commonly used technique to control fungal diseases. However, an alternative product is the use of plant extracts, which have been reported in in vitro and in vivo conditions.
Sara Elena Hernández-Guerrero, Rosendo Balois-Morales, Pedro Ulises Bautista-Rosales, Graciela Guadalupe López-Guzmán, Guillermo Berumen-Varela, Yolotzin Apatzingan Palomino-Hermosillo, José Orlando Jimenez-Zurita, Juan Esteban Bello-Lara, Andrés Eloy León-Fernandez, Lluís Palou   +9 more
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Participatory breeding: tool for conservation of neglected and underutilized crops

Acta Agronómica, 2015
Although a significant number of plant species to be recognized as food, only a small fraction meets the protein demand of the world population. Breeding crops, with a very narrow genetic base, most likely will not counteract the adverse effects of ...
Creucí Maria Caetano, Richard Danilo Peña Cuellar, José Luis Maigual Juajibioy, Linda Nataly Vásquez Ávila, Diego Geraldo Caetano Nunes, Bruna Rafaela Caetano Nunes de Pazdiora   +5 more
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Importancia de los recursos genéticos de la piña (Ananas comosus [L.] Merr. var. comosus) en Colombia

Agronomía Mesoamericana, 2022
Introducción. La piña (Ananas comosus [L.] Merr. var. comosus) representa uno de los sistemas productivos con mayor participación en el sector hortofrutícola en Colombia.
Germán Andrés Aguilera-Arango, Carol Liliana Puentes-Díaz, Yacenia Morillo-Coronado   +2 more
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Molecular bases for drought tolerance in common vetch: designing new molecular breeding tools

BMC Plant Biology, 2020
Background Common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) is a forage grain legume of high protein content and high nitrogen fixation, relevant in sustainable agriculture systems. Drought is the main limiting factor of this crop yield.
Lucía De la Rosa, Encarnación Zambrana, Elena Ramirez-Parra   +2 more
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Análisis filogenético de especies de Quercus L. utilizando tres códigos de barras de ADN

Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2021
El género Quercus L., Fagaceae, es de gran relevancia en cuanto diversidad, importancia ecológica y económica; pero la información taxonómica documentada no siempre permite distinguir entre los taxones. En este estudio se evaluó el poder discriminatorio
Flor Cristina Pacheco-Reyes, Lihua Wei, Miguel Angel Perez-Rodriguez   +2 more
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Efficiency of RAPD, ISSR, AFLP and ISTR markers for the detection of polymorphisms and genetic relationships in camote de cerro (Dioscorea spp.)

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 2014
Background: At present, species known as camote de cerro (Dioscorea spp.) are found only in the wilderness in Mexico, but their populations are extremely depleted because they are indiscriminately collected, it is urgent to evaluate the conservation ...
Ana Paulina Velasco-Ramírez, Martha Isabel Torres-Morán, Sandy Molina-Moret, José de Jesús Sánchez-González, Fernando Santacruz-Ruvalcaba   +4 more
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Leaf and fruit morphological descriptors for commercial nance selections (Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) HBK) in Nayarit, Mexico.

Revista Bio Ciencias, 2016
In order to identify the variability of quantitative and qualitative leaf and fruit descriptors, 41 commercial nance selections (Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) HBK) collected in six locations of the state of Nayarit were characterized. The main component
Medina-Torres, R., Salazar-García, S., Ibarra-Estrada M. E., López-Guzmán G.G.   +3 more
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