15 articles in this issue
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David Espinosa Victoria
This semblance is a post mortem tribute that the Mexican Society of Soil Science A. C. (SMCS), concedes to Dr. Yoav Bashan, one of the most prominent researches of soil microorganisms. Dr. Bashan was born on October 12, 1951 in Haifa, Israel and died... see more
Edimar Lucasynski Carlim,Leandro Meert,Bruno Reis,Luciana Ercoli
Soybean is one of the most valuable oilseeds in the world, an important source of protein for animal and human food. Correct management of fertilization is essential, especially nitrogen (N), which is demanded in greater quantity. Molybdenum (Mo) and nick... see more
Bernardo Cárdenas Velázquez,José Alberto Salvador Escalante Estrada,María Teresa Rodríguez González
Application of nitrogen (N) to garlic crops has been the subject of several investigations with different cultivars, growing conditions and variable response in the yield. However, the study on phenology, intercepted radiation, agronomic variables, yield ... see more
Alejandra Reyes Carrillo,Mario Roberto Martínez Menez,Erasmo Rubio Granados,Edmundo García Moya,Adolfo A. Exebio García
In Mexico, the foraging-stock load in pastures is not regulated according to stocking rates, which are estimated in terms of coverage and productivity; this situation has led to the degradation of the vegetation coverage, the reduction of infiltration and... see more
Martha Alicia Velázquez Machuca,Juan Rosario Equihua Soriano,José Venegas González,José Luis Montañez Soto,José Luis Pimentel Equihua,Milton Muñoz Navia
Pyrolysis treatment of sewage sludge to generate biochar is one of the current alternatives for environmental management of this waste. The treatment transforms sewage sludge into biochar, conserves some of the characteristics that give it an important ag... see more
Alejandro Zermeño González,José Ángel Marroquín Morales,Aaron Isain Melendres Alvarez,Homero Ramírez Rodríguez,Martín Cadena Zapata,Santos Gabriel Campos Magaña
With protected agriculture, plants are sheltered from adverse climatic conditions, and the solar radiation that impacts the plants is modif?ied with the purpose of improving their productivity. Therefore, the objective of our study was to evaluate the eff... see more
Joel Pineda Pineda,Felipe Sánchez del Castillo,Esaú del Carmen Moreno Pérez,Luis Alonso Valdez Aguilar,Ana María Castillo González,Armando Ramírez Árias,Juan Manuel Vargas Canales
Pine (Pinus sp.) sawdust has been used as a growing medium for the cultivation of vegetables and ornamentals. In the present work the objective was to assess the immobilization or retention of N, P, K, and Ca in pine sawdust as the main substrate componen... see more
Armando Guerrero Peña,Aarón Jarquín Sánchez,Jorge D. Etchevers Barra,Irma J. González Acuña,Lorena del Carmen Hernández Nataren,José A. Cueto Wong,Aurelio Báez Pérez,Claudia I. Hidalgo Moreno,Miguel A. López Anaya,Margarita Martínez Vargas
The Mexican regulation NMX-EC-17025-IMNC-2006, establishes that laboratories must have quality control procedures to monitor the validity of tests and calibrations, such monitoring must be planned and reviewed with: a) the regular use of certif?ied refere... see more
Arturo Reyes González,David Guadalupe Reta Sánchez,Juan Isidro Sánchez Duarte,Esmeralda Ochoa Martínez,Karla Rodríguez Hernández,Pablo Preciado Rangel
Irrigated agriculture requires better estimates of crop water demand. The aim of this study was to estimate the evapotranspiration (ETc) in forage corn through vegetation indices obtained in situ and estimated with remote sensing in the Comarca Lagunera, ... see more
Ricardo Montiel Gonzaga,Jorge Víctor Prado Hernández,Mario Alberto Vázquez Peña,Laura Alicia Ibáñez Castillo,Fermín Pascual Ramírez
Hydrological models are a fast and low-cost option to estimate surface runoff in a rainfall event in ungauged basins. Prior to their use, the models must be evaluated; their results, if reliable, are useful in def?ining sound policies for rational managem... see more
Jazmin Maria de los Dolores Hernández Sánchez,Demetrio S. Fernández Reynoso,Mario R. Martínez Menez,Benjamín Figueroa Sandoval,Erasmo Rubio Granados,José Luis García Rodríguez
In Santo Domingo, Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, changes in the use of soil, the topographic and geomorphological conditions and the increase of runoffs, promote the formation of gullies in agricultural areas, causing the loss of soil fertility and a reductio... see more