10 articles in this issue
Yulieth Viviana Castillo R., Jhon Jairo Calderón Leytón
Plants are an important food resource for birds in coffee landscapes therefore the coffee plantations heterogeneity of guarantee its availability. Understanding the interactions between birds and plants is important for the biodiversity conservation in co... see more
Edgar Alvaro Avila P., Fabio Rodrigo Leiva B., Aquiles Enrique Darghan C.
Friability is an important indicator of the physical quality of soils and it is linked to the variability of other edaphic properties. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between friability and different physical and chemical soil properties cul... see more
Cristian Jiménez A., Jhony Benavides B., Daniel I. Ospina-Salazar, Orlando Zúñiga E., Oscar Ochoa B., Carlos Mosquera G.
Magnetic susceptibility (MS) is a property that determines the degree of magnetization of a material according to its composition; therefore, it has potential in the assessment of agricultural soils. This study aimed to the application of this attribute t... see more
Jairo Sarasty B., Jimmy Andrés Ortega M., Jesús Antonio Castillo F., Germán Chaves-Jurado.
The study was conducted in the hillside area of the departamento de Nariño, Colombia, in a Pachic Fulvudands soil, under an Allium fistulosum L. crop with organic fertilizers for more than ten years; a completely randomized design in a trifactorial ... see more
Fredy Colpas C., Arnulfo Tarón D., Rafael González C.
Activated charcoal is a material used in industry for absorbing gases and filtrates, cleansing liquids as well as for supporting catalysts in non-oxidative media. In addition, it is utilized in several environmental applications, such as in the abso... see more
Mónica Andrea Osorio G., Edna Ivonne Leiva R., Ramiro Ramírez P.
Pot volume is a key factor for the propagation of cacao, since the pot size influences growth and development of seedlings which are crucial factors for crop establishment. In this work, the effect of different pot sizes 0.01; 0.02 y 0.1m3 (substrat... see more
Lady Johanna Ramos V., Hernando Criollo E.
In response to the need of generating alternatives to ensure the quality and differentiation of the Nariño coffee, this work was carried out with the objective of evaluating the physical and sensory quality of coffee variety Colombia, red fruit, sown to f... see more
Gabriela Di Barbaro, Horacio Andrada, Valeria González Basso, Ana Lilia Alurralde, Eleodoro Del Valle, Celia Brandán de Weht
In order to determine and evaluate the fungal root infection it was studied the colonization by native fungal symbionts in roots of jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) cultivated in the Central Valley of the province of Catamarca, an arid region... see more
Viviana Marcela Ramírez N., Lina María Peñuela S., María Del Rocío Pérez R.
Food loss and food waste (LWF) are originated in field until their transformation and consumption, producing a negative impact in the natural resources (water and earth), and loss of nutrients (energy and proteins). LWF can be used in animal feeding throu... see more
David Álvarez Sánchez, Diana Melisa Chaves
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Colombia, which is requires a large workforce in its productive chain, is considered a staple food of the national diet, however, since 1970 the area and production of the cultivated wheat has had a constant decrease repres... see more