13 articles in this issue
Mariola Grez, Mónica Gandarillas, Fernando González, Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez
Supplementation with eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids (EPA and DHA) through the addition of fish oils to mammal diets during lactation benefits milk production, litter growth and the litter immune system, but there is little evidence supporting ... see more
Claudia Fuentealba, Romina Pedreschi, Ignacia Hernández, Jorge Saavedra
Hass avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is marketed worldwide. Due to its complex physiology, a wide variability in postharvest ripening can be observed, i.e., heterogeneity in the number of days to reach edible ripeness. There is a need for a simple and ob... see more
Nancy Vitta, Patricia Estay, Rodrigo A. Chorbadjian
Two studies were conducted with the aim of characterizing the antixenosis and antibiosis resistance expression of genotypes in the Solanum section Lycopersicon against Tuta absoluta (Meyrick). The species used were S. lycopersicum (Fiorentino, Naomi and B... see more
Cristian Youlton, Ana Paula Bragion, Edson Wendland
Sugarcane cultivation has expanded in south-eastern Brazil in the last decade, mainly for biofuel (ethanol) production. This expansion has occurred on land that was originally covered with pasture and used for livestock production. The purpose of this stu... see more
Robert Petitpas, José Tomás Ibarra, Marcelo Miranda, Cristián Bonacic
Changes in landscape pattern were studied in a temperate landscape of the La Araucanía Region, Chile. Using aerial photographs from 1983 and 2007, we created land use/land cover maps. We then quantified the changes in composition and configuration by usin... see more
Pablo Saavedra Briones, Alejandra Sepúlveda-Varas
Historical studies of land use changes help us to understand the current configuration of the landscape and identify the environmental and social impacts that are associated with these transformations. Several authors describe the transitions as a process... see more
Angie Higuchi, Jorge Dávalos
This paper seeks to identify the consumer segments that constitute the market for organic products in Metropolitan Lima, Peru. The employed classification methodology, Latent Class Analysis, is implemented within a structural framework that is capable of ... see more
Danilo Aros, Cristian Silva, Cielo Char, Loreto Prat, Víctor Escalona
Hydrangea macrophylla (hydrangea) is widely used as an ornamental plant and cut flower due to its inflorescence, which is composed of colored bracts. As cut flowers, hydrangeas show a postharvest life of up to 1 month at 2 °C, but little is known about th... see more
Adriana Bastías, Rubén Almada, Pamela Rojas, José Manuel Donoso, Patricio Hinrichsen, Boris Sagredo
In vitro culture is a very popular technique to mass propagate valuable plant genotypes, including Prunus sp. cultivars. Plants that undergo tissue culture processes often change their morphology and behavior due to the “rejuvenation” caused by the plant ... see more
Janaina M. G. Carvalho, Edna M. Bonfim-Silva, Tonny J. Araújo da Silva, Helon H.F. Sousa, Salomão L. Guimarães, Adriano B. Pacheco
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a cereal used in food and feed for its nutritional properties. For nitrogen and potassium management, efficient use of water is required for greater availability and transportation of these nutrients. The objective of this ... see more
Cristian Meriño-Gergichevich, Eduardo Pacheco, Marjorie Reyes-Díaz
Boron (B) is associated with reproductive and antioxidant metabolism in plants, and in southern Chile, the deficiency of this micronutrient is ameliorated through foliar applications that are a part of agricultural management, thus ensuring the productivi... see more
Gulsum Yaldiz, Arzu Birinci Yildirim, Yeliz Kasko Arici, Mahmut Camlica
Abutilon indicum (Link) Sweet is an important medicinal plant that has been used in traditional medicine for centuries, and it is one of the novel crops being used in the pharmaceutical industry. Agricultural practices that produce high drug yield and des... see more
Gerardo L. Arzate-Vázquez, Francisco A. Castrejón-Pineda, René Rosiles-Martínez, Silvino Carrillo-Pita, Sergio Angeles-Campos, Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez
In tropical production systems, dairy cows are rarely supplemented with minerals, which often lead to mineral imbalances. Grasses grown together in the same soil type and sampled at the same growth stage can vary widely in chemical and mineral composition... see more