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Efecto del guineo cuadrado (Musa sp.), sobre la calidad nutricional y fermentativa de ensilajes de Morera (Morus alba) y Nacedero (Trichanthera gigantea)
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Escuela de Ciencias Agrarias, 2018)
Evalúa el efecto de la sustitución de diferentes niveles de guineo cuadrado (Musa sp), sobre la calidad organoléptica, nutricional y fermentativa de ensilajes de Morera (Morus alba) y Nacedero (Trichanthera gigantea), para ...
Exposición de madres y sus hijos al fungicida tiabendazol en el cantón de Matina, Costa Rica: resultados del Programa Infantes y Salud Ambiental (ISA)
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017-07)
Antecedentes: El tiabendazol (TBZ) es un fungicida que se utiliza después de la cosecha del banano. Es aplicado en las plantas empacadoras, donde trabajan principalmente mujeres de edad reproductiva. En estudios de laboratorio ...
Mortality among a Cohort of Banana Plantation Workers in Costa Rica
(Taylor & Francis, 2006)
The nematocide 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), widely used in Costa Rica during the late 1960s and 1970s, causes sterility in men and is a possible carcinogen. Mortality among a cohort of Costa Rican banana plantation ...
Use of cholinesterase activity as a biomarker of pesticide exposure used on Costa Rican banana plantations in the native tropical fish Astyanax aeneus (Günther, 1860)
(Journal of Environmental Biology, 2014-01)
In Costa Rica, thousands of tones of agricultural pesticides have been used for decades and their use is continuously increasing due to intensive and expanding production of coffee, pineapple, rice, ornamental plants and ...
Aerial application of mancozeb and urinary ethylene thiourea (ETU) concentrations among pregnant women in Costa Rica: the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA)
(Environmental Health Perspectives, 2014-12-01)
Background: Mancozeb and its main metabolite ethylene thiourea (ETU) may alter thyroid function; thyroid hormones are essential for fetal brain development. In Costa Rica, mancozeb is aerially sprayed at large-scale banana ...
Lower tier toxicity risk assessment of agriculture pesticides detected on the Río Madre de Dios watershed, Costa Rica
(Springer, 2016-10-25)
Costa Rica is a tropical country with one of the highest biodiversity on Earth. It also has an intensive agriculture, and pesticide runoff from banana and pineapple plantations may cause a high toxicity risk to non-target ...
In situ toxicity and ecological risk assessment of agro-pesticide runoff in the Madre de Dios River in Costa Rica
(SpringerEuCheMS Division of Chemistry and the Environment, 2016-10-18)
The River Madre de Dios (RMD) and its lagoon is a biodiversity rich watershed formed by a system of streams, rivers, channels, and a coastal lagoon communicating with the Caribbean Sea. This basin sustains a large area of ...
Early Toxic Effects in a Central American Native Fish (Parachromis dovii) Exposed to Chlorpyrifos and Difenoconazole
(Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2021-03-18)
In Costa Rica, agriculture is one of the most important economic activities. Chlorpyrifos and difenoconazole have been identified as agrochemicals widely used in banana and pineapple crops in the Caribbean area of the ...
Taller: Guía de Técnicas agroecológicas para el manejo de las principales plagas en las plantaciones de plátano en Talamanca, Limón
(2012)
Resultados de práctica profesional supervisada, Escuela de Ciencias Agrarias, como parte de los materiales del taller.
Resultados del estudio: Los plaguicidas y sus efectos sobre la salud
(Universidad de Quebec, Montreal, CanadaUniversidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2009)
Muestra los resultados del estudio a partir de las respuestas aportadas por las 55 personas participantes.