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Pequeños productores de maíz en el Caribe colombiano: estudio de sus atributos y prácticas agrícolas
(Agrosavia, 2017-12-27)
La agricultura familiar es la responsable de la mayor parte de la producción de los alimentos en América Latina. Sin embargo, es evidente que las innovaciones tecnológicas desarrolladas para mejorar la ...
Reverse Taxonomy for Elucidating Diversity of Insect-Associated Nematodes: A Case Study with Termites
(Public Library of Science, 2012-08-28)
Background: The molecular operational taxonomic unit (MOTU) has recently been applied to microbial and microscopic animal biodiversity surveys. However, in many cases, some of the MOTUs cannot be definitively tied to any ...
A NEW SPECIES OF NEMATODE, SCLERORHABDITIS NEOTROPICALIS SP.N. (RHABDITIDA), ASSOCIATED WITH AZTECA ANTS IN CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA
(Nematropica, 2012-06)
Sclerorhabditis neotropicalis sp. n. is described and illustrated. It can be distinguished by its body length (515-560 μm in females and 363-455 μm in males), lip region with crown-shaped lips, having acute three acute ...
Micromorfología de los foliolos de pejibaye Bactris gasipaes (Arecaceae) var. Diamantes-10
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2016-07-01)
Bactris gasipaes is widely cultivated for the consumption of palm hearts and fruits. The present work describes the micro morphological characteristics of leaflets from adult plants of B. gasipaes, thornless ...
Turmoil at Turrialba Volcano (Costa Rica): Degassing and eruptive processes inferred from high-frequency gas monitoring
(Wiley, 2016-08-28)
Eruptive activity at Turrialba Volcano (Costa Rica) has escalated significantly since 2014, causing airport and school closures in the capital city of San José. Whether or not new magma is involved in the current unrest ...
Checklist of the vascular flora of Reserva Biológica San Luis, Costa Rica
(Pensoft, 2016-03-21)
The Reserva Biológica San Luis is a small protected area located on the Pacific side of the Cordillera de Tilarán, northwestern Costa Rica, with a forest transitioning between the basal and premontane floras according to ...
Mormodes salazarii (Orchidaceae, Catasetinae), a new species with greenish-white flowers from Costa Rica
(Phytotaxa, 2016-01-25)
Mormodes salazarii (Orchidaceae, Catasetinae), a new species apparently endemic to Costa Rica, is described and illustrated. It is similar to M. fractiflexa because of its non-resupinate flowers, entire lip and revolute ...
Partial or total replacement of commercial concentrate with on-farm-grown mulberry forage: effects on lamb growth and feeding costs
(Springer Nature, 2017-01-23)
Replacing commercial concentrate with mulberry foliage was evaluated in a feeding trial lasting 126 days. Forty-eight weaned male Pelibuey lambs (20.6 ± 0.80 kg of BW) were randomly allocated to four groups: (1) supplementing ...
Root-lesion nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) from Costa Rica with molecular identification of P. gutierrezi and P. panamaensis topotypes
(Springer, 2016-02-17)
Root-lesion nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus are among the most damaging nematodes for crop and ornamental plants worldwide. There are about 75 described species in this genus with a wide host range, but a difficult ...
Molecular characterization and distribution of the needle nematode Longidorus laevicapitatus Williams, 1959 (Nematoda: Longidoridae) in Costa Rica
(Springer, 2016-06-25)
Correct identification of Longidorus species in Costa Rica is essential to establish appropriate control strategies for preventing the spread of these nematodes. Nematode surveys conducted in the rainy seasons from 2013 ...