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CGIAR modeling approaches for resource-constrained scenarios: I. Accelerating crop breeding for a changing climate
(American Society of Agronomy, 2020)
Crop improvement efforts aiming at increasing crop production (quantity, quality) and adapting to climate change have been subject of active research over the past years. But, the question remains ‘to what extent can ...
Unraveling Ecophysiological Mechanisms in Potatoes under Different Irrigation Methods: A Preliminary Field Evaluation
(2020)
Potatoes—a global food security and staple crop—is threatened by dry spells in drought-prone areas. The use of physiological thresholds to save water while maintaining a reasonable tuber yield has been proposed, but their ...
Forecast models of coffee leaf rust symptoms and signs based on identified microclimatic combinations in coffee-based agroforestry systems in Costa Rica
(2020)
Coffee leaf rust is a polycyclic disease that causes severe epidemics impacting yield over several years. For this reason, since the 1960s, more than 20 models have been developed to predict different indicators of the ...
Development of an Open-Source Thermal Image Processing Software for Improving Irrigation Management in Potato Crops (Solanum tuberosum L.)
(2020)
Accurate determination of plant water status is mandatory to optimize irrigation scheduling
and thus maximize yield. Infrared thermography (IRT) can be used as a proxy for detecting
stomatal closure as a measure of plant ...
Ecosystem services and gender in rural areas of Nicaragua: Different perceptions about the landscape
(2020)
The study of Ecosystem services (ES) is a prolific field of research. Despite the great biological and cultural diversity, in Latin America, research in this field has been growing at a much slower rate than in the rest ...
ShadeMotion: el análisis de patrones de sombra de árboles
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2020)
ShadeMotion 5.1.41 es una aplicación de software que calcula la cantidad de horas de sombra que se acumulan en cada punto (celdilla) de una parcela debido a la presencia de cualquier cantidad de árboles, con copas de ...
Do Coffee Agroforestry Systems Always Improve Soil Carbon Stocks Deeper in the Soil?—A Case Study from Turrialba, Costa Rica
(2020)
Shaded perennial agroforestry systems (AFS) are regarded as desirable land-use practices that improve soil carbon sequestration. However, most studies assume a positive correlation between above ground and below ground ...
Resultados de los estudios biofísicos y socioeconómicos en el Paisaje Centinela Nicaragua - Honduras. Reporte Nicaragua-Honduras
(CGIAR, Bogor Barat (Indonesia), 2020-01)
Este informe ofrece una visión general del proceso para establecer el PCNH como una plataforma de múltiples partes interesadas. Esta plataforma utiliza la investigación para informar sobre el papel de los árboles y los ...
Guía y normas para el proyecto de tesis y para la tesis de maestría
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2020)
La tesis debe reflejar un estudio y trabajo independiente, sobre un problema o situación identificada y definida claramente, así como en el conocimiento y aplicación de los métodos de recopilación, análisis, interpretación ...