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Adaptive capacity, drought and the performance of community-based drinking water organizations in Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2015)
Community-based drinking water organizations (CBDWOs) are the most important providers of water in rural areas of the developing world. They are responsible for coping with future threats due to climate change, besides ...
A trap survey of flying insects in Finca Experimental La Lola in Costa Rica
(1987-10)
En el lapso de aproximadamente un año, se probó en la Finca Experimental La Lola, en la provincia de Limón, Costa Rica, la eficacia de tres clases de trampas entomológicas comerciales, unas con sustancias pegajosas y otras ...
Colección internacional de café del CATIE
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Departamento de Agricultura y Agroforestería, 2021)
La colección de café del CATIE empezó en Turrialba, Costa Rica, a partir de los años cincuenta. Actualmente es la colección más grande de Coffea arabica en el continente Americano por su amplia diversidad genética, ...
Altitude and community traits explain rain forest stand dynamics over a 2370-m altitudinal gradient in Costa Rica
(2021-12)
Stand dynamic rates in Earth’s vitally important tropical mountain rain forests are a central component of the response of these forests to global change, but their relationships to environmental gradients are poorly ...
Chemical control and ecological observations of fruit flies of the genus Anastrepha schiner (Diptera: Tephritidae) on mango
(1987-07)
Se evaluó comparativamente la eficiencia de dos insecticidas organofosforados (dipterex y malathion) en el combate de las moscas de las frutas del género Anastrepha en las variedades de mango "Irwin" y "Tommy Atkins. Se ...
Population response of bean insect herbivores to inter- and intraspecific plant community diversity: experiments in a tomato and bean agroecosystem in Costa Rica
(1987-07)
La dinámica poblacional de los insectos herbívoros del frijol, fue examinada en un sistema de cultivo asociado de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris) y tomate (Lycopersicon esculentun) en Costa Rica. Se tuvo en cuenta la diversidad ...
A Methodological Approach for Prioritization and Rationalization of Field Genebank Accessions of Coffee Genetic Resources: A Case Study of CATIE International Coffee Collection, Costa Rica
(Frontiers Media, Lausana (Suiza), 2021-12)
Good management of coffee collections is important because they ensure long-term availability of germplasm to guarantee the sustainability of coffee value chain. The conservation of coffee genetic resources is essential ...
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 ...
Assessing the joint effects of landscape, farm features and crop management practices on berry damage in coffee plantations
(Elsevier, 2022-02-09)
Evaluates the joint effects of crop management on plot level, farm characteristics, and landscape structure at different spatial scales on CBB infestation in 50 Costa Rican coffee farms. In five plants of each farm, the ...
Effects of acid and hot water pretreatments and seed burial on the germination of tropical moist forest seeds
(1986-10)
Para determinar si las cubiertas duras de algunas semillas del bosque tropical húmedo fueron un factor causante de las demoras largas en su germinación, se escogieron 39 especies de Panamá y Costa Rica y se suavizaron ...