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Unraveling the Complexity of Coffee Leaf Rust Behavior and Development in Different Coffea arabica Agroecosystems
(2020)
Crop health management systems can be designed according to practices that help to reduce crop losses by restricting pathogen development and promoting host plant growth. A good understanding of pathogen and host dynamics, ...
Shade and Agronomic Intensification in Coffee Agroforestry Systems: Trade-Off or Synergy?
(2021)
Despite many years of research, there is still a lack of consensus as to the nature of the relationship between shade trees and agronomic intensification in coffee agroforestry systems. While some studies find unshaded ...
Tipologías cafetaleras de la República Dominicana: manejo, rendimientos y desempeño financiero
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2021)
La caficultura de la República Dominicana se encuentra en una encrucijada fundamental. Por un lado, la producción nacional está en caída libre desde hace un par de décadas debido al envejecimiento, poca tecnificación y ...
Long-term effects of shade and input levels on coffee yields in the Pacific region of Nicaragua
(CIRAD, Montpellier (France), 2020)
The suitability and profitability of coffee cultivation in Central America are at risk due to pest and disease outbreaks, price fluctuations and climate change. Proper shading is claimed to be one of the most promising ...
Servicios ambientales en cafetales multiestratos de América Latina
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Departamento de Agricultura y Agroforestería, 2021)
El café crece en una variedad de condiciones ambientales; por ejemplo, en diferentes gradientes altitudinales, tipos de suelo y varios regímenes de humedad; además, se maneja bajo diversas prácticas. Para maximizar el ...
Creando las bases para renovar al sector cafetalero
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Departamento de Agricultura y Agroforestería, 2021)
Una de las principales acciones del equipo interdisciplinario que integra el Grupo Café: Calidad, Ecología y Diversificación es desarrollar mayores capacidades en el sector cafetalero para que pueda sostener su productividad ...
Genotype–environment interactions shape leaf functional traits of cacao in agroforests
(Springer, Nueva York (Estados Unidos), 2021)
The outbreak of frosty (Moniliophthora roreri) and black pod (Phytophthora palmivora) in Central American cacao agroforests throughout the 1980s led to the breeding of Theobroma cacao clones resistant to these diseases. ...
Agronomic conditions of cacao cultivation: its relationship with the capitals endowment of Colombian rural households
(Springer, Nueva York (Estados Unidos), 2020)
Abstract Cacao cultivation has great socioeconomic importance for the development of rural areas of Colombia, especially for the approximately 52,000 rural households that depend on it. Therefore, is important to analyze ...
No evidence of foliar disease impact on crop root functional strategies and soil microbial communities : what does this mean for organic coffee?
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2022-01-21)
The main objective of this study is to unravel the dynamic effects of pathogens and amendments on the functional root characteristics and communities of root endophytic fungi. As model, used Coffea arabica (coffee) variety ...