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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, ...
Importance of the American resource of Cucurbitaceae conserved by CATIE Germplasm Bank and its potential for genetic improvement
(2021-05)
CATIE retains 2332 accessions of Cucurbitaceae (Cucurbita = 2119, Lagenaria = 147, Cucumis = 25, Citrullus = 9, Momordica = 9, Sicana = 9, Cionosicyos = 5, Cyclanthera = 3, Luffa = 4, Benincasa = 2). 93% of the germplasm ...
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 ...
Estrategias de restauración activa en áreas de potrero del Corredor Biológico Rincón-Cacao, Costa Rica: estado de la biodiversidad vegetal 20 años después de su implementación
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2021)
Se evaluaron los resultados de la implementación de dos estrategias de restauración activa de bosque natural en áreas de potrero del Corredor Biológico Rincón-Cacao, noreste de Costa Rica. Las áreas bajo restauración activa ...
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 ...
Acciones de mitigación nacionalmente apropiadas en el marco de las contribuciones determinadas en el sector ganadero de cinco países de Mesoamérica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2021)
En este estudio se aborda la contribución que las NAMA ganadera hacen -o pretenden hacer- a las NDC, y como ellas inciden -o pretenden incidiren la reducción de los GEI por medio de la transformación en la producción ...
Dispersal limitation, soil, and fire affect functional properties of tropical secondary forests on abandoned cattle ranching landscapes
(2021)
Forest age is a major predictor of secondary forest functional properties and through the chronosequence approach continues to be a principal focus in local, landscape, and regional-scale studies of secondary succession. ...
Genetic diversity and population structure for ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in Costa Rica
(Oxford University Press, 2021-12)
Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) are a wide-ranging felid species, occurring from southern United States to northern
Argentina. They occupy various habitats and are usually considered the most abundant wild cat species in ...
Time-varying pricing may increase total electricity consumption: Evidence from Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2020)
We study the implementation of a time-varying pricing (TVP) program by a major electricity utility in Costa Rica. Because of particular features of the data, we use recently developed understanding ofthe two-way fixed ...