Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-10-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.75939
D. A. Animasaun, J. A. Morakinyo, O. Mustapha, R. Krishnamurthy
{"title":"Genome size and ploidy variations in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) genotypes","authors":"D. A. Animasaun, J. A. Morakinyo, O. Mustapha, R. Krishnamurthy","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.75939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.75939","url":null,"abstract":"Pennisetum glaucum (Pearl millet) and P. purpureum (Napier grass) are economically important members of the genus Pennisetum. The knowledge of variability in chromosome number, size and genomic content of the species could provide clues on the mechanisms responsible for decrease or increase in genomic content in the evolutionary pathway. In the present study, twenty nine genotypes consisting of 24 pearl millet and 5 Napier grass were assessed for inter- and intra-variations in chromosome number, ploidy status and genome content. Conventional cytogenetic was used for chromosome counting and flow cytometry technique for assessing genomic contents of the genotypes. Pearl millet genotypes were diploid (2n = 14) while Napier grass were mainly polyploid (2n = 28). Despite differences in the ploidy levels, the basic chromosome number was 7. The average 2C values was 4.86 pg and 4.58 pg for pearl millet and Napier grass genotypes respectively. The DNA content per haploid cell was higher among pearl millet genotypes and the genomic size were negatively related to chromosome number and ploidy levels, meanwhile, the GC richness was directly proportional to genomic size of the genotype. The mean channel values showed that the genotypes were nuclear haploid. The present study suggests that evolution and development of polyploidy was accompanied with loss in genomic content in Napier grass. It was also discovered that pearl millet with less number of chromosome, had higher genome size than Napier grass.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129769031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-10-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.71963
Breno Augusto Sosa Rodrigues, Marina Sanchez de Prager, Y. García, Marden Espinoza, J. Rodríguez, Glauco Sosa
{"title":"Dinámica de nitrógeno del suelo en agroecosistemas bajo el efecto de abonos verdes","authors":"Breno Augusto Sosa Rodrigues, Marina Sanchez de Prager, Y. García, Marden Espinoza, J. Rodríguez, Glauco Sosa","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.71963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.71963","url":null,"abstract":"Los abonos verdes (AV) son frecuentemente utilizados en agroecosistemas para mejorar y/o restaurar la fertilidad del suelo. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la dinámica de nitrógeno (N) y carbono (C) del suelo en sistemas de maíz y soya bajo el efecto de AV residuales. En un Vertisol Typic Haplustert ubicado en el Valle del Cauca-Colombia se estableció la asociación Mucuna pruriens var. utilis – maíz (Zea mays), la cual 90 días después de la siembra fue incorporada al suelo como AV o se dispuso sobre la superficie del suelo como acolchado orgánico (AO). Posteriormente fueron sembrados los cultivos maíz-soya en forma intercalada para formar 11 tratamientos bajo el diseño de bloques completos al azar con arreglo factorial 32 +2 y tres repeticiones. Las parcelas principales fueron AV, AO y barbecho (B). Las subparcelas correspondieron a la fertilización con compost, fertilizante de síntesis química industrial y cero fertilizaciones (testigo). En forma paralela fueron sembrados como referentes los monocultivos de maíz y soya manejados de forma tradicional. En las etapas de floración y llenado de grano de los cultivos se midieron como variables en suelo: N total, amonio, nitrato, N-inorgánico total, carbono orgánico; y en tejido vegetal de maíz y soya: carbono y N. Los resultados mostraron que, la aplicación de materiales orgánicos de alta calidad, AV/AO, estimularon la mineralización del C y la dinámica de las diferentes fracciones de N en el suelo, sin cambios significativos en el contenido de estos elementos en el tejido vegetal del cultivo de maíz y soya.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125109874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-10-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.70496
Manuel Emilio Milla Pino, S. O. Oliva Cruz, S. T. Leiva Espinoza, Roicer Collazos Silva, Oscar Andrés Gamarra Torres, Miguel Ángel Barrena Gurbillón, Jorge Luis Maicelo Quintana
{"title":"Características morfológicas de variedades de café cultivadas en condiciones de sombra","authors":"Manuel Emilio Milla Pino, S. O. Oliva Cruz, S. T. Leiva Espinoza, Roicer Collazos Silva, Oscar Andrés Gamarra Torres, Miguel Ángel Barrena Gurbillón, Jorge Luis Maicelo Quintana","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.70496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.70496","url":null,"abstract":"El cultivo de café es una de las principales actividades agrícolas en la región Amazonas de Perú. El presente trabajo tuvo como finalidad evaluar el comportamiento agronómico de las variedades Catimor, Maragogipe y Castillo de café (Coffea arabica), establecidas bajo un sistema agroforestal, empleando como sombra árboles de Eucalyptus torreliana, Colubrina glandulosa y Pinus tecunumanii. El estudio de inició en 2017 en el distrito de Huambo, Provincia de Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas-Perú. Los tratamientos se distribuyeron en un diseño experimental en bloques completos al azar, y consistió en tres bloques y nueve tratamientos. Las variables evaluadas fueron: altura de planta, altura hasta la primera hoja, número de hojas, estado general de la planta y diámetro del tallo. La metodología utilizada consistió en análisis individual para cada tiempo, prueba de homogeneidad de varianzas y análisis conjunto en el tiempo para un mismo espacio, considerando la interacción tratamiento x tiempo, en evaluaciones a 30, 60, 90, 120 y 150 días después del establecimiento del cultivo. Los resultados indican que la variedad de café Castillo, tanto bajo sombra de P. tecunumanii como de C. glandulosa, presentó el mejor comportamiento agronómico; mientras que la variedad Maragogipe bajo sombra de E. torreliana o de C. glandulosa mostró un deficiente comportamiento agronómico.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128226290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-10-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.72117
Geomar Vallejos Torres, T. Sánchez, M. A. Garcia, Marcial Trigoso, L. Arévalo
{"title":"Efecto de hongos formadores de micorrizas arbusculares en clones de Coffea arabica, variedad caturra en Perú","authors":"Geomar Vallejos Torres, T. Sánchez, M. A. Garcia, Marcial Trigoso, L. Arévalo","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.72117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N4.72117","url":null,"abstract":"Se probó el efecto de 12 inóculos de hongos micorrícicos arbusculares en las características morfológicas de plantas clonales de café (Coffea arabica L.) variedad caturra, en invernadero en la provincia de Rodríguez de Mendoza, región Amazonas-Perú. Se implementó un diseño completamente al azar con tres repeticiones y trece tratamientos. Los hongos micorrícicos fueron aislados de fincas cafetaleras y multiplicados con plantas trampas de maíz (Zea mays); del mismo modo, los clones de café fueron enraizados y simultáneamente repicados e inoculados con 1500 esporas, en sustrato esterilizado. La inoculación con hongos micorrícicos arbusculares resultó provechosa identificando a los tratamientos T1 (inóculo de San Nicolás - I, variedad típica), T10 (inóculo de Omia – V, variedad típica) y T11 (inóculo de Omia – VI, variedad caturra), fueron los más eficientes en el incremento de altura, materia seca aérea, materia seca radicular y área foliar, mostrando diferencias significativas respecto al testigo. La procedencia de los HMA determinó la colonización radicular y el micelio extra-radicular, siendo el primero relativamente bajo, no obstante, se observó que los tratamientos T1, T10 y T11 mostraron valores mayores en intensidad micorrícica y frecuencia micorrícica. Este estudio demostró que el café es un cultivo dependiente de la asociación simbiótica con hongos micorrícicos arbusculares nativos (HMA-N), ayudando en la absorción de nutrientes y agua, para el crecimiento y desarrollo de las plantas.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120947131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.75456
José Mauricio García Colmenares, Leidy Paola Páez Cepeda, S. P. Chaparro
{"title":"Electrochemical quantification of chlorpyrifos in white (Allium cepa L.) and green (Allium fistulosum L.) onions Cuantificación voltamétrica de clorpirifos en cebolla de bulbo (Allium cepa L.) y cebolla de rama (Allium fistulosum L.)","authors":"José Mauricio García Colmenares, Leidy Paola Páez Cepeda, S. P. Chaparro","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.75456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.75456","url":null,"abstract":"The Linear sweep voltammetry method (LSP) of a common pesticide such as chlorpyrifos (CP) an organophosphate pesticide (OPP) in white (Allium cepa L.) and green onions (Allium fistulosum L.) was investigated. A hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) Ag/AgCl was used as reference electrode and platinum as a counter electrode. The OPP was extracted from the onion through liquid-liquid partition using acetone/dichloromethane as the solvent. Validated method was compared with GC/ECD as a reference method. CP concentration was not different between the two analytical techniques; the analysis was performed with a confidence level of 90%, corresponding to the polarographic method. CP concentration was 0.8400 ± 0.062 ppm in Allium cepa and 0.062 ± 0.300 ppm in Allium fistulosum L. These values exceed the ADI and ARD values for chlorpyrifos established by current regulations.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116494601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.69127
Gabriel Moreno Bernardo Gonçalves, Luana Burg Mayer, Rosenilda de Souza, Juliana Bernardi Ogliari
{"title":"Yield and popping expansion components in local popcorn varieties from Southern Brazil","authors":"Gabriel Moreno Bernardo Gonçalves, Luana Burg Mayer, Rosenilda de Souza, Juliana Bernardi Ogliari","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.69127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.69127","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to evaluate grain yield (GY), popping expansion (PE), popping expansion disregarding the weight of unpopped kernels (PEW), and eleven other agronomic and morphological traits of 14 local popcorn varieties (LPV) from far west of the state of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. Two experiments were carried out, in a completely randomized block design with three replications, in different regions of Santa Catarina: one in the municipality of Florianópolis (east coast) and the other in Anchieta (western). Grain yield had the highest positive correlation with prolificacy (PRL) (r = 0.72) and number of grains per row (NGR) (r = 0.71), and a negative correlation with caryopsis circularity index (CCI) (r = −0.67). Variable PEW showed a positive correlation with CCI (r = 0.70) and with thickness/width ratio (TWR) (r = 0.70). Variety 574A stood out for high PE and PRL. The improvement of composite populations and of populations per se is a potential breeding strategy for LPV, based on the complementarity and correlation among variables and the GY, PE, and PEW values, CCI – HEP – first ear height/plant height relation, PH – plant height; PRL – WHG – weight of 100 grains; VHG - volume of 100 grains; EL – ear length; NRE – number of rows per ear; NGR – number of grains per row of ear; ED – ear diameter.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123523339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.71063
Ericka Nieves Silva, A. Romero-López
{"title":"Chemical profile of the volatiles of Baccharis salicifolia (Asteraceae) and interaction with Macrodactylus nigripes (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)","authors":"Ericka Nieves Silva, A. Romero-López","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.71063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.71063","url":null,"abstract":"Plant products or substances mediate interactions among organisms from different trophic levels, including phytophagous insects. These interactions have been cited in a chemical-ecology context for species of Coleoptera Melolonthidae. However, there are no previous reports of these interactions among melolonthid beetles species distributed in Mexico and host plants. For the above, the interaction between adults of ‘rose chafer’ Macrodactylus nigripes Bates (Coleoptera:Melolonthidae) and ‘seep willow’ shrub Baccharis salicifolia (Ruíz and Pav.) Pers. (Asteraceae) was recorded and the leaves volatiles of seep willow that might be involved in the attraction of these insects were extracted and identified. The sequence of behavior patterns that conforms this interaction was described. Females of M. nigripes emerge from the soil and flight to the leaves of seep willow shrubs. Each female settled on leaf and they place their mandibles on the leaf margin and start moving them from right to left to obtain small leaf fragments to ingest. In addition, females exhibit a similar ‘calling’ behavior as well as the others species. Following the females, males emerge from the soil and repeat the females’ behavior, approaching them for mating. A list of the leaves volatiles of seep willow was generated by solid phase microextraction (SPME) and coupled gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC-MS), where the most abundant chemicals were α-pinene, trimethylindan and cyclohexylbenzene. These compounds have been previously reported in other plant species, including some species considered as host plants for Melolonthidae.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":" 40","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113947315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.66190
Luiz Carlos Pereira, Renan de Souza Ferreira, R. F. Gonçalves, L. Ítavo, E. S. Kohl, A. M. Dias, M. Barbosa-Ferreira, C. M. Carvalho, Rodrigo Gonçalves Mateus
{"title":"Economic evaluation of puberty induction of nulliparian Nellore heifers using intravaginal device and melengestrol acetate","authors":"Luiz Carlos Pereira, Renan de Souza Ferreira, R. F. Gonçalves, L. Ítavo, E. S. Kohl, A. M. Dias, M. Barbosa-Ferreira, C. M. Carvalho, Rodrigo Gonçalves Mateus","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.66190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.66190","url":null,"abstract":"The present study evaluates the economic viability of puberty induction in nulliparous Bos taurus indicus Nellore breed heifers using an intravaginal device of fourth-use and melengestrol acetate (MGA®). The experiment was undertaken in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida Farm, Terenos city, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and was utilized a completely randomized experimental design in a 2 × 3 factorial scheme. Two age classes were included in the study, which were divided into 348 precocious (early-cycle) heifers, aging 16-18 months, weighting an average of 264.6 kg and 543 conventional-cycle heifers aging 24-26 months averaging 346.8 kg. The three treatments were as follows: control without the induction of follicle formation (treatment 1); treatment 2: induction with an intravaginal implant (intravaginal implantation with a fourth-use progesterone implant on Day 0, withdrawal on Day 12, and application of 1 ml of intramuscular estradiol cypionate [ECP®]); and treatment 3, 2.3 g of MGA® during 12 days with supplement followed by 1 ml of intramuscular ECP® at the end of the treatment. Heifers induced via implantation had a higher rate of ovarian activity (presence of corpus luteum) during the early cycle (63.8% animals) while the conventional cycle (72.4%). This effect influenced the frequency of early stage anestrus (56%). Among the treatments evaluated, 72% of control heifers had no ovarian activity (absence of corpus luteum). In the group with implant induction the conception rates were 65.5% and 62.4% in early and conventional-cycle females, respectively. Puberty induction in Nellore heifers provides a high economic return. The protocol revealed highest efficiency compared to the control group.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129202873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.69082
Alexandra Estefania Fajardo Rojas
{"title":"Variabilidad climática y disponibilidad hídrica en los valles de Ubaté, Chiquinquira y Alto Chicamocha, Colombia","authors":"Alexandra Estefania Fajardo Rojas","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.69082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.69082","url":null,"abstract":"En este estudio se analiza la variabilidad climática de dos regiones de importancia agropecuaria en los departamentos de Boyacá y Cundinamarca (Colombia). Se identifican comportamientos modales de variables climáticas de interés agropecuario, así mismo, se realiza el análisis intra-anual de eventos extremos y se identifican áreas con deficiencias y excesos hídricos a través de un balance hidroclimático. Además, se identifican zonas con mayor frecuencia de condiciones de deficiencias y excesos hídricos en el suelo a escala mensual por medio del Índice de Severidad de Sequía de Palmer (PSDI). Los resultados indican que ambas zonas de estudio no muestran grandes diferencias climáticas entre sí, sin embargo, es importante realizar el estudio por separado con la intención de proporcionar información local de utilidad para los productores. Saboyá en el Valle de Ubaté y Chiquinquirá y Sotaquirá en el Alto Chicamocha son altamente afectados por eventos tanto de deficiencia como exceso hídrico. El evento El Niño 1997 tuvo un impacto más fuerte en el área del Valle de Ubaté y Chiquinquirá, mientras que en el Alto Chicamocha se registró la mayor reducción de la precipitación en 1992, lo que coincidió con un evento El Niño. En cuanto a excesos hídricos, 2011 registró aumentos superiores a 50% en la precipitación en las regiones del estudio, este comportamiento responde al evento La Niña registrado ese año.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116346752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AgronómicaPub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.68759
H. Busilacchi, Carolina Noelia Coronel, M. Bueno, M. Gonzalez, Diego Raúl Müller, M. Quiroga, C. Severin
{"title":"Incidencia de las condiciones de clima en el desarrollo y producción de semillas de Salvia hispanica L.","authors":"H. Busilacchi, Carolina Noelia Coronel, M. Bueno, M. Gonzalez, Diego Raúl Müller, M. Quiroga, C. Severin","doi":"10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.68759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/ACAG.V68N3.68759","url":null,"abstract":"El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar la incidencia de las condiciones climáticas sobre el cultivo de Salvia hispanica L., conocida comercialmente como Chía, durante las campañas 2014 y 2015, para la zona núcleo de la pampa húmeda, centro-sur de Santa Fe (Argentina). La siembra se hizo en una parcela de 2 ha en el Campo experimental de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias (FCA) de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), en la localidad de Zavalla (Santa Fe). Se emplearon semillas provenientes de lotes comerciales cultivados en la provincia de Salta y las evaluaciones durante ambas compañas fueron: altura de plantas, número de espigas por planta, peso de 1000 semillas y poder germinativo de las semillas cosechadas. Se observó que las heladas ocurridas no afectaron el desarrollo del cultivo. Como consecuencia de las abundantes precipitaciones y de las menores temperaturas registradas en la campaña 2014 con respecto a las de 2015, en la primera ocurrió una fuerte incidencia del hongo Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, que provocó que el número de espigas por planta (16) y el peso de 1000 semillas (0.904 g) fueran inferiores a las obtenidas en 2015 (78 espigas/planta y 1297 g el peso de 1000 semillas), junto a la aparición de semillas vanas y a un descenso del poder germinativo. Las condiciones de clima presentes durante el ciclo de cultivo de S. hispanica en la pampa húmeda tienen una incidencia directa en el desarrollo de la planta y en la producción y calidad de los frutos cosechados.","PeriodicalId":135011,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agronómica","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125461993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}