{"title":"Resistance in Digitaria to Yellow Sugarcane Aphid, Sipha flava (Forbes) as Related to Temperature and Rainfall","authors":"A. J. Oakes, A. Sierra-Bracero","doi":"10.46429/jaupr.v56i1.10884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v56i1.10884","url":null,"abstract":"Differential resistance to yellow sugarcane aphid, Sipha flava (Forbes), exists among Digitaria species. Differential resistance among species is expected on the basis of interspecific variation. Differential resistance to aphid damage exists among clones within species. Differences in insect resistance among clones within species are expected on the basis of intraspecific variation. Clones superior in insect resistance were delineated in this trial. The superior performance of phenotypes within species is masked by the average performance of the species. Significant negative correlations were found between insect resistance ratings and the number of rainy days and average temperature during a 28-day interval prior to rating. A model was calculated for the average behavior of species; it includes infestation expected on the basis of the number of rainy days and average temperature during the 28-day interval before rating. The model accounted for approximately 66 percent of the variability present.","PeriodicalId":14937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agriculture of The University of Puerto Rico","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70504068","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}
{"title":"Efecto de la raza paterna y sexo de las crías en el crecimiento de conejos hasta las 13 semanas de edad","authors":"Tatiana Tosado-Martínez, Katherine Domenech-Pérez","doi":"10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19642","url":null,"abstract":"La producción mundial de carne de conejo se basa en razas cárnicas; sin embargo, en Europa los cruces entre razas cárnicas y gigantes han resultado en canales de mayor tamaño. En las principales razas, las conejas alcanzan mayores tamaños adultos que los conejos. La presente investigación evaluó el efecto de la raza paterna y el sexo de las crías sobre la curva de crecimiento en conejos. Se compararon los pesos vivos (PV) semanales (primeras 13 semanas de vida; sexados a los 42 días) de la progenie de un padrote Nueva Zelanda Rojo (NZR; n=21) y de uno Gigante de Flandes (GF; n=31) con conejas cruzadas Californianas. Los datos de PV promedio individual (en el pre-sexado y post-sexado) se analizaron mediante el Proc GLIMMIX (SAS). En el pre-sexado no hubo interacción semana x padrote (P=0.3333) ni efecto de padrote (P=0.2051) afectando el PV de los conejos. Durante este periodo, el PV promedio de los conejos aumentó unos 641.50 g (P<0.0001). En el postsexado las interacciones semana x sexo x padrote (P=0.8821), sexo x padrote (P=0.2409), semana x padrote (P=0.1597) y semana x sexo (P=0.5663) no afectaron el PV. Sin embargo, se observaron diferencias en PV entre semanas (aumento total promedio de 1,417.61 g; P<0.0001), sexos (1,748.68±115.28 vs. 1,545.21±109.40 g en hembras y machos, respectivamente; P=0.0194) y padrotes (1,523.68±123.15 vs. 1,770.21±107.24 g en los hijos del NZR y del GF, respectivamente; P=0.0170) durante este periodo. Utilizar padrotes gigantes en madres cárnicas podría mejorar el crecimiento post-sexado de los conejos, especialmente en las hembras. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":14937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agriculture of The University of Puerto Rico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48456780","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}
{"title":"Light sensors assess solar radiation vs. shade exposure of slick- and wild-type Puerto Rican Holstein cows","authors":"H. Sánchez-Rodríguez, K. Domenech-Perez","doi":"10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19634","url":null,"abstract":"Anecdotal data suggest that slick-haired cows (SLICK) graze under solar radiation longer than their wild type-haired (WT) counterparts. However, to the authors’ knowledge, empirical data regarding the suggestion is scarce. This study aimed to use light sensors (HOBO Pendant MX) to study solar radiation exposure. Sensors (attached to a collar) were validated in 20 Holstein cows rotated from shade (0837 to 0906h) to sunlight (0907 to 0932h) and then back to shade (0933 to 1005h). After validation, sensors were used to compare the differences in solar radiation exposure between 10 SLICK and 10 WT Holstein cows. Data were analyzed by the GLIMMIX and FREQ procedures (SAS). Light intensity was greater under solar radiation than during the first (P<0.01) and second (P<0.01) shade periods (51,026.00±682.25; 2,282.40±647.64 and 1,907.27±626.28 lx, respectively). No differences were observed between shade periods (P=0.62). The SLICK cows spent more time under solar radiation than the WT cows (52.67 vs. 47.33%, respectively; P<0.01). Hair coat type and period interacted (P<0.01), with greater light intensities in SLICK than in WT cows under solar radiation (24,702±106.65 vs. 20,518±98.43 lx, respectively); but no differences were observed under shade (1,856±7.03 and 1,793.2±6.53 lx, respectively). The SLICK cows showed greater exposure time to direct solar radiation than their WT counterparts.","PeriodicalId":14937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agriculture of The University of Puerto Rico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47480702","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}
Abner A. Rodríguez-Carías, John Fernández-Van Cleve
{"title":"ANÁLISIS DESCRIPTIVO DEL EFECTO DE LA DURACIÓN DE LA ÉPOCA DE EMPADRONAMIENTO SOBRE LA EFICIENCIA REPRODUCTIVA Y PRODUCTIVA DE OVINOS CRIADOS EN ESTRÉS POR CALOR","authors":"Abner A. Rodríguez-Carías, John Fernández-Van Cleve","doi":"10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19640","url":null,"abstract":"ANÁLISIS DESCRIPTIVO DEL EFECTO DE LA DURACIÓN DE LA ÉPOCA DE EMPADRONAMIENTO SOBRE LA EFICIENCIA REPRODUCTIVA Y PRODUCTIVA DE OVINOS CRIADOS EN ESTRÉS POR CALOR","PeriodicalId":14937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agriculture of The University of Puerto Rico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43834967","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}
J. Bird, J. Pérez, R. Alconero, N. Vakili, P. Meléndez
{"title":"A Whitefly-Transmitted Golden-Yellow Mosaic Virus of Phaseolus lunatus in Puerto Rico","authors":"J. Bird, J. Pérez, R. Alconero, N. Vakili, P. Meléndez","doi":"10.46429/jaupr.v56i1.10888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v56i1.10888","url":null,"abstract":"A golden-yellow mosaic virus of Phaseolus lunatus was detected recently in Puerto Rico. The virus was transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci race sidae. It causes a golden-yellow mosaic of beans. It was isolated from bean plantings located in the northwestern and north-central parts of Puerto Rico. Available evidence indicates that the P. lunatus virus is not related, at least closely, to the Puerto Rican whitefly-transmitted mosaic virus of Rhynchosia minima. Symptoms induced by the P. lunatus virus are remarkably similar to those elicited by the Brazilian golden mosaic and the Salvadoran yellow mottle viruses of beans.","PeriodicalId":14937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agriculture of The University of Puerto Rico","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70503681","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}
J. A. Dumas, Joaquín A. Chong, Christian Rivera-Goyco
{"title":"CHARACTERIZATION OF COFFEE SHRUB BIOCHAR CHARGED WITH COW MANURE AND EFFECTIVE MICROORGANISMS","authors":"J. A. Dumas, Joaquín A. Chong, Christian Rivera-Goyco","doi":"10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19639","url":null,"abstract":"CHARACTERIZATION OF COFFEE SHRUB BIOCHAR CHARGED WITH COW MANURE AND EFFECTIVE MICROORGANISMS","PeriodicalId":14937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agriculture of The University of Puerto Rico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42208375","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}
{"title":"Gamma Radiation Effects on Biochemical Compojients of Puerto Rican Mangos","authors":"J. Cuevas-Ruíz, H. Graham, R. A. Luse","doi":"10.46429/jaupr.v56i1.10883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v56i1.10883","url":null,"abstract":"The effects of gamma radiation were investigated on the content of ascorbic acid, total carotenoids, total carbohydrates and titratablc acidity in five varieties of mangos grown in Puerto Rico. Irradiation with 75-Krad doses did not significantly influence biochemical components. Subsequent changes were related closely to delay in fruit ripening, and reduction of fungal spoilage, effected by the radiation pasteurization. Radiation at the 75-Krad level extended shelf life to 7 days.","PeriodicalId":14937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agriculture of The University of Puerto Rico","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70503995","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}
Tatiana Tosado-Martínez, K. Domenech-Perez, H. Sánchez-Rodríguez
{"title":"Comparative yield of carcass components of F1 crossbred rabbits sired by a New Zealand Red or a Flemish Giant buck","authors":"Tatiana Tosado-Martínez, K. Domenech-Perez, H. Sánchez-Rodríguez","doi":"10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v105i1.19635","url":null,"abstract":"La cunicultura mundial se centra en razas cárnicas como la Nueva Zelanda variedad roja (NZR). También existen razas ornamentales como la Gigante de Flandes (GF), que alcanzan gran tamaño adulto. En Europa los cruces F1 entre estas razas han mostrado un excelente rendimiento. El presente estudio comparó el desempeño de conejos de padre NZR (n=seis machos y seis hembras) o GF (n=nueve machos y nueve hembras) y madres Californianas cruzadas. A la edad de 91 a 93 d los conejos se pesaron (peso vivo; PV) y procesaron. Se obtuvieron los pesos de la canal, vísceras, piel, hígado, riñones, pulmones, corazón, patas (delanteras y traseras), lomo y grasa abdominal. Se calcularon los rendimientos de la canal, patas y lomo. Los datos se analizaron mediante Proc GLIMMIX (SAS). No hubo interacción padrote x sexo (P>0.05) ni efecto de sexo (P>0.05). Los conejos hijos del NZR resultaron inferiores a los del GF en PV (P=0.0048) y en los pesos de la canal (P=0.0314), vísceras (P=0.0172), piel (P=0.0004), riñones (P=0.0004), pulmones (P=0.0453) y patas traseras (P=0.0007). En promedio, las diferencias observadas fueron 380.51, 158.76, 80.64, 104.58, 2.40, 1.70 y 0.79 g, respectivamente. Los conejos hijos del padrote NZR mostraron un menor rendimiento (0.79%) en las patas traseras que los del GF (P=0.0181). No hubo diferencias entre padrotes para las demás variables (P>0.05). Los conejos 50% NZR presentaron canales más pequeñas que los de padre GF. Los cruzamientos de raza gigante x raza cárnica se deben considerar para maximizar la producción de conejos en Puerto Rico.","PeriodicalId":14937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agriculture of The University of Puerto Rico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47924006","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}
{"title":"ABSENCE OF A PROTEINACEOUS INVERTASE-REGULATORY SYSTEM IN SUGARCANE STEM TISSUE","authors":"N. A. Díaz, A. G. Alexander","doi":"10.46429/jaupr.v56i1.10892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v56i1.10892","url":null,"abstract":"ABSENCE OF A PROTEINACEOUS INVERTASE-REGULATORY SYSTEM IN SUGARCANE STEM TISSUE","PeriodicalId":14937,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agriculture of The University of Puerto Rico","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70503812","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}