Andrea Gomez-Leyva, Gabriela Del Valle-Díaz, Damián Muciño-Cruz, R. Espíndola-Heredia
{"title":"Effect of central acceleration on the growth of a plant","authors":"Andrea Gomez-Leyva, Gabriela Del Valle-Díaz, Damián Muciño-Cruz, R. Espíndola-Heredia","doi":"10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.6.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.6.14","url":null,"abstract":"In 2013, NASA conducted a series of experiments to study the growth of plants in microgravity. The interest of replicating the experiment is to study the relation of acceleration with plant growth, which is achieved by the construction of an accelerometer and the germination of different plants under certain conditions. In this paper we present the effects of different gravity values on the growth of a plant. To make the changes, the basic concepts of central acceleration (centripetal acceleration) are considered, with the help of a centrifuge any gravity value is simulated, for this, it is necessary to place the seeds at different distances from a rotation axis which is rotated continuously for several days. Two different systems were considered: a) placing the axis of rotation vertically, with this, the growth of the plants over the course of days will be observed, along with the effects on the auxins, which are responsible for geotropism, that is, the extraction of auxins from the plants placed in the centrifuge will determine the influence of rotation on the concentration of auxins; and b) the growth in the direction of gravity is affected according to the distance taken from the center of the axis of rotation. We also compare the natural growth of plants and the growth affected by the central force.","PeriodicalId":31060,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85430335","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}
Ignacio Garay-Peralta, Alfredo Díaz-Criollo, Héctor Gabriel Medina-Lagunes
{"title":"Development of cacao crop (Thebroma cacao L), in Úrsulo Galván","authors":"Ignacio Garay-Peralta, Alfredo Díaz-Criollo, Héctor Gabriel Medina-Lagunes","doi":"10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"In areas where monocultures predominate, it is very important to introduce species with agronomic potential to diversify the crops and improve the socioeconomic level of the producers, as well as to provide more appropriate and suitable habitat for the species found. For a long time, one error has been the introduction of species without previous investigation, in which their adaptation is validated or evaluated, so in the Institute of Ursulo Galván a research was carried out prior to the adaptation of four Cacao varieties (Theobroma cacao L). The tested materials were: Inifap 4, Inifap 8, Inifap 9 and White Almond, obtaining so far in terms of the variables: in plant height, stem diameter and number of leaves there is no statistical difference, while for the variable number of branches, the only difference exists in the first sampling. The above is quite logical because the care given to plants is homogeneous and the adaptation is evaluated only after being established for two years.","PeriodicalId":31060,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85504598","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}
S. Sánchez-Herrera, N. Rodríguez-Martínez, A. Rodríguez-Ortega, B. Ponce-Lira
{"title":"Physico-chemical evaluation of three varieties of tejocote (Crataegus mexicana)","authors":"S. Sánchez-Herrera, N. Rodríguez-Martínez, A. Rodríguez-Ortega, B. Ponce-Lira","doi":"10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.31.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.31.38","url":null,"abstract":"Tejocote has been used traditionally in Mexico since Pre-Hispanic times and currently its cultivation it is considered of lesser economic importance, is distributed mainly in the States of Mexico, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Chiapas, Michoacán, Hidalgo and Morelos. The tejocote groups together more than 150 species around the world, these 93 types are in Mexico, further studies in this species are scarce. Therefore this research was the analysis of physical and chemical strains of tejocote at the Universidad Politécnica de Francisco I. Madero. The results show that the criolla variety possesses a 65.64% humidity, on the other hand the highest percentage of protein was obtained in Calpan gold variety (3.80%), for the ether extract the criolla variety has a 41.11% fiber, criolla variety was the one that obtained the highest percentage (16.71%), °Brix criolla variety presented the higher value, which present greater weight was the Chapeado variety. This results will be a contribution to the added value given to these.","PeriodicalId":31060,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81110325","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}
Rosa María De Anda-López, Rodolfo Aguirre-Aranda, Agripín Sánches-Salinas, Horacio Jaramillo-Plata
{"title":"Intelligent conditioning for the intensive production of tilapia in the southern zone of the State of Mexico","authors":"Rosa María De Anda-López, Rodolfo Aguirre-Aranda, Agripín Sánches-Salinas, Horacio Jaramillo-Plata","doi":"10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.15.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.15.23","url":null,"abstract":"Fish farming is a fundamental sector of the economy for several communities. Traditionally, the processes inherent to this activity, such as the feeding of the fish, the replacement of water, the control of temperature, the level of ammonium, are carried out manually and empirically; However, in recent years they have begun to incorporate technological tools for their automation. In the present work we seek to integrate intelligent and separate control systems that exist in the market to generate a single intelligent control system, with the ability to control temperature, ammonia, water clarity, food, in such a way that is presented as a flexible and integrated production process, that meets the requirements of aquaculture health, this system should provide, to small producers in the southern area of the State of Mexico, the certainty that your product meets specifications and standards for human consumption. With this study new opportunities for the application of technologies, especially those of low cost, are envisaged, so that they are accessible to the greatest number of fish farmers and their use guarantees the improvement in the processes carried out. It also highlights the importance that the use of alternative energies can have, to make the most of natural resources and minimize the environmental impact.","PeriodicalId":31060,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences","volume":"258 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77067320","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}
Everardo Vargas-Espinoza, Marina Gaytán-Ruelas, Marisa Rivera-Arredondo, Alberto Calderón-Ruiz
{"title":"Fruit thinning in seven tomato varieties (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) under greenhouse","authors":"Everardo Vargas-Espinoza, Marina Gaytán-Ruelas, Marisa Rivera-Arredondo, Alberto Calderón-Ruiz","doi":"10.35429/jnas.2019.19.6.13.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35429/jnas.2019.19.6.13.17","url":null,"abstract":"The experiment was conducted from May to August 2018 at the Technological University of the Southwest of Guanajuato (UTSOE) in a randomized complete block design with three repetitions, in greenhouse 1 of 700 m2 of the Sustainable and Protected Agriculture Career; with the purpose of evaluating the effect of three levels of thinning of fruits, with four, five fruits and without thinning, in the yield and plant variables in seven varieties of saladette tomato produced under greenhouse and in hydroponic substrate. The varieties evaluated were: Natalie, USATX 12227, USATX 9934, Juan Pablo, USATX 24019, USATX 16117, USATX 15538, all established at a density of 31,250 plants per hectare. The thinning levels of four and five fruits per cluster had a positive influence on tomato yield, on treatments without thinning, the Natalie and Juan Pablo varieties being the ones with the highest yield, after three weeks of harvest. Regarding the number of leaves, despite finding statistical differences (p≤ 0.01), the thinning of fruits did not necessarily influence the development of leaves, but rather was due to the genetics of each variety, the USATX 24019 variety being the that more leaves developed.","PeriodicalId":31060,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90353243","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}
A. Hernández-Morales, Francisco Javier Ávila-Padrón, Candy Carranza-Álvarez, J. J. Maldonado-Miranda
{"title":"Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. Mexican against three enterobacteria","authors":"A. Hernández-Morales, Francisco Javier Ávila-Padrón, Candy Carranza-Álvarez, J. J. Maldonado-Miranda","doi":"10.35429/jnas.2019.19.6.1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35429/jnas.2019.19.6.1.12","url":null,"abstract":"Fractionated extraction of the leaves of Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. mexicana was performed, using hexane, dichloromethane and methanol, to obtain compounds of different polarity. Essential oils, aqueous decoction and hydroalcoholic extract were also obtained. Phytochemical profile was determined for each extract based on coloration and precipitation tests. Extracts were evaluated against three enterobacteria using the plate microdilution method. Chemical analysis revealed that dichloromethane fraction has a greater variety of compounds than hexane and methanolic fractions. The content of compounds of dichloromethane fraction correlates with the highest antimicrobial activity observed, suggesting that metabolites responsible for antimicrobial effect are intermediate polarity. Regarding extracts, ethanolic extract exerts a better effect than the decoction, while the essential oil shows the same antibacterial effect at low concentrations. Results demonstrate that A. ludoviciana subsp. mexicana has a great variety of compounds, which, according to their nature, can be eluted with solvents of different polarity. These compounds contribute to the antibacterial effect attributed to this plant.","PeriodicalId":31060,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73851793","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}
Rodolfo Lucio, Leticia Sesento, J. Bedolla, Á. R. Cruz
{"title":"Weight gain in lambs, supplemented with a commercial food al 12% protein","authors":"Rodolfo Lucio, Leticia Sesento, J. Bedolla, Á. R. Cruz","doi":"10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.39.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.39.42","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this work was to determine the weight gain in sheep meat, under an intensive feeding system in lambs of the Dorper breed. Thirteen lambs with an initial average live weight of 11.25 ∓ 5 kg were used. The food was offered ad livitum throughout the day. Systematic measurements of the weight gain of the sheep were carried out. The results obtained for the corresponding variable of the voluntary consumption of dry matter, shows that at the beginning of the experiment the animals had a dry matter consumption of 206.25 g / ovine; However, as they were growing their dry matter consumption was 292 g / ovine, with a linear increase until the sixth week. The highest weight gain per day was obtained between month 1 and month 2, with the best feed conversion rates observed here. With the obtained results it is concluded that the voluntary consumption of dry matter was 206.5 g / ovine-1, with an average daily weight gain of 470 g. and with acceptable conversion rates and food efficiency.","PeriodicalId":31060,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences","volume":"8 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74647233","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}
Nedvy Ríos-Palma, A. Contreras-Toledo, J. M. Pichardo-González, J. M. Rascón-Ayala
{"title":"Morphological characterization of seeds and germination of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco (Pinaceae)","authors":"Nedvy Ríos-Palma, A. Contreras-Toledo, J. M. Pichardo-González, J. M. Rascón-Ayala","doi":"10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.24.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35429/jnas.2019.18.6.24.30","url":null,"abstract":"Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco is a species of economic and ecological importance for Mexico. Several actions have been implemented for its ex situ conservation. However, the lack of characterization data is a limiting factor in genebanks. In this study, morphological characteristics and seed germination traits were evaluated in 12 accessions of P. menziesii from Tlaxcala and Puebla. Fifteen seed variables, germination percentage (PG), days to germination (DG) and radicle growth (CR) were measured in 100 seeds (four replicas of 25 seeds each) per accession. A principal component analysis, a cluster analysis and the estimation of the relationship between seed variables and germination traits were performed. The variables that had largest influence on the distribution of morphological variation were: LA, ASC, AS and AA/AS. The accessions were distributed in five general groups according mainly to their geographical origin. For some accessions, PG and CR had a direct relationship with seed size variables. These results showed the presence of variation and the influence of seed morphology on the germination of the evaluated accessions.","PeriodicalId":31060,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86384874","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}