G. Castellaro, A. Urra, A. Hidalgo, Laura Orellana, P. C. J. Escanilla
{"title":"Sheep and goat grazing diets on an annual Mediterranean grassland containing tall wheatgrass (Thinopyrum ponticum (PODP.))","authors":"G. Castellaro, A. Urra, A. Hidalgo, Laura Orellana, P. C. J. Escanilla","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I3.1836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I3.1836","url":null,"abstract":"The development of mixed grazing systems is an interesting alternative for the utilization of rangelands with ecological and/or economic limitations; therefore, the study of patterns and eating habits of different species in the same grazing area is important. A mixed grazing study was carried out on a Mediterranean grassland sown with Thinopyrum ponticum 30 years ago (Rinconada de Maipu, Chile 33o 28’S; 70o 51ʼ W) with the purpose of quantifying the botanical composition, dietary overlap and selectivity indexes of the main grass species consumed by goats and sheep. Trophic behavior was studied in seven young Suffolk Down rams, seven young Merino-Precoz rams and seven young Boer-Criollo bucks grazing together during three grassland phenological stages. During the grassland vegetative stage, diets were mainly composed of annual grasses and forbs. Perennial grasses dominated the animals’ diets during the reproductive and dry grassland stages. The diversity of the goats’ diets was higher than that of the sheep, demonstrating greater plasticity in their dietary habits. However, in this environment, both species behaved as generalist herbivores. The level of diet overlap between the sheep and goats was high, especially when grazing during the grassland reproductive and dry phenological stages, suggesting potential competition during lower forage quality stages.","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41877661","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}
Jéssica Fratani Da Silva, M. J. L. Medeiros, J. T. Oliveira, É. Medeiros, C. Souza-Motta, K. Moreira
{"title":"Resistance inducers and biochemical mechanisms in the control of anthracnose in cowpea","authors":"Jéssica Fratani Da Silva, M. J. L. Medeiros, J. T. Oliveira, É. Medeiros, C. Souza-Motta, K. Moreira","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I3.1962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I3.1962","url":null,"abstract":"Different responses are observed in plants after infection by pathogens. The usage of systemic inducers, whether biotic or abiotic, has the function to increase the enzymatic production of the plant defense system. In that sense, our present research aims to evaluate the disease severity of anthracnose in the cowpea cultivar “sempre-verde” infected with Colletotrichum lindemuthianum URM 5771 and subjected to both biotic and abiotic resistance inducers, as well as evaluate the enzymatic activity of plant defense. The experiment was performed in a greenhouse with a completely randomized splitplot design with six treatments: four abiotic plant resistance inducers, acibenzolar-S-methyl, β-aminobutyric acid, chitosan, and salicylic acid; one biotic inducer, the filamentous fungi Trichoderma aureoviride URM 5158; and a control with only water. The plant leaves were sampled at four time points, 4, 8, 12 and 20 days after inoculation with the plant pathogen, to measure the enzymatic activity of β-1,3-glucanase, catalase, peroxidase, polyphenoloxidase, and protease. The abiotic inducers acibenzolar-S-methyl, β-aminobutyric acid, and chitosan and the biotic inducer presented the highest potential in reducing the anthracnose caused by C. lindemuthianum URM 5771 in cowpea plants by showing the lowest values of injury severity over time. The disease progression showed a proportionate shift in enzymatic activity in that the inducers salicylic acid and T. aureoviride URM 5158 promoted the highest enzymatic activity when compared to the other inducers. High correlations between the enzymatic activity of peroxidase and polyphenoloxidase and anthracnose severity were observed in cowpea plants. The use of abiotic and biotic resistance inducers presents high potential for anthracnose control in cowpea plants; however, more studies should be carried out covering different environments, plant cultivars and climatic conditions.","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7764/RCIA.V45I3.1962","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46208429","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. Bergamin, A. Vitorino, É. T. A. Prado, F. R. D. Souza, M. Mauad, L. C. F. D. Souza
{"title":"Structural Quality of a Latosol Cultivated with Oilseed in Succession to Corn","authors":"A. Bergamin, A. Vitorino, É. T. A. Prado, F. R. D. Souza, M. Mauad, L. C. F. D. Souza","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1815","url":null,"abstract":"Mechanized operations on soils with inadequate moisture cause compaction and are deleterious to soil quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different oilseed crop successions on the structural quality of a clayey Rhodic Hapludox. Sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.), canola ( Brassica napus L. and Brassica rapa ), safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.), crambe ( Crambe abyssinica Hochst.), and niger ( Guizotia abyssinica ) were sown in autumn/winter in a no-tillage system in succession to corn grown in the summer and soybean/corn grown in summer/autumn-winter. When the autumn-winter crops began to grow, soil samples were collected in metallic cylinders at 0.0–0.05 m and 0.05–0.10 m depths. Analyses of the optimal water interval in each crop succession at the 0.0–0.05 m layer indicated that the corn/safflower and corn/crambe successions reduced the structural quality of the soil. The autumn-winter niger crop in succession to summer corn improved the soil structure at 0.0–0.05 m and 0.05–0.10 m when compared with the soil cultivated with the soybean/corn succession. The niger crop is an effective crop rotation alternative that improves the physical quality of the soil under no-tillage systems.","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":"36 1","pages":"169-180"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74448487","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}
H. Eleroğlu, A. Yıldırım, Ali Canikli, M. Duman, Hüdaverdi Bircan
{"title":"Analysis of growth curves of Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) fed diets containing dry oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) in an organic system","authors":"H. Eleroğlu, A. Yıldırım, Ali Canikli, M. Duman, Hüdaverdi Bircan","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1833","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, 240 day-old guinea fowl ( Numida meleagris ) keets were utilized. They were divided into four treatment groups each containing 20 chicks and were randomly distributed into 12 mobile coops placed in a 100-m2 grazing area. Guinea fowl chicks were randomly allocated to 4 treatment diets containing 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15% dry oregano leaf (DOL) supplements. Nonlinear Gompertz and logistic growth models were used to estimate the mean age-body weight. The growth curve parameters for these models and the following characteristics for fowl were estimated: β0, the asymptotic weight parameter; β1, the scaling parameter; β2, the instantaneous per week growth rate; weight at age of inflection point (WIP); maximum weight gain at inflection point (MWG); and age at the inflection point (AIP). The goodness of fit (GF) for the models was assessed using the following variables: coefficients of determination (r2), mean square error (MSE), adjusted determination coefficient (ADR2), Akaike’s information criteria (AIC), chi-square test (Chi.Sq2) and residual standard deviation (RSD). The different nonlinear function results of the individual data indicated that supplementation of diets with DOL had no significant effects on growth curve parameters when compared with the control diet. Greater correlation values were estimated among β0, β1, β2, WIP, MWG and AIP in the Gompertz equation, and similar results were estimated in the logistic equation, but there was no significant correlation between β2-β1 and β2-MWG. According to the results obtained from the GF, high r2 and ADR2 were estimated in Gompertz and logistic equations (above 0.96).","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":"18 1","pages":"99-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85502882","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}
Yaneris Mirabal-Gallardo, María A. Caroca, L. Muñoz, Macarena Meneses, V. F. Laurie
{"title":"Multi-element analysis and differentiation of Chilean wines using mineral composition and multivariate statistics","authors":"Yaneris Mirabal-Gallardo, María A. Caroca, L. Muñoz, Macarena Meneses, V. F. Laurie","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1883","url":null,"abstract":"The concentration of seventeen mineral elements was analyzed in 130 commercial samples of Chilean wines, using flame atomic absorption spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry. The elements analyzed were within the usual concentration ranges previously reported in other wine regions; for instance: Fe, 2.08±0.99 mg L -1 ; Zn, 0.71±0.44 mg L -1 ; K, 788.10±219.66 mg L -1 ; Na, 14.62±8.61 mg L -1 . When the mineral content of the samples was compared among wine areas, significant differences in the concentration of K, Na, Mn, Mg, Zn, and Cr were observed ( p ≤ 0.05). Moreover, principal component and linear discriminant analyses were used to discriminate wines according to provenance, obtaining adjustments above 90 % for white wines and over 70 % for red wines.","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":"503 1","pages":"181-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77075790","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}
D. Ferreira, A. Zanine, R. P. Lana, A. L. Souza, F. Negrão, L. Geron, H. Parente, M. Parente
{"title":"Carbohydrate and protein fractioning of grass silages added with dehydrated barley residue","authors":"D. Ferreira, A. Zanine, R. P. Lana, A. L. Souza, F. Negrão, L. Geron, H. Parente, M. Parente","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1807","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1807","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to measure carbohydrate and protein fractioning of silage of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu. The experiment was designed in a completely randomized design with five treatments and five repetitions, with the treatments the inclusion of natural dehydrated brewery residue to Marandu grass silage at levels of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40%. The dehydrated barley inclusion resulted in a linear reduction (P<0.05) of total carbohydrate content, which decreased 0.35% per unit of residue added. The content of fraction B2 decreased linearly as dehydrated barley was added (P<0.05). Nitrogen content increased linearly when residue was added to silage of Marandu grass (P<005). Fraction A, obtained from Marandu grass, presented linear increasing behavior according to the inclusion of dehydrated barley. This inclusion promoted a linear decrease (P<0.05) of fraction B1+B2, which resulted in a 0.37% reduction for each 1% of byproduct added. The inclusion of 20% of dehydrated barley to Marandu grass silage resulted in an improvement of protein and carbohydrate fractions.","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":"7 1","pages":"192-199"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76299218","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}
Juan José Reyes- Pérez, Emmanuel Alexander Enríquez-Acosta, B. M. Amador, Miguel Angel Ramírez-Arrebato, Aida Tania Rodríguez-Pedroso, Liliana Lara-Capistrán, L. Hernández-Montiel
{"title":"Physiological, phenological and productive responses of tomato (Solanum licopersicum L.) plants treated with QuitoMax","authors":"Juan José Reyes- Pérez, Emmanuel Alexander Enríquez-Acosta, B. M. Amador, Miguel Angel Ramírez-Arrebato, Aida Tania Rodríguez-Pedroso, Liliana Lara-Capistrán, L. Hernández-Montiel","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1943","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to evaluate the foliar application of the biostimulant QuitoMax at concentrations 100, 200, 300 and 400 mg·ha-1 in comparison to a control without the application of QuitoMax on the height and stem thickness of tomato plants. The durations of the plant phenological phases, productive indicators (the number of fruit, bunches per plant, the number of fruits per bunches, the polar and equatorial diameters of the fruit, the mass of the fruit and crop yield), the quality of the fruit expressed as the total soluble solids and acidity, and the commercial quality of the harvested fruits were also evaluated. The highest concentrations of QuitoMax (300 and 400 mg·ha-1) were found to produce the most vigorous plants, lengthened the duration of the plant phenophases, and resulted in significantly higher values in the production indicators, including the fresh mass of the fruits and performance. Additionally, they produced fruits with a higher content of total soluble solids.","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":"116 1","pages":"120-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81775318","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}
P. Undurraga, J. Hirzel, J. Celis, Carla Pérez, M. Sandoval
{"title":"Toxicity of paper mill pelletized waste using germination and biomass production as bioindicators","authors":"P. Undurraga, J. Hirzel, J. Celis, Carla Pérez, M. Sandoval","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1865","url":null,"abstract":"The use of wood residues to produce energy and steam in the pulp and paper industry generates ash waste and sewage sludge that contain nutrients for plants as a potential fertilizer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the possible toxic effects of pelletized waste from the pulp and paper industry using bioindicators. Two controlled experiments were conducted with radish seeds and perennial ryegrass seeds: an experiment to determine the germination index and root growth in soil extracts incubated with pelletized waste, and a pot experiment with ryegrass seeds sown in an amended Alfisol with pelletized wastes in which aerial and root biomass production was determined. The results indicate that the Alfisol amended with pelletized waste did not exhibit any acute or sub-acute toxic effects in radish germination. None of the evaluated pellets showed evidence of deterioration in root elongation, including at a 40 Mg ha-1 dose. The highest root growth was with pellet 2, with ash and sludge at the 40 Mg ha-1 dose, which was higher than that in the control treatment (p<0.05). Seed germination was between 93.9% and 100%. The highest ryegrass aerial biomass occurred with pellets 1 and 2 (p<0.05). Pelletized waste from the paper industry exhibited neither mild nor acute effects of toxicity in both radish seed germination and aerial and root biomass production of ryegrass sown in degraded soil.","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":"94 1","pages":"147-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77600550","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. Capulín-Grande, A. Suárez-Islas, R. Rodriguez-Laguna, J. J. Mateo-Sánchez, Ramón Razo-Zárate, Miriam Islas-Santillán
{"title":"Influence of fire on soil and vegetation properties in two contrasting forest sites in Central México","authors":"J. Capulín-Grande, A. Suárez-Islas, R. Rodriguez-Laguna, J. J. Mateo-Sánchez, Ramón Razo-Zárate, Miriam Islas-Santillán","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1798","url":null,"abstract":"Fire produces changes in vegetation, soil, fauna, and water quality, and it can even modify atmospheric chemical composition. Changes in soil fertility, microorganisms and vegetation were evaluated after a fire in two municipalities in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Inside and outside the burned area, four 100 m2 plots were established. In each of the eight plots, soil samples were collected at two depths (0–5 and 5–20 cm) in the following areas: non-burned area (NBA); 15 days after fire (15DAF); and 12 and 24 months after the fire (MAF). Vegetation quantification was carried out at 30, 180 and 540 DAF. The results at 15DAF showed an increase of alkaline and metallic elements as well as pH in the surface layer, and this trend remained the same to 12MAF. There was greater Fe, Mn and Zn content in Zacualtipan and greater K, Ca, Mg and P in Singuilucan. At 24MAF, due to the nutrient requirements of the herbaceous and scrub growth, this effect was reverted. The fire reduced the organic matter (OM) and total nitrogen (TN) contents, without any recovery during the evaluated period. Bacteria showed greater mortality because of the fire: 76% and 50% at the Zacualtipan and Singuilucan sites, respectively. The canopy opening promoted a 50% increase of species in Zacualtipan. In conclusion, the fire temporarily increased soil fertility and the presence of herbaceous vegetation, but it reduced the bacteria and fungi populations.","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":"40 3 1","pages":"128-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83657622","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. Benedetti, F. Balocchi, Marta González, P. García-Chevesich
{"title":"Morphological characterization of sweet chestnut fruits from forest plantations in central Chile","authors":"S. Benedetti, F. Balocchi, Marta González, P. García-Chevesich","doi":"10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7764/RCIA.V45I2.1808","url":null,"abstract":"The sweet chestnut ( Castanea sativa Mill.) is one of the most important starchy foods worldwide due to its low fat content and high nutritional value. This study is the first analysis of the sweet chestnut fruit in forest plantations where the morphological properties are characterized, in terms of caliber, size, shape, and internal cracking, damage, and cavities. The study was based in three sites in Chile, Los Rios Region (39°S), where most of the forest chestnut plantations are located. Scott and Knott test of variance and contingency tables were used as statistical methods for site comparisons. In general, no significant differences in size were found among sites. Moreover, the Chilean forest sweet chestnut can be defined as a small-caliber fruit with slight internal cracking and internal damage and almost no cavities. Therefore, due to its morphological characteristic (especially caliber), it has the potential to be used for secondary food products.","PeriodicalId":50695,"journal":{"name":"Ciencia E Investigacion Agraria","volume":"37 1","pages":"138-146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76655123","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}