AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-26DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2493
Alba Melissa Castañeda-Villa, Ricardo Lobato-Ortiz, J. Jesús García-Zavala, Guillermo Calderón-Zavala, Aurelio Hernández-Bautista, Alexander López-Hernández
{"title":"IDENTIFICATION OF OUTSTANDING SALADETTE TOMATO LINES WITH A WIDENED GENETIC BASE","authors":"Alba Melissa Castañeda-Villa, Ricardo Lobato-Ortiz, J. Jesús García-Zavala, Guillermo Calderón-Zavala, Aurelio Hernández-Bautista, Alexander López-Hernández","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2493","url":null,"abstract":"The “bell pepper” or “chino criollo” tomato is a native Mexican variety with similar characteristics to the “Saladette” tomato and the potential to be used as a source of germplasm to generate commercial hybrids of this type. The aim of this investigation was to identify and select advanced lines with a wide genetic base, derived from crosses between Saladette tomatoes and native populations to generate free pollination varieties and potential parents of Saladette tomato hybrids. The hypothesis was that crosses between native populations and Saladette commercial hybrids generate outstanding offspring. The 103 genotypes evaluated included 10 native parents, three parents derived from commercial hybrids, one commercial hybrid control (“El Cid”) and 89 S4 advanced lines. The evaluation was carried out in a greenhouse and hydroponics during the 2020 spring-summer cycle, using a randomized complete block experimental design with three replications and four plants per replication. The total weight and number of fruits were recorded based on the sum of the two cuts performed. The days to flowering of the first cluster, average fruit weight, and total soluble solids were also determined. Analyses of variance were carried out for each variable, as well as orthogonal contrasts and correlations between different combinations of the materials of interest. The comparison of means was carried out using Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05). Nine advanced lines with similar or greater characteristics to the control were identified and are recommended to be recombined genetically in a diallelic cross scheme to identify new outstanding offspring. The advanced line 2051 (LOR85 X C) was identified, with a similar yield to that reported for the control, which can be used as an open pollination variety since it has similar characteristics to the control “El Cid”, but with native tomato genes.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135719655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-26DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2929
Daniel López-Sosa, María de Jesús García-Gómez, Jesús Carrillo-Ahumada, Oscar Núñez-Gaona
{"title":"PRODUCTION, VIRULENCE, AND VIABILITY OF Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. CONIDIA OBTAINED BY FERMENTATION OF AMARANTH STUBBLE","authors":"Daniel López-Sosa, María de Jesús García-Gómez, Jesús Carrillo-Ahumada, Oscar Núñez-Gaona","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2929","url":null,"abstract":"Entomopathogenic fungi biological formulations require viable concentrations of infective units (conidia) with high virulence. These are mainly produced by solid-state cultivation of agro-industrial residues with high C/N ratios as substrates, such as amaranth stubble (Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.), which is discarded in the fields due to its lack of postharvest utility and thus becomes a source of contamination. Therefore, its use can reduce production costs when compared to common substrates such as rice (Oryza sativa). The objective of this work was to compare the effect of amaranth stubble on the production, virulence, and viability of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) conidia produced by solid-state cultivation to those produced using rice as a substrate. The results showed that the yield of B. bassiana conidia produced with rice was 15 higher than that produced with amaranth stubble. However, there were no significant differences in the virulence and viability of conidia produced by both substrates. Therefore, the use of amaranth stubble is an economical alternative to produce B. bassiana conidia compared to common substrates like rice.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135719213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-25DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i7.2892
Abelardo Conde-Pulgarín, Claudia Patricia Álvarez Ochoa, Rosalba Frías-Navarro, Santiago Sáenz-Torres
{"title":"ASSESSMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS","authors":"Abelardo Conde-Pulgarín, Claudia Patricia Álvarez Ochoa, Rosalba Frías-Navarro, Santiago Sáenz-Torres","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i7.2892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i7.2892","url":null,"abstract":"Consolidating the peace process in Colombian territory requires determining the relevance of the agricultural and livestock production systems promoted by national and international organisms as an economic alternative in the reincorporation of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) ex-combatants. Such is the case with the systems proposed in the Nueva Colombia (New Colombia) farm, located in the Pondores area of the Fonseca municipality in La Guajira, Colombia. In order to answer the question “Are the production systems of the Nueva Colombia farm sustainable?”, we carried out a qualitative agroecological assessment of five systems used (maize [Zea mays L.], cassava [Manihot esculenta Crantz], plantain [Musa x paradisiaca L. var. Hartón], cattle ranching, and poultry farming). Producers, technical consultants, and researchers participated in the assessment, with the goal of establishing a viability baseline and criteria to determine the convenience of allocating resources for the continuity of the systems. The results show that the Nueva Colombia farm is located in a very dry tropical forest life zone. The assessment shows moderate sustainability for plantain and cassava crops and weak sustainability for maize. As for the animal production systems, it was found that cattle ranching is not a sustainable system and that, therefore, its operation is not viable, while poultry farming is moderately sustainable. We concluded that it is not advisable to continue cattle production, and that the resources should be reallocated towards improving the poultry farming system. The agricultural systems require the implementation of practices that increase the specific and spatial diversity of crops, as well as their stress tolerance and the proportion of organic matter in soil.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135865001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-19DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2738
Jeronimo Herrera-Pérez, Daniel Hernández-González, Paulino Sánchez-Santillán, Nicolás Torres-Salado, Marco Antonio Ayala-Monter, Luis Antonio Saavedra-Jiménez, Gerardo Noé Rosales-Martínez
{"title":"In vitro CHEMICAL AND FERMENTATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF TROPICAL PASTURES AT DIFFERENT AGES OF REGROWTH","authors":"Jeronimo Herrera-Pérez, Daniel Hernández-González, Paulino Sánchez-Santillán, Nicolás Torres-Salado, Marco Antonio Ayala-Monter, Luis Antonio Saavedra-Jiménez, Gerardo Noé Rosales-Martínez","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2738","url":null,"abstract":"The low nutritive value of pastures in tropical regions represents a limitation in the productivity of grazing ruminants. The objective was to determine the in vitro chemical and fermentative characteristics of nine tropical grasses (Aruana [Panicum maximun Jacq. cv. Aruana], Bermuda [Cynodon dactylon L.], Estrella de África [Cynodon Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst], Insurgente [Brachiaria brizantha Hochst. Stapf.], Llanero [Andropogon gayanus Kunth], Mombaza [Panicum maximun Jacq. cv. Mombaza], Pará [Brachiaria mutica Stapf], Pangola [Digitaria eriantha Steud.], and Tanzania [Panicum maximun Jacq. cv. Tanzania]) at three regrowth ages (30, 45, and 60 days). The chemical analysis was used to determine the concentrations of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and ash (Ce). The in vitro trial measured partial (24, 48, and 72 h) and cumulative biogas and methane production, fermentation kinetics estimators (A, b, and k), dry matter degradation (DMD) and detergent neutral fiber degradation (NDFD), pH, and ammonia nitrogen (N-NH3). The experimental design was completely randomized at each regrowth age. In conclusion, based on chemical analysis and fermentative characteristics, Pangola and Estrella pastures performed better at each regrowth age.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135064144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-19DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2570
Gilberto Rodríguez-Pérez, Felipe de Jesús Reynaga-Franco, Francisco Cadena-Cadena, Francisco Cervantes-Ortiz, Alfredo Josué Gámez-Vázquez, Miguel Ángel Ávila-Perches, Netzahualcóyotl Mayek-Pérez, Alejandro García-Ramírez
{"title":"BIOMASS PRODUCTION IN SPRING HABIT TRITICALE (X Triticosecale Wittmack) ELITE LINES","authors":"Gilberto Rodríguez-Pérez, Felipe de Jesús Reynaga-Franco, Francisco Cadena-Cadena, Francisco Cervantes-Ortiz, Alfredo Josué Gámez-Vázquez, Miguel Ángel Ávila-Perches, Netzahualcóyotl Mayek-Pérez, Alejandro García-Ramírez","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2570","url":null,"abstract":"In plant breeding, genotype behavior analysis under different development conditions and years of evaluation allows for the identification of desirable individuals. In this study, forage biomass production of 20 elite lines of spring habit triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack) determined over a two-year evaluation period. The research was conducted in autumn-winter seasons of 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. It was carried out using a randomized complete block experimental design with three replications per year and combined analysis. The experimental unit included two furrows in an area of 8.0 m2. The variables measured were those related to green and dry forage yield, number of stems, number of leaves, and plant height in the milky-mass stage. Lines L-3, L-9, and L-4 showed higher averages of green and dry forage, more stems and leaves, increased plant height, and presented a late cycle; L-18, L-20, and L-19 yielded less, with a tendency to earlier and smaller plant size. The combined analysis revealed significant differences (p ≤ 0.05); the biplot showed that lines L-17, L-5, L-9, L-20, L-4, and L-19 had higher production in the first year of evaluation for green and dry forage, number of stems, as well as a higher number of leaves.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135063135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2884
Daniel Alejandro Cadena-Zamudio, Pedro Cadena-Iñiguez, José Luis Arispe-Vázquez, David Heriberto Noriega-Cantú, Rocío Toledo-Aguilar, Juan Mayo-Hernández
{"title":"ANALYSIS OF AGROFORESTRY RESEARCH IN MEXICO: A BIBLIOMETRIC APPROACH","authors":"Daniel Alejandro Cadena-Zamudio, Pedro Cadena-Iñiguez, José Luis Arispe-Vázquez, David Heriberto Noriega-Cantú, Rocío Toledo-Aguilar, Juan Mayo-Hernández","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2884","url":null,"abstract":"The world is currently confronted with a complex task involving the sustainable balance of food production and long-term consumption. One way to face this challenge is through agroforestry systems (ASF). At the national level, there is relevant information on the subject; however, few studies have attempted to analyze trends in agroforestry scientific development over time. In this sense, it was proposed that the number of ASF publications related to food security and natural resource conservation increase on an annual basis. The objective of the present study was to perform a quantitative analysis of agroforestry research published between 1990 and 2022 from Web of Science in Mexico with a bibliometric approach. There were 204 publications related to agroforestry systems, recording an increase of 86 % in the last decade. Among the scientific journals analyzed, Agroforestry Systems and Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine registered the highest number of publications and citations. The most frequent terms mentioned in publications over 32 years were the relationship between the effects of ASF on crops, traditional management, local knowledge, and the conservation of natural resources. The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) is the institution with the highest number of research works on the subject, mainly by scientists Alejandro Casas Fernandez and Isabel Moreno Calles, both individually and collaboratively. In conclusion, the number of publications on ASF increased during the time period studied, primarily in the area of food security.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134971026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2833
Jose Luis Cordero-Mora, Marco Antonio Ayala-Monter, German David Mendoza-Martínez, José Alfredo Martínez-Aispuro, Pedro Abel Hernández-García, Israel Martínez-Cruz
{"title":"EVALUATION OF AN HERBAL FEED SUPPLEMENT (ANIMUNIN POWDER®) IN NURSING LAMBS FOR GROWTH AND HEALTH","authors":"Jose Luis Cordero-Mora, Marco Antonio Ayala-Monter, German David Mendoza-Martínez, José Alfredo Martínez-Aispuro, Pedro Abel Hernández-García, Israel Martínez-Cruz","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2833","url":null,"abstract":"Enteric and respiratory infections cause lamb death during and after weaning, resulting in economic losses in intensive ovine production systems. These infections have been treated with antibiotics, but their inadequate use has resulted in bacterial resistance. Plant-derived secondary metabolites can be used as an alternative to antibiotics in lambs. We hypothesized that Animunin could improve lamb performance and immunological response during and after weaning. The objective of this study was to see how Animunin supplementation affected the profile of blood metabolites related to health status and weight changes in nursing lambs. The experimental design was completely randomized, with treatments consisting of supplementation with Animunin gel caps at doses of 0.0, 0.25, 0.50, and 1.0 g d-1 for 60 d. Treatments were assigned at random to 40 male Hampshire x Suffolk nursing lambs (initial body weight (IBW) 10.8±2.6 kg, 25 d old). Weight at weaning (WW) was determined on day 83±2. During lactation, the lambs were offered pre-starter feed and water ad libitum, in addition to nursing. SAS GLM procedure was used to analyze the data. The level of polyherbal mixture had no effect on most blood components. However, as the dose of Animunin in the gel caps increased, glucose, urea, and creatinine levels decreased. In contrast, the levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the blood of lambs given the 1 g dose increased by 39.4 and 45.9 %, respectively, compared to lambs given 0 g. The final body weight and daily gain were not affected (p > 0.05). In conclusion, the phytogenic Animunin had hypoglycemic effects while having no affecting lamb growth.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134971025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-07DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2983
Arturo García-Saldaña, Arturo Pérez-Vázquez, Juan Pablo Martínez-Dávila, María del Refugio Castañeda-Chávez, Eugenio Carrillo-Ávila, Alejandro Alonso-López
{"title":"FERTIGATION DISTRIBUTION WITH LOW PRESSURE MULTIGATE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN A SUGARCANE AGROECOSYSTEM","authors":"Arturo García-Saldaña, Arturo Pérez-Vázquez, Juan Pablo Martínez-Dávila, María del Refugio Castañeda-Chávez, Eugenio Carrillo-Ávila, Alejandro Alonso-López","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2983","url":null,"abstract":"In the state of Veracruz, Mexico, low sugarcane yields are reported despite the high use of inputs. This results in economic losses and environmental pollution. A fertigation system designed at the Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS) Campus Veracruz was established to determine the uniformity and stability of fertilizer distribution in the sugarcane crop. This study was carried out in a sugarcane plot with a farmer participant. Three levels of valve openings at the injector inlet (1/3, 2/3, and 3/3) were tested to determine the homogeneity of fertigation at the outlet of the gates and the stability of the system over time. Samples of water-fertilizer mixture were taken at the outlet of the gates. They were analyzed in the laboratory with a UV-visible spectrophotometer at 202 nm for nitrogen. It was found that the 1/3 and 3/3 valve position openings caused instability in the system. For the 2/3 opening with p = 0.359, no statistical difference (α= 0.05) was found during the time of emptying the container of the water-fertilizer mixture. Therefore, the fertigation system proved to be stable with a valve opening close to 2/3. Using the valve openings, the flow rate of water-fertilizer entering the system is uniformly mixed at the outlets of the multi-gate pipeline that pours into the crop furrows (p = 0.474 and α = 0.05). It can be concluded that in fertilization using a low-pressure irrigation system, nitrogen fertilizer is uniformly distributed when a Venturi type injector is used in a sugarcane agroecosystem with a valve opening close to 2/3.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135047861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-06DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2915
Selene Pérez-Morales, María Magdalena Crosby-Galván, Mónica Ramírez-Mella, José Ricardo Bárcena-Gama, Omar Hernández-Mendo, Elsa Margarita Crosby-Galván
{"title":"CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND in situ DEGRADATION OF DIETS PREPARED WITH AND WITHOUT FRUIT OF Parmentiera aculeata (Kunth) L.O. Williams IN SHEEP","authors":"Selene Pérez-Morales, María Magdalena Crosby-Galván, Mónica Ramírez-Mella, José Ricardo Bárcena-Gama, Omar Hernández-Mendo, Elsa Margarita Crosby-Galván","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2915","url":null,"abstract":"During the drought period in cattle pastures, the fruits of chote (Parmentiera aculeata (Kunth) L.O.) Williams are available, which are satisfactorily consumed by grazing ruminants. However, the nutritional value and ruminal availability of the dry matter of this fruit, to which nutritional properties are attributed, are unknown. The objective was to evaluate the degradation of chote fruit for inclusion in sheep diets using in situ degradation and to identify some physiological variables in the rumen. Six rumen fistulated lambs with a live weight of 30 ± 2 kg were adapted for 11 days to the following experimental diets: T 0: 0 % chote fruit; T 15: 15 % chote fruit, and T 30: 30 % chote fruit. In situ degradation of chote fruit was determined and experimental diets were analyzed with a 3 × 3 crossover design. The results show that after 3 and 6 h, chote fruit at T 30 presented greater degradation (p ≤ 0.05). After 24, 48, and 72 h, pH and ammonia nitrogen (N-NH3) showed no statistical differences (p > 0.05). The yields of acetic, propionic, and butyric acids were not different (p > 0.05) at T 15 (acetic acid = 77.81 mM L-1; propionic = 14.39 mM L-1; butyric = 0. 67 mM L-1) and T 30 (acetic acid = 77.21 mM L-1; propionic = 18.52 mM L-1; butyric = 8.97 mM L-1), but both were greater than T 0 (acetic = 62.03 mM L-1, propionic = 18.52 mM L-1, butyric = 9.27 mM L-1). In conclusion, the addition of 30 % chote to sheep diets increases degradation without affecting ruminal variables.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135204821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AgrocienciaPub Date : 2023-09-04DOI: 10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2839
José Primitivo Arroyo-Ortega, A. Macías-Duarte, C. Ortega-Rosas, O. G. Gutiérrez-Ruacho
{"title":"FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION INCREASES MULE DEER (Odocoileus hemionus eremicus) RETENTION AT THE RANCHO SAN HUBERTO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT UNIT, SONORA, MEXICO","authors":"José Primitivo Arroyo-Ortega, A. Macías-Duarte, C. Ortega-Rosas, O. G. Gutiérrez-Ruacho","doi":"10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47163/agrociencia.v57i6.2839","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial food and water supplementation programs are common in Wildlife Conservation Management Units (UMAs) in arid northern Mexico to attract and retain mule deer as quality trophies. However, implementing these actions represents a high economic cost, and there is no convincing evidence of their effectiveness. This study evaluated the effect of food and water supplementation by capture-mark-recapture using camera traps at the UMA San Huberto, Sonora, Mexico. During the winter of 2015-2016, male mule deer counts and detection histories were collected at 62 photo-trapping stations spread across four supplementation treatments: 1) water and food, 2) water, 3) food, and 4) no supplementation. In addition, to assess the impact of natural vegetation on trough and feeder utilization on the ranch, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index was calculated using Landsat 8 satellite images. A log-Poisson regression model for deer counts per photo-trapping station found that food supplementation increased mule deer numbers by 42 % when compared to stations without food supplementation. Vegetation biomass had no effect on the frequency of use of feeders and waterers in any of the treatments. According to the multistate model for detection histories, male mule deer at waterers receiving food-only supplementation are more likely to remain in that treatment than to move to either of the other two treatments (water and feed or water). This finding suggests that food-only supplementation is more effective in retaining male mule deer.","PeriodicalId":50836,"journal":{"name":"Agrociencia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77823155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}