Horticultural crops include a wide range of commodities, such as fruits and vegetables, that are highly valuable for humanity. They are extensively grown worldwide, and their production can be described as an open and highly complex system affected by many factors, among which we can count weather, soil and cropping system, as well as the interaction between these factors. The aim of environme ...

The overall objective of this research was to study the competitiveness of the production systems of the mango variety Tommy Atkins in the municipalities of La Mesa, Tocaima and Anapoima (Cundinamarca), in order to propose strategies for improvement and sustainability. This study sought to provide the means for a competitive analysis of the mango production system through diagnosis of the same ...

Heavy metals are highly toxic environmental pollutants. In plants, these compounds cause numerous slighter or stronger toxic effects. They inhibit root and shoot growth and yield production, affect nutrient uptake and homeostasis, and are frequently accumulated by agriculturally important crops. Effects of heavy metals on five selected species of agricultural crops were monitored. We focused o ...

In the Ecuadorian Animal and Plant Health Service (SESA) of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Acuaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP) a study was conducted to update the national bean (Phaseolus vulagaris L.) pest list. For updating the national pest list was gathered information from databases, national research institutions and universities. To determine the quarantine pests, it was revised info ...

In the Ecuadorian Animal and Plant Health Service (SESA) of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Acuaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP) a study was conducted to update the national peach (Prunus persica L.) pest list. For updating the national pest list was gathered information from databases, national research institutions and universities. To determine the quarantine pests, it was revised informat ...

Impacts of climate change in developing countries remain poorly understood because few studies have successfully analyses the overall impact of climate on developing country economies. Agricultural growth is widely viewed as an effective and most important way to reduce poverty in developing countries which are hardly hit by the adverse effects of climate change (Datt and Ravallion, 1996). Des ...