EGS planning, production, maintenance of inbred lines and Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC)

Fidelis Owino Berhanu Tadesse Ertiro (2022, [Objeto de congreso])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA INBRED LINES SEED QUALITY QUALITY CONTROL GENETIC MARKERS

Frijol x'pelón: un tesoro en el mundo de los cultivos huérfanos

AMELIO ELI MORALES MORALES CESAR MARQUEZ QUIROZ SAYANI TERESA LOPEZ ESPINOSA (2023, [Artículo])

Vigna unguiculata, conocida comúnmente como frijol x'pelón, es la especie más importante del género Vigna en México. Esta especie forma parte del grupo de los “cultivos huérfanos”, que se refiere a cultivos que no se comercializan a nivel internacional, por lo que reciben menos atención en términos de investigación y desarrollo. A pesar de la falta de atención a nivel científico, juega un papel fundamental en la dieta de numerosas comunidades, principalmente en zonas rurales y de bajo ingreso, puesto que son ricos en nutrientes y tienen características que los hacen valiosos para la seguridad alimentaria y la biodiversidad.

CAUPI LEGUMINOSAS MEJORAMIENTO GENETICO VIGNA UNGUICULATA BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL

¿Barbie científica? No, mujeres indígenas: el reto de ser científica en México

GABRIELA CASTAÑEDA CORRAL LILIAN DOLORES CHEL GUERRERO (2023, [Artículo])

En Barbie Land, un mundo de fantasía donde todo es perfecto y color de

rosa, habita Barbie, una muñeca joven y atractiva, que viste a la moda y es

profesionista y cuyo lema es: “Tú puedes ser lo que quieras ser”. Barbie

sólo tiene que decidir qué profesionista quiere ser e inmediatamente lo es.

Si decide ser bailarina, fotógrafa, abogada, doctora, astronauta o

científica, puede serlo sin que exista algún impedimento. Incluso, fue

galardonada con un Premio Nobel en Física con tan sólo desearlo. Pero

en la realidad, ¿qué tan fácil es hacer lo mismo que Barbie? ¿Su mundo es

igual al nuestro?

CIENCIAS SOCIALES SOCIOLOGÍA mujeres científicas, género, discriminación

Uso potencial de pellets para el tratamiento de aguas contaminadas con arsénico en comunidades de Xichú, Gto., México

Pellets potential use for the treatment of contaminated water with arsenic in communities Xichú, Gto. Mexico

ALMA HORTENSIA SERAFIN MUÑOZ MELINA GUADALUPE MEDINA GARCIA FRANCISCO AGUSTIN VIDO GARCIA BERENICE NORIEGA LUNA ADRIAN ZAMORATEGUI MOLINA (2017, [Artículo])

En el presente trabajo se llevó a cabo el desarrollo del uso de pellets, provenientes de resi-duos lignocelulósicos, para el tratamiento de aguas contaminadas con arsénico de las comu-nidades del municipio de Xichú, Gto., México. Las muestras de agua, n = 72, se evaluaron con base en la NOM-127-SSA1-1994. La concentración más alta de arsénico fue arriba de los límites permisibles, 0.2 mg.L–1 ± 0.04 mg.L–1. Los pellets utilizados fueron a partir de aserrín, paja de trigo, agave y sorgo. Se optimizó la rampa de temperatura para la mejor consistencia de los pellets. Se realizaron varios diseños experimentales con los pellets, n = 162, a diferentes condiciones, para desarrollar el proceso de activación y tratamiento con Fe (III). Los pellets obtenidos fueron colocados en muestras de agua contaminadas con ar-sénico por 24 h. Se logró una remoción de arsénico a pH entre 6.5 a 7, del 98.50% ± 1.2%.

Present work was carried out development of use of pellets from lignocellulosic waste for arsenic-contaminated waters treatment in communities of the municipality of Xichu, Guanajuato, Mexico. Water samples, n = 72, were evaluated based on NOM-127-SSA1-1994.

The highest concentration of arsenic was above permissible limits, 0.2 mg.L–1 ± 0.04 mg.L–1. Pellets used were from sawdust, wheat straw, agave and sorghum. Temperature ramp to the best consistency of pellets is optimized. Several experimental designs with pellets were

performed,n = 162, in different conditions to develop activation process and treatment with Fe (III). Pellets obtained were placed in water samples contaminated with arsenic 24 h. Arsenic removal at pH between 6.5 to 7, of 98.50% ± 1.2% was achieved.

BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA Arsénico Pellets Lignocelulósica Tecnologías sustentables Xichú, Gto. México Arsenic Lignocellulosic wastes Sustainable technologies

Determinación de la frecuencia de anormalidades nucleares en aves marinas de la península de Baja California

Determination of the frequency of nuclear abnormalities in seabirds of the Baja California peninsula

Jorge Andrés Morales Rico (2023, [Tesis de maestría])

En la actualidad, la creciente contaminación en los ecosistemas marinos que, derivada de las actividades humanas, ha puesto en riesgo a una gran cantidad de especies. Las aves marinas son un grupo especialmente afectado por la contaminación. Además de que, por sus características ecológicas, como su elevada posición en la cadena trófica y longevidad, se han usado como un grupo de organismos bioindicadores. El objetivo de este trabajo de tesis consistió en determinar la frecuencia de anormalidades nucleares (AN) presentes en cuatro especies de aves marinas de la península de Baja California: la fragata tijereta, el albatros de Laysan, la gaviota bajacaliforniana y el pelícano café. Así como identificar posibles diferencias en las frecuencias asociadas al año, la edad y la especie. La frecuencia de anormalidades nucleares fue determinada mediante la prueba de micronúcleos y anormalidades nucleares, por microscopia de fluorescencia. Posteriormente se empleó la prueba U de Mann-Whitney para determinar diferencias significativas entre dos grupos comparados. No se encontró un efecto de la edad sobre la frecuencia de AN, tampoco se encontraron variaciones interanuales. Sin embargo, se observaron diferencias significativas al comparar la frecuencia de AN de pollos de fragata tijereta con pollos de gaviota bajacaliforniana, siendo mayores en las gaviotas. En aves adultas se encontraron diferencias al comparar las frecuencias de albatros de Laysan con la fragata tijereta, siendo mayor en los albatros. Dentro de los factores que podrían estar implicados en estas diferencias, la zona de forrajeo podría ser el más importante. La prueba de micronúcleos y anormalidades nucleares permitió establecer valores de referencia para las cuatro especies analizadas, además el monitoreo de estas aves a través de esta prueba permitirá la detección temprana de contaminantes genotóxicos.

Currently, the increasing pollution in marine ecosystems, resulting from human activities, has endangered many species. Seabirds are a group particularly affected by pollution. Moreover, due to their ecological characteristics, such as their high position in the food chain and longevity, they have been used as a group of bioindicator organisms. The objective of this thesis work was to determine the frequency of nuclear abnormalities (NA) present in four species of seabirds from the Baja California Peninsula: the magnificent frigatebird, Laysan albatross, yellow-footed gull, and brown pelican. Additionally, to identify possible differences in the frequencies associated with the year, age, and species. The frequency of nuclear abnormalities was determined using the micronuclei and nuclear abnormalities test, by fluorescence microscopy. Subsequently, the Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine significant differences between two compared groups. No age effect on the frequency of NA was found, nor were there interannual variations. However, significant differences were observed when comparing the frequency of NA in magnificent frigatebird chicks with yellow-footed gull chicks, with higher values in the gulls. In adult birds, differences were found when comparing the frequencies of Laysan albatrosses with frigatebirds, with higher values in the albatrosses. Among the factors that could be involved in these differences, foraging areas could be the most important. The micronuclei and nuclear abnormalities test allowed for the establishment of reference values for the four analyzed species. Furthermore, monitoring these birds through this test will allow for the early detection of genotoxic contaminants.

bioindicador, contaminación, genotoxicidad, micronúcleos bioindicator, contamination, genotoxicity, micronuclei BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA OTRAS ESPECIALIDADES DE LA BIOLOGÍA OTRAS OTRAS

Transcriptome mining provides insights into cell wall metabolism and fiber lignification in Agave tequilana Weber

Luis Fernando Maceda Lopez ELSA BEATRIZ GONGORA CASTILLO Enrique Ibarra-Laclette DALIA C. MORAN VELAZQUEZ AMARANTA GIRON RAMIREZ Matthieu Bourdon José Luis Villalpando Aguilar Gabriela Chavez-Calvillo Toomer John Tang Parastoo Azadi Jorge Manuel Santamaría Fernández Itzel López-Rosas Mercedes G Lopez June Simpson FULGENCIO ALATORRE COBOS (2022, [Artículo])

Resilience of growing in arid and semiarid regions and a high capacity of accumulating sugar-rich biomass with low lignin percentages have placed Agave species as an emerging bioen-ergy crop. Although transcriptome sequencing of fiber-producing agave species has been explored, molecular bases that control wall cell biogenesis and metabolism in agave species are still poorly understood. Here, through RNAseq data mining, we reconstructed the cellulose biosynthesis pathway and the phenylpropanoid route producing lignin monomers in A. tequilana, and evaluated their expression patterns in silico and experimentally. Most of the orthologs retrieved showed differential expression levels when they were analyzed in different tissues with contrasting cellulose and lignin accumulation. Phylogenetic and structural motif analyses of putative CESA and CAD proteins allowed to identify those potentially involved with secondary cell wall formation. RT-qPCR assays revealed enhanced expression levels of AtqCAD5 and AtqCESA7 in parenchyma cells associated with extraxylary fibers, suggesting a mechanism of formation of sclerenchyma fibers in Agave similar to that reported for xylem cells in model eudicots. Overall, our results provide a framework for un-derstanding molecular bases underlying cell wall biogenesis in Agave species studying mechanisms involving in leaf fiber development in monocots. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

AGAVE CELL WALLS LIGNOCELLULOSE CAD PROTEIN CESA PROTEIN SCLERENCHYMA BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA GENÉTICA GENÉTICA MOLECULAR DE PLANTAS GENÉTICA MOLECULAR DE PLANTAS

Expanding the WOFOST crop model to explore options for sustainable nitrogen management: A study for winter wheat in the Netherlands

João Vasco Silva Pytrik Reidsma (2024, [Artículo])

Nitrogen (N) management is essential to ensure crop growth and to balance production, economic, and environmental objectives from farm to regional levels. This study aimed to extend the WOFOST crop model with N limited production and use the model to explore options for sustainable N management for winter wheat in the Netherlands. The extensions consisted of the simulation of crop and soil N processes, stress responses to N deficiencies, and the maximum gross CO2 assimilation rate being computed from the leaf N concentration. A new soil N module, abbreviated as SNOMIN (Soil Nitrogen for Organic and Mineral Nitrogen module) was developed. The model was calibrated and evaluated against field data. The model reproduced the measured grain dry matter in all treatments in both the calibration and evaluation data sets with a RMSE of 1.2 Mg ha−1 and the measured aboveground N uptake with a RMSE of 39 kg N ha−1. Subsequently, the model was applied in a scenario analysis exploring different pathways for sustainable N use on farmers' wheat fields in the Netherlands. Farmers' reported yield and N fertilization management practices were obtained for 141 fields in Flevoland between 2015 and 2017, representing the baseline. Actual N input and N output (amount of N in grains at harvest) were estimated for each field from these data. Water and N-limited yields and N outputs were simulated for these fields to estimate the maximum attainable yield and N output under the reported N management. The investigated scenarios included (1) closing efficiency yield gaps, (2) adjusting N input to the minimum level possible without incurring yield losses, and (3) achieving 90% of the simulated water-limited yield. Scenarios 2 and 3 were devised to allow for soil N mining (2a and 3a) and to not allow for soil N mining (2b and 3b). The results of the scenario analysis show that the largest N surplus reductions without soil N mining, relative to the baseline, can be obtained in scenario 1, with an average of 75%. Accepting negative N surpluses (while maintaining yield) would allow maximum N input reductions of 84 kg N ha−1 (39%) on average (scenario 2a). However, the adjustment in N input for these pathways, and the resulting N surplus, varied strongly across fields, with some fields requiring greater N input than used by farmers.

Crop Growth Models WOFOST CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CROPS NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY WINTER WHEAT SOIL WATER

El proyecto de creación del Estado del Centro, 1870

The project to create the State of the Center, 1870

EVELIN MARES CENTENO (2022, [Artículo])

El 21 de julio de 1870 los principales vecinos de la ciudad de León y el cabildo emprendieron las gestiones necesarias para crear una nueva entidad federativa que llevaría el nombre de Estado del Centro, la cual estaría compuesta por ayuntamientos de los estados de Jalisco y Guanajuato. A pe sar de que se trató de un proyecto político que se llevó a cabo en un momento en el que se estaba reconfigurando la geografía política del país, y de que contaba con los requisitos que solicitaba la Constitución de 1857, no logró consolidarse. Sin embargo, su estudio permite acercarse a conocer el proceso de configuración política del territorio.

On July 21, 1870, the main residents of the city of León and the council, undertook the necessary steps to create a new federal entity that would bear the name of the State of the Center, which would be composed of municipalities of the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato. Despite the fact that it was a political project that was carried out at a time when the

political geography of the country was being reconfigured, and that it had the requirements requested by the 1857 Constitution, it failed to consolidate. However, its study allows us to get closer to knowing the process of political configuration of the territory.

CIENCIAS SOCIALES León, Guanajuato, México Ayuntamiento Lagos Territorio Florencio Antillón, 1830-1903 León, Guanajuato, México Municipalities Lagos Territory Florencio Antillón, 1830-1903

Biofortification to avoid malnutrition in humans in a changing climate: Enhancing micronutrient bioavailability in seed, tuber, and storage roots

Ana Luisa Garcia-Oliveira Mahalingam Govindaraj Rodomiro Ortiz (2023, [Artículo])

Bioaccessibility and Absorption Biofortified Crop Cultivars Genes and Genetic Markers Nutrient Acquisition Transport and Storage CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA BIOAVAILABILITY ABSORPTION CLIMATE CHANGE GENETIC MARKERS GENETIC ENGINEERING NUTRIENTS TRANSPORT STORAGE

Solanum tuberosum Microtuber Development under Darkness Unveiled through RNAseq Transcriptomic Analysis

ELIANA VALENCIA LOZANO LISSET HERRERA ISIDRON Osiel Salvador Recoder-Meléndez Aarón Barraza Celis JOSE LUIS CABRERA PONCE (2022, [Artículo])

"Potato microtuber (MT) development through in vitro techniques are ideal propagules for producing high quality potato plants. MT formation is influenced by several factors, i.e., photoperiod, sucrose, hormones, and osmotic stress. We have previously developed a protocol of MT induction in medium with sucrose (8% w/v), gelrite (6g/L), and 2iP as cytokinin under darkness. To understand the molecular mechanisms involved, we performed a transcriptome-wide analysis. Here we show that 1715 up- and 1624 down-regulated genes were involved in this biological process. Through the protein–protein interaction (PPI) network analyses performed in the STRING database (v11.5), we found 299 genes tightly associated in 14 clusters. Two major clusters of up-regulated proteins fundamental for life growth and development were found: 29 ribosomal proteins (RPs) interacting with 6 PEBP family members and 117 cell cycle (CC) proteins. The PPI network of up-regulated transcription factors (TFs) revealed that at least six TFs–MYB43, TSF, bZIP27, bZIP43, HAT4 and WOX9–may be involved during MTs development. The PPI network of down-regulated genes revealed a cluster of 83 proteins involved in light and photosynthesis, 110 in response to hormone, 74 in hormone mediate signaling pathway and 22 related to aging."

transcriptome-wide analysis, microtubers, potato, Solanum tuberosum, darkness, cell cycle, ribosomal proteins, PEBP family genes, cytokinin BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA GENÉTICA GENÉTICA MOLECULAR DE PLANTAS GENÉTICA MOLECULAR DE PLANTAS