Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer and planting density levels for maize production under current climate conditions in Northwest Ethiopian midlands

Kindie Tesfaye Dereje Ademe Enyew Adgo (2023, [Artículo])

This study determined the most effective plating density (PD) and nitrogen (N) fertilizer rate for well-adapted BH540 medium-maturing maize cultivars for current climate condition in north west Ethiopia midlands. The Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT)-Crop Environment Resource Synthesis (CERES)-Maize model has been utilized to determine the appropriate PD and N-fertilizer rate. An experimental study of PD (55,555, 62500, and 76,900 plants ha−1) and N (138, 207, and 276 kg N ha−1) levels was conducted for 3 years at 4 distinct sites. The DSSAT-CERES-Maize model was calibrated using climate data from 1987 to 2018, physicochemical soil profiling data (wilting point, field capacity, saturation, saturated hydraulic conductivity, root growth factor, bulk density, soil texture, organic carbon, total nitrogen; and soil pH), and agronomic management data from the experiment. After calibration, the DSSAT-CERES-Maize model was able to simulate the phenology and growth parameters of maize in the evaluation data set. The results from analysis of variance revealed that the maximum observed and simulated grain yield, biomass, and leaf area index were recorded from 276 kg N ha−1 and 76,900 plants ha−1 for the BH540 maize variety under the current climate condition. The application of 76,900 plants ha−1 combined with 276 kg N ha−1 significantly increased observed and simulated yield by 25% and 15%, respectively, compared with recommendation. Finally, future research on different N and PD levels in various agroecological zones with different varieties of mature maize types could be conducted for the current and future climate periods.

Maize Model Planting Density CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA MAIZE MODELS SPACING NITROGEN FERTILIZERS YIELDS

Remoción de arsénico mediante procesos de membrana

César Calderón Mólgora María Laura Quezada Jiménez CARLOS HERNANDEZ YAÑEZ (2012, [Artículo])

Con el objeto de verificar la viabilidad técnica y económica de potabilizar mediante procesos de membrana agua contaminada con arsénico, se llevaron a cabo pruebas de tratabilidad utilizando pilotos de coagulación-microfiltración (C-MF) y de nanofiltración (NF) en un pozo, cuya concentración promedio de arsénico fue de 67 μg/l y la conductividad promedio de 975 μS/cm.

Arsénico Coagulación Membranas Microfiltración Nanofiltración INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Consideraciones agronómicas para el diseño de invernaderos típicos de México

Jorge Flores Velazquez WALDO OJEDA BUSTAMANTE (2015, [Libro])

El despunte de la agricultura protegida, en el mundo, ha puesto de manifiesto, por un lado, las bondades de esta técnica de producción, y por otro, la necesidad de profundizar en la investigación relacionada con los procesos que suceden de manera inherente al desarrollo del cultivo. Los procesos fisiológicos del cultivo, tales como fotosíntesis o respiración son procesos estrechamente relacionados con las condiciones ambientales, las cuales pueden o no ser adecuadas para lograr las mejores cosechas. México es uno de los países que más ha crecido en superficie para cultivar en invernadero. Un aspecto muy importante en un invernadero es el control del clima y uno de los métodos principales para ventilar en invernaderos es el que utiliza las fuerzas de presión y temperatura. El presente trabajo muestra el funcionamiento del sistema de ventilación natural en invernaderos típicos de México usando la dinámica de fluidos computacional.

Invernaderos Diseño Construcción Producción agrícola INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Síntesis de sistema Cturbo/ZnO/CuO con aplicación en degradación de colorante por fotocatálisis

Jose Manuel Riega Medina (2022, [Tesis de maestría])

La contaminación del agua por compuestos orgánicos tóxicos es un problema

que ha sido estudiado y abordado de diferentes formas. Para dar una solución a

esta problemática, se han propuestos diversos métodos y mecanismos de descontaminación.

Dentro de estos, la fotocatálisis heterogénea se presenta como una

solución amigable con el medio ambiente y de bajo costo energético. Por otro lado,

la síntesis de alótropos del carbono con fotocatalizadores, ha demostrado mejorar

la actividad de estos para fotodegradar compuestos orgánicos. Adicionalmente, el

ordenamiento turboestrático del carbono, compuesto de grafeno y grafito exfoliado,

se presenta como un material promisorio ya que tiene propiedades muy parecidas

al grafeno de pocas capas [1].

En la presente tesis se sintetizó el carbono turboestrático (Cturbo) por una variante

del método dry ice. La caracterización por Difracción de Rayos X (DRX) y espectroscopía

Raman, mostró la estructura del carbono y los defectos presentes en la red

grafítica. Con la Microscopía Electrónica de Barrido (MEB) y Microscopía Electrónica

de Transmisión (MET) se observó el apilamiento turboestrático del carbono junto

con planos de grafeno y grafito exfoliado. Las propiedades texturales mostraron que

el Cturbo es un material mesoporoso con un área superficial de 634 m2/g. La prueba

de adsorción del Anaranjado de Metilo (AM) en el Cturbo determinó que el modelo

de Freundlich es el que mejor describe el tipo de adsorción entre estos. El sistema

Cturbo/ZnO/CuO se sintetizó por los métodos de calcinación y coprecipitado. La

caracterización por DRX mostró las tres fases presentes. El área superficial del sistema

aumenta con el aumento de la cantidad de Cturbo presente. En la MEB y MET

se observó las partículas de ZnO y CuO dispersas sobre el Cturbo. El ancho de banda

prohibida del sistema disminuye con el aumento de Cturbo. Las pruebas de fotocatálisis

bajo radiación ultravioleta (UV), mostraron que el Cturbo, en el sistema, aumenta

la degradación del AM en comparación a cuando se realizó la prueba solo con los

óxidos.

Este estudio presenta un nuevo método para sintetizar el ordenamiento turboestrática

del carbono y una posible aplicación de este como sustrato para mejorar las

propiedades fotocatalíticas del ZnO y CuO.

Síntesis de materiales Contaminación CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA FÍSICA QUÍMICA FÍSICA OTRAS OTRAS

Remedies for the Inconsistences in the Times of Execution of the Unsorted Database Search Algorithm within the Wave Approach

Manuel Ávila Aoki José Benito Elizalde Salas (2017, [Artículo])

The typical semiclassical wave version of the unsorted database search algorithm based on a system of coupled simple harmonic oscillators does not consider an important ingredient of Grovers original algorithm as it is quantum entanglement. The role of entanglement in the wave version of the unsorted database search algorithm is explored and contradictions with the time of execution of Grovers algorithm are found. We remedy the contradictions by employing two arguments, one of them qualitative and the other quantitative. For the qualitative argument we employ the probabilistic nature of a legitimate quantum algorithm and remedy the above inconsistence. Within the quantitative argument we identify a parameter in the wave version of the unsorted database search algorithm which is related to entanglement. The contradiction with the time of execution of Grovers algorithm is solved by choosing an appropriate values of such a parameter which incorporates entanglement to the wave version of the unsorted database search algorithm. The utility of the present arguments are evident if the wave version of the unsorted data base search algorithm is experimentally implemented through a system of N quantum dots with a harmonic oscillator potential as a confinement potential for each of the quantum dots. Each of the above N vibrating quantum dots must be coupled to an extra single vibrating quantum dot which entangles to all of them. In order to obtain optimal results, the coupling constants of the mentioned quantum dots should be adjusted in the way described in the present work.

Computación Unsorted database search Grover algorithm wave entanglement queries time Computación Unsorted database search Grover algorithm wave entanglement queries time INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Nepal Seed And Fertilizer Project

Dyutiman Choudhary (2022, [Objeto de congreso])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA SEED FERTILIZERS SEED INDUSTRY PRIVATE SECTOR MAIZE RICE INTEGRATED SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT COVID-19

Environmental Nanoparticles Reach Human Fetal Brains

LILIAN OFELIA CALDERON GARCIDUEÑAS ANGEL AUGUSTO PEREZ CALATAYUD ANGELICA GONZALEZ MACIEL RAFAEL REYNOSO ROBLES Héctor Gabriel Silva Pereyra Andrea Ramos Morales RICARDO TORRES JARDON Candelario de Jesús Soberanes Cerino Raúl Carrillo Esper JESÚS CARLOS BRIONES GARDUÑO Yazmin del Socorro Conde Gutiérrez (2022, [Artículo])

"Anthropogenic ultrafine particulate matter (UFPM) and industrial and natural nanoparticles (NPs) are ubiquitous. Normal term, preeclamptic, and postconceptional weeks(PCW) 8–15 human placentas and brains from polluted Mexican cities were analyzed by TEM and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. We documented NPs in maternal erythrocytes, early syncytiotrophoblast, Hofbauer cells, and fetal endothelium (ECs). Fetal ECs exhibited caveolar NP activity and widespread erythroblast contact. Brain ECs displayed micropodial extensions reaching luminal NP-loaded erythroblasts. Neurons and primitive glia displayed nuclear, organelle, and cytoplasmic NPs in both singles and conglomerates. Nanoscale Fe, Ti, and Al alloys, Hg, Cu, Ca, Sn, and Si were detected in placentas and fetal brains. Preeclamptic fetal blood NP vesicles are prospective neonate UFPM exposure biomarkers. NPs are reaching brain tissues at the early developmental PCW 8–15 stage, and NPs in maternal and fetal placental tissue compartments strongly suggests the placental barrier is not limiting the access of environmental NPs. Erythroblasts are the main early NP carriers to fetal tissues. The passage of UFPM/NPs from mothers to fetuses is documented and fingerprinting placental single particle composition could be useful for postnatal risk assessments. Fetal brain combustion and industrial NPs raise medical concerns about prenatal and postnatal health, including neurological and neurodegenerative lifelong consequences."

Environmental medicine Placental impairment Neurodevelopmental disorders Fetal brains Erythroblasts Preeclampsia Nanoparticles NPs extracellular vesicles Petrochemical pollution Villahermosa Tabasco BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA QUÍMICA BIOQUÍMICA BIOQUÍMICA

The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa

Gatien Falconnier Marc Corbeels Frédéric Baudron Antoine Couëdel leonard rusinamhodzi bernard vanlauwe Ken Giller (2023, [Artículo])

Can farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) boost crop yields and improve food availability without using more mineral fertilizer? This question has been at the center of lively debates among the civil society, policy-makers, and in academic editorials. Proponents of the “yes” answer have put forward the “input reduction” principle of agroecology, i.e. by relying on agrobiodiversity, recycling and better efficiency, agroecological practices such as the use of legumes and manure can increase crop productivity without the need for more mineral fertilizer. We reviewed decades of scientific literature on nutrient balances in SSA, biological nitrogen fixation of tropical legumes, manure production and use in smallholder farming systems, and the environmental impact of mineral fertilizer. Our analyses show that more mineral fertilizer is needed in SSA for five reasons: (i) the starting point in SSA is that agricultural production is “agroecological” by default, that is, very low mineral fertilizer use, widespread mixed crop-livestock systems and large crop diversity including legumes, but leading to poor soil fertility as a result of widespread soil nutrient mining, (ii) the nitrogen needs of crops cannot be adequately met solely through biological nitrogen fixation by legumes and recycling of animal manure, (iii) other nutrients like phosphorus and potassium need to be replaced continuously, (iv) mineral fertilizers, if used appropriately, cause little harm to the environment, and (v) reducing the use of mineral fertilizers would hamper productivity gains and contribute indirectly to agricultural expansion and to deforestation. Yet, the agroecological principles directly related to soil fertility—recycling, efficiency, diversity—remain key in improving soil health and nutrient-use efficiency, and are critical to sustaining crop productivity in the long run. We argue for a nuanced position that acknowledges the critical need for more mineral fertilizers in SSA, in combination with the use of agroecological practices and adequate policy support.

Manure Crop Yields Smallholder Farming Systems Environmental Hazards CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION LEGUMES NUTRIENT BALANCE SOIL FERTILITY AGROECOLOGY YIELD INCREASES LITERATURE REVIEWS

Impact of manures and fertilizers on yield and soil properties in a rice-wheat cropping system

Alison Laing Akbar Hossain (2023, [Artículo])

The use of chemical fertilizers under a rice-wheat cropping system (RWCS) has led to the emergence of micronutrient deficiency and decreased crop productivity. Thus, the experiment was conducted with the aim that the use of organic amendments would sustain productivity and improve the soil nutrient status under RWCS. A three-year experiment was conducted with different organic manures i.e. no manure (M0), farmyard manure@15 t ha-1 (M1), poultry manure@6 t ha-1(M2), press mud@15 t ha-1(M3), rice straw compost@6 t ha-1(M4) along with different levels of the recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) i.e. 0% (F1), 75% (F2 and 100% (F3 in a split-plot design with three replications and plot size of 6 m x 1.2 m. Laboratory-based analysis of different soil as well as plant parameters was done using standard methodologies. The use of manures considerably improved the crop yield, macronutrients viz. nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and micronutrients such as zinc, iron, manganese and copper, uptake in both the crops because of nutrient release from decomposed organic matter. Additionally, the increase in fertilizer dose increased these parameters. The system productivity was maximum recorded under F3M1 (13,052 kg ha-1) and results were statistically identical with F3M2 and F3M3. The significant upsurge of macro and micro-nutrients in soil and its correlation with yield outcomes was also observed through the combined use of manures as well as fertilizers. This study concluded that the use of 100% RDF integrated with organic manures, particularly farmyard manure would be a beneficial resource for increased crop yield, soil nutrient status and system productivity in RWCS in different regions of India.

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA ORGANIC FERTILIZERS YIELDS SOIL PROPERTIES RICE WHEAT CROPPING SYSTEMS

Fighting food, fertilizer, and the climate crisis in Africa through targeted nitrogen management

Tek Sapkota Sieglinde Snapp (2022, [Objeto de congreso])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA FOOD INSECURITY NITROGEN FERTILIZERS RICE WHEAT MAIZE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT