Investigation of the impact of Arundo donax in Mexico and evaluation of candidate biological control agents

MARICELA MARTINEZ JIMENEZ (2018, [Documento de trabajo])

The arrival and spread of non-native species into new environments is a serious threat to ecosystems, that is the case of Arundo donax L. (Poaceae Arundinoideae), a perennial grass native to the western Mediterranean to India. Arundo donax was introduced to North America from the Iberian Peninsula within the last 500 years and is now a widespread and invasive weed in the Rio Grande Basin, (the border line between Mexico and the United States) and in almost all the basins in Mexico. This plant is extremely invasive and damaging, affecting especially water supplies. In many parts of Mexico, precipitation and inflows periodically decline and result in a drought, for this reason water conservation programs have to consider the inclusion of control programs of this plant. In Mexico, A. donax is managed by cutting the stems, which is ineffective because of prolific asexual reproduction from an extensive rhizome system, and by using herbicides. However, evidence of serious harm to health and the environment of chemical control indicates that the herbicides are not desirable for it use in shorelines of water bodies where Arundo's infestations are established.

Especies invasoras Impacto ambiental Control de malezas Control biológico BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA

Manual para la cría masiva de Neochetina spp utilizado en el control biológico de lirio acuático

MARICELA MARTINEZ JIMENEZ (2005, [Libro])

Tabla de contenido: Introducción -- Antecedentes: definición de control biológico; Control biológico de lirio acuático; Ciclo biológico y características del género Neochetina; Especificidad del género Neochetina; Principales patógenos del género Neochetina; Cuarentena de insectos para el control biológico de malezas acuáticas; Cría masiva de insectos -- Metodología: cría masina de Neochetina; Liberación de Neochetina; Monitoreo -- Literatura citada -- Anexo fotográfico.

Se describen las bases para el control biológico del lirio acuático, así como una metodología para la cría masiva de dos especies de gorgojos: Neochetina eichhorniae y Neochetina bruchi, utilizados en el control biológico de esta maleza.

Introducción -- Antecedentes: definición de control biológico; Control biológico de lirio acuático; Ciclo biológico y características del género Neochetina; Especificidad del género Neochetina; Principales patógenos del género Neochetina; Cuarentena de insectos para el control biológico de malezas acuáticas; Cría masiva de insectos -- Metodología: cría masina de Neochetina; Liberación de Neochetina; Monitoreo -- Literatura citada -- Anexo fotográfico.

Malezas acuáticas Control biológico BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA

Verificación de procedimientos numéricos de simulación de maniobras en compuertas

GILBERTO DE JESUS LOPEZ CANTEÑS JORGE VICTOR PRADO HERNANDEZ FELIPE BENJAMIN DE LEON MOJARRO VICTOR MANUEL RUIZ CARMONA MAURICIO CARRILLO GARCIA LAURA ALICIA IBAÑEZ CASTILLO (2014, [Artículo])

La aplicación de las ecuaciones de Saint Venant en los tramos de canales de riego requiere definir condiciones de frontera interna en los sitios donde se ubican estructuras de control como compuertas, considerando su ecuación dinámica para transmitir información hidráulica hacia ambos lados de la estructura, por lo que en el trabajo se verifican tres procedimientos numéricos de ejecución de maniobra de compuertas, con la finalidad de representar el movimiento de las estructuras de control, minimizándose el desfasamiento de caudales posteriores a una ejecución. Para ello se utilizó el canal Rehbock, de la Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, México, realizándose de forma automatizada la medición de los niveles de agua y gasto, obteniéndose que en la maniobra progresiva con reinicialización de tirante, la tendencia del gasto en la vecindad y la compuerta es similar, atenuándose las oscilaciones en el tiempo, el cual se corresponde con la dinámica del agua en los canales; además, cuando la variable a regular es el tirante, se recomienda usar la ejecución de maniobra instantánea o la progresiva con reinicialización de gasto; pero si la variable es el gasto, es preferible la maniobra progresiva con reinicialización de tirante; además, el procedimiento de simulación de la maniobra progresiva con reinicialización de tirante es el que mejor representa la dinámica del agua en la estructura.

Movimiento de compuertas Simulación Régimen no permanente Estructuras de control INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Editorial: Genome wide association studies and genomic selection for crop improvement in the era of Big Data

Alison Bentley Charles Chen Nunzio D'Agostino (2022, [Artículo])

Allele Mining High-Throughput Phenotyping Genomic Estimated Breeding Value CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CROP IMPROVEMENT DNA CHROMOSOME MAPPING GENETIC LINKAGE GENOMES GENOTYPING GERMINATION HEAT STRESS QUALITY CONTROL SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM TRITICUM AESTIVUM GENETIC DIVERSITY (AS RESOURCE) HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING

Hymenopteran parasitoid complex and fall armyworm: a case study in eastern India

Tapamay Dhar PRATEEK MADHAB BHATTACHARYA Mahesh Gathala Alison Laing (2024, [Artículo])

Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) has significantly affected maize crop yields, production efficiency, and farmers’ incomes in the Indian Eastern Gangetic Plains region since it was first observed in India in 2018. A lack of awareness by maize growers of the appropriate selection, method, and timing of insecticide application not only creates a barrier to sustainable FAW control but also contributes to increased environmental pollution, reduced human health and increased production costs. We demonstrated that FAW inflicted the most damage in early whorl growth stage of maize, regardless of whether chemical insecticides were applied. FAW egg masses and larvae collected from maize fields in which no insecticides had been sprayed showed high parasitism rates by parasitoid wasps; in contrast fields that had been sprayed had much lower rates of parasitism on FAW. Ten hymenopteran parasitoids were observed in maize fields across the study region, suggesting a diversity of natural methods to suppress FAW in maize at different growth stages. These included two FAW egg parasitoids and eight FAW larval parasitoids. Microplitis manilae Ashmead was the most abundant FAW larval parasitoid species, and Telenomus cf. remus was the dominant FAW egg parasitoid species. Endemic FAW parasitoids such as those observed in this study have great potential as part of a sustainable, cost-effective agroecological management strategy, which can be integrated with other methods to achieve effective control of FAW.

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA FALL ARMYWORMS MAIZE INSECTICIDES INSECT CONTROL

Trade-offs in the genetic control of functional and nutritional quality traits in UK winter wheat

Nick Fradgley Keith Gardner Stéphanie M. Swarbreck Alison Bentley (2022, [Artículo])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA WHEAT GENETIC CONTROL NUTRITIVE VALUE QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI

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

Unanswered questions and unquestioned answers: the challenges of crop residue retention and weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems of southern Africa

Christian Thierfelder Blessing Mhlanga Hambulo Ngoma Paswel Marenya Md Abdul Matin Adane Tufa (2024, [Artículo])

Production and utilization of crop residues as mulch and effective weed management are two central elements in the successful implementation of Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems in southern Africa. Yet, the challenges of crop residue availability for mulch or the difficulties in managing weed proliferation in CA systems are bigger than a micro-level focus on weeds and crop residues themselves. The bottlenecks are symptoms of broader systemic complications that cannot be resolved without appreciating the interactions between the current scientific understanding of CA and its application in smallholder systems, private incentives, social norms, institutions, and government policy. In this paper, we elucidate a series of areas that represent some unquestioned answers about chemical weed control and unanswered questions about how to maintain groundcover demanding more research along the natural and social sciences continuum. In some communities, traditional rules that allow free-range grazing of livestock after harvesting present a barrier in surface crop residue management. On the other hand, many of the communities either burn, remove, or incorporate the residues into the soil thus hindering the near-permanent soil cover required in CA systems. The lack of soil cover also means that weed management through soil mulch is unachievable. Herbicides are often a successful stopgap solution to weed control, but they are costly, and most farmers do not use them as recommended, which reduces efficacy. Besides, the use of herbicides can cause environmental hazards and may affect human health. Here, we suggest further assessment of the manipulation of crop competition, the use of vigorously growing cover crops, exploration of allelopathy, and use of microorganisms in managing weeds and reducing seed production to deplete the soil weed seed bank. We also suggest in situ production of plant biomass, use of unpalatable species for mulch generation and change of grazing by-laws towards a holistic management of pastures to reduce the competition for crop residues. However, these depend on the socio-economic status dynamics at farmer and community level.

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA INTEGRATED CROP-LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS CROP RESIDUES ZERO TILLAGE SOCIAL NORMS SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION WEED CONTROL

El IMTA y el control biológico de maleza acuática en distritos de riego del país (experiencias desde 1990)

OVIDIO CAMARENA MEDRANO (2012, [Libro])

Este trabajo pretende dejar constancia de la trayectoria del Programa de Control de Maleza Acuática y de sus logros, además de plantear la necesidad de que las propuestas se consideren en la política nacional de manejo de maleza acuática, para obtener un mejor aprovechamiento de los recursos agua y suelo en los distritos de riego.

Control de maleza Malezas acuáticas Distritos de riego Control biológico INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Manual para la cría masiva de Cyrtobagous salviniae utilizado en el control biológico de Salvinia molesta

MARICELA MARTINEZ JIMENEZ (2005, [Libro])

Este manual describe el proceso de cuarentena y cría masiva de Cyrtobagous Salviniae, para su uso en el control biológico integral de Salvinia molesta, considerado, después del lirio acuático, una de las principales malezas acuáticas del mundo.

Maleza acuática Contaminación del agua Control de malezas Control biológico BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA