Search Results - "Mesoamerica"

Races of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, Fabaceae) by Singh, S.P., Gepts, Paul L., Debouck, Daniel G.

“…Three races originated in Middle America (races Durango, Jalisco, and Mesoamerica) and three in Andean South America (races Chile, Nueva Granada, and Peru). …”
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Implications for bean breeders of studies on the origins of common beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L. by Debouck, Daniel G., Tohme, Joseph M.

“…In addition to a founder effect, a lower no. of populations could have been domesticated in Mesoamerica vs. the southern Andes. Some limitations related to the formation of gene pools and the uniformity of the selective pressures are discussed. …”
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Agricultura guiada por datos para maíz en Chiapas, México y altiplano occidental de Guatemala by Navarro Racines, Carlos, Jaimes, Diana, Llanos, Lizeth, Estrada, Oscar, Barrios, Camilo, Agudelo, Diego, Jimenez, Daniel, Gardeazabal, Andrea, Dorado, Hugo, Ramirez Villegas, Julian

“…La limitada cobertura y pertinencia de la asistencia técnica agrícola en Mesoamérica ha restringido la adopción de prácticas de manejo adaptadas a la variabilidad climática y a las condiciones biofísicas locales. …”
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Revisiting the “thin months” – a follow-up study on the livelihoods of Mesoamerican coffee farmers by Caswell, M., Méndez, V.E., Baca, María, Läderach, Peter R.D., Liebig, Theresa Ines, Castro Tanzi, S., Fernández, M.

“…Smallholder coffee farmers in Mesoamerica face formidable challenges, including highly variable coffee prices, increasing climate change impacts, and worsening outbreaks of pests and diseases, which contribute to chronic debt and food insecurity. …”
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On taxing wildlife films and exposure to nature by Wunder, Sven, Sheil, D.

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Integrando la adaptabilidad al cambio climático a través de la biodiversidad by DeClerck, F, Decker, M

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Observations on the origin of Phaseolus polyanthus Greenman by Schmit, Véronique, Debouck, Daniel G.

“…These results together with information on indigenous names for the crop suggest that there is a single gene pool domesticated from a wild ancestor still present in Guatemala, and distributed afterwards to the northern Andes, but with a clinal genetic drift from Mesoamerica to the Andean region. (AS)…”
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Estrategia de equidad e igualdad de género by Siles Calvo, Jackeline, Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel, Ramírez Aguero, Felicia

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Guía para el sondeo agroecológico de suelos y cultivos by Padilla, Danilo, Suchini, José Gabriel

“…Esta guía trata de incentivar la necesidad de mejorar la observación y el registro de las condiciones agroecológicas en los campos cultivados y las fincas de los territorios rurales de Mesoamérica. La información que se recopile por medio de esta guía apoyará la toma de decisiones de las familias rurales y personas involucradas en el manejo agroecológico de los sistemas productivos. …”
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Comportamiento de sorgos graníferos by Espinal, Raúl

“…En su conjunto, cuatro Programas Nacionales de Sorgo, dos compañías semilleros y dos instituciones internacionales, evaluaron 16híbridos comerciales, pre comerciales y experimentales (Cuadro 1)en 8 zonas productoras de sorgo en Mesoamérica, y en siembras de finales de agosto hasta mediados de diciembre de 1999. …”
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Avances en el Mejoramiento de los Maicillos Criollos en El Salvador by Santos, Manuel, Clará, René

“…El Salvador es el país en Mesoamérica donde los maicillos criollos han tenido un amplio uso. …”
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Report of the NGO Committee to the CGIAR Annual General Meeting 2001 by CGIAR NGO Committee

“…'The Guacimo Declaration on Agricultural Research in Mesoamerica' - a statement on the conclusions of a meeting on participatory approaches to research agenda setting to address the needs of peasant-indigenous-black communities in Central America, held in Guacimo, Costa Rica in August 20012. …”
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Distribución espacio-temporal de hormigas con potencial como depredadoras de Hypothenemus hampei e Hypsipyla grandella, en sistemas agroforestales de café, en Costa Rica by Varón Devia, Edgar H.

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Value chain analysis of Chaya (Mayan Spinach) in Guatemala by Amaya, N., Padulosi, S., Meldrum, G.

“…Chaya is a highly nutritious perennial leafy vegetable native to Mesoamerica. This drought-resistant crop has low production and consumption levels in Guatemala, but has the potential to help agriculture and food systems be more nutritious and resilient. …”
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From Latin America to Oceania: The Historic Dispersal of Sweetpotato Re-examined Using AFLP by Rossel, G., Kriegner, A., Zhang, D.P.

“…Natural dispersal from Mesoamerica is an alternative explanation to the ‘Kumara hypothesis’ for the origin of the Oceania sweetpotato…”
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Effect of plant density on selection for seed yield in two population types of Phaseolus vulgaris L by Singh, Shree P., Guiterrez, JA

“…However, none of the lines selected from the population within the race Mesoamerica (TC 4673) significantly outyielded their best parent under any plant density. …”
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Microsatellite marker characterization of Chilean Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm by Becerra Velásquez, Viviana L., Paredes, M, Rojo, C, Díaz, Lucy Milena, Blair, Matthew W.

“…Euclidean genetic distance ranged from 0.12% between race Chile and race Nueva Granada to 0.71% between race Chile and race Mesoamerica. Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) showed clustering of the accessions into the two main genepools, with race Chile genotypes grouping mainly with race Nueva Granada genotypes.…”
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Tracing the origin of Spanish common bean cultivars using biochemical and molecular markers by Ocampo Nahar, César H., Martin, J,P, Sánchez Yélamo, María Dolores, Ortíz, J.M., Toro Chica, Orlando

“…Two reference cultivars (from the Andes and Mesoamerica) plus two outgroups (P. coccineus and Vigna unguiculata) were also included. …”
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Plan de accion estrategico para fortaleces la conservacion y el uso RFG mesoamericanos para la adaptacion de la agricultura al cambio climatico. PAEM 2014-2024 by Ramírez, M., Galluzzi, Gea, Zonneveld, M. van, Thomas, E., Etten, Jacob van, Pinzon, S., Alcázar, C., Beltrán, M., Libreros D, Vay, L., Solano W, Williams, D., Maselli S, Quirós, W., Alonso, Silvia, Remple N

“…El Plan de Acción Estratégico para Fortalecer la Conservación y el Uso de los Recursos Fitogenéticos Mesoamericanos para la Adaptación de la Agricultura al Cambio Climático (PAEM) es un mapa de ruta a diez años para fortalecer la conservación, el acceso y el uso de los recursos fitogenéticos de Mesoamérica como elemento estratégico para la seguridad alimentaria y la adaptación de la agricultura al cambio climático y otras amenazas…”
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Plan de accion estrategico para fortalecer la conservacion y el uso de los recursos fittogeneticos mesoamericanos para la adaptacion de la agricultura al cambio climatico - PAEM 20... by Ramírez, M., Galluzzi, Gea, Zonneveld, M. van, Thomas, E., Etten, Jacob van, Pinzon, S., Beltrán, M., Alcázar, C., Libreros D, Vay, L., Solano W, Williams, D., Maselli S, Quirós, W., Alonso, Silvia, Remple N

“…Mesoamérica, uno de los centros de domesticación y diversificación de cultivos de importancia mundial, alberga una enorme riqueza de recursos fitogenéticos. …”
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