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Inheritance of seed yield, maturity and seed weight of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) under semi-arid rainfed conditions by White, Jeffrey W., Ochoa Marquez, R, Ibarra Perez, FJ, Singh, Shree P.

“…The parents from the Mexican highlands tended to have a positive GCA effect for yield in Mexico but negative values in Colombia, whereas parents adapted to mid-elevation tropical environments showed the opposite tendency. …”
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Bacterial blight, caused by Burkholderia glumae, is attacking Brachiaria in Colombia: First report by Álvarez, Elizabeth, Latorre, Michael A.

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Citrus tristeza virus p23: Determinants for Nucleolar Localization and Their Influence on Suppression of RNA Silencing and Pathogenesis by Ruiz-Ruiz, Susana, Soler, Nuria, Sánchez-Navarro, Jesús A., Fagoaga, Carmen, Lopez, Carmelo, Navarro, Luis, Moreno, Pedro, Pena, Leandro, Flores, Ricardo

“…Ectopic expression of p23 and some deletion mutants in transgenic Mexican lime demarcated a similar determinant, suggesting that p23 affects related pathways in citrus and N. benthamiana. …”
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The Complete Genome Sequence of Citrus Vein Enation Virus (CVEV) Obtained through Deep Sequencing of Small RNAs by Vives, María C., Velázquez, Karelia, Pina, José A., Moreno, Pedro, Guerri, José, Navarro, Luis

“…It causes vein enations on leaves and woody galls on trunk and branches of sensitive citrus species such as Mexican lime, rough lemon and Citrus volkameriana. …”
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Transgenic expression in citrus of single-chain antibody fragments specific to Citrus tristeza virus confers virus resistance by Cervera, Magdalena, Esteban, Olga, Gil, Maite, Gorris, María T., Martínez, M. Carmen, Pena, Leandro, Cambra, Mariano

“…To study whether production of single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibodies in citrus could interfere and immunomodulate CTV infection, transgenic Mexican lime plants expressing two different scFv constructs, separately and simultaneously, were generated. …”
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Transgenic citrus plants expressing the citrus tristeza virus p23 protein exhibit viral-like symptoms by Ghorbel, R., Lopez, Carmelo, Fagoaga, Carmen, Moreno, Pedro, Navarro, Luis, Flores, Ricardo, Pena, Leandro

“…To explore whether over-expression of this protein in transgenic plants could affect the normal CTV infection process, transgenic Mexican lime plants were generated carrying the p23 transgene, or a truncated version thereof, under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter. …”
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Institutional arrangements in the promotion of sustainable livestock: an approach from the case of beef and dairy cattle production chains in Jalisco, Chiapas, and Campeche by Avalos, Ileana, Sepulveda, Claudia, Betanzos, Juan Edduardo, Jimenes-Trujillo, Jose Antonio, Pérez-Sánches, Edwin, Escobedo, Adriana

“…This study focuses on a policy and practice review of existing institutional arrangements within the beef and dairy cattle production sectors in the Mexican states of Jalisco, Chiapas, and Campeche. …”
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Evaluación de la sustentabilidad del manejo forestal comunitario para identificar prioridades de inversión en ejidos de México by Morán Montaño, M.

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The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains by Narrod, Clare, Roy, Devesh, Avendaño Ruiz, Belem D., Rich, Karl M., Okello, Julius J.

“…These commodities are Kenyan green beans, Mexican cantaloupes, and Indian grapes.…”
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Greenhouse gas emissions under conservation agriculture compared to traditional cultivation of maize in the central highlands of Mexico by Dendooven, Luc, Gutiérrez Oliva V.F., Patiño-Zúñiga L, Ramírez Villanueva D.A., Verhulst, Nele, Luna Guido M, Marsch R, Montes Molina, J., Gutiérrez Miceli, F.A., Vázquez Murrieta, S., Govaerts, Bram

“…In 1991, the ‘International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center’ (CIMMYT) started a field experiment in the rain fed Mexican highlands to investigate conservation agriculture (CA) as a sustainable alternative for conventional maize production practices (CT). …”
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Genetic transformatin of potato with a triple R gene construct to confer resistance to late blight. by Mwathi, M., Roman, M., Orbegozo, Jeanette P., Rivera, C., Forbes, G., Ghislain, M.

“…In the early days of breeding for LB resistance, a small number of resistance (R) genes from the wild Mexican species, Solanum demissum, were introgressed into modern potato varieties. …”
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Optimizing harvest stage and drying time to enhance yield and nutritive quality of whole-plant Tithonia diversifolia forage meal in arid tropics by Temoche Socola, Victor Alexander, Sessarego Davila, Emmanuel Alexander, Rodríguez Vargas, Aníbal Raúl, Vásquez García, Cesar Alejandro, Riojas, Joel, Ruiz Chamorro, José Antonio, Cruz Luis, Juancarlos Alejandro

“…Introduction: Tithonia diversifolia, also known as Mexican sunflower, is a tropical shrub with high forage potential, but limited information exists on the optimal harvest stage to balance yield and nutritional value. …”
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New Insights on Limes and Lemons Origin from Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Markers Genotyping and Targeted Nuclear Gene Sequencing by Curk, Franck, García-Lor, Andrés, Snoussi-Trifa, Hager, Froelicher, Yann, Ancillo, Gema, Navarro, Luis, Ollitrault, Patrick

“…We observed three main groups, each one derived from direct interspecific hybridizations: (1) the Mexican lime group (C. aurantifolia), including C. macrophylla, arising from hybridizations between papeda (C. micrantha) and citron (C. medica); (2) the yellow lemon group (C. limon) that are hybrids between sour orange (C. aurantium, which is believed to be a hybrid between C. maxima and C. reticulata) and citron; and (3) a rootstock lemon/lime group (Rough lemon and Rangpur lime) that are hybrids between an acid mandarin and a citron. …”
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Effect of different genotypes of Tithonia diversifolia on fermentation of feed mixtures with Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandú by Arango, Jacobo, Rivera, Julian, Chará, Julián, Barahona Rosales, Rolando

“…Tithonia diversifolia (Mexican sunflower) is a shrub used for animal feed that has outstanding agronomic and chemical characteristics. …”
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Hermetic storage technologies preserve maize seed quality and minimize grain quality loss in smallholder farming systems in Mexico by Odjo, Sylvanus, Palacios Rojas, Natalia, Burgueño, Juan, Corrado, Marina, Ortner, Tim, Verhulst, Nele

“…By limiting insect and fungi infestation and reducing quantity and quality degradation in stored maize, hermetic technologies can contribute to Mexican smallholder farmers' food security.…”
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The application of social cost-benefit analysis to the evaluation of PROGRESA: final report by Coady, David

“…In August 1997 the Mexican government introduced a key component of its overall development and poverty alleviation strategy, the PROGRESA program, in the most marginal rural areas of the country. …”
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The future of global sugar markets: Policies, reforms, and impact. Proceedings of a Public Conference. by Orden, David, Bureau, Jean-Christophe, Gohin, Alexandre, Guindé, Loïc, Millet, Guy, Brandão, Antônio Salazar P., Haley, Stephen, Wagner, Owen, Sandrey, Ron, Vink, Nick

“…In the United States, corn sweetener and sugar markets are being integrated with Mexican markets under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), raising the question of whether the EU reforms provide a template for new policies. …”
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Growth habit and gene pool effects on inheritance of yield in common bean by Kornegay, Julia L., White, Jeffrey W., Ortíz de la Cruz, O.

“…Two other lines were tropical Mesoamerican types with type II growth habits and small seed size; and the fifth line, G13625, a landrace of the Jalisco gene pool from the Mexican highlands, had a type IV climbing growth habit and medium seed size. …”
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Bean Program: The VEF(IBN)-EP-IBYAN scheme by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Breeder I generated materials for Central America and the Mexican humid tropics; breeder II for the Andean Region, the Caribbean, and Africa; and breeder III, for Brazil, Northwest Argentina, the semiarid areas of Mexico, and Western Asia. …”
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Insects and other invertebrate bean pests in Latin America by Cardona, C.

“…Several species of Lepidoptera develop on beans, among them the bean leaftoller, the saltmarsh caterpillar, Hedylepta indicata, and leafminers. The Mexican bean beetle is a pest found in many countries. …”
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