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- Author:
- Kazuo Kawano; Pablo Daza; Alvaro Amaya; Mario Rios; Wania M. F. Goncalves
- Source:
- Crop science 1978 v.18 no.3 pp. 377-380
- ISSN:
- 0011-183X
- Subject:
- Manihot esculenta; Oxisols; carbohydrates; cassava; climate; drought; farms; genetic improvement; germplasm; harvest index; hybrids; irrigation; rain; savannas; soil fertility; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... A yield evaluation in single-row plots were made in Colombia of approximately 1,900 accessions of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), collected throughout Latin America and 4,700 hybrid lines from crosses within the same germplasm. Superior genotypes were selected on the basis of harvest index (proportion of root weight to total plant weight) and root yield in single-row plots and then evaluated i ...
- DOI:
- 10.2135/cropsci1978.0011183X001800030006x
- https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1978.0011183X001800030006x
- Author:
- P. H. Graham; G. Ocampo; L. D. Ruiz; A. Duque
- Source:
- Agronomy journal 1980 v.72 no.4 pp. 625-627
- ISSN:
- 0002-1962
- Subject:
- Rhizobium phaseoli; acid soils; agronomy; beans; captan; nodulation; pH; plate count; root rot; seed treatment; thiram; toxicity; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In the multiple cropping systems used for bean (Phmeolus vulgaris L.) production in Latin America, seed treatment Is often needed for control of soil pathogens and pests, but can be incompatible with Rhizobium inoculation. This study looks at the interaction between Rhizobium and seed protectant. One laboratory and three field studies are reported. The survival of R. phaseoli on bean seeds treated ...
- DOI:
- 10.2134/agronj1980.00021962007200040013x
- https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj1980.00021962007200040013x
- Author:
- Willem Janssen; Norha Ruiz de Londoño
- Source:
- Agricultural economics 1994 v.10 no.1 pp. 13-25
- ISSN:
- 0169-5150
- Subject:
- agricultural development; agricultural policy; beans; corn; cropping systems; input costs; labor; modernization; peasantry; prices; production functions; profitability; small farms; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The survival of the small‐farm sector in the process of agricultural modernization in Latin America has been a concern for many authors and institutions. It is generally believed that the small‐farm sector is bypassed in the process of agricultural development. The authors analyze modernization of bean/maize cropping systems in Southern Colombia. Prices, production practices and profitability are ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1994.tb00285.x
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.1994.tb00285.x
- Author:
- Albert J. Fischer; Hector V. Ramírez; Kevin D. Gibson; Beatriz Da Silveira Pinheiro
- Source:
- Agronomy journal 2001 v.93 no.5 pp. 967-973
- ISSN:
- 0002-1962
- Subject:
- Brachiaria; Haplustox; Oryza sativa; Urochloa brizantha; Urochloa decumbens; aboveground biomass; cultivars; early development; grain yield; grazing; harvesting; herbicides; highlands; intercropping; leaf area index; pastures; perennial grasses; photons; profitability; rice; savannas; tillers; weeds; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... When savannas in Latin America are brought into cultivation, rice (Oryza sativa L.) can be sown with the perennial grasses palisadegrass [Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich) Stapf] and signalgrass (B. decumbens Stapf) to harvest a grain crop while establishing a pasture to suppress weeds and provide grazing in subsequent years. However, these Brachiaria spp. can reduce upland rice yields. Ri ...
- DOI:
- 10.2134/agronj2001.935967x
- https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2001.935967x
- Author:
- Adolfo Chávez; Miriam Muñoz
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.23 no.4 pp. 349-350
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- food availability; food security; globalization; islands; malnutrition; nutritional status; Andes region; Brazil; Caribbean; Central America; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Although the nutrition situation in most Latin American countries is improving and malnutrition is easing, worrisome factors are emerging. Huge rural-to-urban migrations have been accompanied by a worsening nutrition situation in rural populations, especially in Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil, a phenomenon not readily apparent from average food availability and malnutrition data. Average figures can ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/156482650202300404
- https://doi.org/10.1177/156482650202300404
- Author:
- Franqueville, H. De
- Source:
- Experimental agriculture 2003 v.39 no.3 pp. 225-240
- ISSN:
- 0014-4797
- Subject:
- Elaeis guineensis; Elaeis oleifera; genetics; hybrids; indigenous species; infectious diseases; insect vectors; oils; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Panama; Suriname
- Abstract:
- ... In South and Central America, tens of thousands of hectares of oil palms (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) are affected by bud-rot types of disease. Having destroyed entire estates in Panama, Colombia, Suriname, Brazil and Ecuador, they are holding back the development of oil palm cultivation in Latin America. The cause is unknown. Indeed, 30 years after these diseases first wreaked havoc on a large scale ...
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0014479703001315
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479703001315
- Author:
- Kazuo Kawano
- Source:
- Crop science 2003 v.43 no.4 pp. 1325-1335
- ISSN:
- 0011-183X
- Subject:
- Manihot esculenta; biomass; breeding programs; cassava; dry matter content; environmental factors; genetic variation; germplasm; harvest index; plant breeding; social factors; Africa; Colombia; Latin America; Thailand
- Abstract:
- ... The Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT, headquartered in Colombia) established a cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) breeding program in the beginning of the 1970s with the aim of extending the Green Revolution success to less privileged sectors of the tropical populations. The initial decade was mainly dedicated to the collection of germplasm and generation of basic breeding materi ...
- DOI:
- 10.2135/cropsci2003.1325
- https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2003.1325
- Author:
- Engelbrecht, C.J.B.; Harrington, T.C.; Alfenas, A.C.; Suarez, C.
- Source:
- Plant pathology 2007 v.56 no.6 pp. 923-933
- ISSN:
- 0032-0862
- Subject:
- Ceratocystis fimbriata; DNA fingerprinting; Theobroma cacao; genetic markers; genetic variation; hosts; mitochondrial DNA; nuclear genome; pathogens; vascular wilt; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Ceratocystis cacaofunesta (= Ceratocystis fimbriata) causes a lethal wilt disease of cacao (Theobroma cacao) in Latin America. Polymorphic microsatellite markers, (CAT)₅ nuclear DNA fingerprints and Hae III mitochondrial DNA fingerprints were used to compare genetic diversity among isolates of C. cacaofunesta collected from populations in western Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Rondônia and Bah ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01735.x
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01735.x
- Author:
- Calvert, L.A.; Cuervo, M.; Lozano, I.; Villareal, N.; Arroyave, J.
- Source:
- Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 2008 v.156 no.11-12 pp. 647-653
- ISSN:
- 0931-1785
- Subject:
- Rice ragged stunt virus; cassava; clones; complementary DNA; double-stranded RNA; electron microscopy; genes; phylogeny; proteins; races; roots; virus-like particles; viruses; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Cassava Frogskin Disease (CFSD) can cause severe damage to cassava roots and is one of the most important diseases of cassava in Latin America. The principal objective of this study was to identify the causal agent of CFSD. Electron microscopy, viral purifications, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) analysis, cloning, sequencing, rtPCR and hybridizations were carried out to characterize and associate a n ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2008.01412.x
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0434.2008.01412.x
- Author:
- Alzate, Fernando; Quijano-Abril, Mario Alberto; Morrone, Juan J.
- Source:
- Journal of biogeography 2008 v.35 no.7 pp. 1250-1257
- ISSN:
- 0305-0270
- Subject:
- Alstroemeriaceae; biogeography; hybrids; tectonics; tropics; Andes region; Arctic region; Argentina; Caribbean; Central America; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... A panbiogeographical analysis of the genus Bomarea was undertaken in order to determine generalized tracks and biogeographical nodes, and to evaluate the current distribution of the genus based on the available tectonic information and the biogeographical regionalization of Latin America. The Neotropical region from northern Mexico to northern Argentina, and the Nearctic and Andean regions. A tota ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01896.x
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01896.x
- Author:
- Juan Pablo Castro
- Source:
- International journal of water 2008 v.4 no.3-4 pp. 235-257
- ISSN:
- 1465-6620
- Subject:
- community service; drinking water; governance; models; private sector; public sector; sanitation; tariffs; water supply; Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... This paper analyses the appropriateness of public versus private models of providing and managing water and sanitation services. Better management practices, along with well-suited institutional arrangements, are needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on water supply and sanitation. There has been Private Sector Involvement (PSI) in the drinking water sector in the four cases studi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1504/IJW.2008.019496
- https://doi.org/10.1504/IJW.2008.019496
- Author:
- Ekaterina Maslova; Mercedes Mora-Plazas; Yibby Forero; Sandra López-Arana; Ana Baylin; Eduardo Villamor
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.30 no.2 pp. 103-111
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- C-reactive protein; assets; boys; ferritin; girls; iron; multivariate analysis; nutrient deficiencies; nutrition surveys; preschool children; school children; sociodemographic characteristics; socioeconomic status; vitamin A; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In Latin America, the burden of vitamin A and iron deficiencies has been documented primarily in preschool-age children. There are few recent reports on the vitamin A and iron status of school-age children. We aimed to determine the prevalence and predictors of vitamin A and iron deficiencies in Colombian schoolchildren. We examined plasma retinol and ferritin concentrations in relation to socioec ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/156482650903000201
- https://doi.org/10.1177/156482650903000201
- Author:
- Louise H. Dekker; Mercedes Mora-Plazas; Constanza Marín; Ana Baylin; Eduardo Villamor
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.31 no.2 pp. 242-250
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- birth weight; body mass index; cough; diarrhea; educational status; elementary schools; fever; gastrointestinal system; growth retardation; households; maternal nutrition; morbidity; nutrition assessment; nutritional status; prospective studies; respiratory tract diseases; risk factors; school children; sociodemographic characteristics; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... There are few recent reports on the prevalence and risk factors of stunting and thinness among schoolchildren in Latin America. To determine the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of stunting and thinness among school-age children in Bogotá, Colombia, and to examine whether these nutritional indices are associated with the risk of respiratory and diarrheal morbidity symptoms, visits to the ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/156482651003100207
- https://doi.org/10.1177/156482651003100207
- Author:
- Katja Poveda; María Isabel Gómez Jiménez; André Kessler
- Source:
- Ecological applications 2010 v.20 no.7 pp. 1787-1793
- ISSN:
- 1051-0761
- Subject:
- Solanum tuberosum; Tecia solanivora; agricultural land; crop yield; environmental health; food production; food shortages; foregut; greenhouse experimentation; habitats; herbivores; humans; insect larvae; pests; plant response; potatoes; risk; tubers; Andes region; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... There is increasing global concern over the risk of food shortage and instability, and a concomitant demand for an increase in food production. However, the continuing expansion of agricultural areas threatens natural habitats as well as human and ecosystem health. One option for increasing food production is to maximize yields from existing farmland. Here we demonstrate that larval feeding by the ...
- DOI:
- 10.1890/09-1726.1
- https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1726.1
15. Current development and application of plant cryopreservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Author:
- Gonzalez-Arnao, M.T.; Engelmann, F.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2011 v. no.908 pp. 447-452
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- Food and Agriculture Organization; biodiversity; cryopreservation; scientists; seeds; Argentina; Bolivia; Caribbean; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... The large majority of species for which cryopreservation protocols are necessary are grown in tropical countries. It is therefore necessary to develop cryopreservation research activities in these countries, and to promote the dissemination of relevant scientific and technical information as a prerequisite to the initiation of such research activities. Central America, South America and the Caribb ...
- Author:
- Enrique Murgueitio; Zoraida Calle; Fernando Uribe; Alicia Calle; Baldomero Solorio
- Source:
- Forest ecology and management 2011 v.261 no.10 pp. 1654-1663
- ISSN:
- 0378-1127
- Subject:
- biodiversity; biological control; cattle; cattle production; climate change; credit; ecosystem services; fences; forage; indigenous species; landscape management; landscapes; meat production; milk production; pastures; plant density; production costs; ranching; reproduction; risk reduction; rotational grazing; shrubs; silvopastoral systems; society; trees; water supply; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Extensive cattle production currently occupies more than 27% of the rural landscapes in Latin America, and continues to expand. This activity, deeply rooted in the culture and rural economy of the region, requires an urgent transformation if it is to become both more efficient and environmentally friendly. Silvopastoral systems that incorporate native trees and shrubs are instrumental for the prod ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.027
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.027
- Author:
- Rainer Janssen; Dominik Damian Rutz
- Source:
- Energy policy 2011 v.39 no.10 pp. 5717-5725
- ISSN:
- 0301-4215
- Subject:
- European Union; biodiesel; certification; energy crops; ethanol production; exports; food crops; markets; risk; sugarcane; Argentina; Colombia; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Latin America; United States; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Several Latin American countries are setting up biofuel programmes to establish alternative markets for agricultural commodities. This is mainly triggered by the current success of Brazilian bioethanol production for the domestic market and for export. Furthermore, the global biofuel market is expected to increase due to ambitious biofuel programmes in the EU and in the USA. Colombia, Venezuela, C ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.047
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.047
- Author:
- Irene Cerezo; Yesica Jiménez; Johana Hernandez; Thierry Zozio; Martha I. Murcia; Nalin Rastogi
- Source:
- Infection, genetics, and evolution 2012 v.12 no.4 pp. 657-663
- ISSN:
- 1567-1348
- Subject:
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis; immigration; loci; patients; population structure; public health; tuberculosis; Caribbean; China; Colombia; Europe; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... With an incidence of 25.6/100,000 in 2008, tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health problem in Colombia. In this study, a total of 152 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated in Bogotá, Colombia between years 1995 and 2007 were genotyped by spoligotyping and 12-loci MIRU-VNTRs. The various spoligotyping-based genotypic lineages in our sample were: Latin American & Mediterra ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.006
- PubMed:
- 21784173
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.006
- Author:
- Tessler Michael
- Source:
- Bryologist 2012 v.115 no.4 pp. 493-517
- ISSN:
- 0007-2745
- Subject:
- Bryophyta; Neotropics; genes; habitats; monophyly; mosses and liverworts; paraphyly; taxonomic keys; Australasian region; Caribbean; Colombia; Latin America; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Panama; Paraguay; Tasmania
- Abstract:
- ... A monograph and the first phylogenetic study of the moss genus Hymenodon (Orthodontiaceae: Bryophyta) is presented based on morphological and molecular data. Evolutionary patterns are evaluated using phylogenetic analyses that incorporate newly acquired and assembled morphological (30 characters) and molecular sequence (rps4 gene and partial rps4-trnS intergenic non-coding spacer) data. Parsimony ...
- DOI:
- 10.1639/0007-2745-115.4.493
- https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-115.4.493
- Author:
- Rodríguez-Delfín, A.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2012 v. no.947 pp. 23-32
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- peat; agricultural soils; rice; poverty; sawdust; potatoes; sand; mosses and liverworts; tomatoes; growers; strawberries; certification; hydroponics; viruses; horticulture; urban agriculture; profits and margins; cities; seed tubers; gravel; pumice; family support; lettuce; statistics; income; rivers; quartz; microirrigation; nutrition; wool; pepper; developed countries; Costa Rica; Mexico; Chile; Latin America; Colombia; Bolivia; Ecuador; Andes region; Brazil; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Hydroponics has been used during years for research in the field of plant mineral nutrition and related topics. Today the soilless culture method is the most intensive horticulture production and is being applied with success in developed countries for commercial purposes. The growing and future of hydroponics in Latin America will much depend of the developing and adaptation of less sophisticated ...
- DOI:
- 10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.947.1
- https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.947.1
- Author:
- Viviana Ritacco; María-José Iglesias; Lucilaine Ferrazoli; Johana Monteserin; Elis R. Dalla Costa; Alberto Cebollada; Nora Morcillo; Jaime Robledo; Jacobus H. de Waard; Pamela Araya; Liselotte Aristimuño; Raúl Díaz; Patricia Gavin; Belen Imperiale; Vera Simonsen; Elsa M. Zapata; María S. Jiménez; Maria L. Rossetti; Carlos Martin; Lucía Barrera; Sofia Samper
- Source:
- Infection, genetics, and evolution 2012 v.12 no.4 pp. 711-717
- ISSN:
- 1567-1348
- Subject:
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis; databases; genotype; immigration; multiple drug resistance; patients; restriction fragment length polymorphism; strain differences; tuberculosis; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; China; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Peru; Spain; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain diversity in Ibero-America was examined by comparing extant genotype collections in national or state tuberculosis networks. To this end, genotypes from over 1000 patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosed from 2004 through 2008 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain were compared in a database constructed ad h ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.06.006
- PubMed:
- 21718805
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2011.06.006
- Author:
- Victoria E. Vallejo; Ziv Arbeli; Wilson Terán; Nicola Lorenz; Richard P. Dick; Fabio Roldan
- Source:
- Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2012 v.150 no. pp. 139-148
- ISSN:
- 0167-8809
- Subject:
- Prosopis juliflora; bacteria; bioactive properties; biomarkers; canopy; chronosequences; community structure; crops; enzyme activity; fatty acid esters; islands; land management; livestock production; management systems; microbial biomass; microbial communities; mycorrhizal fungi; pastures; physicochemical properties; rhizosphere; silvopastoral systems; soil properties; soil quality; trees; tropical forests; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Livestock production in Latin America has replaced tropical dry forests with conventional monocultures pastures (CP) that have degraded soils. As an alternative to CP, intensive silvopastoral systems (ISS) have been developed with multi-canopied vegetation that mimics native forest (F). The litter inputs and year-round presence of the tree rhizosphere in ISS, contribute to the formation of âfert ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.022
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.022
- Author:
- Roosbelinda Cárdenas
- Source:
- Journal of peasant studies 2012 v.39 no.2 pp. 309-333
- ISSN:
- 1743-9361
- Subject:
- Blacks; biofuels; entrepreneurship; land reform; landscaping; politics; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... This paper analyzes the intersection of two parallel developments that have had a curious impact on agrarian politics in Colombia: on the one hand, attempts to appropriate land for ‘green’ ends such as biofuel production, which have become ubiquitous all across Latin America, and on the other, the implementation of multicultural reforms, which in Colombia resulted in the collective titling of more ...
- DOI:
- 10.1080/03066150.2012.665892
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2012.665892
- Author:
- Clark Gary G.; Rubio-Palis Yasmin
- Source:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2012 v.28 no.2 pp. 102-110
- ISSN:
- 8756-971X
- Subject:
- Aedes aegypti; Anopheles; Culex; Dengue virus; Leishmania; chemical control; genetics; health care workers; insect vectors; insecticide resistance; malaria; monitoring; mosquito control; public health; taxonomy; vector control; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Texas; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... The 22nd Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 78th Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, in February 2012. The principal objective, as for the previous 21 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. This publication includes summ ...
- DOI:
- 10.2987/12-6253.1
- https://doi.org/10.2987/12-6253.1
- Author:
- Jochen Bundschuh; Marta I. Litter; Faruque Parvez; Gabriela Román-Ross; Hugo B. Nicolli; Jiin-Shuh Jean; Chen-Wuing Liu; Dina López; María A. Armienta; Luiz R.G. Guilherme; Alina Gomez Cuevas; Lorena Cornejo; Luis Cumbal; Regla Toujaguez
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2012 v.429 no. pp. 2-35
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- water supply; heavy metals; mountains; anthropogenic activities; public health; volcanic rocks; oxidation; water pollution; arsenic; pollutants; aquifers; drinking water; lowlands; rivers; sulfide minerals; pH; sulfides; desorption; Argentina; Chile; Honduras; Latin America; Colombia; Bolivia; Paraguay; Ecuador; Andes region; Brazil; Guatemala; Peru; Nicaragua; El Salvador; Uruguay
- Abstract:
- ... The global impact on public health of elevated arsenic (As) in water supplies is highlighted by an increasing number of countries worldwide reporting high As concentrations in drinking water. In Latin America, the problem of As contamination in water is known in 14 out of 20 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.024
- PubMed:
- 21959248
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.024
- Author:
- Germán I. Andrade; Fernando Remolina; Diana Wiesner
- Source:
- Urban ecosystems 2013 v.16 no.4 pp. 723-739
- ISSN:
- 1083-8155
- Subject:
- biodiversity; cities; conservation areas; ecosystem services; green infrastructure; landscapes; risk; urban planning; urbanization; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Bogota, the capital of the Republic of Colombia, is a tropical highland city located 2,650 m above sea level. It is the 25th largest city in the world and, among large cities, is also one of the highest. In common with other cities in Latin America, a large part of its urban growth during recent centuries has been unplanned and informal. The introduction of green spaces into urban planning in Bogo ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11252-013-0292-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-013-0292-5
- Author:
- Alex Brito; Héctor Cori; Manuel Olivares; María Fernanda Mujica; Gustavo Cediel; Daniel López de Romaña
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.34 no.1 pp. 52-64
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- adolescents; adults; biomarkers; blood; food intake; health surveys; latitude; pigmentation; preschool children; public health; school children; systematic review; vitamin D deficiency; vitamin status; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Guatemala; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean is unknown. To examine the prevalence data available on vitamin D deficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean. A systematic review was conducted in 2011. Studies using biochemical biomarkers and dietary intake estimation were included. Studies conducted in apparently healthy individuals, independently of age, latitude, ski ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/156482651303400107
- https://doi.org/10.1177/156482651303400107
- Author:
- Clark Gary G.; Fernandez-Salas Ildefonso
- Source:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2013 v.29 no.3 pp. 251-269
- ISSN:
- 8756-971X
- Subject:
- Aedes aegypti; Anopheles; Chagas disease; Lutzomyia; biological control; dengue; ecology; health care workers; insect vectors; insecticide resistance; malaria; monitoring; mosquito control; public health; vector control; viruses; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; New Jersey
- Abstract:
- ... The 23rd Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 79th Annual Meeting in Atlantic City, NJ, in February 2013. The principal objective, as for the previous 22 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. This publication includ ...
- DOI:
- 10.2987/13-6356.1
- https://doi.org/10.2987/13-6356.1
- Author:
- Reinhardt, D.H.; Santos-Serejo, J.A. dos; Souz, J. da S.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2013 no.986 pp. 27-37
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- Inia; bananas; business enterprises; climate change; control methods; crop management; crops; cultivars; disease control; environmental factors; exports; growers; highlands; industry; islands; lowlands; management systems; markets; nutritive value; pests; plantations; stakeholders; tropics; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Peru; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... As a natural product of excellent nutritional value that is consumed in almost equivalent volumes as other important staple crops, banana is the most important fruit in the world. This is also true of Latin America, embracing some large producers such as Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, and some exporters of excellence, such as Ecuador and Costa Rica. The banana industry in Latin America and the Carib ...
- Author:
- M. MAROLI; M. D. FELICIANGELI; L. BICHAUD; R. N. CHARREL; L. GRADONI
- Source:
- Medical and veterinary entomology 2013 v.27 no.2 pp. 123-147
- ISSN:
- 0269-283X
- Subject:
- Chandipura virus; Lutzomyia; Phlebotomus; Phlebovirus; altitude; blood; breeding sites; climate change; deforestation; encephalitis; humans; indigenous species; leishmaniasis; livestock; meningitis; pathogens; public health; summer; urbanization; vector control; vesicular stomatitis; viruses; Colombia; Ecuador; India; Latin America; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Phlebotomine sandflies transmit pathogens that affect humans and animals worldwide. We review the roles of phlebotomines in the spreading of leishmaniases, sandfly fever, summer meningitis, vesicular stomatitis, Chandipura virus encephalitis and Carrión's disease. Among over 800 species of sandfly recorded, 98 are proven or suspected vectors of human leishmaniases; these include 42 Phlebotomus spe ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01034.x
- PubMed:
- 22924419
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01034.x
- Author:
- Tel-Zur, N.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2013 no.995 pp. 109-115
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- Hylocereus; Selenicereus; arid zones; cacti and succulents; clones; consumer acceptance; cross pollination; cryopreservation; cultivars; domestication; epiphytes; flowers; fruit crops; fruit growing; fruiting; fruits; harvest date; hybrids; irradiation; irrigation water; markets; nutritive value; pollen; reciprocal crosses; research and development; research programs; researchers; ripening; saline water; seeds; temperature; tropics; vines; Australia; Central America; China; Colombia; Ecuador; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Latin America; Malaysia; Mexico; Thailand; United States
- Abstract:
- ... Vine cacti of the genera Hylocereus and Selenicereus, native to the tropical regions of northern South America, Central America and Mexico, are an epiphytic group of plants bearing edible and exotic fruits. The flowers are nocturnal and remain open only for few hours. The fruits, known in Latin America as pitahaya, are sweet, juicy, and have black small crispy seeds with either a spineless (Hyloce ...
- Author:
- Camila Ochoa; Isaac Dyner; Carlos J. Franco
- Source:
- Energy Policy 2013 v.61 pp. 267-273
- ISSN:
- 0301-4215
- Subject:
- algorithms; economic trends; electricity; energy; issues and policy; markets; models; politics; prices; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Panama; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Integration of electricity markets started to spread under the world-wide trend to economic liberalization. While some regions are managing better than others, lessons, both political and technical, highlight challenges ahead that need to be overcome.Since the early 2000s, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru have decided to integrate their electricity markets, eventually creating an enormous Latin ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.029
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.029
- Author:
- Luciana Bahia; Cristiana M. Toscano; Maíra Libertad Soligo Takemoto; Denizar Vianna Araujo
- Source:
- Vaccine 2013 v.31 pp. C33
- ISSN:
- 0264-410X
- Subject:
- burden of disease; children; cost effectiveness; cost estimates; cost of illness analysis; databases; decision making; health care costs; human capital; morbidity; mortality; society; systematic review; vaccines; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Chile; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Uruguay
- Abstract:
- ... Pneumococcal disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality associated with significant economic burden for healthcare systems and society.To systematically review pneumococcal disease cost of illness and productivity loss studies in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region.A search of relevant databases was performed till November 2011. A broad and sensitive search strategy was used ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.030
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.030
- Author:
- George G. Brown; Mac. A. Callaham; Cintia C. Niva; Alexander Feijoo; Klaus D. Sautter; Samuel W. James; Carlos Fragoso; Amarildo Pasini; Rüdiger M. Schmelz
- Source:
- Applied soil ecology 2013 v.69 pp. 2-12
- ISSN:
- 0929-1393
- Subject:
- biodiversity; earthworms; ecotoxicology; indicator species; invasive species; molecular genetics; professionals; researchers; scientists; students; taxonomy; technicians; Brazil; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Over 1100 species of oligochaetes are known from Latin America (LA), of which most are earthworms. Enchytraeid research is not so well developed, mainly due to their small size, the difficulty of identification, and the general ignorance of LA scientists of this family. Some countries, such as Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have active taxonomists, and hence tend to have better knowledge of oligochae ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.12.006
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.12.006
- Author:
- García-Castro, A.; Restrepo-Díaz, H.; Flórez-Roncancio, V.J.
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2013 no.1013 pp. 285-290
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- Rosa; coconuts; crops; cut flowers; denitrification; fertigation; flowers; greenhouse experimentation; leachates; leaching; leaves; nitrates; nitrification inhibitors; nitrogen; nitrogen content; nitrogen fertilizers; soil; urea; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Colombia is the largest rose producing country in Latin America. As a result, it has been researching in crop techniques to improve cut-flower quality and to be more environmentally friendly. Nitrogen fertilizers can cause environmental issues due to nitrate leaching. 3, 4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) has been utilized to reduce nitrogen (N) loss from leaching or denitrification and to optimi ...
- Author:
- Otacilio C. Moreira; Juan David Ramírez; Elsa Velázquez; Myllena F. A. Dias Melo; Carolina Lima-Ferreira; Felipe Guhl; Sergio Sosa-Estani; Jose Antonio Marin-Neto; Carlos A. Morillo; Constança Britto
- Source:
- Acta tropica 2013 v.125 no.1 pp. 23-31
- ISSN:
- 0001-706X
- Subject:
- parasites; drug therapy; DNA primers; blood; parasitemia; patients; Trypanosoma cruzi; cardiomyopathy; monitoring; silica gel; clinical trials; kinetoplast DNA; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; parasite load; satellite DNA; Chagas disease; genetic variation; Argentina; Latin America; Colombia; Brazil
- Abstract:
- ... Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is an accurate method to quantify Trypanosoma cruzi DNA and can be used to follow-up parasitemia in Chagas disease (CD) patients undergoing chemotherapy. The Benznidazole Evaluation for Interrupting Trypanosomiasis (BENEFIT) study is an international, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded and placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of benznida ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.08.020
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.08.020
- Author:
- Juan David Ramírez; Brenda Turriago; Gabriela Tapia-Calle; Felipe Guhl
- Source:
- Veterinary parasitology 2013 v.196 no.1-2 pp. 216-219
- ISSN:
- 0304-4017
- Subject:
- Trypanosoma cruzi; disease reservoirs; dogs; genetic variation; genotype; mixed infection; molecular epidemiology; people; zoonoses; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is the most important domestic reservoir of Chagas disease, a zoonosis that affects more than 10 million people in Latin America. Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of the disease, displays remarkable genetic variability, as indicated by its six genotypes (TcI-TcVI). A pilot study was conducted to establish the prevalence of T. cruzi among the canine population ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.054
- PubMed:
- 23351975
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.054
- Author:
- Theresa Selfa; Carmen Bain; Renata Moreno
- Source:
- Agriculture and human values 2014 v.31 no.3 pp. 455-468
- ISSN:
- 0889-048X
- Subject:
- biofuels; biomass production; certification; decision making; ethanol; ethanol production; governance; interviews; issues and policy; land ownership; land rights; stakeholders; sugar industry; sugarcane; sugars; water rights; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... As concerns heighten over links between biomass production and land grabs in the global south, attention is turning to understanding the role of governance of biofuels systems, whereby decision-making and conduct are not solely determined through government regulations but increasingly shaped by non-state actors, including multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSI). Launched in 2005, Bonsucro is the prin ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10460-014-9509-3
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-014-9509-3
- Author:
- David L. Alonso; Sergio Latorre; Elianna Castillo; Pedro F.B. Brandão
- Source:
- Environmental pollution 2014 v.186 pp. 272-281
- ISSN:
- 0269-7491
- Subject:
- agricultural land; arsenic; food chain; humans; irrigation water; mining; public health; risk; sediments; soil; vegetables; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The international literature on the presence of arsenic (As) in Latin America does not disclose the true magnitude of the presence of As in Colombia. In this paper, we summarize the literature on As occurrence in Colombia. The data reveal that As is present in matrices such as soil, sediments and water and in the food chain. Some of the As concentrations exceed the limits specified by national and ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.12.009
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.12.009
- Author:
- Clark Gary G.; Fernández-Salas Ildefonso
- Source:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 2014 v.30 no.3 pp. 204-214
- ISSN:
- 8756-971X
- Subject:
- Aedes aegypti; Anopheles; chemical control; dengue; ecology; essential oils; health care workers; insect vectors; insecticide resistance; malaria; monitoring; mosquito control; nationalities and ethnic groups; public health; vector control; vector-borne diseases; viruses; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico; Washington (state)
- Abstract:
- ... The 24th Annual Latin American Symposium presented by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) was held as part of the 80th Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, in February 2014. The principal objective, for the previous 23 symposia, was to promote participation in the AMCA by vector control specialists, public health workers, and academicians from Latin America. This publication includes summar ...
- DOI:
- 10.2987/14-6418.1
- https://doi.org/10.2987/14-6418.1
- Author:
- E.M. Costa-Neto
- Source:
- Journal of insects as food and feed 2015 v.1 no.1 pp. 17-23
- ISSN:
- 2352-4588
- Subject:
- adults; animal proteins; animals; edible insects; eggs; entomophagy; honey; larvae; marketing; medicine; multicultural diversity; nutritive value; nymphs; pollen; propolis; pupae; renewable resources; sensory properties; urban areas; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Latin America; Mexico; Peru; Venezuela
- Abstract:
- ... Anthropo-entomophagy has evolved in many ways, from the point of view of collection, marketing and consumption, and for the insects’ organoleptic qualities. Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico due to their sociocultural origin, stand out as the Latin American countries that have the habit of consuming insects by presenting both a biological and an ethnic diversity. Edible specie ...
- DOI:
- 10.3920/JIFF2014.0015
- https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2014.0015
- Author:
- Cristian Echeverría; Cecilia Smith‐Ramírez; James Aronson; José I. Barrera‐Cataño
- Source:
- Restoration ecology 2015 v.23 no.1 pp. 1-3
- ISSN:
- 1061-2971
- Subject:
- catalysts; ecological restoration; ecosystems; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Chile; Colombia; Cuba; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Degradation of ecosystems is ongoing in Latin America but there is also a strong upswing in conservation and restoration efforts. SIACRE – the Ibero‐American and Caribbean Society for Ecological Restoration – is playing a key role in coordinating and promoting this trend at international, national, and subnational levels. In October 2014, SIACRE members organized the first national seminar on ecol ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/rec.12174
- https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12174
- Author:
- Carmenza Castiblanco; Andrés Etter; Alberto Ramirez
- Source:
- Land use policy 2015 v.44 pp. 31-43
- ISSN:
- 0264-8377
- Subject:
- Elaeis guineensis; databases; ecosystems; energy crops; fuel production; income; land tenure; multivariate analysis; plantations; poverty; social welfare; violence; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... The impact of energy crops and biofuel production on development, social welfare and conservation of ecosystems and ecological services has constituted a heated debate. At the center of these controversies is the development of agro-industrial plantations, particularly oil palm. To contribute to a better informed debate, we use existing data to analyze the socioeconomic impacts of the expansion of ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.10.007
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.10.007
- Author:
- Gustavo Cediel; Manuel Olivares; Alex Brito; Daniel López de Romaña; Héctor Cori; Michael R. La Frano
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.36 no.2_suppl pp. S98
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- adults; biomarkers; blood serum; indigenous peoples; national surveys; public health; school children; systematic review; vitamin A; vitamin A deficiency; vitamin status; women; Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Latin America; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... In recent decades, the general socioeconomic situation in Latin America and the Caribbean countries has improved, and many vitamin A programs have been implemented in an attempt to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the region. To examine vitamin A status in Latin America and the Caribbean based on serum retinol concentrations and to contrast available data published before and after 1998. A systemati ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/0379572115585743
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572115585743
- Author:
- Theresa Selfa; Carmen Bain; Renata Moreno; Amarella Eastmond; Sam Sweitz; Conner Bailey; Gustavo Simas Pereira; Tatiana Souza; Rodrigo Medeiros
- Source:
- Environmental management 2015 v.56 no.6 pp. 1315-1329
- ISSN:
- 0364-152X
- Subject:
- bioenergy industry; biofuels; governance; issues and policy; land tenure; land use; livelihood; multicultural diversity; production technology; social impact; social sustainability; society; viability; Brazil; Colombia; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Across the Americas, biofuels production systems are diverse due to geographic conditions, historical patterns of land tenure, different land use patterns, government policy frameworks, and relations between the national state and civil society, all of which shape the role that biofuels play in individual nations. Although many national governments throughout the Americas continue to incentivize g ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00267-015-0535-8
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0535-8
- Author:
- Isabel Acosta-Coley; Jesus Olivero-Verbel
- Source:
- Environmental monitoring and assessment 2015 v.187 no.7 pp. 435
- ISSN:
- 0167-6369
- Subject:
- adhesion; beaches; color; infrared spectroscopy; marine environment; oceans; oxidation; pellets; pollution; polyethylene; polypropylenes; sampling; surfaces; wet season; Caribbean; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Microplastics are a problem in oceans worldwide. The current situation in Latin America is not well known. This paper reports, for the first time, the presence of microplastics on an urban Caribbean beach in Cartagena, Colombia. Pellet samples were collected from a tourist beach over a 5-month period covering both dry and rainy seasons. Pellets were classified by color and their surface analyzed b ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10661-015-4602-7
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4602-7
- Author:
- J.C. Rodríguez-de-Francisco; J. Budds
- Source:
- Ecological economics 2015 v.117 pp. 295-302
- ISSN:
- 0921-8009
- Subject:
- ecosystem services; environmental impact; focus groups; funding; government agencies; interviews; natural resources conservation; nongovernmental organizations; water flow; watersheds; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In Latin America, payment for environmental services (PES) is a tool for watershed conservation that is becoming increasingly promoted by some government agencies, international development organisations and environmental NGOs. However, in pursuit of conservation, PES initiatives implemented at the watershed level may conceal the environmental impacts on local communities of private actors funding ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.05.003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.05.003
- Author:
- Carlos Martin Molina; Jamie K. Pringle; Miguel Saumett; Orlando Hernández
- Source:
- Forensic science international 2015 v.248 pp. 61-70
- ISSN:
- 0379-0738
- Subject:
- botany; forensic sciences; geophysics; ground-penetrating radar; humans; image analysis; monitoring; soil water content; surveys; swine; teams; temperate zones; vegetation; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of missing people and forced disappearances, 68,000 alone currently in Colombia. Successful detection of shallow buried human remains by forensic search teams is difficult in varying terrain and climates. This research has created three simulated clandestine burial styles at two different depths commonly encountered in Latin America to ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.12.011
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.12.011
- Author:
- María F. Mujica-Coopman; Alex Brito; Daniel López de Romaña; Israel Ríos-Castillo; Héctor Cori; Manuel Olivares
- Source:
- Food and nutrition bulletin v.36 no.2_suppl pp. S119
- ISSN:
- 0379-5721
- Subject:
- anemia; children; public health; systematic review; women; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Caribbean; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Latin America; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... In Latin America and the Caribbean, anemia has been a public health problem that affects mainly women of childbearing age and children under 6 years of age. However, the current prevalence of anemia in this region is unknown. To examine the latest available prevalence data on anemia in Latin America and the Caribbean. A systematic review was conducted in 2011 and updated in 2014. Studies determini ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/0379572115585775
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572115585775
- Author:
- Francisco J. Escobedo; Nicola Clerici; Christina L. Staudhammer; Germán Tovar Corzo
- Source:
- Urban forestry & urban greening 2015 v.14 no.4 pp. 1040-1053
- ISSN:
- 1618-8667
- Subject:
- carbon sinks; cities; ecosystem services; forests; inventories; land use; particulates; residential areas; social justice; spatial data; tree and stand measurements; trees; urban planning; Colombia; Latin America
- Abstract:
- ... Little is known about the distribution of urban forests of rapidly growing megacities in the developing world and what role they have on the well-being of citizens. Lack of information on their spatial distribution and ecosystem service (ESS) provision is especially pressing since megacities are often characterized by irregular land use patterns, social inequities, and socioeconomic instability. W ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.09.011
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2015.09.011
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