Water stress management in crops is a constant concern for farmers since water availability is essential for plant growth and production. In recent years, we have seen an increase in the frequency and intensity of droughts, which has led to a decrease in crop yields and increased pressure on water resources. Water stress has been …
The Castor bean or castor oil plant (Ricinus Communis L.) is a euphorbiaceae that can contain many benefits for its use in agriculture. Shrub plant, its most important chemical compounds are ricin, ricinin, lipase, ricinolein, proteins, stearin, palmitin, ricinoleic acid, isorricinoleic acid, toxystearic acid, chymases (Chiej, 1990). Use of the Castor bean or castor oil …
In lawn management there are always factors that cannot be controlled regularly, such as water quality, excessive rainfall (or lack thereof, especially when there is no irrigation system), diseases that appear suddenly and a wide variety of pests that live by feeding on our grass. One of those problems is the blind man’s blight. It …
The cottony maple scale is one of the most numerous and conspicuous soft scale insects that attack ornamental plants. Symptoms of the cottony scale. It begins by colonizing the most hidden parts of the plant, thus protecting itself from unfavorable weather conditions. However, due to its eating habits, it causes chlorosis and malformations in the …
Strawberries are several species of plants, cultivated for their edible fruit. The strawberry is a fruit with a conical or almost round shape, of variable size depending on the species. The strawberry plant is of the herbaceous type, while the root system is fasciculate and is made up of roots and rootlets. It is small, …
Humic substances or humus are complex molecules of black or dark brown color, with high molecular weight, colloidal and hydrophilic properties, ionic adsorption and desorption capacity, release of nutrients in the medium and long term. These humic substances are classified based on the solubility of their components in solutions of different pH. This results in …
Plants go through different stages throughout their development and growth. These phases, which are well differentiated from each other due to different physiological, metabolic and morphological events, are known as phenological stages and each one of them has its particularities; from germination, emergence, vegetative development, flowering, fruiting and maturity, in some that are annual, after …
Hydrogen peroxide stabilized with peracetic acid leaves no toxic residue and is 100% biodegradable. This meets the growing demand for ecological inputs in the sector. Hydrogen peroxide in agriculture has multiple applications: kill pests that decimate crops, oxygenate substrates and roots, speed up the germination process and stimulate plant growth, among other things. Hydrogen peroxide …
Soils often have poor oxygen levels on farmland. Poor performance in the field and reduced plant yield. Therefore, to aid cultivation in soils with optimal water use, the application of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is efficient in imparting oxygenated environments. Plant roots like plants obtain oxygen from the gaseous phase of the soil and from dissolved …
Sodium is an abundant element in nature, so abundant that it is part of the “minerals” of seawater and we have daily contact with it in table salt, which is a compound called Sodium Chloride. In agriculture, many elements are necessary for the development of plants, around 16 are essential, between macro and micronutrients. Sodium …
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