Category «Agriculture»

How to achieve better and faster adaptation of seedlings during transplantation?

transplantation

Transplantation is the process by which the seedling is placed in the place where it will complete its reproductive cycle. Said seedling comes from a stage of primary development in a nursery (malasombra, greenhouse, micro-tunnel, etc.) where it had optimal conditions for its germination, emergence, development of cotyledonal leaves and true leaves. The transplant is …

Gibberellins, what are they? and how are they applied?

soil flora plant sprout

Gibberellins are a group of diterpenoids that are defined more by their structure than by their biological activity, contrary to what happens with Auxins and Cytokinins. Active gibberellins act as essential regulators of plant development and cover all aspects of plant life such as: seed germination, stem growth, parthenocarpy, leaf expansion, root elongation, flowering and …

Corn Pests: Fruit Worm

Fruit Worm Helicoverpa zea

Corn is a crop of high importance throughout the world, it is the cereal with the highest production. According to the FAO, worldwide, the 3 largest producers are the United States of America, China and Brazil, the first place of production, the United States of America, in 2019 produced an amount of 347,047,570 tons of …

Corn pests: Armyworm

Larva and damage of Spodoptera frugiperda in maize plant.

Corn is a crop of high importance throughout the world, it is the cereal with the highest production. According to the FAO, worldwide, the 3 largest producers are the United States of America, China and Brazil, the first place of production, the United States of America, in 2019 produced an amount of 347,047,570 tons of …

Sources of stress in plants

Sources of stress in plants

Stress is identified as a significant deviation from optimal conditions for life. These conditions cause changes in all functional levels of organisms. From a biological point of view, stress has a broader connotation, referring to environmental changes that alter the physiological state of plants (Larcher, 1995). Types of stress in plants Now, there are different …