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 …
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 …
The soil is a very fragile natural resource, contrary to what we might think, it is affected by many factors. One of the great disadvantages that the use of land for agriculture has is its slow, very slow creation and almost impossible regeneration; Soil has been formed throughout the Earth’s history from bedrock and weathering …
Corn is a very important crop in a large part of the cultures of the world. It is a crop that is sown in the open sky on a larger surface; This implies that corn plants are affected by the climatic conditions in the regions where they are planted, very often these conditions are not …
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 …
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