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Occurrence and characterisation of calcium oxalate crystals in stems and fruits of Hylocereus costaricensis and Selenicereus megalanthus (Cactaceae: Hylocereeae)

Viñas Meneses, María; Jiménez García, Víctor (2016-10)

Detailed description about occurrence of calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystals in the edible vine cactus species Hylocereus costaricensis and Selenicereus megalanthus is scarce. Therefore, we evaluated and characterized the ...

Occurrence of Coffee ringspot virus, a Brevipalpus Miteborne Virus in Coffee in Costa Rica

Verle Rodrigues, Jose Carlos; Rodríguez Solís, Carlos Mario; Moreira Carmona, Lisela; Villalobos Muller, William; Rivera Herrero, Carmen; Childers, Carl C. (2002-05)

Occurrence of Potato Powdery Scab Caused by Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea in Costa Rica

Montero Astúa, Mauricio; Vásquez Sancho, Viviana; Rivera Herrero, Carmen (2002-11)

Powdery scab of potatoes, caused by Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerheim f. sp. subterranea Tomlinson, is important worldwide due to its effect on tuber quality and transmission of Potato mop-top virus. Although ...

Occurrence of Squash yellow mild mottle virus and Pepper golden mosaic virus in Potential New Hosts in Costa Rica

Castro Vásquez, Ruth Mayela; Moreira Carmona, Lisela; Rojas, María R.; Gilbertson, Robert L.; Hernández Jiménez, Eduardo José; Mora Umaña, Floribeth; Ramírez Fonseca, Pilar (2013-09)

Leaf samples of Solanum lycopersicum, Capsicum annuum, Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita pepo, Sechium edule and Erythrina spp. were collected. All samples were positive for begomoviruses using polymerase chain reaction and ...

Papaya

Jiménez García, Víctor (2015-01-01)

Papaya (Carica papaya) is a semiwoody, usually single-stemmed, herbaceous plant (Fig. 1). It originated along the Caribbean lowlands of Mesoamerica and is now extensively and exclusively distributed in tropical and subtropical ...

Papaya ringspot virus and Cucumber mosaic virus associated with a severe mosaic in melon

Rivera Herrero, Carmen; Ramírez Fonseca, Pilar; Rodríguez Solis, Carlos Mario (1991-09)

Severe mosaic disease was observed in several melon fields in Costa Rica during the period 1987-1991. Two viruses, papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) were associated in single and mixed infections ...

Particle size and roasting on water sorption in conilon coffee during storage

Corrêa, Paulo Cesar; de Oliveira, Gabriel Henrique Horta; Rodrigues de Oliveira, Ana Paula Lelis; Vargas Elías, Guillermo Asdrúbal; Machado Baptestini, Fernanda (2016)

The aim of this work was to evaluate alterations on the water sorption of coffee due to the effect of roast, grind and storage in two temperatures (10 and 30 ºC) during 180 days. Crude grain coffee (Coffea canephora) with ...

Patogenicidad de Fusarium proliferatum y la utilización de fungicidas en el tratamiento de semillas como control preventivo en la fase inicial de desarrollo del arroz (Oryza sativa)

Campos Sánchez, Verónica (2013)

Poblaciones e identificación de los hongos causantes de mohos poscosecha en el pedúnculo de la piña, en dos zonas de Costa Rica

Castro Chinchilla, Johanny; Umaña Rojas, Gerardina (2015)

El desarrollo de mohos en el pedúnculo de la piña de Costa Rica, es uno de los problemas poscosecha más importantes que conlleva al rechazo de la fruta en el mercado destino. El objetivo de esta investigación fue evaluar ...

Population Genomic Analysis of a Bacterial Plant Pathogen: Novel Insight into the Origin of Pierce’s Disease of Grapevine in the U.S.

Nunney, Leonard; Yuan, Xiaoli; Bromley, Robin; Hartung, John; Stouthamer, Richard; Moreira Carmona, Lisela; Montero Astúa, Mauricio; Ortiz Arias, Beatriz (2010-11)

Invasive diseases present an increasing problem worldwide; however, genomic techniques are now available to investigate the timing and geographical origin of such introductions. We employed genomic techniques to demonstrate ...

Práctica dirigida de graduación realizada en los Departamentos de Investigación y Fitoprotección en una finca dedicada al cultivo del melón (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) en Liberia, Guanacaste

Sancho Jiménez, Rose Mary (2013)

Preservation of roasted and ground coffee during storage. Part 2: Bulk density and intergranular porosit

Corrêa, Paulo Cesar; de Oliveira, Gabriel Henrique Horta; Vasconcelos, Wander L.; Vargas Elías, Guillermo Asdrúbal; Santos, Fábio L.; Nunes, Eduardo H. M. (2016-07)

The determination of physical properties is an important factor in the design of machinery and the scaling of post-harvest operations. The present study evaluates the influence of the level of roasting and the size of ...

Prevalencia del virus X en plantaciones comerciales de papa en la zona del Volcán Irazú, Cartago, Costa Rica

Gámez Lobo, Rodrigo; Ramírez Martínez, Carlos (1980)

The chloroplast-agglutination serologic technique as used to determine the prevalence of infection by Potato Virus X in six commercial plantations of this crop ( Solanum tuberosum L. ) in the potato growing area near the ...

Prevalencia y distribución geográfica de los virus PXV, PVY, PVA, PVM, PVS y PLRV en el cultivo de la papa en la zona norte de Cartago, Costa Rica

Rivera Herrero, Carmen; Hord Dedmon, Melanie Jane (1998)

Se realizó un muestreo de papa de la zona norte de la provincia de Cartago, zona de producción de papa en Costa Rica, durante el período comprendido entre febrero y agosto de 1997. Se colectaron hojas terminales de 30 ...

Problemas fitosanitarios de la cebolla en Costa Rica

Granados Montero, María del Milagro; Saborío Mora, Mario; Arias Reverón, Julio Miguel; Monge Meza, Javier; Herrera Murillo, Franklin; Rodríguez Ruiz, Ana María; Blanco Metzler, Helga; Aguilar Piedra, Hugo Gerardo; Murillo Rojas, Pamela; Wang Wong, Amy (2011)

La agricultura es una actividad fundamental para la humanidad. La producción de alimentos ha sido y siempre será indispensable, y al mismo tiempo es una actividad difícil, caracterizada por el trabajo duro, tesonero y de ...