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An integrative water quality evaluation in two surface water bodies from a tropical agricultural region in Cartago, Costa Rica
(2021)A monitoring study was carried out in two micro-catchments in the Reventazón basin, in Northern Cartago, Costa Rica; pesticide occurrence and water quality were analyzed. Twelve pesticides were detected, fve insecticides ... -
Contrasting Effects of Nitrogen and Labile Carbon Addition on N2O Emissions from Andosols in Costa Rica and Chile Under Controlled Conditions
(2022-07-20)Our study analyzes nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions of two volcanic soils, from a tropical (Costa Rica) and temperate (Chile) environment. Volcanic origin soils are important for dairy production in both countries and ... -
Emisiones NH3, N2O y CH4
(2020-10-21)Base de datos de emisiones de metano, òxido nitroso y metano por aplicación de purines e inhibidor de nitrificación -
Estrategia educativa “Prácticas agrícolas y su relación con la salud humana”, dirigida a agricultores de la zona norte de Cartago, Costa Rica
(2012-10-01)n el marco del proyecto Manejo de plagas a nivel comunitario en la agricultura centroamericana, se diseñó un programa de capa citaciones denominado Prácticas agrícolas y su relación con la salud humana, para agricultores ... -
First insights into the prokaryotic community structure of Lake Cote, Costa Rica: Influence on nutrient cycling
(2022-10-03)Prokaryotic diversity in lakes has been studied for many years mainly focusing on community structure and how the bacterial assemblages are driven by physicochemical conditions such as temperature, oxygen, and nutrients. ... -
Guía para la elaboración de una estrategia de comunicación
(2021)Con el objetivo de fomentar cambios y generar medidas de prevención y mitigación de problemáticas ambientales, principalmente asociadas al cambio climático, este documento se enfoca en el establecimiento de una guía que ... -
Guía para la identificación de las principales plagas y enfermedades en el cultivo de piña
(2018)Esta guía contiene información sobre las principales plagas y enfermedades del cultivo de la piña, cómo identificarlas, ciclo de vida e información sobre control y manejo integrado de las mismas. El objetivo es que sea ... -
Implementación de una estrategia de comunicación para posicionar las buenas prácticas agrícolas (BPA): el caso de los productores de piña de la zona norte de Costa Rica
(2021-12-23)En el marco del proyecto “Caracterización de las prácticas agrícolas y el uso y manejo de agroquímicos en el cultivo de piña, para la implementación de buenas prácticas agrícolas (BPA)”, se elaboró e implementó una ... -
Indicadores del uso de plaguicidas en el marco de las buenas prácticas agrícolas (BPA), en Alvarado y Oreamuno, Costa Rica
(2012-12)on el objetivo de contribuir a mejorar la salud humana y la calidad del ambiente, el proyecto Manejo de plagas a nivel co munitario en la agricultura centroamericana fomentó las buenas prácticas agrícolas (BPA), uniendo ... -
Manual de uso de biobeds
(2020)Para entender en qué consisten los biobeds y cuál es su importancia, se presenta este manual, el cual proporciona información con un diseño detallado y asesoramiento operacional para construir e implementar este sistema ... -
Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: A wastewater-based approach
(2022-06-17)Clinical testing of children in schools is challenging, with economic implications limiting its frequent use as a monitoring tool of the risks assumed by children and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, a wastewater-based ... -
Nonionic surfactants can modify the thermal stability of globular and membrane proteins interfering with the thermal proteome profiling principles to identify protein targets
(2023)The membrane proteins are essential targets for understanding cellular function. The unbiased identification of membrane protein targets is still the bottleneck for a system-level understanding of cellular response to ... -
Occurrence of Banned and Currently Used Herbicides, in Groundwater of Northern Greece: A Human Health Risk Assessment Approach
(2022-07-09)The presence of pesticide residues in groundwater, many years after their phase out in European Union verifies that the persistence in aquifer is much higher than in other environmental compartments. Currently used and ... -
On-farm occurrence of pharmaceuticals and their environmental hazard: Case study of a tropical dairy farm
(2023)Animal husbandry wastewaters represent an important source of pharmaceuticals into the environment. This work aimed to evaluate the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and their hazard in wastewater from a model dairy farm from ... -
Pesticide monitoring and ecotoxicological risk assessment in surface water bodies and sediments of a tropical agro-ecosystem
(2018)A pesticide monitoring study including 80 and 60 active ingredients (in surface waters and sediments, respectively) was carried out in a river basin in Costa Rica during 2007–2012. A special emphasis was given on the ... -
Probe-based qPCR assay enables the rapid and specific detection of bacterial degrading genes for the pesticide metaldehyde in soil
(2022-04)Metaldehyde, a molluscicide pesticide, has been identified as a pollutant of concern due to its repeated detection in drinking water, thereby generating numerous compliance failures for water utilities. Biological degradation ... -
Rice yield in Costa Rican Central Pacific did not improve with a urease inhibitor
(2024)Urea is widely used as nitrogen (N) source for rice fertilization in Costa Rica, despite its low efficiency 15 linked to ammonia losses. To assess urea management alternatives, two field experiments were 16 conducted in ... -
Single and mixture toxicity of selected pharmaceuticals to the aquatic macrophyte Lemna minor
(2022-03-28)Plants represent uncommon targets to evaluate pharmaceuticals toxicity. In this work, Lemna minor was employed as a plant model to determine the toxicity of selected pharmaceuticals, and to assay if such toxicity could be ... -
Threats to tropical wetlands: Medio Queso Wetland as a case of degraded system
(2023-10-04)Despite the importance of wetlands in terms of climate feedback, they are featured as one of the most rapidly declining ecosystems in the world. Future climate scenarios suggest a series of negative impacts on wetland ... -
Tolerance and biological removal of fungicides by Trichoderma species isolated from the endosphere of wild Rubiaceae plants
(2022-02-03)The transition from conventional to organic agriculture is often challenged by the adaptation of biological control agents to environments heavily exposed to agrochemical pollutants. We studied Trichoderma species isolated ...