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The Roles of MADS-Box Genes During Orchid Floral Development
(2021)
Orchids have flowers of unique beauty that are remarkable for their zygomorphic syndrome, which can be summarized as a floral architecture based on three categories of organs at the perianth: external tepals, internal ...
Biology of the papaya plant
(2014-01-01)
The papaya plant (Carica papaya L.) has been described with a large variety of adjectives, which acknowledge the structural and functional complexity and the high phenotypic plasticity of this giant tropical herb (León ...
Regulation of Flowering in Orchids
(2021)
Orchids constitute the largest families within the flowering plants; they are one of the most highly evolved groups in the angiosperms; and because of their flashy flowers many species from several genera are very prominent ...
Evaluación preliminar de 201 genotipos de ocho diferentes hortalizas (berenjena, chile dulce, zucchini, ayote, sandía, pepino, tomate y melón) cultivados bajo invernadero en Costa Rica
(2016-07)
El cambio climático puede tener grandes consecuencias en el cultivo de alimentos. Este capítulo hace una evaluación de características morfológicas, rendimiento y calidad de 8 diferentes hortalizas. Se presentan los cuadros ...
A Focus on Aflatoxins in Feedstuffs: Levels of Contamination, Prevalence, Control Strategies, and Impacts on Animal Health
(2017)
Aflatoxins are mold-synthetized secondary metabolites that are ubiquitously present
in agricultural commodities, such as cereals which in turn are substantial part of feed
formulation. These toxins are capable of causing ...
Nutritional and industrial relevance of particular Neotropical pseudo-cereals
(2019-01-01)
Several pseudo-cereals (plants not belonging to the Poaceae family but with uses similar to those of the traditional cereals) of Neotropical origin have been cultivated and consumed since pre-Columbian times by indigenous ...
Papaya
(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 ...
Chapter 3 - Cacao
(2023)
Cocoa and cocoa derivatives are recognized for having a rich and complex nature. This is highly dependent on the cocoa genetics, on the terroir where cocoa is produced and processed, on the different transformation steps ...
Harvesting and Postharvest Technology of Banana
(2020-07-24)
This chapter discusses banana harvesting indices and practices, fruit grade and standards, postharvest handling and losses, postharvest operations, and storage technologies. Harvesting indices define the best time to cut ...
Begomoviruses in crops with economic interest for North and Central America
(2022)
The Begomovirus genus (family Geminiviridae) is widely distributed throughout the world and affects more than 700 plant species, including crops of economic interest. In the western hemisphere, diseases caused by begomoviruses ...