Search Results - "Virginio Filho, Elías de Melo"
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Shade Effects on the Dispersal of Airborne Hemileia vastatrix Uredospores
Published in Phytopathology (01-06-2016)“…Hemileia vastatrix caused a severe epidemic in Central America in 2012-13. The gradual development of that epidemic on nearly a continental scale suggests that…”
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Unraveling the Complexity of Coffee Leaf Rust Behavior and Development in Different Coffea arabica Agroecosystems
Published in Phytopathology (01-02-2020)“…Crop health management systems can be designed according to practices that help to reduce crop losses by restricting pathogen development and promoting host…”
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Forecast models of coffee leaf rust symptoms and signs based on identified microclimatic combinations in coffee-based agroforestry systems in Costa Rica
Published in Crop protection (01-04-2020)“…Coffee leaf rust is a polycyclic disease that causes severe epidemics impacting yield over several years. For this reason, since the 1960s, more than 20 models…”
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Do Coffee Agroforestry Systems Always Improve Soil Carbon Stocks Deeper in the Soil?—A Case Study from Turrialba, Costa Rica
Published in Forests (01-01-2020)“…Shaded perennial agroforestry systems (AFS) are regarded as desirable land-use practices that improve soil carbon sequestration. However, most studies assume a…”
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Intraspecific trait variation across multiple scales: the leaf economics spectrum in coffee
Published in Functional ecology (01-03-2017)“…Summary Understanding species differences in plant functional traits has been critical in developing a mechanistic understanding of terrestrial ecological…”
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Discovering weather periods and crop properties favorable for coffee rust incidence from feature selection approaches
Published in Computers and electronics in agriculture (01-09-2020)“…•Coffee rust monitoring is the most important predictor for future incidences.•Temperature is a determining driver in days 9 to 6 and 4 to 1 before the…”
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Leaf functional traits and pathogens: Linking coffee leaf rust with intraspecific trait variation in diversified agroecosystems
Published in PloS one (13-04-2023)“…Research has demonstrated that intraspecific functional trait variation underpins plant responses to environmental variability. However, few studies have…”
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Intraspecific Trait Variation and Coordination: Root and Leaf Economics Spectra in Coffee across Environmental Gradients
Published in Frontiers in plant science (12-07-2017)“…Hypotheses on the existence of a universal "Root Economics Spectrum" (RES) have received arguably the least attention of all trait spectra, despite the key…”
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Shade trees: a determinant to the relative success of organic versus conventional coffee production
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-12-2018)“…Greater understanding of the influences on long-term coffee productivity are needed to develop systems that are profitable, while maximizing ecosystem services…”
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Effects of agro-forestry systems on the physical and chemical characteristics of green coffee beans
Published in Frontiers in nutrition (Lausanne) (12-07-2023)“…Twenty agroforestry systems consisting of different management practices (conventional and organic) and shade types were set up for coffee plantations in 2,000…”
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No evidence of foliar disease impact on crop root functional strategies and soil microbial communities: what does this mean for organic coffee?
Published in Oikos (01-01-2023)“…Global climate change is increasing pest and pathogen pressures on plant communities, deteriorating optimal plant functioning. In plant communities, root…”
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Shade trees have higher impact on soil nutrient availability and food web in organic than conventional coffee agroforestry
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-02-2019)“…Conventional, intensively managed coffee plantations are currently facing environmental challenges. The use of shade trees and the organic management of coffee…”
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Shade tree traits and microclimate modifications: Implications for pathogen management in biodiverse coffee agroforests
Published in Biotropica (01-09-2021)“…Diversified coffee agroforests modify microclimate conditions in comparison with monocultures, impacting the success of significant plant pathogens, such as…”
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Influencia de factores biofísicos y de manejo en el crecimiento de Cedrela odorata L. en asocio con café en Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
Published in Revista Forestal Mesoamericana Kurú (01-06-2018)“…El estudio se realizó en sistemas agroforestales (SAF) con café asociado a maderables de cedro amargo (Cedrela odorata. L.) en el cantón de Pérez Zeledón,…”
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Assessing the accuracy and robustness of a process-based model for coffee agroforestry systems in Central America
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-10-2020)“…Coffee is often grown in production systems associated with shade trees that provide different ecosystem services. Management, weather and soil conditions are…”
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Agroecosystem diversification with legumes or non-legumes improves differently soil fertility according to soil type
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-11-2021)“…Plant diversification through crop rotation or agroforestry is a promising way to improve sustainability of agroecosystems. Nonetheless, criteria to select the…”
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Concurrent starch accumulation in stump and high fruit production in coffee (Coffea arabica)
Published in Tree physiology (04-12-2021)“…Abstract In coffee, fruit production on a given shoot drops after some years of high yield, triggering pruning to induce resprouting. The timing of pruning is…”
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Root biomass, turnover and net primary productivity of a coffee agroforestry system in Costa Rica: effects of soil depth, shade trees, distance to row and coffee age
Published in Annals of botany (01-10-2016)“…Background and Aims In Costa Rica, coffee (Coffea arabica) plants are often grown in agroforests. However, it is not known if shade-inducing trees reduce…”
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Measuring and modelling energy partitioning in canopies of varying complexity using MAESPA model
Published in Agricultural and forest meteorology (01-05-2018)“…•The 3D process-based ecophysiological MAESPA model was modified.•It now integrates a calculation of foliage water evaporation at voxel scale.•A computation of…”
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Growth and Productivity of Coffea arabica var. Esperanza L4A5 in Different Agroforestry Systems in the Caribbean Region of Costa Rica
Published in Agriculture (Basel) (01-10-2024)“…This study focused on evaluating the growth and productivity of Coffea arabica var. Esperanza L4A5 in different agroforestry systems in the Caribbean region of…”
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