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Aquaculture intensification has increased the susceptibility of farmed fish to infectious diseases, which are traditionally managed with antibiotics. Growing environmental concerns and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance, however, have driven the search for more sustainable approaches to disease management. White grape marc, a polyphenol-rich by-product of the wine-making industry with known antimicrobial and antioxidant...
Biomass and Extracts of Metarhizium robertsii MT008 as Potential Biopesticides for Controlling the Fruit Fly Anastrepha obliquaNARA Subscribed
The fruit fly causes yield losses of 40 to 80% in various fruit crops, resulting in an approximate annual loss of USD 100 million in Colombia. Anastrepha obliqua is a significant pest for the mango production sector. Although biopesticides are promising alternatives for its control, there are currently no registered biopesticides derived from biomass or extracts of entomopathogenic fungi with the Colombian Agricultural Institu...
Aim Plant functional traits can influence interaction outcomes between nurse and target plants through a “functional trait match”, which occurs when the traits of nurse plants ameliorate their environment, and target plants possess traits that allow them to benefit from this ameliorated environment. We investigated how the traits of putative nurse species affect interaction outcomes across global drylands and determined the fu...
Cadmium and lead impact on biological phosphorus removal: metal partition and adsorption evaluation in wastewater treatment processesNARA Subscribed
Understanding the effect and partition of metals in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can aid in designing processes to reduce metal emissions. This study focused on the effects of cadmium and lead, exposed alone (Cd or Pb) and in combination (Cd + Pb), on the enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process at lab-scale. Parameters related to the metabolism of propionate, phosphorus (P), polyhydroxyalkanoates, extracel...
Niche dynamics in amphitropical desert disjunct plants: Seeking for ecological and species‐specific influencesNARA Subscribed
Aim Numerous studies have assessed whether species niches are conserved in geographically separated regions. However, most of them were performed on invasive species, with the limitation that such species have likely not yet reached their potential distribution in the invaded region. Here we test the hypothesis of niche conservatism in the entire group of 25 amphitropical desert disjunct plant species, naturally distributed in...
NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the NeotropicsNARA Subscribed
Xenarthrans—anteaters, sloths, and armadillos—have essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engineers. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting pressure, and conflicts with domestic dogs, these species have been threatened locally, regionally, or even across their full distribution ranges. The Neotropics harbor 21 species of armadillos,...