Contextualization: The textile industry makes use of large quantities of water and various chemicals that are part of the different stages of the cloth processing, including painting and finishing. As a result of the use of these chemicals, wastewater from the textile industry has high concentrations of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon (TOC), total dissolved solids (TDS) and low biodegradability. Knowledge ...

Contextualization: Advance knowledge of soil quality is of great importance in deciding the implementation of crops and the elaboration of fertilization plans. Knowledge gap: The study contributed to the acquisition of knowledge on the condition and quality of soil physicochemical parameters, as a preliminary step to designing new agricultural practices, where farmers did not have the respective soil analysis, unaware ...

Contextualization: It is widely known that agricultural production systems has been in a process of improvement, in order to become more efficient every day. The objective is to achieve the basic food demand in a smaller space. Aquaponics systems allow to increase the production of crops of commercial and nutritional interest in a small area, with a rational use of natural resources • Knowledge gap: In aquaponic systems, ...

Contextualization: Anthropogenic processes, as the inadequate management of productive systems, and the increase of the agricultural border are the causes of the reduction in productivity, biodiversity and ecosystemic services. As an alternative come up agroforestry, which allows obtaining different goods and services on the ecosystems where is applied. Knowledge gap: Woody plants in coffee cultivation (Coffea arabica ...

Contextualization: The cocoa fruit (Theobroma cacao L), is composed of seeds (main object of interest for producers), placenta and shell (agro-industrial waste) with unknown or wasted properties by the farmer, which is why they are discarded in productive environments, causing various problems. This has led to the development of research on the knowledge of compounds with functional characteristics, mainly the cocoa ...

Contextualization: Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical substance used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastic containers, lining of metal cans, packaging of cosmetic and personal care products, kitchen utensils, toys, thermal paper, sports equipment, and medical and dental devices. The BPA has the capacity to leach from containers or environmental matrices through time and high temperatures. Currently, BPA has been ...

Contextualization: the cocoa shell is an agro-industrial waste with no commercial value. It is generated at the collection site of this fruit during its primary production and is normally abandoned in large piles that generate environmental problems. However, the cocoa shell has adequate nutritional properties that allow its use in animal feed. Knowledge gap: there is a small amount of scientific evidence about the use ...

A disease in plants is the result of compatible gene interaction between a susceptible host, a virulent pathogen, and favorable environmental conditions. Thus, various driving factors, anthropogenic and environmental, have favored the emergence and re-emergence of diseases that have led to significant losses in crops. Latin America is not the exception of the presence of these phenomena evidenced in first reports for ...

Contextualization:  The andean blackberry (Rubus glaucus Benth) is one of the fruits of greater commercialization and importance in Colombia and in the entire Andean zone. This crop is affected by E. colombianus, an insect pest present in blackberry and other crops such as tree tomato, lulo, grape among others. Knowledge gap: The effectiveness of biocontrol agents in controlling E. colombianus under field conditions ...

Contextualization: The use of biological inoculants or biofertilizers based on plant growth-promoting bacteria constitutes a sustainable biotechnological alternative to improve agricultural production. Knowledge gap: nevertheless, the environmental characteristics in agroecosystems could be a lot different between regions, this could produce an effect over the mentioned inoculants. Purpose: in the present study were ...