The soilless culture of vegetables in protected environments has increased in southern Mexico. However, the use of materials such as mineral wool or perlite as substrates is expensive and unsustainable. Therefore, the use ...

The industry of mezcal (Agave spp.) in Oaxaca, Mexico annually generates more than one hundred thousand tons of bagasse. With the aim of using this by-product as an alternative organic substrate, the physical, physicochemical ...

In nurseries, seedling management can be an option to increase the yield and earliness of the harvest of Solanum lycopersicum L. in the greenhouse. The objective of this study was to evaluate substrate volumes and days in ...