Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Integrated Tropical Crop Pest and Disease Management






As of January, CIAT's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other documents on "Integrated Tropical Crop Pest and Disease Management”. Some of the publications are listed below:







A complete list of the exhibition in PDF

Friday, September 30, 2011

Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility

As of October, CIAT’s Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports, and other documents on: “Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility”. The exhibition includes: soil macrofauna, soil carbon management, soil nutrient management, soil ecology, soil mineral dynamics, nutrient cycling in soils, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:

Integrated soil fertility management in Africa : Principles, practices and development process. Sanginga, Nteranya; Woomer, Paul L. (eds.). 2009.



A handbook of tropical soil biology : Sampling and characterization of below-ground biodiversity. Moreira, Fátima Maria de Souza; Huising, Jeroen; Bignell, David Edward (eds.). 2008.



Soil macrofauna field manual : technical level. Ruiz, Nuria; Lavelle, Patrick; Jiménez, Juan. 2008.



Advances in integrated soil fertility management in Sub-Saharan Africa : Challenges and opportunities. Bationo, André; Waswa, Boaz S.; Kihara, Job; Kimetu, Joseph (eds.). 2007.



Soil carbon management : Economic, environmental and societal benefits. Kimble, J.M.; Rice, Charles W.; Reed, D.; Mooney, S.; Follett, R.F.; Lal, R. (eds.). 2007.



Soil fertility decision guide formulation : Assisting farmers with varying objectives to integrate legume cover crops. Amede, Tilahun. 2004.



Construcción y mantenimiento de capa arable para el desarrollo de sistemas sostenibles de producción de yuca en tres regiones de Colombia : Informe final. Cadavid López, Luis Fernando; Albán, Alvaro Andrés; Amézquita Collazos, Edgar; Peña, Jorge. 2004.



Managing nutrient cycles to sustain soil fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Bationo, André (ed.). 2003.



El arado natural : Las comunidades de macroinvertebrados del suelo en las sabanas neotropicales de Colombia. Jiménez Jaén, Juan José; Thomas, Richard J. (eds.). 2003.



Soil Ecology. Lavelle, P.; Spain, A. 2001.



Soil fertility management for sustainable agriculture. Prasad, Rajendra; Power, J.F. 1997.



Sustainable management of soil resources in the humid tropics. Lal, R. 1995.



Sustaining growth : Soil fertility management in tropical smallholdings. Müller-Sämann, Karl M.; Kotschi, Johannes. 1994.



Fertility of soils : A future for farming in the West African Savannas . Pieri, Christian J.M.G. 1992.



Tecnología de bajos insumos para el manejo de oxisoles y ultisoles en América tropical. Sánchez, Pedro A.; Salinas, José G. [s.f.]



A review of soils research in Tropical Latin America. Sánchez, Pedro A.; Bartholomew, William Víctor; Buol, Stanley Walter; Cox, F.R; Kamprath, E.J; Lutz, J.F. (eds.). 1977.



El reciclaje de nutrimentos en pastos tropicales. Spain, J.M.; Salinas, J.G. 1985.



Soil fertility : A biodynamical approach. Pauli, F.W. 1967.



Soil macrofauna field manual : technical level. Ruiz, Nuria; Lavelle, Patrick; Jiménez, Juan. 2008.



Soil phosphorus dynamics, acquisition and cycling in crop-pasture-fallow systems in low fertility tropical soils : A review from Latin America. Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Barrios, Edmundo; Amézquita Collazos, Edgar; Friesen, Dennis Keith; Thomas, Richard J.; Oberson, Astrid; SINGH, B.R. 2004.



Managing soil fertility in the tropics : A resource guide for participatory learning and action research. Defoer, Toon; Budelman, Arnoud. 2000.



Plant adaptation to phosphorus: Limited tropical soils. 2. ed. Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Friesen, Dennis Keith; Osaki, Mitsuru. 1999.



Fauna in soil ecosystems : Recycling processes, nutrient fluxes, and agricultural production. Benckiser, Giro (ed.). 1997.



El manejo de oxisoles en las sabanas tropicales de Colombia. Spain, James M. 1973.


Mineral nutrition and fertilization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Howeler, H. 1981.

A complete list of the exhibition in PDF

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Deforestation, Reforestation, and Agroforestry in the Tropics

As of August, CIAT's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other documents on "Deforestation, Reforestation, and Agroforestry in the Tropics”. The exhibition includes: forest deterioration, slash-and-burn systems, forest policies, payment for environmental services, shifting cultivation, carbon sequestration, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:





A complete list of the exhibition in PDF

Friday, June 17, 2011

Ciat Publications on Tropical Forages

As of June, CIA's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other
documents on "Ciat Publications on Tropical Forages". Some of the publications are listed below:

Argel M., Pedro J.; Ramírez P., Alberto (eds.). 1996. Experiencias regionales con Arachis pintoi y planes futuros de investigación y promoción de la especie en México, Centroamérica y el Caribe . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 206 p. (Documento de trabajo no. 159) (SB 205 .A7 E9)


Bradley, R.S. 1982. Manejo de las leguminosas forrajeras para los estudios de fijación de nitrógeno por Rhizobium . In: Toledo, José M. (ed.). Manual para la evaluación agronómica: Red internacional de evaluación de pastos tropicales . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. p. 83-89. (Serie CIAT 07sG-1 (82)) (SB 197 .M3)

Connell, John; Stür, W.W.; Horne, Peter. 2010. Forages and farmers : Case studies from Southe-East Asia . Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Vientiane, LA : Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Canberra, AU. 120 p. (ACIAR monograph no. 142) (SB 193 .A8 C6

Doll, Jerry D.; Argel M., Pedro J.; Gómez, Clemencia (eds.). 1989. Principios básicos para el manejo y control de las malezas en los potreros : Guía de estudio [en línea] . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 59 p. (Serie 04SW-03.01) Full Text/Texto Completo

Escobar Manrique, Eugenio; Belalcázar G., Javier; Rippstein, Georges. 1993. Clave de las principales plantas de sabana de la altillanura de los Llanos Orientales en Carimagua, Meta, Colombia . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT); Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Palmira, Valle del Cauca, CO. 92 p. (Publicación CIAT no. 227) (QK 265 .E82)
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Guimaraes, Elcio Perpétuo; Sanz Scovino, José Ignacio; Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Amézquita, María Cristina; Amézquita Collazos, Edgar; Thomas, Richard J. (eds.). 2004. Agropastoral systems for the tropical savannas of Latin America . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT); Brasília, BR: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Cali, CO. 342 p. (CIAT publication no. 338) (SD 391 .S58i)
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Guimaraes, Elcio Perpétuo; Sanz Scovino, José Ignacio; Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Amézquita, María Cristina; Amézquita Collazos, Edgar (eds.). 1999. Sistemas agropastoriles en sabanas tropicales de América Latina. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT); Brasília, BR: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Cali, CO. 313 p. (Publicación CIAT no. 313) (SD 391 .S58) Full Text/Texto Completo

Hardy, Bill (ed.). 1992. Pastures for the tropical lowlands : CIAT's contribution. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 238 p. (CIAT publication no. 211) (SB 193 .P3)

Hess, Hans Dieter; Gómez, Julia; Lascano, Carlos E. (eds.). 2006. Taller Taninos en la Nutrición de Rumiantes en Colombia (2, 2006, Cali, Colombia). Memorias . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 52 p. (Publicación CIAT no. 352) (SB 203 .3 .C6 T3)
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Holmann, Federico José; Lascano, Carlos E. (eds.). 2004. Feeding systems with legumes to intensify dairy farms : A project executed by the Tropileche Consortium [on line] . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Consorcio Tropileche; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Cali, CO. 178 p. Full Text/Texto Completo

Kerridge, Peter C.; Hardy, Bill (eds.). 1994. Biology and agronomy of forage Arachis . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 209 p. (CIAT publication no. 240) (SB 205 .A7 B5) Full Text/Texto Completo

Lascano, Carlos E.; Rincón Castillo, Alvaro; Plazas B., Camilo H.; Avila Vargas, Patricia; Bueno Guzmán, Guillermo Alonso; Argel M., Pedro J.. 2002. Cultivar veranera (Cratylia argentea (Desvaux) O. Kuntze) : Leguminosa arbustiva de usos múltiples para zonas con períodos prolongados de sequía en Colombia . Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (CORPOICA); Cali, CO: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Villavicencio, CO. 24 p. (SB 205 .C83 L3) Full Text/Texto Completo

Miles, John W.; Maass, Brigitte L.; Valle, Cacilda Borges do; Kumble, Vrinda (eds.). 1996. Brachiaria : Biology, agronomy, and improvement. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT); Campo Grande, BR: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Gado de Corte (CNPGC), Cali, CO. 288 p. (CIAT publication no. 259) (SB 117 .M5) Full Text/Texto Completo

Miles, John W.; Maass, Brigitte L.; Valle, Cacilda Borges do; Kumble, Vrinda (eds.). 1998. Brachiaria : Biología, agronomía y mejoramiento . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT); Campo Grande, BR: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Gado de Corte (CNPGC), Cali, CO. 312 p. (Publicación CIAT no. 295) (SB 117 .M5e) Full Text/Texto Completo

Peters, Michael; Schultze-Kraft, Rainer. 2002. Cratylia argentea (Desv.) Kuntze [on line] . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, IT.Full Text/Texto Completo

Rippstein, Georges; Escobar, Germán; Motta O., Francisco (eds.). 2001. Agroecología y biodiversidad de las sabanas en los Llanos Orientales de Colombia. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 302 p. (Publicación CIAT no. 322) (S 589 .7 A476)
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Rivas Rios, Libardo; Cordeu, José Luis. 1983. Potencial de producción de carne vacuna en América Latina : Estudio de casos. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 93 p. (HD 9433 .A4 R5)

Schultze-Kraft, Rainer; Clements, R.J; Keller-Grein, Gerhard (eds.). 1997. Centrosema : Biología, agronomía y utilización. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 765 p. (Publicación CIAT no. 208) (SB 201 .C4 C46e) Full Text/Texto Completo

A complete list of the exhibition in PDF

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Seed Systems

As of April, CIA's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other documents on "Seed Systems". The exhibition includes: breeding, production, drying, certification, quality control, storage, commercialization, trading, legislation, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Research on Colombia's Orinoco Region

As of February, CIAT's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other documents on "Research on the Colombia's Orinoco Region". The exhibition includes: savanna ecosystems, Eastern Plains, soils, grasslands, mixed pastures, improved pastures, livestock, crops, research projects, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:







A complete list of the exhibition in PDF

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Agricultural Trade and Marketing



As of January, CIAT's Library is exhibiting books, thesis, reports and other documents on "Agricultural Trade and Marketing”. The exhibition includes: marketing, markets, trade, trading, exports, agroenterprises, among others. Some of the publications are listed below:





A complete list of the exhibition can be found in PDF