RESUMEN. Generalmente, al determinar la acidez titulable a pH7 (AT_pH7) se coloca al suelo en una solución tampón de pH=7 y la acidez liberada se mide con álcali. No hay información comparativa de diferentes métodos analíticos utilizados en Uruguay.

Abstract: Phosphite has been shown to suppress some diseases in different plant species but disease control in rice has not been investigated. In 2012/13 and 2013/14 potassium phosphite was sprayed at 1775 g ha1 and 3550 g ha1 in field plots of rice in Uruguay to determine if phosphite alone or in combination with label rates of a mixed strobilurin and triazole fungicide could be used to effectively control stem rot and aggregate sheath spot in irrigated rice.

ABSTRACT. Fruit production in southern Uruguay takes place mostly in orchards with an average area of 7 ha and creates a diverse landscape due to multispecies planting. Since the 1990s, researchers have been addressing the control of major pests in deciduous fruit production within Integrated Pest Management (IPM) guidelines. The mating disruption (MD) method has been relatively successful against both the codling moth (Cydia pomonella - CM) and the oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta - OFM) at the farm level.

ABSTRACT. The efficiency of cultivar trial networks is an important subject in official cultivar testing. We investigated this efficiency for malting barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in Uruguay, using data on 213 cultivars tested across an eight-year period at six locations. The variance-components approach was used to quantify the effects of years, locations, sowing dates and replicates on the precision of cultivar mean comparisons. The relationships among testing environments and genotypic adaptation patterns were explored via biplots.

ABSTRACT. Persistence of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) is limited by the interaction of several factors including root and crown diseases caused by Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. (Snyd. & Hans.). A greenhouse evaluation method was developed to screen and characterize birdsfoot trefoil germplasm for reaction to fusarium root rot. Plants were grown in 104-cell styrofoam seed starter trays. Roots were allowed to grow through the bottom of each cell into the soil in boxes below. Twelve weeks after seeding, roots were cut 6 cm below the crown and inoculated with a composite of F.

ABSTRACT. Genomic selection (GS) has successfully been used in plant breeding to improve selection efficiency and reduce breeding time and cost. However, there is not a clear strategy on how to incorporate genotype ? environment interaction (GEI) to GS models. Increased prediction accuracy could be achieved using mixed models to exploit GEI by borrowing information from other environments. The objective of this work was to compare strategies to exploit GEI in GS using mixed models.

Caracterización y análisis de una colección de Avena sativa L. de Uruguay. La producción de avena en Uruguay se ha basado tradicionalmente en el uso de variedades criollas. Estas encierran una importante variabilidad genética de gran valor para el mejoramiento. Para que esta variabilidad sea realmente útil debe contar con información de caracterización y evaluación agronómica. El objetivo de este estudio fue realizar una caracterización y evaluación de una colección de 120 accesiones de Avena sativa L. conservadas en INIA ?La Estanzuela?.

ABSTRACT. Background. The cattle tick is a parasite that adversely affects livestock performance in tropical areas. Although countries such as Australia and Brazil have developed genetic evaluations for tick resistance, these evaluations have not considered genotype by environment (G*E) interactions. Genetic gains could be adversely affected, since breedstock comparisons are environmentally dependent on the presence of G*E interactions, particularly if residual variability is also heterogeneous across environments.

ABSTRACT. Chlamydial abortion in small ruminants is usually associated with Chlamydia abortus infection. Although Chlamydia pecorum has been detected in aborted ruminants and epidemiological data suggests that C. pecorum is abortigenic in these species, published descriptions of lesions in fetuses are lacking. This work describes fetoplacental lesions in a caprine abortion with C. pecorum infection, and further supports the abortigenic role of C. pecorum in ruminants. A 16-month-old Boer goat aborted twin fetuses at ~130 days of gestation.

ABSTRACT. Chlamydial abortion in small ruminants is usually associated with Chlamydia abortus infection. Although Chlamydia pecorum has been detected in aborted ruminants and epidemiological data suggests that C. pecorum is abortigenic in these species, published descriptions of lesions in fetuses are lacking. This work describes fetoplacental lesions in a caprine abortion with C. pecorum infection, and further supports the abortigenic role of C. pecorum in ruminants. A 16-month-old Boer goat aborted twin fetuses at ~130 days of gestation.