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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0379-3982</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Tecnología en Marcha]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Tecnología en Marcha]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0379-3982</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0379-39822019000100068</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.8845/tm.v32.i1.4119</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Use of pruning in the agricultural management of Jatropha curcas (jatropha) for the plant flower development, in Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreira-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ileana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arnáez-Serrano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo-Ugalde]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marvin]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Briceño-Elizondo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elemer]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arias-Aguilar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dagoberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Biology School ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Cartago]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Biology School ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Cartago]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Forest Engineering School ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Cartago]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Forest Engineering School ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Cartago]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Forest Engineering School ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Cartago]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>68</fpage>
<lpage>76</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0379-39822019000100068&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0379-39822019000100068&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0379-39822019000100068&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The species Jatropha curcas (jatropha) is characteristic of the Mesoamerican region, with its center of origin found in Mexico. It has been adapted for its use as hedge rows and also exploited, based on traditional knowledge for medicinal applications. Currently, it is classified as a valuable species for the production of oils; for biofuels or as paint diluents. In Costa Rica, since 2005, studies have been performed to achieve the positive domestication for the use of this species as an agro-energetic crop along with another food crop. However, the crop management processes are still very recent and it is required to deepen in this subject to obtain a crop of a high economic value. At the Estación Fabio Baudrit, a crop was established, using seeds from the Comayagua variety and an assay was established, in which a strict assessment was performed to random blocks, of the plants length in order to execute the first prune at 40 cm. Later, the blocks were also tracked, to evaluate the branches until the flowering and harvesting stages. The yield of green fruits behaved similarly to the inflorescence and the female flower production. The pruned plants did not present a significant difference in terms of fruit yield for the first year; but in the second year, they exceeded the production of the unpruned plants.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La especie Jatropha curcas (tempate) es típica de la zona mesoamericana, su centro de origen se ha establecido en México. Ha sido domesticada para ser utilizada en el establecimiento de cercas vivas y por su valor medicinal según el conocimiento tradicional. En la actualidad se cataloga como una especie de alto valor para la producción de aceites que pueden tener uso en biocombustibles o como diluyente de pinturas. En Costa Rica desde el año 2005 se han iniciado estudios para lograr una domesticación favorable para la utilización de esta especie en cultivos agroenergéticos en alternancia con algún cultivo agroalimentario. Sin embargo, los procesos de manejo del cultivo aún son incipientes y se debe profundizar en este tema para lograr una cosecha de mayor valor económico. En la Estación Fabio Baudrit se estableció una plantación proveniente de semilla de la variedad Comayagua y se estableció un ensayo de bloques al azar a los que se le dio un seguimiento estricto en longitud para aplicar una primera poda a los 40 cm y posteriormente un seguimiento a las ramas hasta que inicie la floración y la cosecha. La producción de frutos verdes se comportó de manera similar a la producción de inflorescencias y flores femeninas. Las plantas podadas no mostraron una diferencia significativa de producción de frutos en el primer año, pero en el segundo año, superan a las plantas no podadas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Jatropha curcas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[jatropha]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Podas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[expresión floral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Jatropha curcas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tempate]]></kwd>
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