Preliminary Evaluation of a Snap Bean Harvester in Southern Puerto Rico

DROUGHT STRESS Evaluation of Common Bean for Drought Tolerance in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume (Broughton et al. 2003); however, drought stress (DS) results in significant seed yield reductions in 60 % of global bean production areas (White and Singh 1991). Increasing competition for production area has resulted in a move of bean acreage to more marginal zones often associated with increased abiotic stress (Porch et al...

Puerto Rico

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Risk factors for atopic dermatitis in southern Puerto Rico.

BACKGROUND Little is known about the risk factors and exposures to aeroallergens in subjects with atopic dermatitis (AD) in Southern Puerto Rico. The objective was to determine the prevalence of skin reactions to aeroallergens and to analyze self-reported risk factors in AD patients and a nonallergic control population. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted which included 726 AD patie...

Clouds and aerosols in Puerto Rico – a new evaluation

1 School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 2 Composition Directorate, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, UK 3 Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico 4 Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico 5 Institute for Atmospheric Ph...

Slavery in Puerto Rico