Publications by authors named "A I Caballero-Hernandez"
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- The study assessed the diversity and abundance of soil macrofauna in eight banana farms in Nicaragua.
- The methodology involved random sampling of soil and litter, resulting in 80 total samples, highlighting greater biodiversity in the upper soil layer (0-20 cm) compared to leaf and branch biomass.
- Results indicated that earthworms and Hymenoptera were the dominant species, showing a positive correlation with banana production and an inverse relationship with Hymenoptera, emphasizing their roles in organic matter decomposition and plant nutrition.
The survival and viability of eggs from Ascaris suum and Oesophagostomum dentatum and of infective larvae (L3) from O. dentatum were determined in the ensiled solid fraction of swine faeces after 0, 7, 14, 28 and 56 days of ensiling. The experiment had two treatments, un-ensiled and ensiled manure, in a split-plot design.
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