Effect of organic and chemical fertilization on the onion crop (Allium cepa L.)

The bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) is a vegetable widely cultivated and in high demand in national and international markets. Due to the risks that the indiscriminate use of agrochemicals represents for human health and the environment, the present study aimed to make a comparative analysis of the effects of organic vs chemical fertilization currently used in the cropping of red hybrid bulb onion (Eureka). Three organic fertilizers (Zumsil®, ComCat® and EcoFungi®) were compared to three chemical fertilizers (15-15-15®, Muriate of Potash® and Nitrofoska®). The response variables were: plant height at 30 and 60 days after transplanting (DAT), length, diameter and average weight of bulbs, yield in tons per hectare and the relationship between height at 30 and 60 DAT. The experiment was carried out under a completely randomized design with four replicates, seven treatments and 28 experimental units. The statistics used include an analysis of variance and a Canonical Biplot that allowed to obtain groups of variables and to determine their correlation with each one of the treatments. Additionally, a marginal analysis of dominant treatments was performed. Positive response of variables was strongly associated with organic fertilizers. From the economic point of view, the ComCat® organic fertilizer represented an ecological alternative with excellent benefits for the producer. This research is in line with the trends for agrochemical-free foods

Morbid liver manifestations are intrinsically bound to metabolic syndrome and nutrient intake based on a machine-learning cluster analysis

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is one of the most important medical problems around the world. Identification of patient ' s singular characteristic could help to reduce the clinical impact and facilitate individualized management. This study aimed to categorize MetS patients using phenotypical and clinical variables habitually collected during health check-ups of individuals considered to have high cardiovascular risk. The selected markers to categorize MetS participants included anthropometric variables as well as clinical data, biochemical parameters and prescribed pharmacological treatment. An exploratory factor analysis was carried out with a subsequent hierarchical cluster analysis using the z-scores from factor analysis. The first step identified three different factors. The first was determined by hypercholesterolemia and associated treatments, the second factor exhibited glycemic disorders and accompanying treatments and the third factor was characterized by hepatic enzymes. Subsequently four clusters of patients were identified, where cluster 1 was characterized by glucose disorders and treatments, cluster 2 presented mild MetS, cluster 3 presented exacerbated levels of hepatic enzymes and cluster 4 highlighted cholesterol and its associated treatments Interestingly, the liver status related cluster was characterized by higher protein consumption and cluster 4 with low polyunsaturated fatty acid intake. This research emphasized the potential clinical relevance of hepatic impairments in addition to MetS traditional characterization for precision and personalized management of MetS patients

Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Largest HIV-1 CRF02_AG Outbreak in Spain: Evidence for Onward Transmissions

Background and Aim: The circulating recombinant form 02_AG (CRF02_AG) is the predominant clade among the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) non-Bs with a prevalence of 5.97% (95% Confidence Interval-CI: 5.41–6.57%) across Spain. Our aim was to estimate the levels of regional clustering for CRF02_AG and the spatiotemporal characteristics of the largest CRF02_AG subepidemic in Spain.Methods: We studied 396 CRF02_AG sequences obtained from HIV-1 diagnosed patients during 2000–2014 from 10 autonomous communities of Spain. Phylogenetic analysis was performed on the 391 CRF02_AG sequences along with all globally sampled CRF02_AG sequences (N = 3,302) as references. Phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis was performed to the largest CRF02_AG monophyletic cluster by a Bayesian method in BEAST v1.8.0 and by reconstructing ancestral states using the criterion of parsimony in Mesquite v3.4, respectively.Results: The HIV-1 CRF02_AG prevalence differed across Spanish autonomous communities we sampled from (p < 0.001). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 52.7% of the CRF02_AG sequences formed 56 monophyletic clusters, with a range of 2–79 sequences. The CRF02_AG regional dispersal differed across Spain (p = 0.003), as suggested by monophyletic clustering. For the largest monophyletic cluster (subepidemic) (N = 79), 49.4% of the clustered sequences originated from Madrid, while most sequences (51.9%) had been obtained from men having sex with men (MSM). Molecular clock analysis suggested that the origin (tMRCA) of the CRF02_AG subepidemic was in 2002 (median estimate; 95% Highest Posterior Density-HPD interval: 1999–2004). Additionally, we found significant clustering within the CRF02_AG subepidemic according to the ethnic origin.Conclusion: CRF02_AG has been introduced as a result of multiple introductions in Spain, following regional dispersal in several cases. We showed that CRF02_AG transmissions were mostly due to regional dispersal in Spain. The hot-spot for the largest CRF02_AG regional subepidemic in Spain was in Madrid associated with MSM transmission risk group. The existence of subepidemics suggest that several spillovers occurred from Madrid to other areas. CRF02_AG sequences from Hispanics were clustered in a separate subclade suggesting no linkage between the local and Hispanic subepidemics

Elecciones México 2018 : entre la comunicación y la polarización

El volumen focaliza el proceso electoral de México en 2018 desde la comunicación política y los estudios del discurso, considerando a los actores y partidos políticos en el escenario de la polarización electoral. Los trabajos reunidos ofrecen una perspectiva comunicológica que amplía el marco interpretativo y comprensivo del proceso de renovación de puestos a elección popular, a nivel federal y local. Asimismo, el libro da continuidad al Programa de Investigación del Cuerpo Académico BUAP-283 Comunicación Política y Ciudadanía en la Transición Democrática del Centro de Estudios en Comunicación Política del Instituto de Ciencias de Gobierno y Desarrollo Estratégico de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Finalmente, los resultados presentados permiten ampliar los márgenes explicativos sobre las estrategias comunicativas de los partidos y candidatos en el escenario electoral mexicano, que todavía requiere de mecanismos para garantizar una mayor equidad, civilidad y legitimidad de la comunicación política.Introducción. La contienda electoral, el escenario comunicativo y la polarización política7 Carlos Enrique Ahuactzin Martínez Rubén Arnoldo González Macías La comunicación política: marco teórico para comprender las elecciones en México José Luis 15 Estrada Rodríguez Angélica Mendieta Ramírez Prácticas discursivas en Twitter durante la campaña electoral 2018 en México 40 Patricia Andrade del Cid Rubén Flores González Mariangel Pablo Contreras Propuestas de candidatos en redes sociales: persuasión en elecciones de Tabasco 2018 66 Martha Elena Cuevas Gómez Erasmo Marín Villegas María Guadalupe Sobrino Mendoza Participación y representación política en las elecciones presidenciales de 2018. El caso de Sinaloa 83 Frambel Lizárraga Salas Sergio Miguel Hernández Medina Veracruz 2018: la asignatura pendiente en cuanto a comunicación política110 Mónica Mendoza Madrigal La protección constitucional contra la calumnia en tiempos electorales: caso Nestora Salgado136 Juan Carlos León Olán Cobertura negativa de la prensa mexicana durante las elecciones 2018. Análisis de contenido155 Martín Echeverría Víctoria Evelia Mani Rubén Arnoldo González Macías El proceso electoral mexicano de 2018. La mirada de la prensa de referencia argentina176 Marina Acosta Semblanza de los coordinadores Semblanza de los autores 199 Semblanza de los autores20

The genomic landscape of Mexican Indigenous populations brings insights into the peopling of the Americas

Indigenous populations, including in those in Mexico are underrepresented in genetic studies. Here, the authors perform a population genetics study of indigenous peoples in Mexico to explore demographic histories of the region in the context of geography and cultural influences

COVID-19 in hospitalized HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients : A matched study

CatedresObjectives: We compared the characteristics and clinical outcomes of hospitalized individuals with COVID-19 with [people with HIV (PWH)] and without (non-PWH) HIV co-infection in Spain during the first wave of the pandemic. Methods: This was a retrospective matched cohort study. People with HIV were identified by reviewing clinical records and laboratory registries of 10 922 patients in active-follow-up within the Spanish HIV Research Network (CoRIS) up to 30 June 2020. Each hospitalized PWH was matched with five non-PWH of the same age and sex randomly selected from COVID-19@Spain, a multicentre cohort of 4035 patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19. The main outcome was all-cause in-hospital mortality. Results: Forty-five PWH with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 were identified in CoRIS, 21 of whom were hospitalized. A total of 105 age/sex-matched controls were selected from the COVID-19@Spain cohort. The median age in both groups was 53 (Q1-Q3, 46-56) years, and 90.5% were men. In PWH, 19.1% were injecting drug users, 95.2% were on antiretroviral therapy, 94.4% had HIV-RNA < 50 copies/mL, and the median (Q1-Q3) CD4 count was 595 (349-798) cells/μL. No statistically significant differences were found between PWH and non-PWH in number of comorbidities, presenting signs and symptoms, laboratory parameters, radiology findings and severity scores on admission. Corticosteroids were administered to 33.3% and 27.4% of PWH and non-PWH, respectively (P = 0.580). Deaths during admission were documented in two (9.5%) PWH and 12 (11.4%) non-PWH (P = 0.800). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that well-controlled HIV infection does not modify the clinical presentation or worsen clinical outcomes of COVID-19 hospitalization

How do women living with HIV experience menopause? Menopausal symptoms, anxiety and depression according to reproductive age in a multicenter cohort

CatedresBackground: To estimate the prevalence and severity of menopausal symptoms and anxiety/depression and to assess the differences according to menopausal status among women living with HIV aged 45-60 years from the cohort of Spanish HIV/AIDS Research Network (CoRIS). Methods: Women were interviewed by phone between September 2017 and December 2018 to determine whether they had experienced menopausal symptoms and anxiety/depression. The Menopause Rating Scale was used to evaluate the prevalence and severity of symptoms related to menopause in three subscales: somatic, psychologic and urogenital; and the 4-item Patient Health Questionnaire was used for anxiety/depression. Logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) of association between menopausal status, and other potential risk factors, the presence and severity of somatic, psychological and urogenital symptoms and of anxiety/depression. Results: Of 251 women included, 137 (54.6%) were post-, 70 (27.9%) peri- and 44 (17.5%) pre-menopausal, respectively. Median age of onset menopause was 48 years (IQR 45-50). The proportions of pre-, peri- and post-menopausal women who had experienced any menopausal symptoms were 45.5%, 60.0% and 66.4%, respectively. Both peri- and post-menopause were associated with a higher likelihood of having somatic symptoms (aOR 3.01; 95% CI 1.38-6.55 and 2.63; 1.44-4.81, respectively), while post-menopause increased the likelihood of having psychological (2.16; 1.13-4.14) and urogenital symptoms (2.54; 1.42-4.85). By other hand, post-menopausal women had a statistically significant five-fold increase in the likelihood of presenting severe urogenital symptoms than pre-menopausal women (4.90; 1.74-13.84). No significant differences by menopausal status were found for anxiety/depression. Joint/muscle problems, exhaustion and sleeping disorders were the most commonly reported symptoms among all women. Differences in the prevalences of vaginal dryness (p = 0.002), joint/muscle complaints (p = 0.032), and sweating/flush (p = 0.032) were found among the three groups. Conclusions: Women living with HIV experienced a wide variety of menopausal symptoms, some of them initiated before women had any menstrual irregularity. We found a higher likelihood of somatic symptoms in peri- and post-menopausal women, while a higher likelihood of psychological and urogenital symptoms was found in post-menopausal women. Most somatic symptoms were of low or moderate severity, probably due to the good clinical and immunological situation of these women

Dietary inflammatory index and all-cause mortality in large cohorts: The SUN and PREDIMED studies

[Background]: Inflammation is known to be related to the leading causes of death including cardiovascular disease, several types of cancer, obesity, type 2 diabetes, depression-suicide and other chronic diseases. In the context of whole dietary patterns, the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII®) was developed to appraise the inflammatory potential of the diet. [Objective]: We prospectively assessed the association between DII scores and all-cause mortality in two large Spanish cohorts and valuated the consistency of findings across these two cohorts and results published based on other cohorts.[Design]: We assessed 18,566 participants in the “Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra” (SUN) cohort followed-up during 188,891 person-years and 6790 participants in the “PREvencion con DIeta MEDiterránea” (PREDIMED) randomized trial representing 30,233 person-years of follow-up. DII scores were calculated in both cohorts from validated FFQs. Higher DII scores corresponded to more proinflammatory diets. A total of 230 and 302 deaths occurred in SUN and PREDIMED, respectively. In a random-effect meta-analysis we included 12 prospective studies (SUN, PREDIMED and 10 additional studies) that assessed the association between DII scores and all-cause mortality.[Results]: After adjusting for a wide array of potential confounders, the comparison between extreme quartiles of the DII showed a positive and significant association with all-cause mortality in both the SUN (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.85; 95% CI: 1.15, 2.98; P-trend = 0.004) and the PREDIMED cohort (HR = 1.42; 95% CI: 1.00, 2.02; P-trend = 0.009). In the meta-analysis of 12 cohorts, the DII was significantly associated with an increase of 23% in all-cause mortality (95% CI: 16%–32%, for the highest vs lowest category of DII).[Conclusion]: Our results provide strong and consistent support for the hypothesis that a pro-inflammatory diet is associated with increased all-cause mortality. The SUN cohort and PREDIMED trial were registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02669602 and at isrctn.com as ISRCTN35739639, respectively.Supported by the official funding agency for biomedical research of the Spanish Government, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), through grants provided to research networks specifically developed for the trial (RTIC G03/140, to R.E.; RTIC RD 06/0045, to Miguel A. Martínez-González) and through Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), and by grants from Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC 06/2007), Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria–Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (Proyecto de Investigación (PI) 04-2239, PI 05/2584, CP06/00100, PI07/0240, PI07/1138, PI07/0954, PI 07/0473, PI10/01407, PI10/02658, PI11/01647, P11/02505, PI13/00462, PI13/00615, PI13/01090, PI14/01668, PI14/01798, PI14/01764), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Recursos y teconologia agroalimentarias(AGL)-2009-13906-C02 and AGL2010-22319-C03 and AGL2013-49083-C3-1- R), Fundación Mapfre 2010, the Consejería de Salud de la Junta de Andalucía (PI0105/2007), the Public Health Division of the Department of Health of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, Generalitat Valenciana (Generalitat Valenciana Ayuda Complementaria (GVACOMP) 06109, GVACOMP2010-181, GVACOMP2011-151), Conselleria de Sanitat y, PI14/01764 AP; Atención Primaria (CS) 2010-AP-111, and CS2011-AP-042), and Regional Government of Navarra (P27/2011).). Drs. Shivappa and Hébert were supported by grant number R44DK103377 from the United States National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Suelo y planta. Índices. Volumen 2

Effects of the landspreading of pig slurry on the yield and composition of capsi cum annuum. M. P. Bernal, A. Roig, J. Cegarra and R. Madrid.-- Características micromorfológicas de suelos de humedales en zonas semiáridas (Cuenca del Duero). J. Benayas, M. a T. de la Cruz y J. M. a Rey. Benayas.-- Aplicación de la técnica de porosimetría por intrusión de mercurio en el estudio de la porosidad de un conjunto de suelos del NW de España. E. Benito, A. Paz y R. Pini.-- Cambios físicos y químicos durante la maduración de Vitis vinífera, variedad Monastrell, en la D. O. Jumilla. G. Navarro, F. Pardo, P. Jiménez, J. Oliva y S. Navarro.-- Micorrizas vesículo - arbusculares en parcelas que se encuentran en sucesión- regeneración en Jos Andes tropicales. M. Montilla, R. A. Herrera y M. Monasterio.-- Efectos de los incendios forestales sobre el suelo. J. González, M. C. Fernández y G.P. Gimeno.-- Mineralogía de suelos formados sobre calizas en Galicia. M. T. Taboada, M. B. Silva y M. c. Villar.-- Efecto de tratamientos foliares con Ti (IV) sobre nutrición, producción y calidad de fruto en plantas de Capsicum annuum, L. F. Martínez-Sánchez, J. L. Giménez, M. Carvajal, A. Moreno, J. L. Fuentes y C. F. Alcaraz.-- Poder discriminante de las clasificaciones: aplicación a los suelos de la depresión Guadix- Baza (Granada). A. Iriarte, E. Barahona y C. Gil de Carrasco.-- Aspects of elm propagation by soft and hardwood cuttings. L. Mittempergher, G. Bartolini, F. Ferrini and M. Panicucci.-- Metales pesados en las escombreras de la mina Puentes (La Coruña): influencia de las condiciones Eh- pH. F. Macíass, M. T. Barral, C. Monterroso y R. M. Calvo.-- Incidencia del fósforo en la mineralización del nitrógeno orgánico de un lodo de depuradora en dos suelos calizos. Extracción mediante EUF. l. Verdú, l. Gómez, F. Burló y J, Mataix.-- Dinámica del proceso de sorción de fósforo en suelos. Definición de indicadores. T. Crisanto y P. P. Iturbe.-- Estudio de la adsorción de atrazina por polimeros modelos y por un ácido homico mediante la técnica de diálisis. M. Schiavon, J. M. Portal, F. Andreux y G. Bertin.-- Oxidos de hierro sintéticos y agregación en muestras de caolinita y cuarzo. M. Arias, M. T. Barraly F. Díaz-Fierros.-- Fertilization with NPK and humate NPK: Plant yield and nutrient dynamics. A. Benedetti, A. Figliolia, C. Izza, R. lndiati and S. Canali.-- Aplicación de un método de fraccionamiento de especies alumínicas a soluciones de suelos de Galicia. E. Alvarez y R. Calvo.-- Contenido y evolución de 9 elementos químicos en pimiento piquillo a lo largo de su desarrollo. R. Y. Cavero, A. Echeverría, F. Iribarren y M. L. López.-- Distribución del tamaño de poros, porosidad total y su variabilidad con la dedicación en el horizonte orgánico de un cambisol gleico. A. Paz y E. Benito.-- Caracterización de la textura superficial de granos de cuarzo en suelos con horizontes texturalmente contrastados. M. T. Martín Patino, R. J. Ballesta, V. Cala y A. Alvarez .-- Utilización de un lodo aerobio como sustitutivo de fertilizantes fosforados inorgánicos. M. Ayuso, T. Hernández, C. García y F. Costa.-- Movilidad de aldicarb y de carbofurano en columnas de suelo. A. Apaolaza, F. J. Arranz y E. Revilla.-- Degradación de clorofila en cloroplastos incubados en medio isotónico con la fracción celular extracloroplástica. J. Cuello, A. Lahora y B. Stibater.-- Especiación química de zinc y cadmio en suelos de cultivo. V. Cala, A. M. Alvarez, R. Vigil de la Villa y M. Gasea.-- Germination with alternate temperatures of weeds infesting irrigated vegetables. R. González Ponce, A. Herce and M. L. Salas.-- Evaluación de la fertilidad de los vertisoles de la provincia de Badajoz (España) mediante cultivos experimentales. Producción en materia seca y nutrientes del cultivo. A. García y A. López.-- Isozymes peroxidase in cytokinin treated seedlings of Corylus avellana L. C. Colinas, C. Díaz-Sala and R. Rodríguez.-- Respuestas de las plantas a la contaminación por metales pesados. J. Barceló y Ch. Poschenrieder.-- N, P and K balance in winter wheat in the pampean semiarid region of Argentina. R. A. Rosell, M. R. Landriscini and J. A. Galantini.-- Utilización de residuos urbanos como fertilizantes orgánicos. T. Hernández, C. García, F. Costa, J. A. Valero y M. Ayuso.-- Inducción de organogénesis en cotiledones de Pinus canariensis. C. Martínez Pulido.-- Hidróxidos de aluminio sintéticos y agregación en muestras de caolinita y cuarzo . . M. Arias, M. T. Barral y F. Díaz-Fierros.-- Producción de endoglucanasas por Glomus mosseae y su posible implicación en la colonización de raf<::es de cebolla. J. M. García-Garrido, l. García-Romera y J. A. Ocampo.-- Estudio comparado de la fracción mineral del suelo de cultivo· y de las heces' de Allolobophora molleri (Lumbricidae) Rosa, 1889.D. Trigo y D. J. Díaz Cosín.-- Determinación de la homogeneidad múltiple utilizando diferentes niveles de taxones en perfiles de suelos de la cuenca media y alta del río Motatán. Estados Mérida y Trujillo. Venezuela. J. Jaimes, J. Oballos y G. Ochoa.-- Adsorción - desorción de picloram por arcillas y óxidos. E. A. Ferreiro, S. G. de Bussetti.-- Influencia de la carga y el potencial hídrico durante la compactación sobre la resistencia a la tracción de unidades estructurales de suelo en estado seco. A. Paz y J. Guérif.-- Residuos orgánicos: Incidencia de su aplicación sobre la composición mineral del fruto del tomate, I. Gómez, J. Navarro-Pedreño y J. Mataix.-- Growth, cell wall elasticity and plasticity in Zea mays L. coleoptiles exposed to cadmium. B. Gunsé, M. Llugany, Ch. Poschenrieder and J. Barceló.-- Effects of high zinc and cadmium concentrations on the metallophyte Thlaspi caerulescens J. et C. Presl. (Brassicaceae). J. Módico, Ch. Poschenrieder, M. D. Vázquez and J. Barceló.--Determinación del grado ·de contaminación de los rlos mediante el estudio conjunto de la composición de sus aguas y sedimentos. A. Bustos, C. Ortega y I. Sastre.-- Influencia del grado de madurez de un residuo urbano sobre la germinación y disponibilidad de nitrógeno. M. Ayuso, T. Hernández, F. Costa, C. García y J. A. Pascual.-- Influencia del nitrógeno sobre el desarrollo in vitro del portainjerto de vid.--A. Villegas, C. Mozuelos, M. Cantos y A. Troncoso.-- Efecto del alpechín sobre la solubilización de metales pesados. M. Bejarano y L. Madrid.-- Aporte foliar de titanio a plantas de pimiento pimentonero. Influencia sobre el balance de nutrición en pericarpio de fruto. M. Carvajal, M. J. Frutos, J. L. Giménez, C. F. Alcaraz y F. Martínez-Sánchez.-- Effects of phosphate, sulfate and molibdate on the uptake and distribution of technetium-99 in bush bean plants. A. Bennássar, C. Cabot, J. Barceló y Ch. Poschenrieder.-- Uptake, translocation and efficiency of nutrients in Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. contender exposed to aluminum. N. Massot, Ch. Poschenrieder and J. Barceló.-- Efecto del cadmio sobre Ü1. absorción y distribución de manganeso en distintas variedades de Lactuca. A. Gárate, I. Ramos y J. J. Lucena.-- Efecto residual de diferentes residuos orgánicos sobre un cultivo de cebada. F. Costa, T. Hernández, C. García, M. Ayuso, J. A. Pascual y A. Polo.-- Beneficial effects of low chromium III concentrations in iron deficient maize plants. Ch. Poschenrieder, M. D. Vázquez, A. Bonet and J. Barceló.-- Depresión en el rendimiento del maíz causado por altas concentraciones de N residual en el suelo. C. Pozo, C. Cruces, J. M. Ramos, y L. F. García del Moral.-- Selección y caracterización de una línea celular de limonero tolerante a estrés salino. A. Piquera y E. Hellín.-- Efectos del As en el comportamiento vegetal de Lycopersicum esculentum Mili. Relación del As en hojas y frutos con parámetros físicos. F. Burló, A. Carbonell y J. Mataix.--Niveles críticos y equilibrios óptimos de macronutrientes en la fertilización diferenciada de la vid. R. Sarmiento, J. L. García, M. C. Grande, M. C. Vil/alón, A. de Castro y C. Mozuelos.-- Niveles críticos y equilibrios óptimos de micronutrientes en la fertilización diferenciada de la vid. R. Sarmiento, J. L. García, M. C. Grande, M. C. Vil/alón, A. de Castro y C. Mozuelos.-- Efecto de un compost de lodo residual sobre el rendimiento y contenido de Cd y Ni en diversos cultivos. I. Walter, R. Miralles y M. Bigeriego.-- Estudio del eflujo neto de H+ por raíces aeropónicas estériles de plantulas de girasol (Helianthus annuus L.) bajo condiciones de toxicidad de B. F. Espinosa y M. C. Alvarez-Tinaut-- Efecodel riego con aguas residuales urbanas depuradas sobre la disponibilidad de metales pesados para la planta. A. Inglés, M. Gómez y R. Nogales.-- Diferential response of four maize (Zea mays L.) varieties to aluminum toxicity. P. Guevara, Ch. Poschenrieder and Barceló.-- Comparación de los efectos de molibdeno y vanadio en Phaseo/us vulgaris L.: Crecimiento, proteínas y actividades enzimáticas de la nitrato-reducción. D. Saco, M. Alvarez y S. Martín.-- Influencia de la fertirrigación N, P, K sobre diversos nutrientes totales y solubles. Su evolución temporal. J. L. Va/enzuela, A. del Río, A. Sánchez, l. López-Cantarero y L. Romero.-- Valoración de métodos de extracción de mercurio en suelos contaminados. J. J. Lucena, L. E. Hernández, S. Olmos y R. Carpena Ruiz.-- Relaciones entre contenidos totales de Zn, Pb, Cu y Cd en suelos y plantas. A. M. Moreno, L. Pérez y J. González.-- Effect of N-nutrition and irrigation water on Carob-Tree (Ceratonia si/iqua L.). Growth responses. P. Correia y M. A. Martins-LouçaoPeer reviewe