Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández

Tecnológico Nacional de México

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Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Gustavo Cruz-Cárdenas

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Eloy Conde-Barajas

Tecnológico Nacional de México

Salvador Ochoa-Estrada

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Kalina Bermúdez Torres

Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications

María de la Luz Xóchilt Negrete-Rodríguez

Technological Institute of Celaya

Luis Fernando Ceja-Torres

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Héctor Iván Bedolla-Rivera

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José Teodoro Silva García

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Honorio Patiño-Galván

Technological Institute of Celaya

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Technological Institute of Celaya

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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Technological Institute of Jiquilpan

Colegio de Postgraduados

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias

Instituto Tecnológico de León

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Adoption of phytodesalination as a sustainable agricultural practice for improving the productivity of saline soils

Environment Development and Sustainability (2020)

Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal Rodrigo Moncayo‐Estrada Gustavo Cruz-Cárdenas José Teodoro Silva García

10.1007/s10668-020-00995-5

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Corn Cropping Systems in Agricultural Soils from the Bajio Region of Guanajuato: Soil Quality Indexes (SQIs)

Applied Sciences (2024)

Alejandra Sánchez-Guzmán Héctor Iván Bedolla-Rivera Eloy Conde-Barajas María de la Luz Xóchilt Negrete-Rodríguez Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández

Agriculture is a sector of great importance for Mexico’s economy, generating employment and contributing significantly to the country’s gross domestic product. The Bajio stands out as one of the most productive agricultural regions in Mexico. However, intensive agricultural practices in this area have caused a progressive deterioration and loss of soil fertility. This study focused on evaluating the quality of soils used for agriculture in the Bajio region of the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. This evaluation, utilised soil quality indexes (SQIs) based on a total of 27 physicochemical, biological and enzymatic indicators. These indicators were selected by means of a principal component analysis (PCA), which allowed for the identification of a minimum set of data. The SQIs developed in this study categorised soils into different quality levels, ranging from low to high, mainly based on the values observed in the biological indicators (SMR and qCO2), which comprised the established SQIs. The inclusion of these biological indicators provides the developed SQIs with greater sensitivity to detect minor disturbances in agricultural soils due to human activity, compared with SQIs consisting only of physicochemical indicators. The developed SQIs can be used to ensure high-quality food production in soils used for corn cultivation under similar conditions, both nationally and internationally.

Soil Quality

10.3390/app14072858

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Potential of Epipremnum aureum and Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst for Saline Phytoremediation in Artificial Wetlands

Water (2023)

Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal Gustavo Cruz-Cárdenas J. Teodoro Silva-García Eloy Conde-Barajas

The aim of this research was to evaluate the phytoremediative potential of Epipremnum aureum and Bacopa monnieri to improve the chemical properties of irrigation water exposed to the following two saline concentrations: highly saline (EC 2000 μS cm−1) and severely saline (EC 4000 μS cm−1). The artificial wetlands used in this experiment were of the free water surface type, considering a hydraulic retention time of 42 days. The evaluated treatments were configured as follows: T1 (B. monnieri [control, 300 μS cm−1]), T2 (B. monnieri [2000 μS cm−1]), T3 (B. monnieri [4000 μS cm−1]), T4 (E. aureum [control, 300 μS cm−1]), T5 (E. aureum [2000 μS cm−1]), T6 (E. aureum [4000 μS cm−1]), T7 (B. monnieri + E. aureum [control, 300 μS cm−1]), T8 (B. monnieri + E. aureum [2000 μS cm−1]), and T9 (B. monnieri + E. aureum [4000 μS cm−1]). The results showed that the species B. monnieri and E. aureum (both separately and together) showed a good ability to reduce the salinity of the irrigation water. However, B. monnieri showed a greater ability of phytoremediation, to the point of improving its chemical properties and reducing potential damage to the soil to use this water. In the highly saline group, B. monnieri accumulated 7.992 g per experimental unit and achieved to reduce of the pH from 7.96 to 7.75, EC from 2000 μS cm−1 to 670 μS cm−1, SAR from 13.54 to 3.91 and ESP from 20.17 to 5.83, which allowed it to go from (C3-S3) to (C3-S1). In the severely saline group, B. monnieri accumulated 13.494 g per experimental unit and achieved to reduce the pH from 8.14 to 7.91, EC from 4000 μS cm−1 to 1730 μS cm−1, SAR from 27.35 to 8.73, ESP from 40.35 to 13.01, which allowed it to go from (C4-S4) to (C3-S2).

Bacopa monnieri

Saline water

10.3390/w15010194

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Phytodesalination of a moderately saline soil combined with two inorganic amendments

Figshare (2019)

Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal Kalina Bermúdez Torres Gustavo Cruz-Cárdenas Luis Fernando Ceja-Torres

ABSTRACT The shortage of water and the increasing salinity are the main limiting environmental factors that directly affect the establishment and the development of crops. In this research, phytodesalination capacity of Sesuvium verrucosum was evaluated alone and in combination with agricultural gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) and Polisul-C, in order to remedy a moderately saline soil at greenhouse level and under nonleaching conditions. The treatments studied were the following: T1 (soil), T2 (soil + S. verrucosum), T3 (soil +S. verrucosum + Polisul-C), T4 (soil + S. verrucosum + CaSO4·2H2O). Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubes filled with 8 kg of clay soil with an electrical conductivity of the saturation paste extract (ECe) of6.21 dS.m-1 were used. Soil samples were analyzed to determine the ECe, and the soluble and interchangeable cations (Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+) content. Then, the halophytic plants were divided into root and aerial parts and the content of Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ was determined. In summary, S. verrucosum showed potential to desalinate its rhizosphere. Moreover, S. verrucosum desalination capacity significantly increases when used in combination with either of the tested amendments. This increase occurred mainly in the upper layers of the clay soil (0-30 cm). CaSO4·2H2O was shown to be the most effective amendment, since a greater gain in biomass and a large accumulation of sodium (Na+) in the aerial part of S. verrucosum was observed as a consequence of the soil improved physico-chemical properties caused by this chemical.

10.6084/m9.figshare.11390415

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Effects of Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. Compost and vermicompost on the growth and production parameters of the Solanum lycopersicum L. crop

Bragantia (2023)

Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal Eloy Conde-Barajas Rebeca Flores Magallón José Teodoro Silva García

The objectives of this work were to use Sesuvium verrucosum to produce stable and mature compost and vermicompost and to evaluate their influence on the growth and production parameters of the Solanum lycopersicum L. crop. For the preparation of vermicompost, the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny) was used. The proposed treatments were: T1 (negative control) [no organic fertilizer + urea], T2 (positive control) [bovine manure (100%) + urea], T3 (compost) [bovine manure (100%) + urea], T4 (compost) [S. verrucosum (25%) + bovine manure (75%) + urea], T5 (compost) [S. verrucosum (50%) + bovine manure (50%) + urea], T6 (compost) [S. verrucosum (75%) + bovine manure (25%) + urea], T7 (vermicompost) [bovine manure (100%) + urea], and T8 (vermicompost) [S. verrucosum (25%) + bovine manure (75%) + urea]. The results showed that all the treatments were stable, mature and rich in nutrients after 140 days. In general, treatments made from S. verrucosum showed a high pH (7.97–8.45) and electrical conductivity (3.83–8.85 dS m-1). Nonetheless, excluding T7, the treatments made from a proportion of 25% halophyte and 75% bovine manure (T8 and T4) achieved the highest morphological parameters in the different variables that were evaluated, as well as the highest yields compared to controls T1 and T2, followed by T3, T5 and T6, respectively. Therefore, it was concluded that S. verrucosum can serve as a stable and mature organic amendment, rich in nutrients, and that can be used to improve the growth and development of the S. lycopersicum crop.

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10.1590/1678-4499.20220162

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Potential of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst and Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. as an agronomic management alternative to recover the productivity of saline soils

International Journal of Phytoremediation (2019)

Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal Salvador Ochoa-Estrada Silvia Maribel Contreras-Ramos

Water scarcity and increasing salinity are the main limiting environmental factors directly affecting the establishment and development of agroecosystems. The objective of this study was to assess the capacity of the halophytes Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst and Sesuvium verrucosum Raf., to improve the chemical properties of a saline soil during a 240-day period in the field so as to subsequently examine their potential to associate with Zea mays in the previously desalinated surface. The treatments proposed were [T1 (reference soil sample), T2 (soil + B. monnieri), T3 (soil + S. verrucosum), and T4 (soil + B. monnieri + S. verrucosum)]. The results showed that the association of the species B monnieri and S. verrucosum has the potential to enhance the chemical characteristics of the severely saline and clayey soil, showing ECe reductions of 11.13-7.97 dS/m and pH of 7.84-7.42, as well as increase in soil porosity from 54.71% to 57.23%. It was also found that the association of these plants have a phytodesalination capacity of 1.21 t Na+ ha-1, this served to prepare the conditions for the growth of the Z. mays and generate yields of 8.5 t ha-1.

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10.1080/15226514.2019.1663484

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Evaluación de la propagación asexual por esquejes en Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. (Aizoaceae)

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas (2020)

Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal

La sequía y la salinidad son condiciones de algunos suelos que limitan la producción agrícola a nivel mundial. Para combatir estos efectos, se ha hecho énfasis en una técnica llamada fitodesalinización, la cual consiste en el uso de especies halófitas con la capacidad para extraer cantidades importantes de sodio (Na+) del medio afectado. Sin embargo, ésta es una práctica agrícola que demanda una gran cantidad de material vegetal por hectárea, lo cual dificulta su implementación en los sistemas productivos con problemas de salinidad. El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar la capacidad de enraizamiento de los esquejes de la especie halófita S. verrucosum y analizar los cambios de magnitud en sus parámetros biométricos, a partir de diferentes concentraciones en el tratamiento hormonal, en un periodo de 90 días. Para el desarrollo del experimento se utilizó un diseño experimental completamente al azar y se consideraron dos factores: las concentraciones del ácido indol butírico (AIB) (0, 800, 1 200, 1 600, 2 000 y 4 000 mg L-1) y la posición de los esquejes (basal-intermedia e intermedia-apical). Los resultados obtenidos demostraron diferencias significativas entre los diferentes tratamientos. Los esquejes de la porción intermedia-apical fueron los que obtuvieron el mayor porcentaje de enraizamiento, número de raíces, peso fresco y seco, tanto de la raíz como de la parte área de la planta, diámetro del tallo y altura de la planta, principalmente a una concentración de 2 000 mg L-1. A través de este método, es posible implementar la fitodesalinización de manera extensiva.

10.29312/remexca.v11i7.2122

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Biosaline agriculture: an agronomic proposal for onion (Allium cepa L.) production

International Journal of Phytoremediation (2021)

Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal Eloy Conde-Barajas José G. García Miranda

Many agricultural areas around the world tend to use deep wells when rainwater, surface sources, and dams are not available, what it entails, on many occasions, those producers to carry out irrigations to their crops with poor quality water due to the wealth of natural salts that prevails in the groundwater. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of saline water on the growth, development, and yield parameters of cultivated Allium cepa, with and without the accompaniment of three halophyte species (Sesuvium verrucosum, Trianthema portulacastrum, and Bacopa monnieri), as well as to evaluate the capacity of halophyte species to mitigate the effects of soil salinity. The results showed that treatments with halophytes improved crop yield by 52.89, 39.81, and 11.58%, respectively, over the control (without halophyte). In addition, with the application of saline water (5.2 dS m−1), the same treatments showed a reduction in soil electrical conductivity of 60.80, 50.66, and 41.68% with respect to the control, which resulted in an adequate development of the crop. In conclusion, the association of the halophytes with A. cepa showed improved growth, development, yield, and mitigating the effects of salinization in clayey soil when irrigated with strongly saline water.Novelty statement The onion crop with brackish irrigation but accompanied by halophytes is productive, so halophytoremediation is an excellent agronomic proposal for areas where there is poor quality water used for irrigation.

Saline water

10.1080/15226514.2021.1895716

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Improvement of saline soils with Vicia sativa L. from a semiarid region

Bragantia (2018)

Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal Gustavo Cruz-Cárdenas Salvador Ochoa-Estrada

In the Cienega de Chapala region of the state of Michoacan, Mexico, forage crops form a major pillar for traditional livestock systems. In this region, high soil salinity due to poor groundwater quality is a common problem. Thus, the objective of this research was to evaluate the potential of the forage species Vicia sativa L. for improved saline soil in a greenhouse and non-leaching conditions over the course of 90 days. In this experiment, three levels of NaCl salinity were tested: 5.3, 7.12 and 10.8 dS∙m–1. Samples of soil were analyzed for electrical conductivity of the saturation paste extract (ECe), soluble and interchangeable cations (Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+) content. Then, the forage species Vicia sativa L were divided into three categories (leaf, stem, and root) and their shoot biomass production and Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ content was determined. Analysis of variance was performed to examine the effects of salinity on each of the evaluated variables; Tukey's test was used to detect differences between the mean values of the variables per treatment. In a greenhouse experiment, the species V. sativa is confirmed to be tolerant to a moderately saline level. The high concentrations of Na+ found in both the stems and leaves of this plant confirm that it may be used for the improvement of moderately saline soils. The decrease in pH, ECe, SAR and ESP in the pots via non-leaching conditions confirmed their role in the improvement of the chemical characteristics of the soil.

Vicia sativa

10.1590/1678-4499.2017275

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Phytodesalination of a moderately saline soil combined with two inorganic amendments

Bragantia (2019)

Marcos Alfonso Lastiri-Hernández Dioselina Álvarez‐Bernal Kalina Bermúdez Torres Gustavo Cruz-Cárdenas Luis Fernando Ceja-Torres

The shortage of water and the increasing salinity are the main limiting environmental factors that directly affect the establishment and the development of crops. In this research, phytodesalination capacity of Sesuvium verrucosum was evaluated alone and in combination with agricultural gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) and Polisul-C, in order to remedy a moderately saline soil at greenhouse level and under nonleaching conditions. The treatments studied were the following: T1 (soil), T2 (soil + S. verrucosum), T3 (soil +S. verrucosum + Polisul-C), T4 (soil + S. verrucosum + CaSO4·2H2O). Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubes filled with 8 kg of clay soil with an electrical conductivity of the saturation paste extract (ECe) of6.21 dS.m-1 were used. Soil samples were analyzed to determine the ECe, and the soluble and interchangeable cations (Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+) content. Then, the halophytic plants were divided into root and aerial parts and the content of Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ was determined. In summary, S. verrucosum showed potential to desalinate its rhizosphere. Moreover, S. verrucosum desalination capacity significantly increases when used in combination with either of the tested amendments. This increase occurred mainly in the upper layers of the clay soil (0-30 cm). CaSO4·2H2O was shown to be the most effective amendment, since a greater gain in biomass and a large accumulation of sodium (Na+) in the aerial part of S. verrucosum was observed as a consequence of the soil improved physico-chemical properties caused by this chemical.

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