Javier Fortanelli

Javier Fortanelli
  • Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí

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Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí

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Some species of the Orchidaceae family are used in Mexican traditional medicine. However, there are no current and critical compilations of the medicinal uses and pharmacological effects of the members of the Orchidaceae family. This review provides a current, critical, and comprehensive analysis of the traditional medicinal uses, pharmacological r...
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Catasetum is a genus of the Orchidaceae family with approximately 170 species, some of which have been reported with medicinal properties in different countries of America. The species of this genus are mostly epiphytic plants and are one of the few genera in the Orchidaceae family that develops male and female flowers. Catasetum is distributed fro...
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The majority of research on the effects of climate change on maize has concentrated on yield, with only a few studies focusing on seedling emergence and growth. Warmer temperatures predicted as a result of climate change will have an impact on seedlings emergence and growth. An experiment was carried out with induced passive heat with the objective...
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Warmer temperatures predicted as a result of climate change will have an impact on milpa. An experiment was carried out with induced passive heat with the objective of simulating the increase in temperature on the physiological, morphological, and yield parameters of milpa from different climates of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Two different environmen...
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RESEARCH ARTICLE| JULY 07 2022 Leaf traits variation of Myriocarpa longipes and Brosimum alicastrum in relation to microclimatic gradient in tropical dolines of Mexico1 Laura Yáñez-Espinosa; Joel Flores; Javier Fortanelli-Martínez; Joab Raziel Quintero-Ruiz; José Arturo De Nova-Vázquez; Humberto Reyes-Hernández The Journal of the Torrey Botanical...
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Prior to this study, only four native bamboo species: Guadua longifolia, G. velutina, Lithachne pauciflora and Olyra latifolia, had been recorded in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. However, the ecological and geographical distribution of those species were unknown. Two questions are addressed in this study: How many native bamboo species are...
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Catasetum integerrimum is an orchid used in Mexican traditional medicine, which is overexploited due to its ornamental and medicinal properties. In this scenario, conservation strategies are mandatory to protect wild populations from this valuable orchid. The aim of the present study was to establish a micropropagation protocol by direct organogene...
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Antecedentes: El estado de San Luis Potosí carece a la fecha de un registro preciso de la riqueza y distribución de la familia Orchidaceae. Pregunta: ¿Cuáles son los géneros y especies de Orchidaceae en el estado, su distribución geográfica y ecológica, y las necesidades de exploración y recolecta? Sitio de estudio y fechas: San Luis Potosí, Méxi...
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Background: The Sierra del Abra Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve includes seasonally dry tropical forests, considered vulnerable ecosystems in the Neotropics. Verification of the recently elaborated cartography of its distribution was needed. Question: What is the current spatial distribution of the seasonally dry tropical forest variants in the Reserve...
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Stanhopea tigrina commonly known in Mexico as “cabeza de víbora” or “calaverita”, is an endemic orchid from the mountain cloud forest of this country and it is currently an endangered species. The objective of this study was to stablish an in vitro propagation system for S. tigrina in order to contribute to the development of alternatives in the pr...
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More than Maize, Bananas, and Coffee: The Inter- and Intraspecific Edible Plant Diversity in Huastec Mayan Landscape Mosaics in Mexico. Global emergencies such as biodiversity loss and climate crisis urge us to identify and mainstream crop genetic resources in complex indigenous farming systems to understand their role as genetic reservoirs and ide...
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Most of the studies on the effects of climate change on maize have been carried out on grain yield; few have been centred on germination and growth. In this investigation, experiments were carried out at different temperatures and water stress to evaluate the germination and initial growth of 12 creole maize genotypes from different agroclimatics r...
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The near-threatened cycad Dioon edule (Zamiaceae) is distributed in the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico. An important ancestral cultural tradition in the region is seed collecting by indigenous and nonindigenous communities to prepare food up to more than six times a year, without the regulation of the frequency of collection and the number of seed...
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95 Alimentación y sustentabilidad La agricultura orgánica basada en principios agro-ecológicos como alternativa para fomentar una ali-mentación sana y la sustentabilidad en las unidades productivos campesinos (UPC) en la Huasteca Potosina En México, el problema del enfoque de la producción agropecuaria para la exportación y para la industria alimen...
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Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews es una orquídea de gran importancia económica, que presenta problemas de sobreexplotación y amenaza en su hábitat original. Por lo cual, el objetivo de esta investigación fue establecer un protocolo de micropropagación in vitro evaluando el efecto diferentes extractos orgánicos. El cultivo in vitro se inició a t...
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Medicinal plants are an indispensable resource. However, many medicinal plants are disappearing at an accelerated rate. This chapter shows evidence on the diversity and mass extraction of medicinal plants around the world. The information emphasizes that conservation strategies must be considered for the sustainable use of medicinal plants. Biotech...
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Understanding how Indigenous people classify their edible plants enriches current knowledge of food crop diversity. The Huastec Mayan or Tének people in Mexico manage a highly diverse food biota. The aim of this study was to describe and analyze their nomenclature and taxonomy of edible plants in their agroecosystem. We determined descriptor types...
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We documented harvesting, food preparation, and toxic risks of the poisonous chamal cycad, Dioon edule, in San Luis Potosi state, Mexico—one of a handful of places in Latin America where cycad eating persists. In Xi'iuy ethnic communities of the Pamería region, cycad consumption has long been intimately associated with cultural identity. The chamal...
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This book presents twelve contributions on a variety of topics that deal with Environment and Resources Management in Latin America. Each chapter contains the most relevant findings of research projects that were developed by students and researchers of the International Master program in Environment and Resources Management, which is a joint progr...
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Antecedentes: Los bosques tropicales estacionalmente secos de México incluyen más de tres mil especies de plantas vasculares. La Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Abra Tanchipa representa un eslabón para este tipo de bosques en la región noreste de México. Pregunta: ¿Cuál es la composición y riqueza de plantas vasculares en la Reserva de la Biosfe...
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En el estado de San Luis Potosí, las angiospermas están representadas por 49 órdenes, 189 familias, 1 288 géneros, alrededor de 3 974 especies y 360 taxones infraespecíficos. Tal diversidad representa cerca de 92% de órdenes, 76% de familias, 48% de géneros, 18% de especies y 12% de infraespecies del total de angiospermas reconocidas para México
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Traditional land use systems are often rich in crop diversity. However, complete inter- and intraspecific data are scarce, limiting our understanding and underestimating the diversity of plant genetic reservoirs. This study attempted to characterize the total edible plant diversity of the milpas, or polyculture maize-based fields, managed by Tének...
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Dolines are karst depressions whose environmental and climatic characteristics in tropical regions are not well known. By measuring and analyzing different components of the microclimate in two dolines located in Tamasopo, Mexico, we aim to contribute to the understanding of the climatic conditions in these formations. The variables analyzed includ...
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The distribution of the vegetation cover in the topographical gradient of the crater Joya Honda was analyzed; this site is located at the municipality of Soledad of Graciano Sánchez, San Luis Potosí, México. It is a volcanic structure of type maar, with an elliptical circumference and two contrasting areas: a suntrap zone located at North part and...
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Los bosques tropicales estacionales de México representan un ecosistema con un alto nivel de diversidad y endemismo para el Neotrópico. La Sierra del Abra Tanchipa resguarda este tipo de bosques en sus diferentes variantes de selvas bajas caducifolias y subcaducifolias, así como selvas medianas subcaducifolias y subperennifolias. En el área de la r...
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Orchidaceae, una de las familias botánicas más destacadas a nivel mundial y del continente americano, es también de gran importancia para México. Se ha estimado que para el estado de San Luis Potosí su riqueza sobrepasa las 150 especies. Se presenta una actualización de la lista de especies de Orchidaceae para la Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del A...
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En México, la conservación de su riqueza biológica constituye un gran reto tanto para los que se preocupan por el tema como para quienes enfrentan de forma cotidiana innumerables carencias en medio de territorios con vastos recursos naturales. Al respecto, si bien es un hecho que se han elaborado numerosos estudios, los cuales han trascendido por s...
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The Organic Products Law considers the Participatory Organic Certification System (POCS) as a guarantee system for consumers, aimed at organized small-scale producers which are directly connected to a local market. This paper analyzes the challenges of the POCS in six markets in Mexico, underlining the changes brought about by the inclusion of POCS...
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p align="LEFT"> Se analiza un caso de innovación socioambiental exitosa en un contexto de deterioro generalizado de las condiciones de vida y de trabajo de los campesinos mexicanos. Se describe la lógica aplicada por los miembros del linaje K´ulub (Oxchuc, Chiapas), para lograr un cambio en su estrategia de vida. Se aplicó el método de estudios d...
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A successful case of socio-environmental innovation is analyzed within a context of generalized deterioration of the life and work conditions of Mexican peasants. The logic applied by members of the K’ulub lineage (Oxchuc, Chiapas) to achieve a change in their life strategy, is described. The method of case studies was applied to observe the behavi...
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Disponible en: inahacademicos.net/archivospdf/revista15/Etnobiologia13.pdf#page=23 The xi’iuy are an ethnic group that inhabits the Sierra Madre Oriental in the states of San Luis Potosi and Queretaro. During pre-Hispanic times, they occupied a territory located between the Mesoamerican farmers and Aridoamerican gatherers. This enabled them to deve...
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En la búsqueda de los componentes de la sostenibilidad de la vivienda tradicional se indagósobre los conceptos y la evidencia empírica de la utilidad, lo que permitiótener un panorama organizado y crítico del conocimiento acumulado, a fin de contribuir con la comprobación de la hipótesis y adecuación de métodos a las diferentes ramas del saber. En...
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Se presenta la lista florística y se describe la estructura de un bosque de niebla en Copalillos, San Luis Potosí, el cual, hasta hace muy poco tiempo estuvo ausente en la cartografía de vegetación existente. Se registraron 199 especies, correspondientes a 165 géneros y 91 familias botánicas. La estructura vertical mostró tres estratos arbóreos, un...
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Estudios hechos en México sobre su territorio durante el primer decenio del siglo XXI evidencian que éste contiene un importante acervo de riqueza biológica, el cual, sin embargo se encuentra en riesgo de perderse ante los ritmos acelerados de aprovechamiento de sus recursos naturales, por la dinámica poblacional existente entre sus zonas rurales y...
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The floristics and structure of a cloud forest in Copalillos, San Luis Potos, is presented. Until very recently, this forest was not recorded in the existing cartography. A total of 199 species, corresponding to 165 genera and 91 botanical families, were recorded. The forest structure consists of three arboreal layers (upper, middle and lower), bes...
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Les forêts tropicales de montagne, ou forêts de brume, sont parmi les écosystèmes les plus riches en biodiversité de la planète. L'État de San Luis Potosí au Mexique a perdu 2 868 hectares de ces forêts en 35 ans. Cet article analyse, dans ce contexte, les causes de ce déboisement et les solutions possibles pour protéger les derniers lambeaux de ce...
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Native communities’ erosion of ethnobotanical knowledge of food plants is a global concern. This investigation focuses on a Xi’iuy community in the Sierra Madre Oriental, San Luís Potosí, México. A total of 21 randomly - selected families participated (22% of the total population). The 56 people who were interviewed an average of 2.7 per family wer...
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Sugar industry diversification is complex, being constrained by biophysical and socioeconomic conditions. Ongoing work has shown the sugarcane industry's potential as biorefinery or its sustainable use by offering products as raw material. However, few studies have studied how such potential could be achieved by promoting a conventional sugar mill...
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Uno de los ecosistemas más valiosos del terri-torio nacional es el bosque de niebla, o mesófilo de montaña, cuyas características únicas lo convierten en un espacio que permite la convivencia de especies vegetales de zonas tropi-cales, con otras típicas de climas templados.
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Sugar industry diversification is complex, being constrained by biophysical and socioeconomic conditions. Ongoing work has shown the sugarcane industry's potential as biorefinery or its sustainable use by offering products as raw material. However, few studies have studied how such potential could be achieved by promoting a conventional sugar mill...
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The Mexican sugar industry has a long history. It is an industry which combines the agricultural activities of growing, harvesting and transporting sugarcane with the industrial factory production of raw and refined sugar and many specialty and downstream products. To compete in a global economy, it is important to establish performance criteria/be...
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En este trabajo se analiza la distribución y dinámica espacio-temporal del bosque de niebla del estado de San Luis Potosí. Éste se caracteriza por su restringida distribución geográfica en todo el país, además de estar severamente amenazado por las actividades humanas. Dicho ecosistema se localiza en la región fisiográfica de la Sierra Madre Orien...
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Los sistemas de información geográfica (SIG) y percepción remota (PR) son herramientas de utilidad en el manejo y modernización de la zonificación agroecológica de la producción de caña de azúcar, Saccharum officinarum. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar la distribución espacial al caracterizar el nivel de productividad del cultivo, en la...
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La aplicación de los Sistemas deInformación Geográfica (SIG) y las técnicas de Percepción Remota (PR) han sido ampliamente investigadas como método para identificar y evaluar el cultivo de caña de azúcar. El objetivo del presente estudio fue estimar y mapear el área bajo el cultivo de caña y evaluar su estado de salud mediante el algoritmo NDVI (Ín...
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This article analyzes the relationship between the configuration and spatial reorganization of land-use and land-cover in the Pujal-Coy project area, Huasteca Potosina region, eastern San Luis Potosí, Mexico, as well as the relationship between these changes and the environmental conditions prevailing in the area. Land-use and land-cover changes we...
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The small horticultural systems of Mexquitic, San Luis Potosí, are intensive and complex with respect to the spacial and temporal arrangements of their irrigated crops. In the present study, crop patterns are differentiated in a sample of fifteen gardens by means of multivariate classification applied to monthly records of the relative area occupie...

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