{"id":1006829,"date":"2025-12-09T22:26:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/?post_type=zamociencia&p=1006829"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:33:47","slug":"combinando-soya-y-pastos-tropicales-para-mejorar-suelos-degradados","status":"publish","type":"zamociencia","link":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/zamociencia\/combinando-soya-y-pastos-tropicales-para-mejorar-suelos-degradados\/","title":{"rendered":"Combining soybean and tropical grasses to improve degraded soils\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Combining soybean and tropical grasses to improve degraded soils\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ing. Erika Tenorio, Full Professor in the Department of Environment and Development Engineering, in collaboration with partners from Colorado State University, published an important study in the journal Earth\u2019s Future that sheds new light on the ecological pressures facing the largest freshwater body in Honduras, Lake Yojoa. The research provides evidence for policymakers, certification bodies, and communities working to balance food production with the health of freshwater ecosystems.\u00a0<\/p>

of the studyof the study<\/span>, publicado en la revista\u202fPlants, mostraron que la combinaci\u00f3n de soya con pasto\u202fAruana\u202fGuinea promovi\u00f3 una mayor acumulaci\u00f3n de nitr\u00f3geno, f\u00f3sforo, potasio y azufre en la soya, en comparaci\u00f3n con los sistemas de soya en monocultivo y soya combinada con pasto Congo. Esto indica que los pastos tropicales no compitieron con la soya, sino que facilitaron la absorci\u00f3n de nutrientes. En particular, con el pasto\u202fAruana\u202fGuinea se observ\u00f3 que la eficiencia fisiol\u00f3gica de la soya mejor\u00f3 notablemente, especialmente al aplicar cantidades moderadas de nitr\u00f3geno. Por su parte, el sistema con pasto Congo destac\u00f3 por su alta eficiencia de uso de nitr\u00f3geno y su capacidad para convertir nitr\u00f3geno en biomasa, lo que sugiere que puede reciclar el nitr\u00f3geno residual del suelo y reducir p\u00e9rdidas.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>

The study demonstrates that an intercropping system with proper nitrogen fertilization management can be a sustainable strategy to restore degraded grasslands: it enhances soybean nutrition, promotes nutrient-use efficiency, and helps restore soil fertility. For areas vulnerable to soil degradation, these findings offer a practical foundation for promoting more sustainable and productive agriculture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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(Image by Julio C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda for Pixabay)\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Ricardo Pe\u00f1a, Associate Professor of Soils in the Department of Agricultural Science and Production, and his team of collaborators analyzed how different levels of nitrogen (N) applied to tropical pasture grasses and maize in a previous rotation affect the performance of a subsequent mixed cropping system of soybean with grasses in areas with degraded pastures.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1006831,"template":"","zamociencia_tag":[57,56],"class_list":["post-1006829","zamociencia","type-zamociencia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","zamociencia_tag-agricultura","zamociencia_tag-sostenibilidad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia\/1006829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zamociencia"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia\/1006829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1007960,"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia\/1006829\/revisions\/1007960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1006831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zamociencia_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia_tag?post=1006829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}