Abstract
Chia (#Salvia hispanica L.) is a Mexican ancestral crop that for
its nutritional properties presents high demand in the international
market, its growth rate is 239% annually and it is estimated that by
2020 its sales will be $ 1.2 billion dollars [1]. Since 1917, it has been
reported that the maximum attainable seed yield (SY) on chia is
close to 3.0 t ha-1 [2-5]; however, the SY that the farmers commonly
achieve in commercial plots is lower, and on average it only is 0.36
t ha-1 [6]. According to [7], the low productivity on chia due to their
#agronomic management has not been modernized, and to this date
it still is cultivated mainly on rainy season, and the use of #fertilizers,
pesticides and improved varieties is scarce. The plasticity of
the chia to adapt and produce under a low-input systems has
led erroneously to assume that it presents low requirements of
water and fertilizer [8,9], and also it resists the attack of pests and
diseases [10].
Inadequate Nitrogen #Fertilization: Main Cause of the Low Seed Yield on the Chia Crop (#Salvia hispanica L.) by Anacleto Sosa Baldivia in BJSTR
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