First was Rosemary Gutiérrez who compared 5 different varieties of beans here in Carmen Pampa, and discovered that two of the five were good producers, especially when inoculated with a bacteria that helps the plants get the element nitrogen from the atmosphere. Beans are important because they can improve protein intake, especially important for growing children.
Photo: Rosemary stands with Father Freddy after her successful defense.
The next day, Wednesday, student Daniel Choquetarqui defended his work with Beauveria bassiana, a beneficial fungus that kills coffee borer, a coffee pest. We grow it in the laboratory to bring to the field and apply in coffee fields. His laboratory trial of production of fungal strains from different communities at different temperatures showed that the strain from the community La Asunta produced the most spores, and that 24ºC is the best temperature for growing the fungus in the lab.
Photo: Daniel poses with his parents.
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