1. El árbol del Neem (Azadirachta indica) para controlar enfermedades endémicas en Argentina.
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Falasca, Silvia and Bernabé, María Angélica
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NEEM , *CHEMICALS , *BIODIESEL fuels , *BIOLOGICAL insecticides , *BIOCLIMATOLOGY , *SPATIAL variation , *AGRICULTURAL climatology , *CHAGAS' disease - Abstract
Neem's tree has been studied from the chemical point of view since it provides more than 300 chemical compounds. Its oil can be transformed in biodiesel. One of its main properties is bioinsecticide activity. Since it has larvicidal activity it might be used to control the vector of fastidiousness. As it was proved that kills the parasite which produces Chagas disease, it appears as a promissory tree to use it for productive and social objectives in our country. The aim of the present paper was to delimit the capable zone for culturing of this specie, giving special emphasis to marginal areas. For that it was worked with bioclimatic necessities and biophysical limits of the species and climate data of Argentina for period 1961-2000. The overlapping of layers containing information about the spatial variability of bioclimatic indexes allowed us to obtain the map of agroclimatic aptitude for the Neem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009