title: Agriculture and bioactives: achieving both crop yield  and phytochemicals.
abstract: Plants are fundamental elements of the human diet, either as direct sources of nutrients or indirectly as feed for animals. During the past few years, the main goal of agriculture has been to increase yield in order to provide the food that is needed by a growing world population. As important as yield, but commonly forgotten in conventional agriculture, is to keep and, if it is possible, to increase the phytochemical content due to their health implications. Nowadays, it is necessary to go beyond this, reconciling yield and phytochemicals that, at first glance, might seem in conflict. This can be accomplished through reviewing food requirements, plant consumption with health implications, and farming methods. The aim of this work is to show how both yield and phytochemicals converge into a new vision of agricultural management in a framework of integrated agricultural practices.
authors: Biosystems Engineering Group, Biosystems Laboratory, Division of Graduate Studies,  Faculty of Engineering, The Autonomous University of Queretaro, C.U Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, colonia Las Campanas, C.P. 76010, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico. irineo.torres@uaq.mx.
authors: Lina
authors: L
authors: García-Mier
authors: Ramón G
authors: RG
authors: Guevara-González
authors: Víctor M
authors: VM
authors: Mondragón-Olguín
authors: Beatriz
authors: B
authors: Del Rocío Verduzco-Cuellar
authors: Irineo
authors: I
authors: Torres-Pacheco