Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


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Myrica faya

 

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): candleberry myrtle
Crop Use(s): fruit
Reference Source(s): sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 16

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Arevalo, J. R. and P. J. M. Fernandez (2000). Seed bank analysis of tree species in two stands of the Tenerife laurel forest (Canary Islands). Forest Ecology and Management. May 130(1-3): 177-185. {a} Departamento de Ecologia, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, 38206, Tenerife, Spain

Soledad, J. M., N. Nadezhdina, et al. (2000). Radial variation in sap flow in five laurel forest tree species in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Tree Physiology. [print] November 20(17): 1149-1156. {a} Dpto. de Biologia Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, E-3820, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Yang, P., P. A. Follett, et al. (2000). Oviposition behavior and egg parasitoids of Sophonia rufofascia (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. [print] August 34: 135-139. {a} Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS Tropical Fruit, Hilo, HI, 96720, USA

Aboal, J. R., M. S. Jimenez, et al. (1999). Rainfall interception in laurel forest in the Canary Islands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Oct. 97(2): 73-86. {a} Area de Ecoloxia, Facultad de Bioloxia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15.701, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruna, Spain

Arevalo, J. R., P. J. M. Fernandez, et al. (1999). Tree regeneration and future dynamics of the laurel forest on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Journal of Vegetation Science. Dec. 10(6): 861-868. {a} Departamento de Ecologia, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, 38206, Spain

Duffy, B. K. and D. E. Gardner (1999). Nematodes associated with the invasive weed Myrica faya in Hawaii. Nematropica . June 29(1): 95-97. {a} Phytopathology Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, CH-8092, Switzerland

Gardner, D. E. (1999). Septoria hodgesii sp. nov.: A potential biocontrol agent for Myrica faya in Hawai'i. Mycotaxon 70: 247-253. {a} Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center Biological Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey Department of Botany, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA

Jimenez, M. S., R. A. Gonzalez, et al. (1999). Effect of dehydration on the photosynthetic apparatus of sun and shade leaves of laurel forest trees. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C Journal of Biosciences. Sept. Oct. 54(9-10): 704-710. {a} Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38207, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Jimenez, M. S., D. Morales, et al. (1999). The annual course of transpiration in a laurel forest of Tenerife. Estimation with Myrica faya. Phyton Horn. [print] 39(4): 85-90. {a} Dpto. Biologia Vegetal., Universidad de La Laguna, E-38207, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Mapongmetsem, P. M., B. Duguma, et al. (1999). The effect of various seed pretreatments to improve germination in eight indigenous tree species in the forests of Cameroon. Annals of Forest Science. Dec. 56(8): 679-684. {a} Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere, Cameroon

Nogales, M., E. C. Hernandez, et al. (1999). Seed dispersal by common ravens Corvus corax among island habitats (Canarian Archipelago). Ecoscience 6(1): 56-61. {a} Departamento de Biologia Animal (Zoologia), 38206, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Tausz, M., D. Morales, et al. (1999). Photoprotection in forest trees under field conditions. Phyton Horn. [print] 39(3 Special Edition): 25-28. {a} Institut fuer Pflanzenphysiologie, Universitaet Graz, Schubertstrasse 51, A-8010, Graz, Austria

Adler, P. B., A. C. M. D, et al. (1998). Understory succession following a dieback of Myrica faya in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Pacific Science 52(1): 69-78. {a} Dep. Integrative Biol., Univ. Calif., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Fernandez, P. J. M. and J. R. Arevalo (1998). Regeneration strategies of tree species in the laurel forest of Tenerife (The Canary Islands). Plant Ecology 137(1): 21-29. Dep. Ecol., Univ. La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Islas Canarais, Spain

Morales, D., R. A. M. Gonzalez, et al. (1997). Oxygen stress and pigment composition in Canarian laurel forest trees. Phyton Horn. [print] 37(3 Special Edition): 181-186. {a} Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38207, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Koehl, K., R. Loesch, et al. (1996). Foliar cation contents of laurel forest trees on the Canary Islands. Flora Jena 191(3): 303-311. {a} Abt. Geobotanik, H. Heine Univ. Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstr. 1/26.13, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany

Leen, R. and G. Markin (1996). Identity, release and establishment of Caloptilia nr. schinella (Walsingham) (Gracillariidae) on the island of Hawaii for control of Myrica faya Aiton (Myricaceae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 50(4): 348-350. U.S. Dep. Agric., Forest Serv., Pacific Southwest Res. Station, P.O. Box 236, Volcano, HI 96785, USA

Morales, D., R. A. M. Gonzalez, et al. (1996). Laurel forests in Tenerife, Canary Islands: The vertical profiles of leaf characteristics. Phyton Horn 36(2): 251-263. {a} Dep. Biologia Vegetal, Univ. La Laguna, 38207 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Morales, D., M. S. Jimenez, et al. (1996). Laurel forests in Tenerife, Canary Islands. I. The site, stand structure and stand leaf area distribution. Trees Berlin 11(1): 34-40. {a} Departamento Biologia Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38207 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Markin, G. P., L. Silva, et al. (1995). The insect fauna associated with the tree Myrica faya (Myricaceae) in the Macaronesia Islands and on Mainland Portugal. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal(Suppl. 4): 411-420. {a} USDA Forest Serv., Inst. Pacific Islands Forestry, 1643 Kilauea Ave., Hilo, HI 96720, USA

Silva, L., G. Markin, et al. (1995). Argyresthia atlanticella Rebel (Insecta: Lepidoptera) an excluded agent for Myrica faya Aiton (Myricaceae) biocontrol. Arquipelago Boletim da Universidade dos Acores Ciencias Biologicas e Marinhas(13a): 105-113. {a} Dep. Biol., Univ. Acores, PT-9500 Ponta Delgada, Acores, Portugal

Silva, L. and J. Tavares (1995). Phenological cycles of Myrica faya AITON (Myricaceae) in the Azores Islands. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal(Suppl. 4): 671-680. Universidade dos Acores, Dep. Biol., 9500 Ponta Delgada, Acores, Portugal

Smith, C. W., F. C. Lutzow, et al. (1995). Myrica faya: One man's meat is another man's poison. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal(Suppl. 4): 699-706. {a} Dep. Botany, Univ. Hawai'i Manoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

Duffy, B. K. and D. E. Gardner (1994). Locally established botrytis fruit rot of Myrica faya, a noxious weed in Hawaii. Plant Disease 78(9): 919-923. {a} Coop. Park Studies Unit, Natl. Park Serv., Dep. Bot., Univ. Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

Loesch, R. and E. Fischer (1994). Vicarious heath forests and their contact communities in Macaronesia and Central Africa. Phytocoenologia 24: 695-720. {a} Abteilung Geobotanik, Institut fuer Oekologische Pflanzenphysiologie und Geobotanik Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstr. 1, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany

Martin, A., M. A. Hernandez, et al. (1993). First breeding of columba bollii on Hirro (Canara Islands). Alauda 61(3): 148. Dpto. Biol. Anim., Fac. Biol., Univ. Laguna, Tenerife/Islas Canarias, Spain

Aplet, G. H. (1990). Alteration of earthworm community biomass by the alien Myrica faya in Hawaii (USA). Oecologia 82(3): 414-416.

Gardner, D. E. and C. S. J. Hodges (1990). Diseases of Myrica faya (firetree, Myricaceae) in the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands. Plant Pathology 39(2): 326-330.

Matson, P. (1990). Plant-soil interactions in primary succession at Hawaii volcanoes National Park (Hawaii, USA). Oecologia 85(2): 241-246.

Mueller, D. D. and L. D. Whiteaker (1990). Plants associated with Myrica faya and 2 other pioneer trees on a recent volcanic surface in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (USA). Phytocoenologia 19(1): 29-42.

Vitousek, P. M. (1990). Biological invasions and ecosystem processes: Towards an integration of population biology and ecosystem studies. Oikos 57(1): 7-13.

Walker, L. R. (1990). Germination of an invading tree species (Myrica faya) in Hawaii (USA). Biotropica 22(2): 140-145.

Woodward, S. A., P. M. Vitousek, et al. (1990). Use of the exotic tree Myrica faya by native and exotic birds in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii, USA). Pacific Science 44(1): 88-93.

Ramos, I. L. S., P. B. Mendez, et al. (1989). Contribution to the aeropalynologic atlas of the Santa Cruz and La Laguna region (Tenerife: Canary Islands (North Atlantic Ocean)): IV. Boletim Da Sociedade Broteriana 62(2): 155-182.

Vitousek, P. M. and L. R. Walker (1989). Biological invasion by Myrica faya in Hawaii (USA): Plant demography, nitrogen fixation, ecosystem effects. Ecological Monographs 59(3): 247-266.

Lausi, D., P. L. Nimis, et al. (1988). Adaptive leaf structures in a Myrica - Erica stand on Tenerife (Canary Islands) (Spain). Vegetatio 79(3): 133-142.

Guitian, P., J. Amigo, et al. (1987). Notes on the flora of Galicia (Spain): VII. Boletim Da Sociedade Broteriana 60(2): 139-146.

Turner, D. R. and P. M. Vitousek (1987). Nodule biomass of the nitrogen-fixing alien Myrica faya Ait. in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (USA). Pacific Science 41(1-4): 186-190.

Vitousek, P. M., L. R. Walker, et al. (1987). Biological invasion by Myrica faya alters ecosystem development in Hawaii (USA). Science 238(4828): 802-804.

Larosa, A. M., C. W. Smith, et al. (1985). Role of alien and native birds in the dissemination of firetree (Myrica faya Ait., Myricaceae) and associated plants in Hawaii (USA). Pacific Science 39(4): 372-378.

Walker, L. R. and P. M. Vitousek (1449). An invader alters germination and growth of a native dominant tree in Hawaii (USA). Ecology 72(4): 1449-1455.


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