Listing of Useful Plants of the World
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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.
Agave angustifolia
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Common Name(s):
dwarf aloe syn babsiReferences
(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.]Colunga, G. P., C. J. Coello, et al. (1999). Isozymatic variation and phylogenetic relationships between henequen (Agave fourcroydes) and its wild ancestor A. angustifolia (Agavaceae). American Journal of Botany 86(1): 115-123. {a} Centro Investigacion Cientifica Yucatan, Apartado Postal 87, Cordemex, Merida, Yucatan 97310, Mexico
Smith, G. F. and E. M. A. Steyn (1999). Agavaceae. Bothalia . May 29(1): 100. {a} National Botanical Institute, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa
Azzini, A., T. R. M. A. Gondim, et al. (1998). Technological characterization of Agave hybrids. Bragantia 57(1): 113-116. Cent. Algodao Plantas Fibrosas, Inst. Agron., Caixa Postal 28, 13001-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
Colunga, G. M. P. (1998). Origin, variation, and evolutive tendencies of henequen (Agave fourcroydes Lem.). Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de Mexico. Jan. June(62): 109-128. {a} Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan, Merida, YUC, 97310, Mexico
Colunga, G. P. and P. F. May (1997). Morphological variation of henequen (Agave fourcroydes, Agavaceae) germplasm and its wild ancestor (A. angustifolia) under uniform growth conditions: Diversity and domestication. American Journal of Botany 84(11): 1449-1465. Centro Investigacion Cientifica Yucatan, Apartado Postal 87, Cordemex, Merida, Yucantan 97310, Mexico
Gupta, R. K., M. C. Agarwal, et al. (1997). Phenotypic stability of Agave species on bouldery wastelands (Riverbed) of Doon Valley. Indian Forester 123(4): 331-337. Central Soil Water Conservation Res. Training Inst., Dehra Dun, India
Cavallini, A., L. Natali, et al. (1996). Cytophotometric and biochemical analyses of DNA in pentaploid and diploid Agave species. Genome 39(1996): 266-271. {a} Dip. Biol. Piante Agrarie, Sezione Genet., Via Matteotti 1/B, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
Colunga, G. P., L. E. Estrada, et al. (1996). Patterns of morphological variation, diversity, and domestication of wild and cultivated populations of Agave in Yucatan, Mexico. American Journal of Botany 83(8): 1069-1082. {a} Centro Investigacion Cientifica Yucatan, A.C. Apartado Postal 87 Cordemex, 97310 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Jose, J. R. and M. E. Garcia (1995). CO-2 fixation in Agave angustifolia Haw. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de Mexico(57): 5-10. Colegio Postgrad., Lab. Ecol. Vegetal, Chapingo 56230, Mexico
Colunga, G. P., C. J. Coello, et al. (1993). Agave studies in Yucatan, Mexico: II. Nutritional value of the inflorescence peduncle and incipient domestication. Economic Botany 47(3): 328-334. {a} Cent. de Investigation Cientifica de Yucantan, A.C. Apartado Postal 87 Cordemex, 97310 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Colunga, G. P. and P. F. May (1993). Agave studies in Yucatan, Mexico: I. Past and present germplasm diversity and uses. Economic Botany 47(3): 312-327. Cent. de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan, A.C. Apartado Postal 87, Cordemex, Merida, Yucatan. 97301, Mexico
Suzuki, T. (1993). Lateral bud-burst and shoot growth in horizontally trained stems of low-pruned mulberry plants (Morus alba. L.). Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan 62(4): 265-271.
Forster, P. I. (1992). New varietal combinations in Agave vivipara (Agavaceae). Brittonia 44(1): 74-75.
Arita, H. T. (1991). Spatial segregation in long-nosed bats Leptonycteris nivalis and Leptonycteris curasoae, in Mexico. Journal Of Mammalogy 72(4): 706-714.
Zullo, M. A. T., A. Azzini, et al. (1989). Steroidal sapogenins in sisal. Bragantia 48(1): 21-26.
Banerjee, S., A. K. Sharma, et al. (1988). Structural differences of chromosomes in diploid Agave. Cytologia 53(2): 415-420.
Espejel, I. (1986). Coastal dune vegetation of the Yucatan Peninsula: II. The nature reserve Sian Ka'an, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Biotica 11(1): 7-24.
Moreno, C. P. and I. Espejel (1986). Classification and ordination of coastal sand dune vegetation along the Gulf and Caribbean Sea of Mexico. Vegetatio 66(3): 147-182.
Shoeb, H. A., L. Refahy, et al. (1982). The molluscicidal properties of the crude saponins in Agave angustifolia "Marginata", Agave celsii and Yucca filamentosa "Variegata". Egyptian Journal Of Bilharziasis 9(1): 55-66.
Castorena, S. I., R. M. Escobedo, et al. (1257). New cytotaxonomical determinants recognized in six taxa of Agave in the sections Rigidae and Sisalanae. Canadian Journal Of Botany 69(6): 1257-1264.
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