Listing of Useful Plants of the World
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.
Agave fourcroydes
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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)
Common Name(s):
henequen syn mexican sisal syn hennequen syn sacci syn weisser sisalReferences
(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
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
Mizrahi, A., J. M. R. Prado, et al. (1997). Composition, structure, and management potential of secondary dry tropical vegetation in two abandoned henequen plantations of Yucatan, Mexico. Forest Ecology and Management 96(3): 273-282. {a} Auton. Univ. Yucatan, Fac. Vet. Med. Anim. Sci., Dep. Manage. Conservation Nat. Resources Tropics, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Perkulis, A. M., J. M. R. Prado, et al. (1997). Composition, structure and management potential of secondary dry tropical vegetation in two abandoned henequen plantations of Yucatan, Mexico. Forest Ecology and Management 94(1-3): 79-88. Autonomous Univ., Yucatan, Fac. Veterinary Med. Anim. Sci., Dep. Management Conservation Natural Resources Tropics, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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
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.
Binh, L. T., L. T. Muoi, et al. (1990). Rapid propagation of agave by in vitro tissue culture. Plant Cell Tissue And Organ Culture 23(1): 67-70.
Banerjee, S., A. K. Sharma, et al. (1988). Structural differences of chromosomes in diploid Agave. Cytologia 53(2): 415-420.
Nobel, P. S. and D. C. V. Garcia (1987). Interception of photosynthetically active radiation and predicted productivity for Agave rosettes. Photosynthetica 21(3): 261-272.
Robert, M. L., J. L. Herrera, et al. (1987). In vitro propagation of Agave fourcroydes Lem. (Henequen). Plant Cell Tissue And Organ Culture 8(1): 37-48.
Nobel, P. S. (1985). Photosynthetically active radiation, water and temperature limitations on the productivity of cultivated Agave fourcroydes. Journal Of Applied Ecology 22(1): 157-174.
Nobel, P. S. and W. L. Berry (1985). Element responses of agaves. American Journal Of Botany 72(5): 686-694.
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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