Listing of Useful Plants of the World
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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.

Alocasia odora

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): malayan alocasia
Crop Use(s): root
Reference Source(s): Douglas
Number of Papers/Mentions: 8

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.]

Yafuso, M. (1999). Larval performance and niche separation between two synhospitalic species of Colocasiomyia (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Memoirs of the Faculty of Science Kyoto University Series of Biology. [print] December 16(2): 119-126. {a} Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan

Wang, P. L. (1998). Report of pollen morphology of Araceae. Acta Botanica Yunnanica(Suppl. 5): 41-42. {a} Chengdu Inst. Biol., Chinese Acad. Sci., Chengdu 610041, China

Zhou, L., J. Deng, et al. (1998). The effect of Hai Yu and Jian Wei Yu lectin on human normal and carcinoma gastroenteric mucous cell. Sichuan Daxue Xuebao Ziran Kexueban 35(1): 115-118. {a} Univ. Hosp., Sichuan Univ., Chengdu, China

Noguchi, K. and I. Terashima (1997). Different regulation of leaf respiration between Spinacia oleracea, a sun species, and Alocasia odora, a shade species. Physiologia Plantarum 101(1): 1-7. {a} Inst. Biol. Sci., Univ. Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

Chan, T. Y. K., L. Y. Chan, et al. (1995). Neurotoxicity following the ingestion of a Chinese medicinal plant, Alocasia macrorrhiza. Human and Experimental Toxicology 14(9): 727-728. {a} Dep. Clinical Pharmacol., Chinese Univ. Hong Kong, Prince Wales Hosp., Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

Yafuso, M. (1994). Life history traits related to resource partitioning between synhospitalic species of Colocasiomyia (Diptera, Drosophilidae) breeding in inflorescences of Alocasia odora (Araceae). Ecological Entomology 19(1): 65-73. Entomol. Lab., Coll. Agric., Univ. Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-01, Japan

Herrmann, D. P., R. W. Sites, et al. (1993). Influence of current velocity on substratum selection by Naucoridae (Hemiptera): An experimental approach via stream simulation. Environmental Entomology 22(3): 571-576. {a} Dep. Agron., Hortic. Entomol., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409-2134, USA

Yafuso, M. (1993). Thermogenesis of Alocasia odora (Araceae) and the role of Colocasiomyia flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae) as cross-pollinators. Environmental Entomology 22(3): 601-606. Entomol. Lab., Coll. Agric., Univ. Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-01, Japan

Chen, H. B. and P. X. Zhang (1988). Topomyia tumetarsalis, new species from China. Acta Entomologica Sinica 31(2): 213-218.

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Index of common names:
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Latest update 30 January 2001 by: RF