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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Amaranthus dubius

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s):
Crop Use(s): vegetable=cereal
Reference Source(s): Kochhar, Rehm
Number of Papers/Mentions: 18

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.]

Henrickson, J. (1999). Studies in New World Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae). SIDA Contributions to Botany. Sept. 18(3): 783-807. {a} Department of Biology, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA

Ferrarotto, M. S. (1998). Foliar structure of Amaranthus dubius Mart. and Amaranthus cruentus L. (Amaranthaceae). Acta Botanica Venezuelica 21(1): 75-85. {a} Univ. Cent. Venezuela, Fac. Agron., Inst. Bot. Agricola, Apartado 4579, Maracay, Edo. Aragua, AR 2101, Venezuela

Castrillo, M., P. Aso, et al. (1997). In situ immunofluorescent localization of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in mesophyll of C-4 dicotyledonous plants. Photosynthetica Prague 33(1): 39-50. {a} Dep. Biologia Organismos, Univ. Simon Bolivar, Apdo. Postal 89000, Caracas 1080, Venezuela

Chaturvedi, M., K. Datta, et al. (1997). Cytopalynology of Amaranthus L. and Chenopodium L.: The two pantoporate taxa. Feddes Repertorium 108(5-6): 325-333. {a} Palynol. Lab., Natl. Bot. Res. Inst., Lucknow-226001, India

Anten, N. P. R. and M. J. A. Werger (1996). Canopy structure and nitrogen distribution in dominant and subordinate plants in a dense stand of Amaranthus dubius L. with a size hierarchy of individuals. Oecologia Berlin 105(1): 30-37. {a} Dep. Plant Ecology Evolutionary Biology, Utrecht Univ., P.O. Box 800.84, 3508 TB Utrecht, Netherlands

Greizerstein, E. J. and L. Poggio (1992). Cytogenetic studies in six interspecific hybrids of Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae). Darwiniana San Isidro 31: 159-165. Dep. Ciencias Biol., Fac. Ciencias Exactas Naturales, 1428 Buenos Aries, Argentina

Prakash, D. and M. Pal (1992). Seed protein, fat and fatty acid profile of Amaranthus species. Journal Of The Science Of Food And Agriculture 58(1): 145-147.

Ugborogho, R. E. and O. A. Oyelana (1992). Meiosis, pollen morphology and perianth stomata of some taxa of Amaranthus L. (Amaranthaceae) in Nigeria. Feddes Repertorium 103(5-6): 363-373.

Singh, A. K., U. Pathre, et al. (1991). Purification and characterization of leucine aminotransferase from green leaves of Amaranthus dubius. Biochemie Und Physiologie Der Pflanzen 187(5): 337-345.

Morros, M. E., B. Trujillo, et al. (1990). Description of the genus Amaranthus L. with 3 new records for Venezuela and the resulting key to the species. Ernstia(58-60): 45-52.

Munos, C. A. and G. A. Granada (1990). Study of the hosts of the causal agent of bacterial spot in tomato, Xanthomonas campestris pathovar vesicatoria. Fitopatologia Colombiana 14(2): 52-55.

Spencer, K. A. and D. Havranek (1989). A new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from Venezuela. Florida Entomologist 72(3): 441-444.

Dixit, A. B. (1988). Effects of particulate pollutants on plants at ultrastructural and cellular levels. Annals Of Botany 62(6): 643-652.

Quintero, J., A. Rebellon, et al. (1988). Distribution and identification of host species of Heterodera glycines Ichinohe race 3 in Valle del Cauca (Colombia). Acta Agronomica 38(1): 41-52.

Sealy, R. L., C. M. Kenerley, et al. (1988). Evaluation of Amaranthus accessions for resistance to damping-off by Pythium myriotylum. Plant Disease 72(11): 985-989.

Walters, R. D., D. L. Coffey, et al. (1988). Fiber, nitrate, and protein content of Amaranthus accessions as affected by soil nitrogen application and harvest date. Hortscience 23(2): 338-341.

Wulff, R. D. (1987). Growth responses of soybean (Glycine max) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) to an increase in density of Amaranthus dubius (L.) plants at two temperatures. Weed Research 27(2): 79-86.

Pohlan, J. and R. Relova (1986). The influence of manure and sugarcane filterpress mud on weed cenoses in coffee seedbeds in Cuba. Beitraege Zur Tropischen Landwirtschaft Und Veterinaermedizin 24(4): 399-406.

Dixit, A. (1985). Chloroplast doublets and differential staining of the cell walls in photosynthetic tissues of Amaranthus dubius. Annals Of Botany 56(1): 143-146.

Rodriguez, G. S. and G. S. Cepero (1984). Number of seeds produced by some weed species. Centro Agricola 11(1): 45-50.

Baijal, M. and P. V. Sane (1969). Arginine residue(s) at the active site(s) of the nitrate reductase complex from Amaranthus. Phytochemistry 27(7): 1969-1972.

Baquar, S. R. and O. O. Olusi (1665). Cytomorphological and phylogenetic studies of the genus Amaranthus from Nigeria. Kromosomo 2(51-52): 1665-1674.

Foy, C. D. and T. A. Campbell (1365). Differential tolerance of Amaranthus strains to high levels of aluminum and manganese in acid soils. Journal Of Plant Nutrition 7(9): 1365-1388.

Wulff, R. D. (1307). Intraspecific variation in germination requirements and growth in Amaranthus dubius. American Journal Of Botany 75(9): 1307-1312.

Joshi, J. V. Additions to flora of Gujarat. Indian Botanical Contactor 10(3-4): 103-104. Dep. Botany, P T Sarvajanik Coll. Sci., Surat 395 001, India

Index of botanical names:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M]
[N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

Index of common names:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M]
[N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

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Contact: Dr Rob Fletcher, School of Agriculture and Horticulture, The University of Queensland, Gatton 4343; Telephone: 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301; Facsimile: 07 5460 1112; International facsimile: 61 7 5460 1112; Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au

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