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.

Calamus rotang

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): rattan cane syn bet syn bent
Crop Use(s): fibre=fruit
Reference Source(s): rehm, sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 0

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.]

Singh, S., B. K. Ray, et al. (1999). Germination of rattan seeds in vivo and in vitro conditions. Annals of Biology Hissar. June 15(1): 9-12. {a} Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785 013, India

Roy, A. and P. K. Saha (1997). Factors involved during in vitro culture of Calamus rotang. Journal of Tropical Forest Science. Dec. 10(2): 225-232. {a} Department of Botany, Bose Institute, 93/1, A.P.C. Road, Calcutta, 700 009, India

Renuka, C. and P. Rugmini (1996). Studies on the ex-situ performance of different species of rattans. Indian Forester 122(3): 235-240. Kerala Forest Res. Inst., Peechi, Kerala, India

Padmanabhan, D. and R. Ilangovan (1995). Nematode root galls in embryo cultures of Calamus rotang. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 7(3): 428-434. Dep. Plant Morphol., Sch. Biol. Sci., Madurai Kamaraj Univ., Madurai 625 021, India

Weiner, G. and W. Liese (1993). Generic identification key to rattan palms based on stem anatomical characters. IAWA Journal 14(1): 55-61. Univ. Hamburg, Ordinariat Holzbiol. Leuschnerstr. 91, 2050 Hamburg 80, Germany

Manuel, K. J., C. Sudhersan, et al. (1987). Unusual trichomes and scales in two species of Calamus. Journal Of The Singapore National Academy Of Science 16: 37-38.

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