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.


Cyperus papyrus

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

 

Common Name(s): papyrus
Crop Use(s): tanning agent=fibre
Reference Source(s): Kochhar, Sturtevant
Number of papers/mentions: 38

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

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Azza, N. G. T., F. Kansiime, et al. (2000). Differential permeability of papyrus and Miscanthidium root mats in Nakivubo swamp, Uganda. Aquatic Botany. [print] July 67(3): 169-178. {a} IHE Delft, 2601 DA, Delft, Netherlands

Abe, K., Y. Ozaki, et al. (1999). Evaluation of useful plants for the treatment of polluted pond water with low N and P concentrations. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. June 45(2): 409-417. {a} Department of Soils and Fertilizers, National Agriculture Research Center, Tsukuba, 305-8666, Japan

Boar, R. R., D. M. Harper, et al. (1999). Biomass allocation in Cyperus papyrus in a tropical wetland, Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Biotropica . Sept. 31(3): 411-421. {a} School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

Nyakang, o. J. B. and B. J. J. A. van (1999). Combination of a well functioning constructed wetland with a pleasing landscape design in Nairobi, Kenya. Water Science and Technology. Aug. 40(3): 249-256. {a} Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI), Nairobi, Kenya

Okurut, T. O., G. B. J. Rijs, et al. (1999). Design and performance of experimental constructed wetlands in Uganda, planted with Cyperus papyrus and Phragmites mauritianus. Water Science and Technology. Aug. 40(3): 265-271. {a} National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Kampala, Uganda

Abe, K. and Y. Ozaki (1998). Comparison of useful terrestrial and aquatic plant species for removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from domestic wastewater. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 44(4): 599-607. Dep. Soils Fertilizers, Natl. Agric. Res. Cent., Tsukuba 305-8666, Japan

Hasegawa, A., T. Nagase, et al. (1998). Keeping quality of cut stem of Cyperus papyrus L. Kagawa Daigaku Nogakubu Gakujutsu Hokoku 50(2): 115-123.

Schwartz, A. M., S. M. Paskewitz, et al. (1998). The lethal effects of Cyperus iria on Aedes aegypti. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 14(1): 78-82. {a} Dep. Entomology, Univ. Wis.-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA

Abe, K., Y. Ozaki, et al. (1997). Introduction of fiber plants to plant bed filter systems for wastewater treatment in relation to resource recycling. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 43(1): 35-43. {a} Dep. Soils Fertilizers, Natl. Agric. Res. Cent., Tsukuba 305, Japan

Jones, M. B. and F. M. Muthuri (1997). Standing biomass and carbon distribution in a papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L.) swamp on Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13(3): 347-356. {a} Botany Dep., Trinity Coll., Univ. Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

McCarthy, T. S. and W. N. Ellery (1997). The fluvial dynamics of the Maunachira Channel system, northeastern Okavango Swamps, Botswana. Water S A Pretoria 23(2): 115-125. {a} Dep. Geol., Univ. Witwatersrand, PO WITS, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa

Muthuri, F. M. and M. B. Jones (1997). Nutrient distribution in a papyrus swamp: Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Aquatic Botany 56(1): 35-50. {a} Botany Dep., Trinity Coll., Univ. Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

Tsuchiya, T., W. Tanaka, et al. (1997). Effects of vapor pressure difference on leaf conductance and net photosynthesis of an emergent plant, Zizania latifolia. Japanese Journal of Limnology 58(2): 191-196. {a} Dep. Biol., Fac. Sci., Chiba Univ., 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263, Japan

Catarino, L. and I. Moreira (1996). Aquatic weeds in Africa. Revista de Ciencias Agrarias 19(1): 81-97. Centro de Bot., Inst. de Investiagacao Cientifica Tropical, Lisboa, Portugal

Cronberg, G., A. Gieske, et al. (1996). Major ion chemistry, plankton, and bacterial assemblages of the Jao/Boro River, Okavango Delta, Botswana: The swamps and flood plains. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie Supplement 107(3): 335-407. Dep. Anal. Chem., Lund Univ., Box 124, S-22100 Lund, Sweden

Olowo, J. P. and L. J. Chapman (1996). Papyrus swamps and variation in the respiratory behaviour of the African fish Barbus neumayeri. African Journal of Ecology 34(2): 211-222. {a} Dep. Zool., Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

Pfuendel, E., E. Nagel, et al. (1996). Analyzing the light energy distribution in the photosynthetic apparatus of C-4 plants using highly purified mesophyll and bundle-sheath thylakoids. Plant Physiology Rockville 112(3): 1055-1070. {a} Institut fuer Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany

Ellery, W. N., K. Ellery, et al. (1995). The role of Cyperus papyrus L. in channel blockage and abandonment in the northeastern Okavango Delta, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 33(1): 25-49. {a} Dep. Botany, Univ. Witerwatersrand, Private Bag X3, PO Wits, 2050 Johanenesburg, South Africa

Li, M. and M. B. Jones (1995). CO-2 and 0-2 transport in the aerenchyma of Cyperus papyrus L. Aquatic Botany 52(1-2): 93-106. {a} Dep. Botany, Trinity Coll., Univ. Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

Aucour, A. M., M. C. Hillaire, et al. (1994). Late Quaternary biomass changes from 13C measurements in a highland peatbog from Equatorial Africa (Burundi). Quaternary Research Orlando 41(2): 225-233. Centre de recherhe en Geochimie isotopique et en Geochronologie, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, BP 8888, Succ. A, Montreal, PQ H3C 3P8, Canada

Panteris, E., P. Apostolakos, et al. (1994). Sinuous ordinary epidermal cells: Behind several patterns of waviness, a common morphogenetic mechanisms. New Phytologist 127(4): 771-780. Isnt. General Botany, Univ. Athens, Athens, GR-157 84, Greece

Singer, A., A. Eshel, et al. (1994). The contribution of aerenchymal CO-2 to the photosynthesis of emergent and submerged culms of Scirpus lacustris and Cyperus papyrus. Aquatic Botany 49(2-3): 107-116. {a} Dep. Botany, Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Smith, G. S., J. C. S. Allison, et al. (1994). Bio-assay study of response by a parasitoid to frass and feeding substrates of its host, the stalk borer Eldana saccharina. Annals of Applied Biology 125(3): 439-446. {a} South African Sugar Association Exp. Stn., Mount Edgecombe, Natal 4300, South Africa

Li, M. (1993). Leaf photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency of C-3 and C-4 Cyperus species. Photosynthetica Prague 29(1): 117-130. Botany Dep., Trinity Coll., Univ. Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

Okedi, J. (1992). Lake flies in Lake Victoria: Their biomass and potential for use in animal feeds. Insect Science And Its Application 13(1): 137-144.

Barraclough, D. A. (1991). A new species of Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on the sugarcane borer Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Natal, South Africa. Bulletin Of Entomological Research 81(2): 133-136.

Van, D. B. F. H., G. W. Leslie, et al. (1990). Genetic structure and relationships of four populations of the stalk boring moth, Eldana saccharina. Annals Of Applied Biology 117(2): 277-284.

Chale, F. M. M. (1989). Nutrient release from swamp water, Cyperus papyrus L. organs and swamp sediments. Hydrobiological Bulletin 23(2): 195-200.

Muthuri, F. M., M. B. Jones, et al. (1989). Primary productivity of papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) in a tropical swamp; Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Biomass 18(1): 1-14.

Muthuri, F. M. and J. I. Kinyamario (1989). Nutritive value of papyrus (Cyperus papyrus, Cyperaceae), a tropical emergent macrophyte. Economic Botany 43(1): 23-34.

Conlong, D. E., D. Y. Graham, et al. (1988). Notes on the natural host surveys and laboratory rearing of Goniozus natalensis Gordh (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a parasitoid of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae from Cyperus papyrus L. in southern Africa. Journal Of The Entomological Society Of Southern Africa 51(1): 115-128.

Jones, M. B. (1988). Photosynthetic responses of C-3 and C-4 wetland species in a tropical swamp. Journal Of Ecology 76(1): 253-262.

Chale, F. M. M. (1987). Plant biomass and nutrient levels of a tropical macrophyte (Cyperus papyrus L.) receiving domestic wastewater. Hydrobiological Bulletin 21(2): 167-170.

Djajasasmita, M. (1987). The apple snail Pila ampullacea: Its food and reproduction (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae). Berita Biologi 3(7): 342-346.

Estelita, T. M. and W. Handro (1987). Kranz pattern in leaf, scape and bract of Cyperus and Fimbristylis species. Revista Brasileira De Botanica 10(1): 105-111.

Jones, M. B. (1987). The photosynthetic characteristics of papyrus in a tropical swamp. Oecologia 71(3): 355-359.

Gordh, G. (1986). A new species of Goniozus Foerster 1851 from southern Africa parasitizing sugarcane borer, Eldana saccharina Walker, and taxonomic notes on species of the genus in Africa (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae; Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Journal Of The Entomological Society Of Southern Africa 49(2): 257-266.

Hickley, P. and R. G. Bailey (1986). Fish communities in the perennial wetland of the Sudd, southern Sudan. Freshwater Biology 16(5): 695-709.

Chale, F. M. M. (1985). Effects of a Cyperus papyrus swamp on domestic wastewater. Aquatic Botany 23(2): 185-190.

Jones, B. M. and F. M. Muthuri (1985). The canopy structure and microclimate of papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) swamps. Journal Of Ecology 73(2): 481-492.

Mosiniak, M. and J. C. Roland (1985). Spontaneous changes in rhythm of assembly of helicoidal cell walls: The example of papyrus (Papyrus cyperus). Annales Des Sciences Naturelles Botanique Et Biologie Vegetale 7(4): 175-212.

Tarasevich, V. F. (1985). Palynomorphology of some species of the genus Cyperus (Cyperaceae). Botanicheskii Zhurnal 70(1): 33-39.

Tarras, W. N. (1985). Trimalaconothrus scimitarum, new species (Oribatida: Malaconothridae), an aquatic mite from Lake Naivasha (Kenya). International Journal Of Acarology 11(1): 17-22.

Jones, M. B. and F. M. Muthuri (1984). The diurnal course of plant water potential, stomatal conductance and transpiration in papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) canopy. Oecologia 63(2): 252-255.


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