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.


Ficus elastica

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): indian rubber syn Assam rubber
Crop Use(s): elastomer
Reference Source(s): kochhar
Number of Papers/Mentions: 82

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.]

Wood, D. F. and K. Cornish (2000). Microstructure of purified rubber particles. International Journal of Plant Sciences. [print] mAY 161(3): 435-445. {a} Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA, 94710, USA

Cornejo, J. J., F. G. Munoz, et al. (1999). Studies on the decontamination of air by plants. Ecotoxicology . Aug. 8(4): 311-320. {a} Gestion IMA, Departamento de Quimica de los Materiales, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda 3363, Santiago, Chile

Cornish, K., D. F. Wood, et al. (1999). Rubber particles from four different species, examined by transmission electron microscopy and electron-paramagnetic-resonance spin labeling, are found to consist of a homogeneous rubber core enclosed by a contiguous, monolayer biomembrane. Planta Berlin. Nov. 210(1): 85-96. {a} Western Regional Research Center, USDA, ARS, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA, USA

Das, N. (1999). Nematicidal effect of organic soil amendments of some latex bearing plants on root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Crop Research Hisar. Sept. 18(2): 299-300. {a} O. U. A. T. College of Agriculture, Chiplima, Sambalpur, 768 025, India

Aguiar, A. M. F. (1998). New records of whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from Madeira Island with some taxonomical notes. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal. Dec.(Suppl. 5 Part A): 9-26. {a} Laboratorio Agricola da Madeira, Estr. Eng. Abel Vieira, 9135, Camacha, Portugal

Choi, J. I., J. H. Seon, et al. (1998). Photosynthesis and stomatal conductance of eight foliage plant species as affected by photosynthetic photon flux density and temperature. Journal of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science 39(2): 197-202. {a} Res. Cent Dev. Adv. Hortic. Technol., Chungbuk Natl. Univ., Cheongju 361-763, South Korea

Markarova, E. N. and I. B. Kolchugina (1998). Chloroplast ultrastructure in Ficus elastica callus cultures differing in their cytokinin activity. Fiziologiya Rastenii Moscow. Sept. Oct. 45(5): 659-663.

Mawdsley, N. A., S. G. Compton, et al. (1998). Population persistence, pollination mutualisms, and figs in fragmented tropical landscapes. Conservation Biology. Dec. 12(6): 1416-1420. {a} Department of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

Santier, S. and A. Chamel (1998). Reassessment of the role of cuticular waxes in the transfer of organic molecules through plant cuticles. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Paris 36(3): 225-231. {a} Lab. Transferts dans les Systemes Vegetaux, DBMS, CEA Grenoble, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble cedex 9, France

Cornish, K. and D. L. Bartlett (1997). Stabilisation of particle integrity and particle bound cis-prenyl transferase activity in stored, purified rubber particles. Phytochemical Analysis 8(3): 130-134. {a} Western Regional Res. Cent., USDA-ARS, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710, USA

Kuroda, K., J. Ohtani, et al. (1997). Supercooling of xylem ray parenchyma cells in tropical and subtropical hardwood species. Trees Berlin 12(2): 97-106. {a} Inst. Low Temperature Sci., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo 060, Japan

Siler, D. J., T. M. Goodrich, et al. (1997). Composition of rubber particles of Hevea brasiliensis, Parthenium argentatum, Ficus elastica, and Euphorbia lactiflua indicates unconventional surface structure. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Paris 35(11): 881-889. {a} USDA-ARS, Western Regional Res. Cent., 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710, USA

Wu, C. C. and H. L. L. Kuo (1997). Calcium crystals in the leaves of some species of Moraceae. Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica Taipei 38(2): 97-104. {a} Dep. Botany, Natl. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Ahmad, M., S. Rahman, et al. (1996). Studies on aerial and subterranean plant parts of Ficus elastica as affected by different soil media. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 12(6): 633-636. Dep. Horticulture, N.W.F.P., Agric. Univ., Peshawar, Pakistan

Castaneda, R. R. F., J. Guarro, et al. (1996). Notes on conidial fungi. VIII. Two new species of Dactylaria from Cuba. Mycotaxon 58: 253-258. {a} Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical "Alejandro Humboldt" Calle 1 esq 2, Santiago de las Vegas, Ciudad Habana, Cuba

Cornish, K. and D. J. Siler (1996). Characterization of cis-prenyl transferase activity localised in a buoyant fraction of rubber particles from Ficus elastica latex. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Paris 34(3): 377-384. {a} Western Regional Res. Cent., USDA ARS, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710, USA

Santier, S. and A. Chamel (1996). Penetration of triolein and methyl oleate through isolated plant cuticles and their effect on penetration of (14C)quizalofop-ethyl and (14C)fenoxaprop-ethyl. Weed Research 36(2): 167-174. Lab. Transferts dans les Systemes Veg., CEA/Grenoble, DBMS, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

Ishtiaq, M., J. Khan, et al. (1995). Performance of different species of rubber plant stem cuttings under agroclimatic conditions of Peshawar. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 11(4): 455-457. {a} Dep. Hortic., NWFP Agric. Univ., Peshawar, Pakistan

Ishtiaq, M., F. Khattak, et al. (1995). Effect of different media on different rubber plant spp cuttings. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 11(4): 463-466. {a} Dep. Hortic., NWFP Agric. Univ., Peshawar, Pakistan

Cornish, K., D. J. Siler, et al. (1994). Immunoinhibition of rubber particle-bound cis-prenyl transferases in Ficus elastica and Parthenium argentatum. Phytochemistry Oxford 35(6): 1425-1428. {a} USDA-ARS, Western Regional Res. Cent., 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710, USA

Hashmi, R. A., N. Bano, et al. (1994). Dielectric properties of leaves from some plant species. Pakistan Journal of Botany 26(2): 467-475. {a} Condensed Matter Res. Lab., Dep. Physics, Univ. Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan

Krnjaic, D., S. Krnjaic, et al. (1994). Distribution and population density of Heterodera fici in the glasshouses in the area of Belgrade. Zastita Bilja 45(3): 221-225. {a} Inst. za Zastitu Bilja i Zivotnu Sredinu, Beograd, Yugoslavia

Saxe, H. (1994). Relative sensitivity of greenhouse pot plants to long-term exposures of NO- and NO-2-containing air. Environmental Pollution 85(3): 283-290. Royal Vet. Agric. Univ., Dep. Botany, Dendrol. Forest Genetics, Arboretum, Kirkegardsvej 3A, DK-2970 Horsholm, Denmark

Siler, D. J. and K. Cornish (1994). Identification of Parthenium argentatum rubber particle proteins immunoprecipitated by an antibody that specifically inhibits rubber transferase activity. Phytochemistry Oxford 36(3): 623-627. {a} USDA-ARS, Western Regional Res. Cent., 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710, USA

Apostolakos, P. and B. Galatis (1993). Interphase and preprophase microtuble organization in some polarized cell types of the liverwort Marchantia paleacea Bert. New Phytologist 124(3): 409-421. Inst. General Botany, Univ. Athens, Athens 157 84, Greece

Baier, W. R. and G. Heinrich (1993). Gas-liquid chromatographic analyses of the water-soluble compound of plant latices. Phyton Horn 33(1): 77-85. {a} Inst. Pflanzenphysiologie der Univ. Graz, Schubertstrasse 51, A-8010 Graz, Austria

Collins, D. W. (1993). Recent records of Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) imported into England on Indian laurel. Entomologist's Gazette 44(4): 239-240. Cent. Sci. Lab., Ministry Agric. Fisheries Food, Hatching Green, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2BD, UK

Siler, D. J. and K. Cornish (1993). A protein from Ficus elastica rubber particles is related to proteins from Hevea brasiliensis and Parthenium argentatum. Phytochemistry Oxford 32(5): 1097-1102. USDA-ARS, Western Regional Res. Center, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710, USA

Baier, W. R., W. Kosmus, et al. (1992). Sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium in plant latices. Phyton Horn 31(2): 227-232. {a} Inst. Pflanzenphysiologie der Univ. Graz, Schuberstrasse 51, A-8010 Graz, Austria

Gusev, M. V., c. I. B. Kol, et al. (1992). Preparation of autotrophic tissue culture of Ficus elastica: Dependence of growth, pigment accumulation and photosynthesis upon the carbohydrate and 6-benzylaminopurine content in the medium. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Seriya XVI Biologiya(3): 29-33. Mosc. Univ., Moscow, Russia

Hornyts, k. I. P. and H. H. Martyn (1992). Properties of the microscopic structure of Ficus species as criteria of their selection for interior decorating. Ukrayins'kyi Botanichnyi Zhurnal 49(1): 34-39. {a} Donetsk Bot. Gard., Acad. Sci. Ukr., Donetsk, Ukraine

Sabiti, K., B. Matatu, et al. (1992). Influence of the stem dimension and its nailing on its growth capacity of living pickets in tropical environment. Tropicultura 10(3): 98-101. {a} Univ. Lubumbashi, Fac. Polytech., Dep. Sci. Base, B.P. 1825, Lubumbashi, Zaire

Santier, S. and A. Chamel (1992). Penetration of glyphosate and diuron into and through isolated plant cuticles. Weed Research 32(5): 337-347. Equipe Transferts dans les Systemes Vegetaux, DBMS/DSV, CENG, 85X, 38041 Grenoble Cedex, France

Axelsson, I. G. K., S. G. O. Johansson, et al. (1991). Serum reactivity to other indoor ficus plants in patients with allergy to weeping fig (Ficus benjamina). Allergy 46(2): 92-98.

Berger, D. S. (1991). Modification of a simple fractal tree growth scheme: Implications of growth, variation and evolution. Journal Of Theoretical Biology 152(4): 513-530.

Chamel, A., M. Pineri, et al. (1991). Quantitative determination of water sorption by plant cuticles. Plant Cell And Environment 14(1): 87-96.

Hsieh, C. F., C. H. Lin, et al. (1991). An experiment on the resistance of green belt plants to the waste gas emitted from brick factories. Bulletin Of Taichung District Agricultural Improvement Station(30): 53-70.

Oota, T. and K. Wakabayashi (1991). On the photosynthesis of Indian rubber (Ficus elastica Roxb.). Journal Of Agricultural Science Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 35(4): 243-249.

Pelikan, J. (1991). The Cuban laurel thrips (Gynaikothrips ficorum Marchal, 1908) in greenhouses in Czechoslovakia. Sbornik Uvtiz 27(3-4): 287-291.

Porembski, S., A. B. Martens, et al. (1991). Surface/volume-ratios of plants with special consideration of succulents. Beitraege Zur Biologie Der Pflanzen 66(2): 189-209.

Bukovac, M. J., P. D. Petracek, et al. (1990). Sorption of organic compounds by plant cuticles. Weed Science 38(3): 289-298.

Lev, Y. S. and R. Aloni (1990). Polar patterns of periderm ontogeny, their relationship to leaves and buds, and the control of cork formation. Iawa 11(3): 289-300.

Mortensen, L. M. and S. O. Grimstad (1990). The effect of lighting period and photon flux density on growth of six foliage plants. Scientia Horticulturae 41(4): 337-342.

Shafer, W. E. (1990). Sorption of the cytokinin N-6-benzyladenine by leaf cuticles: Prediction from n-octanol: Water partition coefficients. Physiologia Plantarum 78(1): 43-50.

Gusev, M. V., E. N. Markarova, et al. (1989). The content of chlorophyll, photosynthesis and delayed light emission of the photoheterotrophic tissue culture of rubber plants. Fiziologiya I Biokhimiya Kul'Turnykh Rastenii 21(4): 321-328.

Kerstiens, G. and K. J. Lendzian (1989). Interactions between ozone and plant cuticles: II. Water permeability. New Phytologist 112(1): 21-28.

Kim, S. S. and J. H. Lee (1989). A taxonomic study of some species in genus Ficus (Moraceae). Korean Journal Of Plant Taxonomy 19(2): 123-138.

Mortensen, L. M. and G. Larsen (1989). Effects of temperature on growth of six foliage plants. Scientia Horticulturae 39(2): 149-160.

Noble, R. and R. Holder (1989). Pot plant production under various greenhouse cladding materials. Journal Of Horticultural Science 64(4): 485-494.

Kerler, F. and J. Schoenherr (1988). Accumulation of lipophilic chemicals in plant cuticles: Prediction from octanol/water partition coefficients. Archives Of Environmental Contamination And Toxicology 17(1): 1-6.

Mishra, A. S. and G. P. Rao (1988). Inhibition of tobacco mosaic virus by root extracts of higher plants. Phytophylactica 20(1): 93-94.

Nwadinigwe, C. A. (1988). Some hitherto uncharacterized latex polyisoprenes. Phytochemistry 27(7): 2135-2136.

Riederer, M. and J. Schoenherr (1988). Covalent binding of chemicals to plant cuticles: Quantitative determination of epoxide contents of cutins. Archives Of Environmental Contamination And Toxicology 17(1): 21-26.

Schoenherr, J. and M. Riederer (1988). Desorption of chemicals from plant cuticles: Evidence for asymmetry. Archives Of Environmental Contamination And Toxicology 17(1): 13-20.

Sarbhoy, A. K. and D. K. Agarwal (1987). Four new leaf spot diseases from northern India. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences India Section B 57(3): 317-318.

Siddiqui, M. A., A. Haseeb, et al. (1987). Evaluation of nematicidal properties in some latex bearing plants. Indian Journal Of Nematology 17(1): 99-102.

Agarwal, D. K. and A. K. Sarbhoy (1986). A new leaf spot disease of Ficus elastica var. schyveriana caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences India Section B 56(2): 173-174.

Pinochet, J. and O. Duarte (1986). Additional list of ornamental foliage plants host of the lesion nematode Pratylenchus coffeae. Nematropica 16(1): 11-20.

Riederer, M. and J. Schoenherr (1986). Thermodynamic analysis of nonelectrolyte sorption in plant cuticles: The effects of concentration and temperature on sorption of 4-nitrophenol. Planta 169(1): 69-80.

Sackeyfio, A. C. and O. M. S. Lugeleka (1986). The anti-inflammatory effect of a crude aqueous extract of the root bark of Ficus elastica in the rat. Archives Internationales De Pharmacodynamie Et De Therapie 281(1): 169-176.

Saxe, H. (1986). Stomatal-dependent and stomatal-independent uptake of nitrogen oxides. New Phytologist 103(1): 199-206.

Saxe, H. (1986). Effects of nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide on net photosynthesis, dark respiration and transpiration of pot plants. New Phytologist 103(1): 185-198.

Schoenherr, J. and M. Riederer (1986). Plant cuticles sorb lipophilic compounds during enzymatic isolation. Plant Cell And Environment 9(6): 459-466.

Shedeed, M. R., M. E. Hashim, et al. (1986). Effect of different fertilization treatments on the growth of Ficus elastica var. decora plants. Annals Of Agricultural Science 31(1): 717-726.

Shedeed, M. R., M. E. Hashim, et al. (1986). Effect of different locations on the growth of different kinds of Ficus elastica var. decora rooted cuttings. Annals Of Agricultural Science 31(1): 707-716.

Ulenberg, S. A., G. L. J. W. De, et al. (1986). Striking infestations of insects in 1985. Entomologische Berichten 46(11): 163-171.

Corner, E. J. H. (1985). Ficus (Moraceae) and Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea): Figs and their pollinators. Biological Journal Of The Linnean Society 25(2): 187-196.

Grappelli, A., U. Tomati, et al. (1985). Earthworm casting in plant propagation. Hortscience 20(5): 874-876.

Riederer, M. and J. Schoenherr (1985). Covalent binding of chlorophenoxyacetic acids to plant cuticles. Archives Of Environmental Contamination And Toxicology 15(1): 97-106.

Kerler, F., M. Riederer, et al. (1984). Nonelectrolyte permeability of plant cuticles: A critical evaluation of experimental methods. Physiologia Plantarum 62(4): 599-606.

Madhavan, S. and C. R. Benedict (1984). Isopentenyl pyrophosphate cis-1,4-polyisoprenyl transferase from guayule (Parthenium argentatum). Plant Physiology 75(4): 908-913.

Zurreen, S. and M. I. Khan (1984). Nematicidal activity in some plant latices. Pakistan Journal Of Nematology 2(2): 69-78.

Lopes, G. P. D. P. and E. P. Heringer (1981). Some little known fungi and 9 new species found on plant leaves of the central Brazilian plateau. Arquivos Do Jardim Botanico Do Rio De Janeiro 25: 73-116.

Lynn, K. R. and R. N. A. Clevette (1559). Ficin E, a serine-centered protease from Ficus elastica. Phytochemistry 25(7): 1559-1562.

Anderson, R. V., Z. A. Handoo, et al. (1091). Cephalids in the taxonomy of Scutellonema and the description of Scutellonema cephalidum, new species (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae). Canadian Journal Of Zoology 62(6): 1091-1094.

Okazaki, M., H. Setoguchi, et al. (1055). Application of soft X-ray microradiography to observation of cystoliths in the leaves of various higher plants. Botanical Magazine Tokyo 99(1055): 281-288.


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