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 sycomorus

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): sycomore fig syn Asses fig
Crop Use(s): fruit
Reference Source(s): douglas, sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 17

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.]

Lockett, C. T. and L. E. Grivetti (2000). Food-related behaviors during drought: A study of rural Fulani, northeastern Nigeria. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. March 51(2): 91-107. {a} Department of Nutrition, University of California, 1 Peter J. Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

Smith, W., T. C. Meredith, et al. (1999). Exploring methods for rapid assessment of woody vegetation in the Batemi Valley, North-central Tanzania. Biodiversity and Conservation. April 8(4): 447-470. {a} Kugluktuk, NWT, X0E 0E0, Canada

Carr, C. J. (1998). Patterns of vegetation along the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia. Plant Ecology 135(2): 135-163. {a} Dep. Environ. Sci. Policy Management, Coll. Nat. Resources, Univ. Calif., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Ismail, A. E. (1998). Influence of some hardwood barks as soil amendments on Rotylenchulus reniformis reproduction and growth response of sunflower. Anzeiger fuer Schaedlingskunde Pflanzenschutz Umweltschutz 71(7): 138-141. {a} Plant Pathol. Dep., Natl. Res. Centre, P.O. Box 12311, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Ismail, A. E. (1998). Effect of soil amendments with some hardwood barks on reproduction of Rotylenchulus reniformis and growth of sunflower. Pakistan Journal of Nematology 16(2): 137-144. {a} Nematol. Lab., Dep. Plant Pathol., Natl. Res. Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Korine, C., Z. Arad, et al. (1996). Nitrogen and energy balance of the fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus on natural fruit diets. Physiological Zoology 69(3): 618-634. {a} Dep. Biol., Technion-Israel Inst. Technol., Haifa 32000, Israel

Noeth, M., F. Feindt, et al. (1996). Extraction of DNA and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of Ficus carica L. and Ficus sycomorus L. Mitteilungen aus dem Institut fuer Allgemeine Botanik Hamburg 26: 153-160. Inst. Allgemeine Bot., Bot. Garten, Univ. Hamburg, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany

Lev, Y. S. (1995). Patterns of dilatation growth in Ficus pumila and Ficus sycomorus. Aliso 14(3): 171-177. The Zinman Inst. Archaeology, Univ. Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel

Lev, Y. S. (1994). Experimental evidence for the autonomy of ray differentiation in Ficus sycomorus L. New Phytologist 126(3): 499-504. Dep. Plant Genetics, Weizmann Inst. Sci., Rehovot 76100, Israel

Mousa, O., P. Vuorela, et al. (1994). Bioactivity of certain Egyptian Ficus species. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 41(1-2): 71-76. {a} Pharmacognosy Div., Dep. Pharmacy, Univ. Helsinki, PO Box 15, SF-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Selochnik, N. N. (1994). Anthracnoses of hothouse plants. Mikologiya i Fitopatologiya 28(1): 76-82. Inst. For., Russ. Acad. Sci., Uspenskoye, Russia

Lock, J. M. (1993). Vegetation change in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda: 1970-1088. African Journal of Ecology 31(2): 106-117. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK

Kinnaird, M. F. (1992). Phenology of flowering and fruiting of an East African riverine forest ecosystem. Biotropica 24(2 Part A): 187-194.

Mabrouk, S. S. and S. N. M. A. El (1992). Inhibition of aflatoxin production in Aspergillus flavus by natural coumarins and chromones. World Journal Of Microbiology & Biotechnology 8(1): 60-62.

Compton, S. G., K. C. Holton, et al. (1991). Studies of Ceratosolen galili, a non-pollinating agaonid fig wasp. Biotropica 23(2): 188-194.

Lev, Y. S. and R. Aloni (1991). Wound-induced periderm tubes in the bark of Melia azedarach, Ficus sycomorus and Platanus acerifolia. Iawa 12(1): 62-66.

Chifundera, K., W. M. Mbuyi, et al. (1990). Phytochemical and antibacterial screening of Ficus sycomorus extracts. Fitoterapia 61(6): 535-539.

Van, G. J. V. (1990). A synopsis of the genus Ficus (Moraceae) in southern Africa. South African Journal Of Botany 56(6): 599-630.

Wiebes, J. T. (1989). Agaonidae (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea) and Ficus (Moraceae): Fig wasps and their figs: IV. (African Ceratosolen). Proceedings Of The Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen Series C Biological And Medical Sciences 92(2): 251-266.

Gorter, G. J. M. A. and W. F. O. Marasas (1988). Recent observations on Uncinula aspera and description of Uncinula aspera var. sparsichaeta, new variety on Ficus species. Phytophylactica 20(4): 393-396.

El, K. E. A. M., S. A. Meshaal, et al. (1985). The constituents of Ficus eriobotryoides, Ficus cunninghamii and Ficus sycomorus leaves. Fitoterapia 56(3): 184-185.

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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