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.

Indigofera spicata
syn Indigofera endecaphylla

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): creeping indigo syn trailing indigo
Crop Use(s): green matter
Reference Source(s): rehm
Number of Papers/Mentions: 7

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.]

Howard, F. W. (1999). Evaluation of dicotyledonous herbaceous plants as hosts of Myndus crudus (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cixiidae). Plantations Recherche Developpement. March April 6(2): 95-99. {a} Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Centre, University of Florida, 3205 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33314, USA

Subudhi, H. N. and J. Mitra (1999). Indigofera Linn. : Under-exploited forage legumes. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. Sept. 23(3): 675-678. {a} Research Station, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Avikanagar, 304 501, India

Abdullah, A. S. and M. A. Rajion (1997). Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics. Animal Feed Science and Technology 69(1-3): 79-90. {a} Dep. Biomedical Science, Univ. Pertanian Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Alfarhan, A. H., J. Thomas, et al. (1997). Noteworthy records to the flora of Saudi Arabia. Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering 24(1): 123-130. Herbarium, Dep. Botany Microbiol., King Saud Univ., PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Moreira, J. L. D. A. and A. T. A. M. G. De (1997). Indigofera L. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Botanica 20(1): 97-117. Dep. Bot., Inst. Biol., Univ. Estadual Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil

Thottappilly, G. (1996). Identification of Okra mosaic virus from Indigofera spicata in Nigeria. Acta Virologica 40(5-6): 233-238. International Inst. Tropical Agric., c/o LW Lambourn, 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon CR9 3EE, UK

Wu, M. J. and T. C. Huang (1995). A palynological study of the genus Indigofera (Leguminosae) in Taiwan. Grana 34(3): 160-181. Bot. Dep., National Taiwan Univ., Taipei 106, Taiwan

Du, P. D. J., J. N. Labat, et al. (1993). The separation of two previously confused species in the Indigofera spicata complex (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Kew Bulletin 48(4): 727-733. {a} Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK

Anuradha, S. M. J., B. K. V. Kumar, et al. (1987). Chemotaxonomy of some species of Indigofera L. Feddes Repertorium 98(9-10): 499-504.

Aylward, J. H., R. D. Court, et al. (1987). Indigofera spp. with agronomic potential in the tropics: Rat toxicity studies. Australian Journal Of Agricultural Research 38(1): 177-186.

Sanjappa, M. (1987). The Indigofera of Sri Lanka. Journal Of Economic And Taxonomic Botany 10(2): 329-346.

Keating, B. A., R. W. Strickland, et al. (1986). Salt tolerance of some tropical pasture legumes with potential adaptation to cracking clay soils. Australian Journal Of Experimental Agriculture 26(2): 181-186.

De, K. I. and G. Thijsse (1984). A revision of the genus Indigofera (Leguminosae Papilionoideae) in Southeast Asia. Blumea 30(1): 89-152.

Sanjappa, M. and R. P. Bhatt (1984). Further studies on karyomorphology of the genus Indigofera (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae). Cytologia 49(1): 117-126.

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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