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.


Olneya tesota

 

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): ironwood syn olneya
Crop Use(s): tanning agent
Reference Source(s): sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 11

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.]

Carrillo, G. A., Y. Bashan, et al. (2000). Effects of resource-island soils, competition, and inoculation with Azospirillum on survival and growth of Pachycereus pringlei, the giant cactus of the Sonoran Desert. Restoration Ecology. March 8(1): 65-73. {a} U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 3420 NW Orchard Avenue, Corvallis, OR, 97330, USA

Carrillo, G. A., l. L. J. L. L. de, et al. (1999). Nurse plants, mycorrhizae, and plant establishment in a disturbed area of the Sonoran Desert. Restoration Ecology. Dec. 7(4): 321-335. {a} Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23000, Mexico

Molina, F. F. and O. C. Tinoco (1997). Vines of a desert plant community in Central Sonora, Mexico. Biotropica 29(1): 46-56. Inst. Ecologia UNAM, Apartado Postal 1354, Hermosillo, Sonora, CP 83000, Mexico

Suzan, H., D. T. Patten, et al. (1997). Exploitation and conservation of ironwood (Olneya tesota) in the Sonoran desert. Ecological Applications 7(3): 948-957. Inst. Ecol. Alimentos, Univ. Auton. Tamaulipas, 13 Boulevard A. Lopez Mateos No. 928, C.P. 87040 Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Agata, W., Y. Takeuchi, et al. (1996). Vegetation of Vizcaino desert: I. Difference of vegetation in survey sites. Science Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University 50(3-4): 143-151. Lab. Practical Bot., Fac. Agric., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka 812-81, Japan

Ortega, N. M., M. L. Vazquez, et al. (1996). Protein quality and antinutritional factors of wild legume seeds from the Sonoran Desert. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 44(10): 3130-3132. {a} Cent. Sci. Technol. Res., Univ. Sonora, AP 1819, Hermosillo, Sonora 83000, Mexico

Suzan, H., G. P. Nabhan, et al. (1996). The importance of Olneya tesota as a nurse plant in the Sonoran Desert. Journal of Vegetation Science 7(5): 635-644. {a} Inst. Ecol. Alimentos, Univ. Autonoma Tamaulipas, 13 Blvd. A. Lopez Mateos, Number 928, CP 87040, Cd Victoria, Tamps, Mexico

Ortega, N. M. and M. L. Vazquez (1995). Physicochemical characterization of raw oils from some Sonoran desert leguminous seeds. Grasas y Aceites 46(1): 1-5. {a} Cent. Invest. Cientificas Tecnol., Univ. de Sonora, Apdo. Postal 1819, Hermosillo, Sonora 83000, Mexico

Siemens, D. H. and C. D. Johnson (1995). Number of seeds per pod in three species of perennial legumes: A compromise between ecological and physiological constraints? American Midland Naturalist 133(2): 197-205. {a} Div. Biological Sciences, Univ. Montana, Montana, MO 59812, USA

Suzan, H., G. P. Nabhan, et al. (1994). Nurse plant and floral biology of a rare night-blooming cereus Peniocereus striatus (Brandegee) F. buxbaum. Conservation Biology 8(2): 461-470. {a} Cent. Environ. Stud., Ariz. State Univ., Tempe, AZ 85287, USA

Kerpez, T. A. and N. S. Smith (1990). Competition between European starlings and native woodpeckers for nest cavities in saguaros. Auk 107(2): 367-375.

Van, D. T. R., T. L. Burgess, et al. (1990). Holocene vegetation of the Hornaday Mountains of northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Proceedings Of The San Diego Society Of Natural History(2): 1-19.

Van, D. T. R. (1987). Holocene vegetation and climate in the Puerto Blanco Mountains, southwestern Arizona (USA). Quaternary Research 27(1): 51-72.

Cole, K. L. (1986). The lower Colorado River Valley (USA): A Pleistocene desert. Quaternary Research 25(3): 392-400.

Nilsen, E. T., M. R. Sharifi, et al. (1984). Comparative water relations of phreatophytes in the Sonoran Desert of California (USA). Ecology 65(3): 767-778.


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Index of common names:
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