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.

Orobanche fasciculata
Your attention is drawn to this species' potential as a weed.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.weeds.org.au/ Weeds Australia: National Weeds Strategy
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/Weedsci.htm Permitted/Exclusion List: Western Australia
www.aqis.gov.au Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
The potential for new crops to become unwanted 'weeds' - how do we assess the risk? By Steve M. Csurhes

species' potential as a weed]

 
Note re the weed potential of Orobanche spp.

Steve Csurhes, Policy Officer
Pest Management Strategy, Land Protection
Qld Department of Natural Resources
has emailed us as follows (22 May 2000):

We are very concerned at the listing of several Orobanche species as potential new crops since this genus hasconsiderable weed potential in Australia. If permitted to naturalise, these species could cost Australia billions of dollars in lost grain exports and control costs. One species is currently the target of a National Eradication Program costing more than $1M in South Australia. There are plans to prohibit distribution and sale at a National level (recently endorsed by SLWRMC and the Australian Weeds Committee). Orobanche could be used as a reason to refuse export grain, since Orobanche spp. are spread as contaminants of grain. The plant can have an impact on a range of current crops, by acting as root parasites that reduce yield. Anyone found with these species in Australia faces property quarantine and potential legal action from AQIS.

Steve.CSURHES@dnr.qld.gov.au

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s):
Crop Use(s): root
Reference Source(s): douglas
Number of Papers/Mentions: 1

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.]

Wolfe, A. D. and C. W. Depamphilis (1998). The effect of relaxed functional constraints on the photosynthetic gene rbcL in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic parasitic plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15(10): 1243-1258. {a} Dep. Plant Biol., Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1293, USA

Wolfe, A. D. and C. W. Depamphilis (1997). Alternate paths of evolution for the photosynthetic gene rbcL in four nonphotosynthetic species of Orobanche. Plant Molecular Biology 33(6): 965-977. {a} Dep. Plant Biol., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH 43210, USA

Reuter, B. C. (1986). The habitat, reproductive ecology and host relations of Orobanche fasciculata Nutt., (Orobanchaceae) in Wisconsin. Bulletin Of The Torrey Botanical Club 113(2): 110-117.

Index of botanical names:
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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]

All information is included in good faith but The University of Queensland does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any information on these pages, nor does it accept responsibilities for any loss arising from the use of this information. Views and opinions do not represent those of the University of Queensland.

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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Latest update 30 January 2001 by: RF