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.

Tropaeolum tuberosum

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

 

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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): anu syn cubio syn isanu syn mashua syn isano syn tuber nasturtium syn ysano syn peruvian nasturtium
Crop Use(s): root
Reference Source(s): kochhar, rehm, brucher, douglas, sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 10

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.]

Lizarraga, C., M. Querci, et al. (2000). Other natural hosts of potato virus T. Plant Disease. [print] July 84(7): 736-738. {a} Crop Protection Department, International Potato Center (CIP), Lima 12, Peru

Franco, J., G. Main, et al. (1999). Trap crops as a component for the integrated management of Globodera spp. (potato cyst nematodes) in Bolivia. Nematropica . June 29(1): 51-60. {a} Nematology Department, PROINPA, Casilla 4285, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Main, G., J. Franco, et al. (1999). Trap crops as an alternative to reduce populations of Nacobbus aberrans and Globodera spp. on potato. Fitopatologia . March 34(1): 35-41. {a} Fundacion para la promocion de productos andinos (Fundacion PROINPA), Cochabamba, Bolivia

Soria, S. L., R. Vega, et al. (1998). Occurrence and partial characterization of a new mechanically transmissible virus in Mashua from the Ecuadorian Highlands. Plant Disease 82(1): 69-73. {a} Dep. Plant Soil Sciences, Univ. Delaware, Newark, DE 19717, USA

Cortella, A. R. and M. L. Pochettino (1995). Comparative morphology of starch of three Andean tubers. Starch 47(12): 455-461. Lab. de Etnobotanica Botanica Aplicada, Fac. de Ciencias Naturales Museo, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fredriksen, S., J. M. Rico, et al. (1993). Comparison of Gelidium latifolium (Grev.) Born. et Thur. (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) isolates from Spain and Norway. Journal of Applied Phycology 5(1): 117-122. {a} Univ. Oslo, Dep. Biol., Mar. Biol., P.O. Box 1069, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway

Shah, A. A., H. Stegemann, et al. (1993). The Andean tuber crops mashua, oca and ulluco: Optimizing the discrimination between varieties by electrophoresis and some characters of the tuber proteins. Plant Varieties and Seeds 6(2): 97-108. {a} Institut fuer Biochemie Pflanzenvirologie, Biologische Bundesanstalt, Messeweg 11/12, D-38104 Braunschweig, Germany

Gross, R., F. Koch, et al. (1989). Chemical composition and protein quality of some local Andean food sources. Food Chemistry 34(1): 25-34.

Torres, F. O., G. T. J. Fandino, et al. (1989). Anatomical and physiological aspects of in vitro cultivation of Tropaeolum tuberosum (Ruiz and Pavon). Acta Biologica Colombiana 1(5): 71-80.

Pietila, L. and P. Jokela (1988). Cultivation of minor tuber crops in Peru and Bolivia. Journal Of Agricultural Science In Finland 60(2): 87-92.

King, S. R. and S. N. Gershoff (1987). Nutritional evaluation of three underexploited Andean tubers: Oxalis tuberosa (Oxalidaceae), Ullucus tuberosus (Basellaceae), and Tropaeolum tuberosum (Tropaeolaceae). Economic Botany 41(4): 503-511.

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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Latest update 30 January 2001 by: RF