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.


Washingtonia filifera

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

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s):
Crop Use(s): fruit
Reference Source(s): sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 37

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.]

Lopez, L. L. V., T. Carbonell, et al. (1999). Colonization of plant waste substrates by entomopathogenic and mycoparasitic fungi-A SEM study. Micron . Aug. 30(4): 325-333. {a} Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Alicante, 03080, Alicante, Spain

Romney, D. H. (1998). Effect of ecosane on palm growth. Principes 42(2): 104. {a} 26021 S.W. 199th Ave., Homestead, FL 33031, USA

Hansen, E. P. (1997). Breeding the red-billed toucan Ramphastos tucanus at Reid Park Zoo, Tucson. International Zoo Yearbook 35: 253-256. {a} Reid Park Zoo, 1100 S. Randolph Way, Tucson, AZ 85716, USA

Mifsud, S. (1995). Palms on the Maltese Islands. Principes 39(4): 190-196. T23 Lampuka St., Paola, Malta

Trigo, M. M. and I. Fernandez (1995). Pollen morphology of ornamental species with aeroallergenic interest cultivated in Malaga: Monocotyledoneae. Acta Botanica Malacitana 20: 61-70. {a} Depto. Biol. Vegetal, Fac. Ciencias, Univ. Malaga, Campus de Teatinos, Apdo. 59, 29080 Malaga, Spain

Lopez, L. L. V. and S. Orts (1994). Histopathology of infection of the palm Washingtonia filifera with the pink bud rot fungus Penicillium vermoesenii. Mycological Research 98(10): 1195-1199. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naurales, Universidad de Alicante, Aptdo. Correos 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain

Thoenes, S. C. and S. L. Buchmann (1994). Fan palm as an urban nesting substrate for Xylocopa californica arizonensis Cresson (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Pan Pacific Entomologist 70(4): 330-332. USDA Agric. Res. Serv., Carl Hayden Bee Res. Cent., 2000 E. Allen Rd., Tucson, AR 85719, USA

Schmitt, A. K., C. E. Martin, et al. (1993). Mid-summer gas exchange and water relations of seven C-3 species in a desert wash in Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 24(2): 155-164. {a} Dep. Bot., Univ. Kans., Lawrence, KS 66045-2106, USA

Demason, D. A., D. Widney, et al. (1992). In vitro and transplantation experiments with germination of date embryos. Canadian Journal Of Botany 70(5): 965-974.

Larcher, W., U. Meindl, et al. (1991). Persistent supercooling and silica deposition in cell walls of palm leaves. Journal Of Plant Physiology 139(2): 146-154.

Farag, R. S., O. A. Shaban, et al. (1990). Chemical evaluation of macadamia nuts and Pritchardia seeds. Grasas Y Aceites 41(4-5): 313-319.

Kozlova, A. G. (1990). Results of palm introduction into the open ground in the Central Botanical Gardens of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR (USSR). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi Ssr Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk(1): 21-29.

Barr, M. E., H. D. Ohr, et al. (1989). The genus Serenomyces on palms. Mycologia 81(1): 47-51.

Demason, D. A. (1988). Seedling development in Washingtonia filifera (Arecaceae). Botanical Gazette 149(1): 45-56.

Demason, D. A. (1988). Embryo structure and storage reserve histochemistry in the palm Washingtonia filifera. American Journal Of Botany 75(3): 330-337.

Sekhar, K. N. C. and D. A. Demason (1988). A comparison of endosperm and embryo proteins of the palm Washingtonia filifera. American Journal Of Botany 75(3): 338-342.

Demason, D. A. and J. I. Stillman (1986). Identification of phosphate granules occurring in seedling tissue of two palm species (Phoenix dactylifera and Washingtonia filifera). Planta 167(3): 321-329.

McClenaghan, L. R. J. and A. C. Beauchamp (1986). Low genic differentiation among isolated populations of the California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera). Evolution 40(2): 315-322.

Daulatabad, C. D. and R. F. Ankalgi (1985). Component acids of Palmae seed oils. Fette Seifen Anstrichmittel 87(3): 126-128.

Gabr, M. F. and B. Tisserat (1985). Propagating palms in vitro with special emphasis on the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). Scientia Horticulturae 25(3): 255-262.

Tuset, J. J. and C. Hinarejos (1985). Influence of tissues moisture content on susceptibility of cypresses and palms to attack by two Pestalotiopsis species. Anales Del Instituto Nacional De Investigaciones Agrarias Serie Agricola 28(Suppl): 211-234.

Miller, P. R. and A. M. Winer (1984). Composition and dominance in Los Angeles basin (California, USA) urban vegetation. Urban Ecology 8(1-2): 29-54.

Zaid, A. and B. Tisserat (1984). Survey of the morphogenetic potential of excised palm embryos in vitro. Crop Research 24(1): 1-10.

Landeberg, G. S. (1499). Development of normal and abnormal fruits in some coryphoid palms (Arecaceae). Botanicheskii Zhurnal 70(11): 1499-1502.

Demason, D. A. (1332). Endosperm structure and storage reserve histochemistry in the palm, Washingtonia filifera. American Journal Of Botany 73(9): 1332-1340.

Demason, D. A., J. I. Stillman, et al. (1103). Acid phosphatase localization in seedling tissues of the palms, Phoenix dactylifera and Washingtonia filifera, and its relevance to controls of germination. Canadian Journal Of Botany 67(4): 1103-1110.


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]
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N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]


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