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.

Yucca baccata

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

 

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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): datil yucca syn spanish bayonet
Crop Use(s): vegetable=tanning agent
Reference Source(s): douglas, sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 8

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.]

Lenz, L. W. and M. A. Hanson (2000). Typification and change in status of Yucca schottii (Agavaceae). Aliso . [print] July 19(1): 93-98. {a} Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA, 19711-3157, USA

Addicott, J. F. and T. Bao (1999). Limiting the coasts of mutualism: Multiple modes of interaction between yuccas and yucca moths. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 266(1415): 197-202. Dep. Biol. Sci., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada

Leebens, M. J., O. Pellmyr, et al. (1998). Host specificity and the genetic structure of two yucca moth species in a yucca hybrid zone. Evolution 52(5): 1376-1382. {a} Dep. Biol., Colgate Univ., Hamilton, NY 13346, USA

Baldwin, I. T. and L. Morse (1994). Up in smoke: II. Germination of Nicotiana attenuata in response to smoke-derived cues and nutrients in burned and unburned soils. Journal of Chemical Ecology 20(9): 2373-2391. {a} Dep. Biol. Sci., SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-1300, USA

Ramaley, A. W. (1992). Fungi from Yucca baccata: 2. Planistroma obtusilunatum, new species, and its anamorph, Piptarthron uniloculare, new species. Mycotaxon 45: 449-460. 7 Animas Place, Durango, Colo. 81301

Powell, J. A. (1989). Synchronized, mass-emergences of a yucca moth, Prodoxus y inversus (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae), after 16 and 17 years in diapause. Oecologia 81(4): 490-493.

Wagner, D. L. and J. A. Powell (1988). A new Prodoxus from Yucca baccata: First report of a leaf-mining prodoxine (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Annals Of The Entomological Society Of America 81(4): 547-553.

Yeaton, R. I., R. W. Yeaton, et al. (1985). The ecology of Yucca (Agavaceae) over an environmental gradient in the Mohave Desert (California, USA): Distribution and interspecific interactions. Journal Of Arid Environments 8(1): 33-44.

Sternberg, L., M. J. Deniro, et al. (1984). Stable hydrogen isotope ratios of saponifiable lipids and cellulose nitrate from crassulacean acid metabolism, 3-carbon and 4-carbon pathway plants. Phytochemistry 23(11): 2475-2478.

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Index of common names:
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