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 whipplei

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

 

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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): whipple yucca
Crop Use(s): vegetable=tanning agent
Reference Source(s): douglas
Number of Papers/Mentions: 17

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.]

Franklin, J. (1998). Predicting the distribution of shrub species in southern California from climate and terrain-derived variables. Journal of Vegetation Science 9(5): 733-748. {a} Dep. Geography, San Diego State Univ., San Diego, CA 92182-4493, USA

Huxman, T. E., E. P. Hamerlynck, et al. (1998). Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence responses of three south-western Yucca species to elevated CO2 and high temperature. Plant Cell and Environment 21(12): 1275-1283. {a} Dep. Biol. Sci., Univ. Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454004, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, USA

Kennedy, T. A. (1998). Patterns of an invasion by Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) in a riparian corridor and its effects on ant diversity. American Midland Naturalist 140(2): 343-350. {a} Dep. Ecol. Evol. Behavior, Univ. Minn. St. Paul, MN 55108, USA

Huxman, T. E., K. A. Huxman, et al. (1997). Dispersal characteristics of the yucca weevil (Scyphophorus yuccae) in a flowering field of Yucca whipplei. Great Basin Naturalist 57(1): 38-43. {a} Dep. Biol., Univ. Nev., 4504 Maryland Pkwy., Box 4004, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, USA

Huxman, T. E. and M. E. Loik (1997). Reproductive patterns of two varieties of Yucca whipplei (Liliaceae) with different life histories. International Journal of Plant Sciences 158(6): 778-784. {a} Dep. Biol. Sci., Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, USA

White, S. D. and W. D. Padley (1997). Coastal sage scrub series of western Riverside County, California. Madrono 44(1): 95-105. {a} 3187 Red Hill Avenue, Suite 250, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA

Huxman, T. E. and M. E. Loik (1996). Seeds of Yucca whipplei var. whipplei germinate in the fruit. Southwestern Naturalist 41(3): 318-320. Dep. Biol., Calif. State Univ., San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397, USA

Bogler, D. J. (1995). Systematics of Dasylirion: Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de Mexico(56): 69-76. Dep. Botany, Univ. Texas, Austin, TX 78713-7640, USA

Vickery, V. R. (1994). Additional information of Timema species. Canadian Entomologist 126(2): 443. Lyman Entomological Museum Res. Lab., McGill Univ., Macdonald Campus, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Canada

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

Keeley, J. E., S. C. Keeley, et al. (1986). Seed predation by yucca moths on semelparous, iteroparous and vegetatively reproducing subspecies of Yucca whipplei (Agavaceae). American Midland Naturalist 115(1): 1-9.

Udovic, D. (1986). Floral predation of Yucca whipplei (Agavaceae) by the sap beetle, Anthonaeus agavensis (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Pan Pacific Entomologist 62(1): 55-57.

Woodcock, D. (1986). The Late Pleistocene of Death Valley: A climatic reconstruction based on macrofossil data. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 57(2-4): 273-284.

Cooper, L. W. and M. J. Deniro (1619). Covariance of oxygen and hydrogen isotopic compositions in plant water: Species effects. Ecology 70(6): 1619-1628.

Demason, D. A. and P. K. Diggle (1260). The relationship between the primary thickening meristem and the secondary thickening meristem in Yucca whipplei: 3. Observations from histochemistry and autoradiography. American Journal Of Botany 71(9): 1260-1267.


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