Cultivated Plant Remains from Waterfall Cave, Chihuahua

1960 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Cutler
Keyword(s):  
Bottle Gourd ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Common Beans ◽  
Whole Plant ◽  
Plant Remains ◽  
Cultivated Plant ◽  
Northwestern Mexico

AbstractCultivated plants from Waterfall Cave include several varieties of maize, common beans, bottle gourd, and squash. Most of the corn is of the Pima-Papago race, and the whole plant complex is similar to the group of cultivated plants recently grown by the Papago and other Indians of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.

Plant Material from a Cave on the Rio Zape, Durango, Mexico

1962 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Brooks ◽  
Lawrence Kaplan ◽  
Hugh C. Cutler ◽  
Thomas W. Whitaker
Keyword(s):  
Lima Bean ◽  
Phaseolus Lunatus ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Common Beans ◽  
The West ◽  
Plant Remains ◽  
Prehistoric Southwest ◽  
The Common ◽  
Northwestern Mexico ◽  
Lima Beans

AbstractPlant remains from La Cueva de los Muertos Chiquitos consist mostly of cultivated plants, beans, corn, and cucurbits. The inhabitants also gathered acorns, pinon nuts, black walnuts, and opuntia fruits for food, and used yucca, agave, and possibly cotton for fibers. The beans are unusually abundant and diverse: three species and 12 types or varieties. A type of lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) and two common beans (P. vulgaris), one of them similar to the cultivar Wells Red Kidney, are new to the Southwest and to northwestern Mexico. The lima bean is of interest because it belongs to the round-seeded Carib group with a center of diversification in the West Indies, whereas other lima beans from the prehistoric Southwest are mostly small-seeded and flat, probably derived from Central America. Five races of corn are represented: an ancient race called Chapalote; Cristalina de Chihuahua, the most numerous race in the collections; Onaveño, a race with medium-sized, hard-flint kernels; Pima-Papago, the common soft flour corn of the Arizona-Sonora border; and Toluca Pop, a central Mexican pyramidal, pointed popcorn. Cob fragments and grains show definite evidence of hybridization with Tripsacum or teosinte. Three species of cultivated Cucurbitaceae, a wild species of Cucurbita, and a species of Apodanthera were identified. Fragments of gourds, mostly Lagenaria siceraria, are relatively abundant. Seeds and peduncles of Cucurbita pepo occur in strata throughout the entire profile. Cucurbita mixta was found in the later strata, but remains of this species are meagre. Seeds of Apodanthera sp. may have been used for food. A single wood sample from near the base of the midden produced a radiocarbon date of A.D. 660 (1300 ± 100 B.P.).

scholarly journals QUANTIFICATION OF MAJOR PHYTOCHEMICALS OF SWERTIA CHIRAYITA, A MEDICINAL PLANT FROM NEPAL

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Phoboo ◽  
Marcia Da Silva Pinto ◽  
Prasanta C. Bhowmik ◽  
Pramod Kumar Jha ◽  
Kalidas Shetty
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Swertia Chirayita ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Central Nepal ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Cultivated Plant ◽  
Array Detection ◽  
Important Medicinal Plant

Swertia chirayita is an important medicinal plant from Nepal with anti-diabetic, anti-pyretic, anti-malarial and anti-inflammatory potential and used in therapeutic herbal preparations in parts of South Asia. The main phytochemicals in crude aqueous and ethanolic extracts of different plant parts of Swertia chirayita collected from nine different districts of Nepal representing West, East and Central Nepal were quantified using HPLC/DAD (High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Diode Array Detection). The quantities of these phytochemicals were also compared between wild and cultivated plant parts of Swertia chirayita. Amarogentin, mangiferin, swertiamarin were the main phytochemicals in all extracts. The highest quantity of all the three phytochemicals was found in IL (inflorescence and leaf mixture) of all the collected plants samples. There was no significant difference in the amounts of these three phytochemicals between extracts from wild and cultivated plants. The result from this study substantiates the validity of cultivated Swertia chirayita for medicinal purposes and trade.Key words:  Swertia chirayita; HPLC/DAD; Wild; Cultivated; Phytochemicals; Quantification; Mangiferin; Swertiamarin; AmarogentinDOI: 10.3126/eco.v17i0.4118EcoprintAn International Journal of EcologyVol. 17, 2010Page: 59-68Uploaded date: 3 January, 2011

scholarly journals PERANAN TUMBUHAN LIAR DALAM KONSERVASI SERANGGA PENYERBUK ORDO HYMENOPTERA

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Erniwati Erniwati ◽  
Sih Kahono
Keyword(s):  
Flowering Time ◽  
Food Resources ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
Insect Pollinators ◽  
Cultivated Plant ◽  
Dry Seasons

The role of the wild plants in relation to the conservation of the Indonesian insectpollinators was studied at several areas of Java. Three of direct observationmethods were applied: study of biodiversity and observation on the wild flowersand the insect pollinators as well, and the behaviour of the insects. The flowersof wild plants were relatively smaller and paler in colour, however they were moreattractive to insect pollinators than cultivated plants. Flowering time of the wildplants was mostly during wet seasons, contrary to that of the cultivated plantswhich was mostly during dry seasons. Our observation indicated that these wildplants are the food resources of insect pollinators during wet seasons. Observationdata support the importance of wild plants to supply food to insect pollinatorsduring wet seasons. Management of wild and cultivated plant environments isnecessary to conserve insect pollinators.

Waterfall Cave, Southern Chihuahua, Mexico

1960 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Ascher ◽  
Francis J. Clune
Keyword(s):  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Casas Grandes ◽  
Sierra Madre Occidental ◽  
Plant Remains ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Stylistic Elements ◽  
Beginning Date

AbstractThis cave in the Sierra Madre Occidental was excavated to obtain information from a little-known region which might help clarify problems of Mexican-Southwestern contacts. The excavation produced ten burials with associated mats and blankets, only a few artifacts, and both cultivated and gathered plant remains. Stylistic elements of Mogollon and Casas Grandes pottery and the cultivated plants suggest a beginning date of A.D. 1000; the lack of European artifacts, a terminal date of 1600. The death complex is interpreted by analogy with modern Tarahumara practices. The use of the cave is described in terms of a series of events and episodal analysis is presented as a way of operationalizing the conjunctive approach.

scholarly journals Badania możliwości stosowania norflurazonu do zwalczania Agropyron repens (L.) CZQSC II. Wrażliwość niektórych roślin uprawnych na norflurazon [Effect of Norflurazon in weed control. P. II. Sensitivity of several cultivated plant species to Norflurazon]

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1–2) ◽  
pp. 47-59
Author(s):  
Stanisław Karczmarczyk ◽  
Irena Zabieć
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Growth Inhibition ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Spring Wheat ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Chloroplast Structure ◽  
Winter Rape ◽  
Sharp Drop ◽  
Cultivated Plant ◽  
Small Bean

The sensitivity of several cultivated plants to Norflurazon was tested. Lupine and field pea appeared to be most tolerant – sugar beet and small bean less tolerant. Spring wheat, winter rape, and potatoes were sensitive to this herbicide. The nontolerant plants have shown growth inhibition, sharp drop of pigment content and changes of chloroplast structure.

scholarly journals 085 Horticultural (Cultivated Plant) Taxonomic Research within ASHS

HortScience ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 456A-456
Author(s):  
Paul R. Fantz ◽  
Donglin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Code Of Nomenclature ◽  
Taxonomic Research ◽  
Cultivated Plant

Horticultural Science in the past quarter of a century has been shifting to increased emphasis on ornamental plants due to the growth of the modern green industry. Numerous species are being introduced into the exterior and interior landscapes. For popular species, the cultivar, as defined by the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), has become the basic taxon of cultivated plants. Named ornamental plant cultivars are rising at a rapid rate creating identification and segregation problems in the landscape industry, nurseries, botanic gardens, arboreta, and breeding programs. Government regulations and legal issues are beginning to infringe as solutions to the problems. There is a critical need existing for taxonomic research on ornamental cultivars utilizing classical morphological analysis supplemented with modern biotechnological techniques (e.g., anatomical, chemical, cytological, DNA, Sem analysis). Taxonomic research on existing and newer cultivars can provide quantitative botanical descriptions, keys of segregation, correct identification, determination of correct names and synonymy, improved cultivar documentation, and grouping of similar cultivars in large complexes. The taxonomic research is basic science that has immediate applied application within the horticultural society, and results should be published in the journals of ASHS.

scholarly journals Phytotoxic effects of Aeschynomene fluminensis Vell. on the initial growth of weeds and cultivated plants

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e37110212551
Author(s):  
Larissa Éllen Coelho ◽  
Silvana Maria de Oliveira ◽  
Luiz Antonio de Souza ◽  
Lindamir Hernandez Pastorini
Keyword(s):  
Glycine Max ◽  
Lactuca Sativa ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
Soybean Seedlings ◽  
Lactuca Sativa L ◽  
Cultivated Plant ◽  
Glycine Max L

Allelopathy is analyzed as an alternative to herbicides due to the inhibitory or beneficent activities of its compounds with other organisms. Current paper discusses the effects of Aeschynomene fluminensis Vell. fractions on cultivated plant species, Lactuca sativa L. and Glycine max (L.) Merril, and on weeds, Ipomoea grandifolia (Dammer) O’Donnel and Digitaria insularis (L.) Fedde. Aqueous fractions at 0.80; 0.40; 0.20 and 0.10 mg mL-1 concentrations were employed for initial growth tests. Seeds were pre-germinated in distilled water and transferred to petri plates with separate fractions at different concentrations. Plates were maintained for 48 h in a germination chamber at 25°C for L. sativa and I. grandifolia and at 30°C for G.max and D. insularis. The length of hypocotyl (LH) and root (LR) was measured and LR and foliar length (LF) were taken for D. insularis seedlings. Parameters were employed to calculated inhibition percentage. Plants with morphological changes were fixed and analyzed anatomically. Results revealed LH and LR inhibition of lettuce seedlings in fractions with highest concentration rates. The same has been reported in the case of I. grandifolia. Butanolic, methanolic and chloroform fractions did not affect negatively soybean seedlings but they inhibited D. insularis seedlings´ LR. A. fluminensis fractions, especially at higher concentrations, inhibited seedlings´ growth and confirmed their phytotoxic capacity.

scholarly journals Keragaman Jenis Tanaman Pada Dua Sistem Pertanian di Pegunungan Arfak Papua Barat

Cassowary ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-232
Author(s):  
Purbokurniawan ◽  
Siti Hajar Kubangun ◽  
Alce Ilona Noya ◽  
Yanuarius Anouw
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Survey Technique ◽  
Cultivated Plant ◽  
Fruit Plants ◽  
Papua Barat

The geographical of Pegunungan Arfak Regency was at 1200 - 2300 meters above sea level, has a mountainous topography, potential for the development of economic highlands crops. The aim this research was to see the diversity of cultivated plant by Arfak people at Arfak mountainous in their field and yard farming system. These studies were conducted at 2 Districts: 1) Anggi: Testega, Bamaha and Kostera Village; 2) Anggi Gida at Tuabiam Village of  Pegunungan Arfak Regency. The data collected by survey technique. The results showed there were a diversity of cultivated plants at two different farming system by Arfak people. There were 30 cultivated plants in four villages; consisted of 9 types of carbohydrate plants, 6 types of vegetable plants, 5 types of fruit plants, 8 types of spice plants and 2 types of sweeteners and fresheners. There were 11 crop in fields and  29 crop in yard farming system, respectively.

scholarly journals Synonymous site variation due to recombination explains higher genetic variability in begomovirus populations infecting non-cultivated hosts

2013 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 418-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison T. M. Lima ◽  
Roberto R. Sobrinho ◽  
Jorge González-Aguilera ◽  
Carolina S. Rocha ◽  
Sarah J. C. Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variability ◽  
Nucleotide Substitution ◽  
Plant Viruses ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Adaptive Selection ◽  
Site Variation ◽  
Cultivated Plant ◽  
Nucleotide Substitution Rates ◽  
Whitefly Vector

Begomoviruses are ssDNA plant viruses that cause serious epidemics in economically important crops worldwide. Non-cultivated plants also harbour many begomoviruses, and it is believed that these hosts may act as reservoirs and as mixing vessels where recombination may occur. Begomoviruses are notoriously recombination-prone, and also display nucleotide substitution rates equivalent to those of RNA viruses. In Brazil, several indigenous begomoviruses have been described infecting tomatoes following the introduction of a novel biotype of the whitefly vector in the mid-1990s. More recently, a number of viruses from non-cultivated hosts have also been described. Previous work has suggested that viruses infecting non-cultivated hosts have a higher degree of genetic variability compared with crop-infecting viruses. We intensively sampled cultivated and non-cultivated plants in similarly sized geographical areas known to harbour either the weed-infecting Macroptilium yellow spot virus (MaYSV) or the crop-infecting Tomato severe rugose virus (ToSRV), and compared the molecular evolution and population genetics of these two distantly related begomoviruses. The results reinforce the assertion that infection of non-cultivated plant species leads to higher levels of standing genetic variability, and indicate that recombination, not adaptive selection, explains the higher begomovirus variability in non-cultivated hosts.

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