'Caribe' (Cnidoscolus angustidens Torr.), a promising oilseed geophyte from north-west Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-308

  León De La Luz, José Luis ^a   Troyo Diéguez, Enrique ^a   Ortega Nieblas, M Magdalena ^b   López Gutiérrez, Francisco ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Desert resources; Dryland agriculture; Euphorbiaceae; Oil seeds; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CULTIVATION; PHENOLOGY; PLANT EXTRACT; SEED; SEMIARID REGION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CAPE REGION; MEXICO;

CNIDOSCOLUS ANGUSTIDENS;

EID: 18744426467     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0473     Document Type: Article

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