Seed germination of wild, in situ-managed, and cultivated populations of columnar cacti in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 407-413

  Guillen S ^a   Benitez J ^a   Martinez Ramos M ^a   Casas, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Domestication; Genetic resources; Mesoamerica; Non timber forest products; Plant management

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC RESOURCE; GERMINATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; WATER USE;

CUICATLAN VALLEY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

CACTACEAE; MYRTILLOCACTUS SCHENCKII; POLASKIA; POLASKIA CHICHIPE; STENOCEREUS PRUINOSUS;

EID: 60949093032     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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