The palm--tree of life biology, utilization, and conservation : proceedings of a symposium at the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany held at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, 13-14 June 1986 Michael J. Balick, editor

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Contents: Genera Palmarum, a new classification of palms and its implications / Natalie W. Uhl and John Dransfield -- The breeding system in the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) and its recognition by early cultivators / Darleen A. DeMason and K.N. Chandra Sekhar -- Pollination biology of economically important palms / Andrew Henderson -- Ecology of economically important palms in Peruvian Amazonia / Francis Kahn -- Prospects for application of vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in the culture of tropical palms / Theodore V. St. John -- Utilization pools : a framework for comparing and evaluating the economic importance of palms -- The use of palms by the Apinayé and Guajajara Indians of northeastern Brazil / Michael J. Balick -- The Chácobo Indians and their palms / Brian Boom -- Uses of semi-wild palms in Indonesia and elsewhere in south and southeast Asia / T. Antony Davis; The use of palms and other native plants in non-conventional, low cost rural housing in the Peruvian Amazon / Jose López Parodi -- Utilization of palms in eleven Mestizo villages of the Peruvian Amazon (Ucayali River, Department of Loreto) / Kember Mejia C. -- Utilization of indigenous palms in the Caribbean (in relation to their abundance) / Robert W. Read -- Use and management of native forests dominated by Açai palm (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) in the Amazon Estuary / Anthony B. Anderson -- Domestication of the Pejibaye palm (Bactris gasipaes) : past and present / Charles R. Clement -- Overview of palm domestication in Latin America / Lidio Coradin and Eduardo Lleras -- Prospects for rattan cultivation / John Dransfield -- Native neotropical oil palms / Eduardo Lleras and Lidio Coradin; Aguaje (Mauritia flexuosa L. f.) in the economy of Iquitos, Peru / Christine Padoch -- Uses of Euterpe oleracea Mart. in the Amazon Estuary, Brazil / Jeremy Strudwick and Gail L. Sobel -- The Brazilian fiber belt : harvest and management of Piassava palm (Attalea funifera Mart.) / Robert A. Voeks -- Worldwide endangerment of useful palms / Dennis V. Johnson

Data Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Date: 1988

Call number: SB317.P3S65 1986X

Author: Society for Economic Botany (U.S.) Meeting (1986 : New York Botanical Garden); Balick, Michael J. 1952-; New York Botanical Garden

Type: Congresses; Congrès; Congress; Conference papers and proceedings; Actes de congrès

Physical description: 282 pages illustrations 26 cm

Topic: Palms; Conservation of natural resources; Ecology; Trees; Conservation of Natural Resources; Palmiers--Congrès; Palmiers; Conservation des ressources naturelles; Écologie; Arbres; ecology; arecaceae; wilde planten; wild plants; plantkunde; Botany; Economische botanie; Economic Botany; palmvruchten; palm fruits; Arecales

Record ID: siris_sil_393449

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