TARAPACA UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL FORESTRY CORPORATION
CHILE
 | The Current State of Knowledge on Prosopis tamarugo
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Papers presented at the
International Round Table
on Prosopis tamarugo Phil.
ARICA, CHILE, JUNE 11–15, 1984
EDITED BY
MARIO A. HABIT
FAO CONSULTANT
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1985
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Foreword
Board
Committee Agreements
America
Africa, Near and Far East
Chile
Final Plenary Session
| PANEL 1: THE CHILEAN CASE |
| J.J.Aguirre, J. Wrann | : | “The genus Prosopis and its management at the Tamarugal Pampa.” |
| F.Sudzuki | : | “Environmental moisture utilization by Prosopis tamarugo (Phil.)” |
| L.Briones Morales | : | “Retrospective anthropological vision of Prosopis” |
| F. Peralta | : | “The water resources of the Tamarugal Pampa” |
| H. Torres | : | “Planning the conservation and development of the Tamarugal Pampa” |
| CORFO, Development Division | : | “Nutritional assessment of tamarugo and algarrobo. Metabolic profiles of sheep and goats at the Tamarugal Pampa” |
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| PANEL 2: ECOLOGY |
| P. C. Fernandes Lima | : | “Research on species of the genus Prosopisat the Brazilian semi-arid region” |
| F.Squella, R.Meneses | : | “Studies by the Agriculture and Livestock Research Institute (INIA) at the Los Vilos Experiment Substation and their projection onto the and Mediterranean tendency zone” |
| V.Roig | : | “Exploitation of Prosopis juliflora at Thomazeau, Haiti” |
| L. J. Maldonado | : | “The management of the plant cover in arid lands”. |
| A.Aguilera, L.Tapia | : | “Agricultural research in coastal valleys and Andean foothills of Region I, Tarapacá, Chile”. |
| M.Zaroug | : | “Importance of fodder trees and shrubs in the productivity of rangelands and agriculture systems in the Near East” |
| K.D.Muthana | : | “Prosopis species development programmes in India” |
| C.Palmberg | : | “FAO project on genetic resources of arid and semi-arid zone arboreal species for the improvement of rural living” |
| F.Riveros | : | “Fodder shrubs in Libya”. |
| F.Riveros | : | “Fodder shrubs in Africa”. |
| D.Huss | : | “The possible utilization of tamarugo to help modernize migratory animal production systems” |
| B.Vasconcelos Mendes | : | “Prosopis pallida at the semi-arid Brazilian Northeast” |
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| PANEL 3: BOTANICS |
| C.Briner | : | “Phenotypic characterization of the tamarugo biotypes at the Tamarugal Pampa” |
| S.Trobok V. | : | “Fruit and seed morphology of Chilean Prosopis (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae)” |
| I.Ulloa, R.Rosende, J. Donso, E. Cuevas | : | “Anatomic structure and organoleptic characteristics of Prosopis tamarugo Phil. and Prosopis alba Gris. at the Tamarugal Pampa” |
| R.Aravena, E.Acevedo | : | “The use of environmental isotopes oxigen-18 and deuterium in the study of water relations of Prosopis tamarugo Phil.” |
| E.Acevedo, D.Sotomayor, V.Zenteno | : | “Foliar tissue water parameters of Prosopis tamarugo Phil.” |
| E.Acevedo, R. Aravena, D.Sotoma yor, V.Zenteno | : | “CO2 fixation mechanism of Prosopis tamarugo Phil.” |
| E.Acevedo, D. Sotomayor, V.Zenteno | : | “Water uptake as affected by the environment in Prosopis tamarugo Phil.” |
| C.López Ocaña | : | “The effect of thermoperiod in the growth of Prosopis tamarugo Phil.” |
| F.Sudzuki | : | “Environmental influence on foliar anatomy of Prosopis tamarugo Phil.” |
| B.Contreras Arellano | : | “Morphological diversity in Prosopis chilensis populations and evaluation of its growth in plantations at Region IV”. |
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| PANEL 4: TECHNOLOGY |
| M.Vásquez, E. Valenzuela, H.Canales | : | “A method to obtain mucilage from algarrobo seeds (Prosopis chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz)” |
| E.Cuevas, I.Ulloa, R.Rosende, J.Donoso | : | “Physical and mechanical properties of tamarugo and algarrobo wood from the Tamarugal Pampa” |
| J.Donoso, E.Cuevas, R.Rosende, I.Ulloa | : | “Natural durability and permeability of tamarugo (Prosopis tamarugo Phil.) and algarrobo (Prosopis alba Griseb.) wood” |
| R.Rosende, I.Ulloa, E.Cuevas, J.Donoso | : | “Chemical composition of wood and bark of Prosopis tamarugo Phil. and Prosopis alba Gris. from the Tamarugal Pampa” |
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| PANEL 5: LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION |
| R.Montes González | : | “Supplementary vitamin A trial with Early Maturing French Merino sheep at Tamarugal Pampa”. |
| F.Bórquez | : | “Utilization of sheep feces in cattle feeding”. |
| J.de la Torre, E. Diaz P. Joustra, L. Zelada | : | “Animal stocking rate and forest utilization by goats (Tamarugal Pampa)” |
| R. D. Kirmse | : | “Assessing fodder yields and nutritive value of trees and shrubs”. |
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| PANEL 6: MISCELLANEOUS |
| J. Rodríguez | : | “Pest rodents, potential hazard for Prosopis tamarugo” |
| M. Meyer | : | “An alternative utilization of the Tamarugal Pampa”, |
| M.R.Duhart | : | “UNICEF, action and scope”. |
| M.E.Torres | : | “Biologic nitrogen fixation by Prosopis tamarugo and Prosopis alba” |
| M.E.Torres | : | “Nitrogen fixation by different inoculants in Prosopis chilensis” |
| G.Cogollor, M.Cheúl, M.Poblete | : | “Assessment of insect damage on tamarugo fruit production and a study on its chemical control” |
APPENDICES