TARAPACA UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL FORESTRY CORPORATION
CHILE

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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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PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION DIVISION
1985


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CONTENTS

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”
 
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”
 
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”.
 
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”
 
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”.
 
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

IList of participants
IIOpening speech by Mr. Carlos Raúl Valcarce, Principal of the Tarapacá University
IIIOpening speech by Mr. Mario E.Jalil, Assistant Director General, FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean
IV“Bibliographical compilation on the genus Prosopis (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae) in Chile”. S.Trobok, D.Contreras