The development of Andean fruit crops is viewed as an important and healthy contribution to global food consumption but ecophysiological studies on these trees are scarce. 96% approximately 520 Passiflora L. species distributed in the Americas, especially Colombia Brazil. Many originated edges humid forests tropical valleys. four species: yellow passion (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa Degener)...

A comprehensive study of the ecophysiology of the filamentous Meganema perideroedes affiliated to the Alphaproteobacteria, possessing a "Nostocoida limicola Type II" filamentous morphology was conducted. This morphotype often causes serious bulking problems in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants, and hardly anything is known about its physiology. The study was carried out by applying a...

Recent drought across the desert Southwest US may strongly affect the physiological functioning of evergreen desert species that maintain leaves through these dry periods. In July 2002 we compared the ecophysiological performance of the open-canopied, small-leaved creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) to the dense-canopied, more broad-leaved jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) growing on a ridge-top, east...