47th Annual Meeting Abstracts

	2006 Presentation Abstracts Chiang Mai, Thailand 47th Annual Meeting: June 5-9, 2006 Symposium: Folk Botanical Wisdom: Towards Global Markets Distinguished Economic Botanist: Walter Lewis & Memory Elvin-Lewis [ 2006 Meeting \| Scientific Program (PDF) ] < Previous \| Next >
	*Abstracts are arranged in alphabetical order of the last name of the presenting author.


Anti-quorum sensing activity of six South Florida medicinal plants and their ability to inhibit Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity. Oral Presentation. Allison Adonizio, Kok-Fai Kong, and Kalai Mathee. adonia2222@yahoo.com PDF Study on destruction factors of ecosystem using satellite data in Ilghineh chaybasin of Arasbaran region, Iran (Poster) Oral Presentation. Maghsoud Akbarzadeh. magsoud_akbarzadeh@yahoo.com PDF Studying of Juniper (Juniperus exclesa) degradation in Ararat Piedmont North West of Iran. Oral Presentation. Mehrdad Akbarzadeh, Saiid Amini, and Sasan B. Kafaki. mandegar1979@yahoo.com PDF Population genetics and sustainable harvest of Tricholoma matsutake mushrooms using traditional ecological knowledge and microsatellite DNA markers. Oral Presentation. Anthony Amend. Amend@hawaii.edu PDF Chemotaxonomy study of some annual species of Astragalus based on flavonoids. Oral Presentation. Maryam Arefi, Vahideh Nazeri, Mansour Mirtajaddini. m_arefi82@yahoo.com PDF Numerical taxonomy of some annual species of Astragalus from Iran. Oral Presentation. Maryam Arefi, Vahideh Nazeri, Mansour Mirtajaddini. m_arefi82@yahoo.com PDF Population dynamics of domesticated plant: an integrative multidisciplinary approach for sorghum diversity study in Northern Cameroon. Oral Presentation. A. Barnaud, M. Deu, Eric Garine, J. Chantereau, Doyle McKey, H.I. Joly. adeline.barnaud@cefe.cnrs.fr PDF Cross-cultural ethnomedicine between the Malinké of Mali and Asháninka of Peru. Oral Presentation. Nat Bletter. nathaniel.bletter@lehman.cuny.edu PDF 10 Bad Excuses for Not Georeferencing. Oral Presentation. K. W. Bridges and Y. Han Lau. kim@hawaii.edu PDF Experimental archaeology gardens rediscovering cultivation techniques for ancient Maori cultivars of sweet potato, Ipomoea batatus (L.) Lam. In New Zealand. Oral Presentation. Mike Burtenshaw and Graham Harris. mike.burtenshaw@openpolytechnic.ac.nz PDF Could we trust traditional ecological knowledge to establish a sampling strategy? Study of taro’s diversity (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) at a village and an archipelago’s scale in Vanuatu. Oral Presentation. Sophie Caillon, Jose Quero-Garcia, Jean-Paul Lescure. caillon@mnhn.fr PDF The Relationship Between Religious Uses of Plants and Forest Preservation Among the Tai Dam in NW Laos, PDR. Oral Presentation. Kristine Callis and Faith Inmen. K_Callis@hotmail.com PDF From endemic plants to economic decorating plants. Oral Presentation. Piya Chalermglin, Patcharin Kengkarj. piya@tistr.or.th PDF Ritual use of non-psychoactive Cannabis in eastern Asia. Oral Presentation. Robert C. Clarke and Mark D. Merlin. damatze@yahoo.com PDF Studies on medicinal plants of Vietnam. Oral Presentation. Tran Cong Khanh. kh2836@hn.vnn.vn PDF Mapping community’s perception on the value of ecosystem services: The case study of Manioba community (Bahia, Brazil) and the production of pasision fruit (Passiflora edulis, Passifloraceae). Oral Presentation. A. M. R. Almeida, J. C. B Piovesan, B. F. C Viana, and C. N. D El-Hani. julipio@ufba.br PDF Environment, Production and Conservation: Manioba Community’s perception of nature and the production of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis, Passifloraceae). Oral Presentation. J.C. Piovesan, A.M.R. Almeida, B.F. Viana, C.N. El-Hani. julipio@ufba.br PDF Ethnobotanical research and teaching: A Case in Bulgaria. Oral Presentation. Hugo J. de Boer, Anneleen Kool, Lars Bjork. hugo.deboer@ebc.uu.se PDF Ethnobotany, biodiversity and malaria in Nakai-Nam Theun NBCA, Laos: Three Ph.D. projects in a Sida-SAREC funded collaboration between the National University of Laos and Uppsala University, Sweden. Oral Presentation. Vichith Lamxay, Chanda Vongsombath, and Hugo J. de Boer. hugo.deboer@ebc.uu.se PDF Website: Plants & People. Oral Presentation. Margaret Delfeld. mdelfeld@powerweb.net PDF OTOP, a national development strategy for prospecting and internationalization of traditionalproducts: cases from the northeast of Thailand. Oral Presentation. S. S. Dhillion, K. Stubberud, L. Ampornpan. shivcharn.dhillion@sum.uio.no PDF Validation of the ethnomedical use of Costa Rican plants for the treatment of menopause. Oral Presentation. Brian Doyle, Tracie Locklear, Gail B. Mahady, Alice Perez. bdoyle2@uic.edu PDF What can we learn from farmers’ crop diversity management strategies to improve conservation measures? – Introduction to the workshop theme. Oral Presentation. Eve Emshwiller. emshwill@fieldmuseum.org PDF Forest Foods: Wild plant consumption in northwestern Ecuador. Oral Presentation. Maria Fadiman. mfadiman@fau.edu PDF Dormancy breaking and germination methods of madder (Rubia tinctorum) seeds. Oral Presentation. Roozbeh Farhoudi Maryam Makizadeha. rozi_shupi@yahoo.com PDF Antimicrobial efficacy of Curcuma aromatica L.extract and Morus alba L. extract against Propionibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus. Oral Presentation. Rattanasiri Giwanon, Saowaluck Rungsri, Ubon Rerk-am, Sinn Tangstirapakdee, Thanayut Srisom, Taweesak Suntorntanasart. rattanasiri@ tistr.or.th PDF Gene Rich but Poor Farmers: a revision of links between farmer driven and R&D oriented on-farm conservation strategies of crop genetic resources. Oral Presentation. Stef de Haan, and Merideth Bonierbale. s.dehaan@cgiar.org PDF Fragrant Evolution: Phylogeny and Ethnobotany of Sandalwoods. Oral Presentation. Danica T. Harbaugh, Bruce G. Baldwin, Thomas J. Carlson. danicah@berkeley.edu PDF The Lives of a Chinese Medicinal Moss: Variation and Standardization. (Oral Presentation) Oral Presentation. Eric S.J. Harris. e_harris@berkeley.edu PDF Did Maori grow potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) prior to their introduction to New Zealand by Europeans in the late 18th century. Oral Presentation. Graham F. Harris, Mike K. Burtenshaw. graham.harris@openpolytechnic.ac.nz PDF Essential oil constituents from two uncommon Zingiber rhizomes. Oral Presentation. Siripen Jarikasem, Joseph J. Brophy, Ubol Rerk-am and Winai Supattanakul. sj_aew@hotmail.com PDF Morinda citrifolia L. Noni has Cholesterol Lowering Potential. Oral Presentation. Afa Kehaati Palu, Brett Justin West, Jarakae Jensen, Bing-Nan Zhou. PDF A preliminary Survey of Economically Important Plants of North Sikkim. Oral Presentation. Ajeya Jha, Sangeeta Jha, Vandana Suhag, Amlan Das. ajeya611@yahoo.com PDF Developing Indonesian vegetables and medicinal plants for economically valuable products. Oral Presentation. Leonardus B.S. Kardono. l_kardono@yahoo.com PDF A study on traditional medical knowledge of the Phu Thai ethnic group in northeast Thailand. Oral Presentation. Wasupol Kayormdock, Chayan Picheansoonthon,, Songkoon Chantachon Vichai Chokevivat. seangisan.wa@hotmail.com PDF Conservation and development on sustainable uses of rare and endangered native fragrant flower species. Oral Presentation. Patcharin Kengkarj, Piya Chalermglin. patcharin@tistr.or.thc PDF Ethnobotany of medicinal plants of Morgah and Kotha Kalan areas of Potohar region of Pakistan. Oral Presentation. Sofia Khalid, Maryam Chand, Mir Ajab Khan. sofiarahim@hotmail.com PDF A Pilot Study: Traditional Chinese Medicine for the Treatment of “Xiao ke” (Diabetes mellitus, Type 2) . Oral Presentation. Wenjian Wang, Sarah K. Khan, Chunyan He. skkhan@charter.net PDF Neuromuscular improvement Curcuma longa L. tablets in MPTP-induced mice. Oral Presentation. Amonrat Khayungarnnawee, Wipaporn Phatvet, Tuanta Sematong, Pongsathorn Limsiriwong, Arkachai Tantrawong, Prapaipat Klungsupya and Taweesak Suntorntanasat. amonratkh@yahoo.com PDF Ethnobotany and morphological diversity of Kalopanax semptemlobus. Oral Presentation. Hui Kim, Ho Sang Kang. huikim@mokpo.ac.kr PDF Leaf cuticular waxes in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) Oral Presentation. Kwan-Su Kim, Si-Hyung Park, Hui Kim. kskim@mokpo.ac.kr PDF Japanese flamboyant image about Castanea stands in satoyama and real situation. Oral Presentation. Junko Kitagawa, Takeshi Nakagawa , Yoshinori Yasuda. junkokit@nichibun.ac.jp PDF Effect of Temperature on the Inhibition of Ralstonia spp. on Maize Seedling. Oral Presentation. Jirasak Kongkiattikajorn, Sirichia Tepa. jirasak.kon@kumtt.ac.th PDF Effect of Temperature and Time on Survival of Ralstonia solanacearum in soil. Oral Presentation. Jirasak Kongkiattikajorn, Thanatep Pithayaratchasak, and Sirichia Tepa. jirasakkongkiattikajorn@yahoo.com PDF Commonly Used Medicinal Plants of India, Thailand & Vietnam. Oral Presentation. J. C. Kurian and Susan C. Scharffenberg. jckurian@missioncollege.edu PDF Forest Pharmacy and Enterprise development in the Fijian setting. Oral Presentation. Litiana Kuridrani. l.kuridrani@fsm.ac.fj PDF Human induced dwarfing of Himalayan snow lotus, Saussurea laniceps (Asteraceae). Oral Presentation. Wayne Law and Jan Salick. wlaw@biology2.wustl.edu PDF Paleoethnobotanical studies at the Mahtab Bagh: Taj Mahal pleasure garden. Oral Presentation. David L. Lentz. dlentz@chicagobotanic.org PDF Polar constituents from tea seeds. Oral Presentation. Siripen Jarikasem, Tanwarat Kajsongkarm, Pongsatorn Limsiriwong, Taweesak Suntorntanasat. ponglim2511@yahoo.com PDF Evaluation of the ethnomedical use of Justicia pectoralis for the treatment of dysmenorrhea. Oral Presentation. Tracie Locklear, Brian Doyle, Gail B. Mahady, Alice Perez. PDF Origins, variation and domestication of vanilla: the case of Vanilla tahitensis J.W. Moore. Oral Presentation. Pesach Lubinsky, Seung-Chul Kim. plubi@hotmail.com PDF Thai wild mushroom and Their Economic Potential. Oral Presentation. Saismaorn Lumyong, Rarunee Sanmee, Pipob Lumyong, Ken Izumori, Bernie Dell. scboi009@chiangmai.ac.th PDF Citrus in the Batanes Islands, Northern Philippines. Oral Presentation. Domingo A. Madulid. PDF Medicinal plants from Thailand for Helicobacter pylori infections. Oral Presentation. Gail B. Mahady, Sutatip Bhamarapravati, Christine Slover, Larry Danziger. mahady@uic.edu PDF Status of medicinal plants in Nepal: Value addition and market development efforts of BDSMaPS project. Oral Presentation. Pradip Maharjan. pradeep.maharjan@bdsmaps.org.np PDF Cycas micronesica reproductive organ development in Guam. Oral Presentation. Thomas E. Marler, Nirmala Dongol. tmarler@uog.edu PDF Ethnobotany of chile piquin (Capsicum annuum var. aviculare) of the Sierra Gorda of Queretaro, Mexico. Oral Presentation. H. Leonardo Martinez-Torres, Heike Vibrans, Salvador Montes-H., Tarcisio Corona-T.. leonardo_viento@yahoo.com PDF Pandanus tectorius (‘adan’) in southern Japan. Oral Presentation. Peter J. Matthews. pjm@gol.com PDF Specific folk taxonomy in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in centre of Diversity, Ethiopia: Rhetoric or reality. Oral Presentation. Firew Mekbib. mekbibfirew@hotmail.com PDF Archaeological Evidence for the Tradition of Psychoactive Plant Use in the New World. Oral Presentation. Mark D. Merlin. merlin@hawaii.edu PDF Medical Ethnobotany of the Q’eqchi Maya: Perceptions and botanical treatments related to women’s health. Oral Presentation. Joanna L. Michel, Gail Mahady, Armando Caceres, Djaja D. Soejarto. jmiche3@uic.edu PDF Afro-Cuban religion, Magical-Medical Plant Use and Conservation: Local Perceptions of Environmental Change. Oral Presentation. Erica Moret. erica.moret@ouce.ox.ac.uk PDF Traditional Botanical Knowledge and Use of Anza (Boscia Senegalensis) in Boumba, Niger. Oral Presentation. Jocelyn Muller. jocelyn.muller@tufts.edu PDF Alternative seed suppliers of local vegetable varieties in modern agriculture of Nagano, Japan. Oral Presentation. Kazuhiro Nemoto and Yoshiaki Nishikawa. knemoto@gipmc.shinshu-u.ac.jp PDF Let’s go shopping!: a research oriented, market survey ethnobotanical undergraduate curriculum. Oral Presentation. My Lien T. Nguyen, Julia Wieting, Katherine Doherty. mylien@hawaii.edu PDF Socio-economic impact of hybrid seeds for a local vegetable variety on rural community: Case of Seinaji-Akane turnip (Brassica napus L.) in Nagano, Japan. Oral Presentation. Yoshiaki Nishikawa and Kazuhiro Nemoto. nishikawa@gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp PDF Multiple uses of Job’s tears (Coix, Gramineae) in mainland Southeast Asia. Oral Presentation. Yukino Ochiai. yukino@kaum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp PDF Study on wisdom of traditional healer employing sanding medicine in northeast Thailand. Oral Presentation. Surote Paengma, Chayan Picheansoonthon,, Prathan Luecha, Vichai Chokevivat. surote_mao@yahoo.com PDF Ilex vomitoria: An overlooked North American caffeine source. Oral Presentation. Matthew J Palumbo, Francis E Putz, Stephen T Talcott. mattjp@ufl.edu PDF Climbing weeds in the Agave tequilana Weber crop in Jalisco, Mexico. Oral Presentation. Irma G. Lpez- Muraira, Ruben Iruegas-Buentello, Ana G. Valenzuela-Zapata, Adriana E. FloreSurez. lopezmuraira@yahoo.com PDF Cultural Impacts of Biological Invasions: An Ethnobiological Perspective. Oral Presentation. Jeanine M. Pfeiffer, Robert A. Voeks. jmpfeiffer@ucdavis.edu PDF Immonostimulant activity and toxicity study of dried powder of Scaphium scaphigerum (G.Don) Guib. & Planch in rats. Oral Presentation. Wipaporn Phatvej, Amonrat Khayungarnnawee, Tuanta Sematong, Chantara Phoonsiri, Siripen Jarikasem and Taweesak Suntorntanasat. wipaporn@tistr.or.th PDF Production and conservation of native Thai orchid Dendrobium scabrilingue Lindl. Oral Presentation. Luckana Phetpradap. Luckana@mju.ac.th PDF Blowing Traditional Healer (Mor Paw) : Traditional Healers in Northeastern Thailand. Oral Presentation. Boonmee Phokham, Chayan Picheansoonthon,, Prathan Luecha, Vichai Chokevivat. bmpk99@hotmail.com PDF The Evaluation of Seed Dormancy and Germination of Two Species of Iranian Medicinal Plants. Oral Presentation. Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti , Ahmad Reza Golparvar. ghasemi955@yahoo.com PDF An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants for the treatment of skin disease in southern Italy. Oral Presentation. Cassandra L. Quave, Andrea Pieroni, and Bradley C. Bennett. cquav001@fiu.edu PDF Promoting the conservation and sustainable use of breadfruit in the tropics. Oral Presentation. Diane Ragone. ragone@ntbg.org PDF In situ conservation of breadfruit in the Pacific Islands: Case studies in Samoa and Kiribati. Oral Presentation. Diane Ragone. ragone@ntbg.org PDF Evaluation of leishmanicidal effect of Calotropis gigantea extract by in vitro leishmanicidal assay using promastigotes of L. major. Oral Presentation. Mohammad Ramezani, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari, Azam Fallah. m-ramezani@mums.ac.ir PDF Antioxidant and Antityrosinase Activity Evaluation of the Ethanolic Extracts, Obtained from Five Curcuma spp. Oral Presentation. Ubon Rerk-am, Thanid Chitphet, Sawai Nakakaew, Pongsatorn Limsiriwong, Sirinan Thubthimthed, Buppachat Potduang, Taweesak Suntorntanasat. hling112@yahoo.com PDF Diversity, Management, Utilization and Conservation of Local Rice Germplasm Oral Presentation. Benjavan Rerkasem, Sansanee Jamjod and Kanok Rerkasem. benjavan@chiangmai.ac.th PDF Common wild rice: in situ conservation and genetics (Oral Presentation) Oral Presentation. Benjavan Rerkasem. benjavan@chiangmai.ac.th PDF Methods for breaking of seed dormancy in Echinacea angustifolia D.C. and Echinacea purpurea. Oral Presentation. Ali Reza Safahani and Rozbeh Farhoudi. PDF Tibetan Land Use and Change near Mt. Khawa Karpo, eastern Himalayas. (Oral Presentation) Oral Presentation. Jan Salick, Yang Yong Ping, Anthony Amend. jan.salick@ouce.ox.ac.uk PDF Search for bioactive compounds from plants of Vietnam and Laos: A paradigm for an international cooperation. Oral Presentation. Djaja D. Soejarto, Harry H.S. Fong, Ghee T. Tan, et al.. dds@uic.edu PDF Ethnopharmacology of plants used in therapy in Champasak Province, Laos. Oral Presentation. Amey Libmana, Kongmany Sydara, Somsanith Bouamanivong, Djaja D. Soejarto. ksydara@yahoo.com PDF Drawing on knowledge of local farmers in planning conservation of crop landraces: the case of yams (Dioscorea spp.) in Wolayita zone, Southern Ethiopia. Oral Presentation. Muluneh Tamiru, Heiko C. Becker, and Brigitte L. Maass. mtamiru1@yahoo.com PDF How farmers select and manage yam (Dioscorea spp.) diversity in Wolayita, Southern Ethiopia. Oral Presentation. Muluneh Tamiru, Heiko C. Becker, Brigitte L. Maass. mtamiru1@yahoo.com PDF Thai Wild Fruits and Their Economic Potentials. Oral Presentation. Chusie Trisonthi and Paritat Trisonthi. PDF Phylogenetic Relationships in Subgenus Ceratotropis Species ( Genus Vigna, Fabaceae ) Inferred by trnT-F Sequences. Oral Presentation. Hirofumi Yamaguchi and Ye Tun Tun. ytuntun@yahoo.com PDF Agave fibers species used in Charro (mexican cowboy) ropes in Western Mexico. Oral Presentation. Ana G Valenzuela-Zapata, Irma Lopez-Muraira, Jose Antonio Vazquez-Garcia, Rodolfo Cortez. ana.valenzuela@gmail.com PDF Agave plants diversity used in Mexican Geographical Indications spirits: Mezcal and Tequila Oral Presentation. Ana G. Valenzuela-Zapata, Jorge Larson. ana.valenzuela@gmail.com PDF Forest Use, Scale, and Conservation with Panama’s Wounaan. Oral Presentation. Julie Velasquez Runk. Julie.VelasquezRunk@aya.yale.edu PDF Domestication in white sapote, Casimiroa spp. (Rutaceae). Oral Presentation. Patricia Vera-Caletti, Heike Vibrans. verap@colpos.mx PDF The Weeds of Mexico website, an inclusive tool. Oral Presentation. Heike Vibrans. heike@colpos.mx PDF Ethnomedicine of the Kui Oral Presentation. Arika Virapongse, Chayan Picheansoonthon, Julraht Konsil. arika@yahoo.com PDF Lightning, hail and thunderstorms in Austrian farming communities: Blessing Salix Buxus sempervirens. Oral Presentation. Anja Christanell, Hemma Burger-Scheidlin, Brigitte Vogl-Lukasser, Christian R. Vogl. christian.vogl@boku.ac.at PDF Local knowledge of Alpine organic farmers families in Eastern Tyrol, (Austria) on hand made wooden agricultural tools. Oral Presentation. Leopold Feichtinger, Christian R. Vogl, Brigitte Vogl-Lukasser. christian.vogl@boku.ac.at PDF The assessment of ethnobotanical knowledge systems by Social Network Analysis. Oral Presentation. Christian R. Vogl, Christian Bertsch, Leopold Feichtinger, Brigitte Vogl-Lukasser. christian.vogl@boku.ac.at PDF The Saliency of ‘Vegetable’. Oral Presentation. Gail E. Wagner. gail.wagner@sc.edu PDF Assessing ecological impacts of Colophospermum mopane (Fabaceae) seed harvesting in Namibia. Oral Presentation. Laura Weiss and Tamara Ticktin. WeissL@hawaii.edu PDF A vegetation analysis of Chinatown markets and mainstream supermarkets in a culturally diverse urban environment. Oral Presentation. My Lien T. Nguyen, Katherine Doherty, Julia Wieting. giuliagulia@gmail.com PDF Ethnobotanical gardens: Beneficial or detrimental to indigenous cultures. Oral Presentation. Kawika Winter. kwinter@ntbg.org PDF Traditional medicinal plant in a contemporary agroforestry system: noni in the understory (Hawai’i). Oral Presentation. Tamara Wong. tamarawo@hawaii.edu PDF A microloan program for improving household economy in a Muong community, Vietnam. Oral Presentation. Bui Minh Vu a, Le Thi Xuan b, Charlotte Gyllenhaal, Djaja D. Soejarto. lethixuan121@yahoo.com PDF Capsicum frutescens L. used by aborigines of Taiwan. Oral Presentation. Sota Yamamoto, Li-Ying Lin, Eiji Nawata. sotayama@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp PDF