Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a specialized mode of photosynthesis that features
nocturnal CO 2 uptake, facilitates increased water‐use efficiency (WUE), and enables CAM …

International political borders rarely coincide with natural ecological boundaries. Because
neighboring countries often share ecosystems and species, they also share ecosystem …

With more than 200 species, the genus Agave is one of the most interesting and complex
groups of plants in the world, considering for instance its great diversity and adaptations …

Recent paleoecological, archaeobotanical and genetic-molecular data are used to develop
a hypothesis on the where, when, how and whom of plant domestication and the origin of …

Divided Spirits tells the stories of tequila and mezcal, two of Mexico's most iconic products. In
doing so, the book illustrates how neoliberalism influences the production, branding, and …

The disposal of high concentrated Tequila vinasses is an environmental threat. An
alternative to solve this problem is through anaerobic digestion processes to reduce organic …

Abstract The Archaic Diet in Mesoamerica: Incentive for Milpa Development and Species
Domestication. One of the central questions in the development of Mesoamerican civilization …

As climate change leads to drier and warmer conditions in semi-arid regions, growing
resource-intensive C3 and C4 crops will become more challenging. Such crops will be …

Ethnobotany is a multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary research field concerned with the study
of interactions between people and plants throughout time and different cultural and …

México es un centro importante de domesticación y de diversidad de numerosos cultivos,
algunos de gran importancia global (véase el capítulo 18 del volumen I, en especial el …