Background and Aims The use of perennial crops could contribute to increase agricultural
sustainability. However, almost all of the major grain crops are herbaceous annuals and …

A potential new alternative oilseed crop from the genus Lesquerella is being domesticated
for the southwestern United States and other arid climates of the world. This crop has seed …

Seed-yield stability, frequently associated with drought-tolerance strategies, is one of the
main breeding objectives for the development of crops for semi-arid mediterranean-type …

Perennial plants show traits such as long-lived leaves and higher nutrient retention that
provide a more efficient use of nutrients in low-resource environments when compared to …

Perennials has been proposed as new crops because their root syndrome offers more
ecosystem services and a better use of resources than the annual one. Objective: To …

Seed oil from lesquerella (Physaria fendleri (Gray) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz) can potentially
supplement castor oil as a non-petroleum-based chemical feedstock in the production of …

Evening primrose (Oenothera spp.) has the potential to become an alternative oilseed crop
in Patagonia, Argentina. This paper describes and compares phenology and allocation …

Background and Aims The annual Lesquerella fendleri, native to the south‐western desert
of United States and Mexico, and the perennial L. mendocina, native to Argentina, may have …

A protocol was developed for regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic
transformation of Lesquerella fendleri. Calli were first induced from hypocotyls and …

Perennial plants have a greater reliance on internal cycling of nitrogen and are less
influenced by external fluctuations of soil fertility than annuals. Despite their importance, the …