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Ethiopia's invasive prosopis tree chokes livelihoods and land

Once hailed as a solution to Ethiopia's creeping desertification, a foreign tree is now spreading uncontrollably across the east African nation, threatening fragile ecosystems and the very survival of ...
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Water status, drought responses, and growth of Prosopis flexuosa trees with different access to the water table in a warm South American desert

Prosopis flexuosa trees dominate woodlands in the Central Monte Desert (Mendoza, Argentina), with <200 mm rainfall, exploiting the water table recharged by Andean rivers, and also growing in dunes ...
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Three ways to fight invasive Prosopis juliflora tree in Eastern Africa all proved very effective, new study shows

A team of scientists led by CABI have conducted a new study which shows that three ways to fight the invasive Prosopis juliflora tree in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania all proved very effective in ...
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Clonal Propagation of Mesquite Tree (Prosopis laevigata Humb. & Bonpl. Ex Willd. M. C. Johnston). I. Via Cotyledonary Nodes

Plantlet regeneration in Prosopis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Johnston (Fabaceae), a multipurpose tree, has been achieved from cotyledonary nodes excised from in vitro grown seedlings. The ...
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Large-scale removal of Banni’s invasive ‘mad tree’ Prosopis is not the solution: Study

The researchers observed that mechanically removing Prosopis significantly increases native grassland plant diversity whereas lopping did not significantly increase plant diversity. -- A study finds ...