![]() The succulence and high efficiency of agaves, which enables them to produce biomass with little water, underscores their feasibility as an alternative crop for semi-arid regions, such as the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern U.S. Traits, such as crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), enable economically important species such as those in the Agave genus adapt to drought and high temperatures. ![]() Consequently, alternative crops need to be sought out that adapt well to heat and drought and are productive despite limited access to water. 7Floriculture Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, South KoreaĬultivation of C 3 and C 4 crops in semi-arid regions will be severely constrained as global temperatures rise.6División de Ciencias Forestales, Departamento de Estadística, Matemática y Cómputo, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Mexico.5Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Campo Experimental Costa de Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.4Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States.3Department of Anthropology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States.2Departamento de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo Coahuila, Mexico.1Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States.Searcy 3, Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez 4, Teodoro Cervantes-Mendívil 5, Antonio Villanueva-Morales 6, Pil Man Park 7 and J. Hector Ortiz-Cano 1 *, Jose Antonio Hernandez-Herrera 2, Neil C.
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