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Duke, James Alan was born on April 4, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert Edwin and Martha (Truss) Duke.
(In 1971, Dr. Quentin Jones, now of the National Hawaii, w...)
In 1971, Dr. Quentin Jones, now of the National Hawaii, where an international panel convened to Program Staff, SEA, USDA, suggested that the discuss and assemble information on underexploit Plant Taxonomy Laboratory devise a format for ed tropical legumes. Conversations at that meeting concise write-ups on 1,000 economic plants (Duke and subsequent correspondence with the partici and Terrell, 1974; Duke et al. , 1975). Dr. C. F. pants also yielded new information on some of the Reed was contracted to search the literature on tropical legumes. Finally in 1978, 100 copies of the writeups these economic plants, which included 146 species of legumes. From 1971 through 1974, Dr. Reed were delivered to the International Legume Con prepared rough drafts of write-ups on the 1,000 ference at Kew, July 24th-August 4, and all were species. It was my responsibility to establish the given to potential cooperators before my lecture on format and monitor the write-ups, to ensure that the manual (July 31st). New information presented they would answer many questions on legumes in lectures at that conference and personal com directed to the USDA by our taxpaying public. munications behind the scenes have also been used Since then, a computerized system alerts me to to update and embellish the write-ups so that they new publications on legumes. I have ordered for are more than a bibliographic echo. our files copies of the more promising documents.
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The Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary presents an exciting new rainforest book, designed and conceived in the rainforest and dedicated to its preservation.The book contains concise accounts of the various uses to which prominent Amazonian plants are put by the local rainforest inhabitants. Although emphasis is placed on plant foods and forest medicines, there is also commentary on other relevant applications, including natural artifacts, house construction, natural pesticides, and ornamental and fodder plants. More than 1,000 species are covered and over 200 illustrated. An index to Spanish and English names leads to the scientific name, and the index to plants provides its medicinal application. There are even suggestions on how to eat palm grubs and how to make an Amazonian salad dressing. All royalties from the book are donated to the Amazonian Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER) in order to continue its preservation of one of the world's most diverse forests.
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Duke, James Alan was born on April 4, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Robert Edwin and Martha (Truss) Duke.
Bachelor in Botany, University North Carolina, 1952. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1960.
Assistant curator Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 1961—1963. Ecologist Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1966—1971. With United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, 1963—1965, since 1971, chief, plant taxonomy laboratory, 1972—1977, chief, medicinal plant resources laboratory, 1977—1978, chief, economic botany laboratory, 1978—1983, chief, germplasm resources laboratory, since 1983.
Consultant in field.
(Known for their ease of use, artful presentation of scien...)
(The Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary presents an excit...)
(In 1971, Dr. Quentin Jones, now of the National Hawaii, w...)
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Regular ceremonies enable people to open themselves to God more fully. They help people to hear God's offer and challenge ever more deeply, and to allow God to prompt and enable them to respond.
Collaborator Smithsonian Institution, since 1971. Member of Washington Academy of Sciences, Herb Research Foundation, Society Conservation Biology, Oriental Healing Arts Society, American Botanical Council (board directors), Council Agricultural Science and Technology (life), Tri-State Bluegrass Association (life), American Herb Association (life), American Society Pharmacognosy (life), International Weed Science Society (life), Society Economic Botany (life), International Association Plant Taxonomists (life), Association Tropical Biology (life), Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Carolyn Jean Saylor, 1948 (deceased 1952). Married Peggy Ann Wetmore Kessler. Children: John Carl, Celia Gayle.