Plant Resource Management

Lechuguilla (Agave lecheguilla); an Important Commercial Fiber Plant and a Source of Income to the Arid Land Farmers of Mexico 

R. K. Maiti and Humberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez

  • Page No:  105 - 111
  • Published online: 07 Mar 2011

  • Abstract
  •  ratikanta.maiti@gmail.com

Agave lecheguilla is a valuable fiber plant grown naturally in arid lands of Mexico for extraction of fiber. The paper gives a short account of the plant, its distribution, methods of extraction of fiber by the arid land farmers and its processing methods. It is a good source of economy for the arid land farmers.

Keywords :   Agave lecheguilla, native plant, fiber extrac­tion, processing, rural economy


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Maiti RK, Gonzalez-Rodriguez H. Lechuguilla (Agave lecheguilla); an Important Commercial Fiber Plant and a Source of Income to the Arid Land Farmers of Mexico  IJBSM [Internet]. 07Mar.2011[cited 8Feb.2022];22011(1):105-111. Available from: http://www.pphouse.org/ijbsm-article-details.php?article=99

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