Wild harvesting cultivation

Whitfield FB, Helidoniotis F, Shaw KJ, Svoronos D (1997) Distribution of Bromophenols in Australian Wild-Harvested and Cultivated Prawns (Shrimp). J Agric Food Chem 45 4398... 

In traditional medicinal practices, wild-harvested mycelia are considered to have higher therapeutic benefits and, therefore, command higher prices than cultivated fungus. Native occurrence of the fungus is confined to the highlands of the Himalayan region, in addition to some provinces of China with cold, arid environments. Several mycelial formation products grown in artificial media are available commercially as health food supplements in the United States and Canada. 

The raw plant material would initially be purchased from landowners from wild harvested sources but should long term potential be established, then landowners would be encouraged to grow these plants under some form of cultivation using improved planting material. 

Nevertheless, sustainable cultivation of MP may reduce wild harvesting and this may result in improving the developing countries economy, the cultural identity and livelihood security, and may gradually reduce the MP threatened species (Schippmann, 1997 Pinheiro, 1997 Mander, 1998). Among the actions to take in order to improve the sustainable agriculture of MP are ... 

The essential oil of C. camphora (199 individual samples) were obtained from leaves of cultivated trees harvested from two geographieal areas, the central highlands and the eastern eoast. The essential oil of R. aromatica (130 individual samples 115 sabinene - hmonene types, 10 methyleugenol types, and 5 methylchavicol types were manrrally collected from leaves of wild indigenous... 

In many countries, the food industries utilise a wide range of algae, which are well known to have high contents of fibers, minerals, vitamins and different antioxidants. In the last few decades, emphasis has moved from wild harvesting to farming and controlled cultivation for the production of valuable new products on a large scale. 

During China s Cultural Revolution, the root was used as a substitute for wild-harvested danggui Angelica sinensis), until cultivated supplies of the drug were developed (foster... 

The leaves are not picked until the plant is four years old harvest occurs during the dry season. The first harvest is considered inferior to later ones. Leaves gathered from plants over six years of age are most valued, possibly due to greater alkaloid accumulation. In addition, the foliage of cultivated plants is preferred over wild plants. 

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