%0 Dataset
%T Preliminary introduction of Yucca in Uzbekistan
%J Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
%I Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center(data.dcxjegi.cn)
%U https://data.dcxjegi.cn/portal/metadata/097e53b3-4e08-42b6-a4bd-78997de06499
%W NCDC
%R 10.12389/ariddc.02311
%A Documentation Information Center
%K Plant introduction;Yucca
%X The genus Yucca consists of evergreen or semi-evergreen plants that are either low-growing or tree-like in form and belong to the family Agavaceae. They are distributed throughout Central America and the southeastern and southwestern regions of North America. Yucca represents a distinctive xerophytic genus and is likely one of the oldest genera within the Agavaceae. As palm-like ornamental plants, yuccas have long attracted attention and have been widely used in landscaping. Some species are also valuable fiber crops.As early as the pre-revolutionary period, preliminary and largely unorganized introduction trials of certain yucca species in several southern cities of Central Asia had already achieved success. Species of Yucca could be found in flowerbeds and private gardens of older urban districts in Tashkent, Samarkand, Namangan, and Ashgabat, where Yucca filamentosa L., Yucca recurvifolia Salisbury, and Yucca gloriosa Linn. were introduced. These initial, though unsystematic, cultivation experiments demonstrated the possibility of growing these plants in open ground conditions in Central Asia.After the October Revolution, with the establishment of a network of botanical gardens and arboreta in Central Asia, as well as experimental stations of the Institute of Arid Subtropics and the All-Union Crop Cultivation Institute, experiments on the introduction of yuccas continued, although still without especially comprehensive planning. In Denau, the Stalinabad Botanical Garden, Voroshilovabad, and the suburbs of Ashgabat and Karakala, Yucca aloifolia Linn. was cultivated in addition to the previously mentioned species. There it developed into a tree-like form and was capable of withstanding moderately cold winters.As early as the 1930s, the Tashkent Botanical Garden of the Central Asian State University (Ботанический сад CAГУ), now part of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, began collecting yucca germplasm resources. In addition to Yucca filamentosa and other medium