TY  - JOUR
AU  - Esqueda, Martin 
AU  - Gutierrez, Aldo 
AU  - Palomino, Guadalupe 
AU  - Garcia-Mendoza, Abisai 
AU  - Terrazas, Teresa 
PY  - 2011
TI  - Morphological Characterization and Variation in the Total Content of Reducing Sugars in Wild Populations of Agave angustifolia Haw
JF  - American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
DO  - 10.3844/ajabssp.2011.462.468
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajabssp.2011.462.468
AB  - Problem statement: Bacanora, a spirit, is distilled from wild populations of Agave angustifolia Haw. Loss of biodiversity must be taken into account when proposing sustainable management actions for this resource. In this study we identified the morphological variants of this species, as well as the weight and Total Content of Reducing Sugars (TRS) in the stem of the agave. Approach: Twenty-three morphometric variables were measured in three wild populations of A. angustifolia distributed along the western slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range in Sonora, Mexico. The relationship of plant weight to stem TRS was evaluated using multivariate analyses. Results: Canonical discriminate analysis explained 100% of the morphological variation with just two canonical variables (p