A field study of peyote production
Purpose:
To identify and demonstrate inputs/techniques to
improve the production of peyote in its natural habitat.
Intended treatments:
(a) spot application of various types of
fertilizers around individual plants.
(b) spot application of incremental amounts of
water to individual plants during periods of drought.
(c) transplantation (of whole plants or cut
crowns of plants) from areas of high density of plants to areas of
suitable habitat with low density of plants.
(d) planting areas of low plant density with
seed from plants of the same population.
(e) monitoring of sets of permanently
identified individual plants to determine natural mortality rates and
reproduction (recruitment) rates.
In each case, the effect of a given treatment would
be determined by comparing the total production of peyote per acre with
the treatment to the total production of peyote per acre without the
treatment.
Projected expenses:
Since these studies will be done using volunteer
labor and expertise, the majority of the cost of conducting such
studies consists of the travel expenses for getting to and from the
study sites.
A study of five-year duration (which is a beginning,
and will provide preliminary data) will cost approximately $10,240 for
the fieldwork.
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