THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS


        
      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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