TOWN OF YUCCA VALLEY — To hear local leaders tell it, the proposed listing of western Joshua trees as an endangered species would be an economic catastrophe for the high desert Town of Yucca Valley.

What do a yucca tree, a tangerine tree and a hellebore have in common? Not much, really, except that, if you live in the San Fernando Valley, you can grow all three of them in your own backyard. Yucca ...

Healthy, mature stems of about 1.2-1.5 m length of three cassava cultivars ('Sree Prakash', 'Sree Jaya' and 'H-165') were stored for five months under hot, dry weather conditions under seven ...