The Australian New Crops Newsletter


The Australian New Crops Newsletter

Issue No 5, January 1996.


Ian Wood, Inaugural Editor
Dr Rob Fletcher, Publisher and Editor

I.M. Wood and Associates
Kenmore Hills, Brisbane

School of Land and Food
The University of Queensland Gatton College
Queensland Australia 4345
Telephone 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301
Facsimile 07 5460 1112
International facsimile 61 7 5460 1112


NOTICE: Hard copies of the Australian New Crops Newsletter are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher. Details of availability are included in the Advice on Publications Available.


Table of Contents

  1. Editorial
  2. Culinary Beans: A case study in the commercialisation of a new crop
  3. Edible Indigenous Nuts in PNG: their potential for commercial development
  4. Australian Bushfoods as a Model for Ecologically Sustainable Development
  5. Prospects for Asparagus in Northern Western Australia
  6. Asparagus Production in Western Samoa
  7. The Trials of New Crop R&D: Black Death in New Crops
  8. Asian Vegetable Research in NSW
  9. The Use of New Crops in Education
  10. Letters to the Editors
  11. Crop Profiles
    1. Rice flower
    2. The production and potential of dates in Australia
  12. Researcher Profile: Dr Vong Nguyen
  13. Conferences, Workshops and Seminars
  14. New Crop Publications
  15. New Crop Periodicals
  16. Organisations and Associations Involved in the Development of New Crops
  17. New Crops Software
  18. Directory of New Crop Workers in Australia, First Edition


Any claims made by authors in the Australian New Crops Newsletter are presented by the Editors in good faith. Readers would be wise to critically examine the circumstances associated with any claims to determine the applicability of such claims to their specific set of circumstances. This material can be reproduced, with the provision that the source and the author (or editors, if applicable) are acknowledged and the use is for information or educational purposes. Contact with the original author is probably wise since the material may require updating or amendment if used in other publications. Material sourced from the Australian New Crops Newsletter cannot be use dout of context or for commercial purposes not related to its original purpose in the newsletter


Contact: Dr Rob Fletcher, School of Land and Food, The University of Queensland Gatton College, 4345; Telephone: 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301; Facsimile: 07 5460 1112; International facsimile: 61 7 5460 1112; Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au


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