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.Industrial Crops and Products
An International Journal published by Elsevier Science Publishers.
Contents: Industrial crops are non-food crops which are being grown or developed to produce raw materials for a wide range of industrial uses and applications. This journal commenced publication in 1992 and publishes four issues per year . The journal adopts a systems approach to new crops and products and publishes articles covering the total array of work done on industrial crops and products from seed and crop production, harvesting, storage, processing, and product development to distribution and marketing.
Obtainable from Elsevier ScienceEconomic Botany
An International Journal published by the Society for Economic Botany.
Contents: Articles on such topics as medicinal plants, oilseed crops, plants as sources for liquid fuels and petrochemicals, ethnobotanical studies of remote parts of the world, toxic plants, nutritional studies, and the evolution of crop plants.
Information about the Society for Economic Botany can be obtained from:
Deborah M. Pearsall, Secretary, SEB,
American Archaeology Division,
103 Swallow Hall,
Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
Telephone (314) 8823038
Facsimile (314) 8829410
Membership categories: $US40 (regular); $US25 (student), etc., payable to:
Economic Botany Business Office,
PO Box 1897
Lawrence, Kansas, 66044-8897, USA.
New Crops News
The Newsletter of the Indiana Center for New Crops and Plant Products
Purdue UniversityBioOptions
Newsletter of the Center for Alternative Plant and Animal Products, University of Minnesota
Annual subscription $US8 ($US10 outside USA); $US20 (includes the publication 'Alternative Agricultural Opportunities', a bibliography listing over 1500 publications on file at the Center).
Center for Alternative Plant and Animal Products,UTFANET Newsletter
Newsletter of the Underutilized Tropical Fruit Trees in Asia Network
Further information can be obtained from:
Dr Peter de Groot,Australasian Tree Crops Sourcebook (ATCROS) 1994-95
ISBN: 0-9593-2058-X
Published by Cornucopia Press for ACOTANC Inc. 1994
Contents: This 88 page publication is sponsored by the West Australian Nut and Tree Crop Association (WANATCA) and provides a wealth of information on tree crops. Much of the information is presented in the form of tables and these cover the common names of rarer fruits, comprehensive guide to rarer fruits, common and botanical names of nuts, plants yielding oils, characteristics and requirements of the main tree fruit and vine crops of Western Australia.
The book also contains a number of directory tables listing the names and addresses of tree crop organisations, book and literature suppliers, consultants, educational facilities, major traders and producers, seed and plant suppliers and orchard and nursery supplies and services.
Available from Cornucopia PressWANATCA Yearbook 1994
Contents: Underexploited fruits and nuts of Russia, The world trade in persimmons, Native fruit and nut bearing species of the Kimberleys, The future for almonds in Australia, The versatile kaya trees of Japan and China, The introduction and domestication of rare and wild fruit and nut trees for desert areas, The mangosteen and related species, The canistel, Australian essential oils.
Price $A20 (or included with membership fee for the West Australian Nut & Tree Crop Association, described below).
West Australian Nut & Tree Crop Association Inc.Quandong
Magazine of the West Australian Nut & Tree Crop Association
Annual subscription $A40 (includes all publications for the year: Quandong, WANATCA Yearbook and Australasian Tree Crops Sourcebook, if the latter is republished during the current year).
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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:
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