Issue No 8, July 1997.

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.

14. New Crop Publications

Edited by Bruce Imrie, Ian Wood, Bob Bray and Rob Fletcher

Includes around 90 papers that cover principles and case studies, along with research and development studies of vegetables, oilseeds, pulses, tree crops, herbs, pharmceuticals, aromatics, fibre and industrial crops.

2 volumes, 628pp total

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
PO Box 4776
Kingston ACT 2604 Australia
Level 1, AMA House
42 Macquarie House
Barton ACT 2600 Australia
Telephone: 06 272 4539
Facsimile: 06 272 5877
International fax: 61 6 272 5877
Email: rirdc@netinfo.com.au
Price: AUD60 (AUD6 postage and handling).

By Ian M. Wood
ISSN 0727-6273 QI97023 Agdex 150/10
Published by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries

Contents: Extraction of non-wood fibres (retting, chemical, decortication, mechanical, references); Uses of non-wood fibres (textiles, ropes, twines and cordage, building products, pulp and paper, other uses, references); Abaca (each fibre crop is discussed under the following headings: history, crop description, fibre, uses, production statistics, potential production areas in Australia, role in farming systems, commercial prospects, crop specialists, agencies and commercial agencies, references); Flax, linseed and linolaTM; Industrial hemp; Jute; Kenaf; Ramie; Roselle; Sisal and henequen; Sugar cane; Sunn hemp and other non-wood fibre crops (Abutilon theophrasti, coir, Furcraea gigantea, Furcraea macrophylla, kapok, Neoglazovia variegata, Phormium tenax, Samuela carnerosana, Sansevieria spp., Sesbania spp., Sida spp., Urena lobata, Yucca spp., references).

Available from:
Publications Section,
Queensland Department of Primary Industries
GPO Box 46, Brisbane 4001 Queensland
Telephone: 1800 816 541
(from within Australia)
Price: AUD25 + postage.

This volume is currently in preparation and is due in November, 1997. It is expected to contain chapters on Asian vegetables, essential oils, culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, bush foods, spices, grain legumes, nuts, tropical fruits, specialty mushrooms, plant fibres, wildflowers, animals and aquaculture.

To be available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
PO Box 4776
Kingston ACT 2604 Australia
Late 1997.

This volume is the proceedings of the Third National Symposium held October 22-25, 1995 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The objective of the symposium was to provide a forum for leading authorities from industry, government, agricultural experiment stations and academia to discuss developments in new crops. The contents include papers from invited speakers and poster presentations made during the meetings, as follows:

New Crops: Solutions for Global Problems (Noel Vietmeyer)
New Crops or New Uses for Old Crops: Where Should the Emphasis Be? (Shelby F. Thames and Thomas P. Schuman)
New Industrial Crops for Europe (Anthony Capelle)
New Crops In The UK: From Concept to Bottom Line Profits (Francis H. Nicholls)
Emerging Indigenous Crops of Australia (John A. Considine)
New Crops as a Possible Solution for the Troubled Israeli Export Market (Y. Mizrahi and A. Nerd)
New Industrial Crops: Northwestern Argentina Regional Project (Ricardo Ayerza (h) and Wayne Coates)
Agricultural Opportunities and Challenges in China (Thomas A. Lumpkin)
Underexploited Temperate Industrial and Fiber Crops (Richard J. Roseberp)
Non-woody Fibers and the Future of Rural Economies (David Morris)
Alternative Crops Research in Virginia (Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Andy Hankins, Tadesse Nlebrahtu, Jimmy Mullins, Muddappa Rangappa, Ozzie Abaye and Gregory E. Welbaum)

Diversifying U.S. Crop Production (Jules Janick, Melvin G. Blase, Duane L. Johnson, Gary D. Jolliff and Robert L. Myers)
Justification for a National New Crops Initiative (Peter Felker)
New Crops R&D: Necessity for Increased Public Investment (Gary D. Jolliff)
The Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Center (AARC), U.S. Department of Agriculture (Robert Armstrong)

Marketing New Crops to the American Consumer (Frieda Caplan)
Marketing Lost CropsTM of the Americas (Frieda Caplan)
Kenaf Commercialization: 1986-1995 (Daniel E. Kugler)
Commercializing Mesquite, Leucaena and Cactus in Texas (Peter Felker)
Establishing New Crops Industries: The Indiana Grape and Wine Industry Model (Bruce Bordelon, Theresa Browning and Cheri Wagner)

The NewCROP Electronic Network (James E. Simon, Jules Janick, and Amots Hetzroni)
The Morton Collectanea: An Information Center in Economic Botany (Julia Morton)
New Literature for New Crops (Jane Potter Gates)

Alternative Wheat Cereals as Food Grains; Einkorn, Emmer, Spelt, Kamut, and Triticale (G.F. Stallknecht, K. M. Gilbertson and J.E. Ranney)
Advances in Grain Pearl Millet: Utilization and Production Research (David J. Andrews, Wayne W. Hanna, John F. Rajewski and Victoria P. Collins)
Evaluation of Pearl Millet for Swine and Ducks (Oayiwola Adeola, Dale King, and Bradley V. Lawrence)
Foxtail and Proso Millet (David D. Baltensperger)
Variation in Electrophoregrams of Total Seed Protein and Wx Protein in Foxtail Millet (Muhararnad Afzal, Makoto Kawase, Hiroki Nakayama, and Kazutoshi Okuno)
Buckwheat: Pseudocereal and Nutraceutical (Steven Edwardson)
Amaranth: New Crop Opportunity (Robert L. Myers)
Grain Amaranth Harvest Timeliness in Eastern North Dakota (S. A. Fitterer, B.L. Johnson and A.A. Schneiter)
Field Evaluation of Grain Amaranth in Chile (Marisol Berti, Elumberto Scrri, Rosemarie Wilckens and Ines Figueroa)

Acacia in Australia: Ethnobotany and Potential Food Crop (Peter R. Lister, Paul Holford, Tony Haigh and David A. Morrison)
Winter Survival of Austrian Winter Pea and Annual Medic on the Western High Plains (James Krall, Robin W. Groose and Jonathan Sobels)
Grain Yield of Oat-Pea Intercrop (Patrick M. Carr, Eric D. Enksmoen, Glenn B. Martin. and N. Rick Olson)

Annual Forages: New Approaches for C-4 Forages (Jeffrey F. Pedersen)
New Uses for Alfalfa and Other "Old" Forage Legumes (Joe H. Bouton)
Alfalfa Stems: Potential Biofuel for Woodstoves (A. Gray, C. Anderson, E. Koppelman, B. Bjornsen, K. Franic and M. Siedell)
Perennial Grasses: New Applications and Uses (Kenneth P. Vogel and Robert C. Sheannan)

Selecting Winter Hardy Oilseed Rape for the Great Plains (C. L. Rife and J. P. Salgado)
Evaluation of Planting Date for Winter Canola Production in Indiana (Ellsworth P. Christmas)
Potential of Canola as a Dryland Crop in North-eastern Colorado (David C. Nielsen)
Canola Production in Virginia (David E. Starner, Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Angular A. Hamama and Muddappa Rangappa)

Germplasm Use in Arid Lands Industrial Crops (Dennis T. Ray and David A. Dierig)
Economic Evaluation of New Oilseed Crops for The Netherlands (Gerard Boswinkel, Johannes T. P. Derksen and F. Petrus Cuperus)
Engineering New Oilseed Crops from Rapeseed (H. Maelor Davies)
Crambe: New Crop Success (Kenneth D. Carlson, John C. Gardner, Vernon L. Anderson and James J. Hanzel)
Isolation and Functional Properties of Proteins from Crambe abyssinica Oil Seeds (E. Massoura, J.M. Vereijken, P. Kolster and J.T.P. Derksen)
Hypoallergenic Guayule Latex: Research to Commercialization (Katrina Cornish and Deborah J. Siler)
Identification of Guayule Regions in Northern Mexico, Based on Rubber Yield and Coproducts Quality (Diana Jasso Cantu, Jose Luis Angulo Sanchez and Raul Rodriguez Garcia)
Development of Castor Bean Production in France (Francoise Labalette, Andre Estragnat and Antoine Messean)
Evaluation of Castor Germplasm for Agronomic and Oil Characteristics (Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Ali I. Mohamed, Charles L. Webber III and Gilbert R. Lovell)
Lesquerella and Vernonia; Oilseeds for Arid Lands (David A. Dierig, Terry A. Coffelt, Francis S. Nakayama and Anson E. Thompson)
High Value-Added Applications from Vernolic Acid (F. Petrus Cuperus and Johannes T. P. Derksen)
Improvement of Camelina saliva, an Underexploited Oilseed (Johann Vollmann, Astrid Damboeck, Anna Eckl, Heinrich Schrems and Peter Ruckenbauer)
Intercropping Stokes Aster: Seedling Growth under a Soybean Canopy (E. J. Callan and C.W. Kennedy)
Matthiola incana: Source of Omega-3-Linolenic Acid (Zohara Yaniv, D. Schafferman, M. Zur and I. Shamir)
Dimorphotheca pluvialis: A New Source of Hydroxy Fatty Acid (Lysbeth Hof)
Food Intake Inhibitory Activity of Simmondsin and Defatted Jojoba Meal: Dose-Response Curves in Rats (Mamix M. Cokelaere, Gerda Flo, Paul Daenens, Eddy Decuypere, Maurits Van Boven and Sabien Vernaut)

Hemp: Specialty Crop for the Paper Industry (Anthony Capelle)
Crotalaria juncea: A Potential Multi-Purpose Fiber Crop (Charles G. Cook and George A White)
Domestication of Hesperaloe: Progress, Problems, and Prospects (Steven P. McLaughlin)
Adaptation of Kenaf to Temperate Climatic Zones (Brian S. Baldwin)
Response of Kenaf to Nitrogen Fertilization (Charles L. Webber III)
Potential for Kenaf Improvement via Somaclonal Variation (Nancy A. Reichert and Brian S. Baldwin)
Growth of Bedding Plants in a Kenaf-Based Potting Medium (Nancy A. Reichert and Brian S. Baldwin)

Mediterranean Fruits (Joan Tous and Louise Ferguson)
South American Fruits Deserving Further Attention (Richard J. Campbell)
Sapodilla: A Potential Crop For Subtropical Climates (Michael V. Mickelbart)
Native Cultivars of Cactus Pear in Mexico (C. Mondragon-Jacobo and S. Perez-Gonzalez)
Guava Production in Georgia under Cold-protection Structure (Umedi L. Yadava)
Macadamia Production in Southern California (Lawrence T. McHargue)

Specialty Mushrooms (Daniel J. Royse)
Response of Australian Strains of the Mushroom Lepista nuda to Temperature and Substrate (Karen Slant and Andrew Broderick)
Capsicums: Innovative Uses of an Ancient Crop (Paul W. Bosland)
Asian Vegetables; Selected Fruit and Leafy Types (Marita Cantwell, Xunli Nie, Ru Ing Zong and Mas Yamaguchi)
Growing and Marketing Chinese Vegetables in Central Kentucky (Wenwei Jia, Mary Witt and John Strang)
Pejibaye Heart-of-Palm in Hawaii: From Introduction to Market (Charles R. Clement, Richard M. Manshardt, Catherine G. Cavaletto, Joseph DeFrank, John Mood, Jr., Natalie Y. Nagai, Kent Fleming and Francis Zee)
Starch Noodles from Edible Canna (Michael Hermann)
New Technology for Making Tempeh: A Cultured Soyfood (Gunter Pfaff and Betsy Shipley)
Management Methods for Producing Vegetable Amaranth (Bharat P. Singh and Wayne F. Whitehead)
Potential Nutritional and Health Benefits of Tree Spinach (Joseph O. Kuti and Eliseo S. Torres)
Precooling: Key Factor for Assuring Quality in New Fresh Market Vegetable Crops (Glenn H. Sullivan, Lonni R. Davenport and James W. Julian)

New Floral Crops in the United States (Mark S. Roh and Roger H. Lawson)
Xeriscaping: Sources of New Native Ornamental Plants (Bart C. O'Brien)
Hyacinth Bean: Stems for the Cut Flower Market (Robert G. Anderson, Sharon Bale and Wenwei Jia)
New Basil Selections with Compact lnflorescences for the Ornamental Market (Mario R. Morales and James E. Simon)
Novel Annual and Perennial Tagetes (Jacqueline A. Soule)

Drug Discovery and Development at the National Cancer Institute: Potential for New Pharmaceutical Crops (Gordon M. Cragg, James E. Simon, Johnson G. Jato and Kenneth M. Snader)
Ethnobotanical Approaches to the Discovery of Bioactive Compounds (Trish Flaster)
Ginseng: Old Crop, New Directions (John T.A. Proctor)
Distribution of Artemisinin in Artemisia annua (Jorge F. S. Ferreira and Jules Janick)
Wild Rose Germplasm Evaluation in Chile (Jean Paul Joublan, Marisol Berti, Humberto Serri, Rosemarie Wilckens, Felicitas Hevia and Ines Figueroa)
Domestic Production of Herbs and Spices (Dario Cisneros)
Coriander Under Irrigation in Argentina (Gustavo Luayza, Roberto Brevedan and Rosana Palomo)
Greenhouse Production of Garlic Chives and Cilantro (Robert G. Anderson and Wenwei Jia)
Basil Seed Oils (Paul Angers, Mario R. Morales and James E Simon)
Selection of Boronia for Essential Oils and Cut Flowers (Julie A. Plummer, Joanne M Wann, John A. Considine and Z.E. (Ted) Spadek)
Monthly Variations in Biological Activity of Asimina triloba (Holly A. Johnson, John Gordon and Jerry L. McLaughlin)
Rapeseed Meal as a Natural Pesticide (Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Anwar A. Hamama, D. Morris Poner and Paul F. Reese
Jr), Potential of Sugar Beet Nematode-Resistant Radishes and Mustard for Use in Sugar Beet Rotations (James M. Krall, David W. Koch, Fred A. Gray and Li Mei Yun).

Plant Nutrient Composition Altered With Controlled Environments for Future Space Life-Support Systems (S. Suzanne Nielsen, Martha A. Belury, Kwangok P. Nickel and Cary A. Mitchell)
Quinoa: Candidate Crop for NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (Greg Schlick and David L. Bubenheim).

This book is a new edition of a very useful reference book, containing over 20,000 entries. There are details on every family and genus of seed-bearing plants etc. with taxonomic details and information on English names and uses. In terms of new crops, the latter use is the most interesting: genera which have some function are listed with the family entries and the use described.

Available from booksellers from June 1997.
Approx. price: AUD63.75

There are many new crop opportunities available to producers these days. Some may well offer better returns than more traditional crops have over recent times. But how do you find out the real facts? No-one wants to get caught up in the "pick a winner" type hype.

NWSRDO recently presented a seminar on alternative crops to help farmers and investors to assess possible opportunities. A panel of expert speakers provided information of practical use to growers, as well as details about markets, returns and management issues across a range of exciting new crops.

An overview of the alternative crops industry set the scene for the more specific crop sessions. Specific crops covered at the seminar included bushfoods, wildflowers, industrial hemp and other fibres, olives, essential oils, culinary and medicinal herbs, Asian vegetables and low chill stone fruits.

The potential tourism opportunities of operations in these interesting cropping areas were also explored.

Available from:
NWSRDO
PO Box 509
Windsor NSW 2756
Telephone: 045 701 515
Facsimile: 045 701 686
International facsimile: 61 45 701 686
Email: nwsrdo@uws.edu.au
Price: AUD75 including postage within Australia.
AUD85 including postage overseas.

Includes current and forthcoming publications from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation under the categories of:

Corporate Publications (Research Compendium 1995, 1993-94, 1990-93; Program Plans 1997-98; Annual Report 1995-96; Five Year R&D Plans for the Corporation, Wildflowers and Native Plants, Essential Oils, Pasture Seeds and Rice; Shaping the Future Quarterly Newsletter, Tea Tree Oil special issue, Wildflower special issue, Essential oils and plant extracts special issue);

New and Emerging Industries (Under the categories of New plant products, New animal products, Asian foods, Essential oils and plant extracts, Herbs, spices, tea and coffee, Wildflowers and native plants, Deer, Rare natural (animal) fibres);

Established Industries (Under the categories of Horses, Honeybee, Eggs, Fodder crops and animal feeds); and

Future Agricultural Systems (Under the categories of Agribusiness and trade, Agroforestry and farm trees, Sustainable agricultural systems and structures, Sustainable pest, weed and disease control, Education, extension and information systems, Returns from research and development).

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
PO Box 4776
Kingston ACT 2604 Australia
Telephone: (06) 272 4539
Facsimile: (06) 272 5877
Email: rirdc@netinfo.com.au
Home Page: http://www.dpie.gov.au/rirdc

The Publications catalogue and Corporate Publications are free; other reports vary in price, those related to new crops have been included in previous editions of the Australian New Crops Newsletter, or are referred to below.

A feasibility study that covers the crop characteristics, costs of growing and processing hemp and limiting factors. The study considers the potential use of hemp for building products, geotextiles and other industrial uses, insulation products and textiles.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
Price: AUD20 (AUD4 postage and handling).

This report incorporates a brief overview of Australia's bushfood industry, including the structure, size and limitations, with the focus on western Queensland. It considers the marketing potential of rangeland bushfood products, availability of raw materials and gives a brief overview of the plants most suited to rangeland areas, on a regional basis.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
Price: AUD15 (AUD4 postage and handling).

This report provides an overview of the bushfood industry and considers fourteen plant species that have farm-gate or wild-harvested value. Prices, establishment costs and likely returns are explored, with budgets for three species provided. The report also estimates the current areas grown and explores wholesale and retail opportunities.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD30 (AUD4 postage and handling).

This report presents data on the more advanced overseas practices and provides an evaluation of the adaptability of these technologies for the Australian olive industry.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD15 (AUD4 postage and handling).

This report presents economic data on the commercial growing of olives using modern production and processing methods and evaluates the potential for dryland olive oil enterprises in Australia.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD15 (AUD4 postage and handling).

Vegetable green soybean is one of the most important high protein vegetable crops in Asia. In 1994, Japan imported more than $160 million worth of the product. This report provides information to help potential growers and exporters and includes the results of trials and demonstrations, along with financial considerations and commercial benefits. Also included is advice on future directions, extension and industry adoption.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD25 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This report provides technical information, derived from the literature, on cultivation, harvesting and handling of the crop, including the physical requirements, and weed, disease and pest control methods. Also included are the results of trials conducted in Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD25 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This conference was organised to inform the industry of its latest research results and to provide a forum to discuss strategic directions for the industry. The material covers market development, industry development, quality assurance, post-harvest processing and distribution, as well as research and technology.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD35 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This report documents the results of 183 interviews with the managers of Asian restaurants, grocery stores and supermarkets in Sydney and Melbourne. It is demonstrated that the markets for Asian vegetables in these two cities alone are growing at a rate of more than 20% annually. While Asian restaurants are currently accounting for 50% of the trade, the largest increase in demand in the future is expected from the Asian supermarkets.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD25 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This report surveys the Asian food market in both Asia and Australia and the likely trends in both the long and short term. The report also analyses wholesale market trends for selected products and recommends which Asian countries, markets and foods have the greatest potential to create new export opportunities for Australia.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD25 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This report assesses the status of the essential oils industry, develops a vision for the future, a plan of action and identifies opportunities for collaboration. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats relevant to the industry are also considered. This document provides a basis for a strategic research and development plan for the essential oils industry for Australia.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD15 (AUD4 postage and handling).

RIRDC Research Update
12 pp, February 1997

Contents: Low cost competitors challenge essential oils industry (Dr David Evans, RIRDC)
Due diligence required to assess market potential (Victor Fuchs)
Industry future hinges on continuing development and innovation (Richard Davis)
EOT shares its trade secrets (Mark Roach)
Purity gives Australian oils a marketing edge (David Burke)
Peppermint: profile of a fast growing industry (Leo Cahill)
Developing grower networks for medicinal herb production (Warren Morey)
Industry snapshot (RIRDC)
Tasmannia: an Australian success story (Professor Bob Menary)
Chemical residue research pays big dividends (Menary)
Breeding better blue mallee for a commercial oil crop (Dr Mike Slee)
Pests and diseases management: boronia research cuts pest control costs (EOT)
Thrips control in fennel boosts yield (Department of Agriculture, Tasmania)
Essential oils a potential source of new fungicides (Agriculture Victoria)
Major capital investment to boost Australian pyrethrum production (Botanical Resources Australia)
Essential Oil Producers Association of Australia.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Shaping the Future Newsletters are free.

Shaping the Future: for the tea tree industry

RIRDC Research Update
8 pp, May 1996

Contents: Registration as a medicine critical
Key R&D objectives and strategies
Investment in R&D to date
Genetic improvement of tea tree (Dr Penny Butcher)
Strategy aims for 60% improvement (Dr John Doran)
When to harvest? (Dr John Murtagh)
Management options (Dr L. Williams)
North Queensland yields double New South Wales (James Drinnan)
Where does the oil go? (Dr John Murtagh)
Irrigating tea tree (Gary Baker)
Weed control options offer huge savings (Tony Cook)
Integrated pest control (Gus Campbell)
Safety and efficacy R&D lacks hard data
The cineole question (Dr Ian Southwell)
Proving the value of tea tree oil (Assoc. Prof. Thomas Riley)
Tea tree research program 1989-96
Treatment of tinea (Prof. R. Barnetson)
Antiseptic value (Dr L. Williams)
Skin sensitivity (Dr S. Freeman).

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Shaping the Future Newsletters are free.

RIRDC Research Update
8 pp, September 1996

Contents: Opportunities for growth
R&D funding future depends on levies
Double vision for wildflower industry
Best bets for NSW floriculture
Advances in Geraldton wax production (Iain Dawson)
Totally wild new varieties (John Faragher)
Smoke could unlock potential (Dr Kingsley Dickson)
Improved vase life through growing conditions (Prof. J. Considine)
Poor temperature management damaging to commercial wildflowers (Dr Daryl Joyce)
'New and different' promotion could boost market share (Max Foster and Jo Bills)
Preserving quality in flowers (Dr Daryl Joyce and Prof. W. Jackson)
Flowers by sea? (John Faragher)
Pest and disease management (Ian Pascoe, Dr Peter Williams and John Faragher)
Growth through innovation
Wildflower R&D projects for 1996/97.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Shaping the Future Newsletters are free.

By Lee Peterson and Dr David Evans
RIRDC Report

This report presents the outcomes of a workshop convened in 1996 to review current and future trends in the peppermint and spearmint industries, previous and present research and future opportunities.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
This publication is free.

By the Australian Coffee Research and Development Team
Published by RIRDC, 1995

This manual contains the findings of a decade of research on coffee-growing in Australia. It outlines production, harvesting and processing systems for machine-grown arabica coffee.

Available from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries
Telephone: 1800 816 541 (from within Australia).
Price: AUD35.

This report reviews the literature on post-harvest handling and packaging of culinary herbs and identifies the reasons for the high wastage rate in shops and supermarkets. Methods are suggested for overcoming these problems. There is also advice on methods that producers can use to improve their chances of reaching world markets.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD15 (AUD4 postage and handling).

This document reports on the management of post-harvest temperature in cutflowers in several overseas countries, including The Netherlands, Israel and California. The factors limiting good temperature management in Australia, which have largely been overcome overseas, have been identified.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD25 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This report studies processors located in rural regions of New South Wales and Victoria and examines factors that impede and promote export activity. Recommendations have been made for stimulating export commitment, including the use of business networks, appropriate advertising and the production of a quality product. The document also covers courses in export marketing and management.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD35 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This report identifies market opportunities for Australian 'second-tier' food processing and beverage interests in Asia. It looks at opportunities in the fast food trade and restaurants, travel and leisure, catering and institutional areas such as health, welfare, the military and education. This is a valuable guide for Australian companies with little or no export resources or experience.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD35 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This report surveys the agribusiness opportunities for the selling of Australian products and expertise to supermarkets. It investigates the opportunities in production, processing and handling of food in Indonesia and considers the consumption patterns and retailing systems of cities.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD35 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This report presents the outcomes of the National Symposium on Organic Agriculture: Research and Development, held in June/July 1996. It presents a national strategy for the organic industry in Australia.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD10 (AUD4 postage and handling).

This report presents the Proceedings of the National Symposium on Organic Agriculture: Research and Development, held in June/July 1996 and includes the presentations from all industry representatives and five major review papers.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD30 (AUD6 postage and handling).

This volume includes the Proceedings of a workshop held in July 1995 in Katherine, Northern Territory and comprises 36 papers covering a broad range of specific commercial, development and research activities related to conservation farming.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD20 (AUD4 postage and handling).

This report analyses industry data collected directly from producers, wholesalers and retailers on a wide range of organic products, including herbs, beans, nuts, fruit, vegetables, seeds, grains, cereals, soya products and animal products. It provides production and market statistics, state-by-state market reviews, comparisons between conventional and organic farming and summaries of the best opportunities in the Australian domestic market.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD35 (AUD6 postage and handling).

Over 200 Internet sites have been investigated by the authors for their relevance to farming businesses. The authors analyse how accessible the sites are, how well the information is presented, the depth of the content, the future of interactive services and which sites provide a form of 'feedback'.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
Price: AUD20 (AUD4 postage and handling).

This report examines the constraints to the delivery of effective and economic electronic information systems to Australia's rural communities and what must be done to overcome these constraints. The report puts forward recommendations covering government and telecommunications policy, out-sourced training, the role of the rural R&D Corporations and the delivery of government information services.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD20 (AUD4 postage and handling).

This report considers the rationales underpinning the existing universal service obligation and considers how the new electronic information services impinge on these rationales. It also discusses methods for financing any noncommercial costs imposed on network providers by an upgraded universal service obligation. This report complements the report by Dr Roger Buckeridge, 'Rural Australia online'.

Available from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Price: AUD10 (AUD4 postage and handling).

Contents: Fruit (bush tomato, wild lime, wild orange, quandong, bush cucumber, lemon aspen, native rosella, wild rosella, kakadu plum, lady apple, riberry, creek lilly pilly, Illawarra plum, Davidson's plum, appleberry, native tamarind, muntries), Nuts (bunya nut, macadamia), Leaf/Stem/Tuber (portulaca, samphire, native mint, mountain pepper, lemon myrtle, warrigal greens, cumbungi, murnong, taro), Seed (wattleseed, kurrajong, bush banana), Basic Recipes, Conversion Tables, Planning a Bushfood Garden, Planting Bushfoods, Other Edible Plants, Suppliers and Nurseries.

Published by the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia, 50 Hayman Road, Como 6152.

This book is part of a series entitled Bush Books, a series of practical field guides designed to assist the reader in learning about Western Australia's unique animal, plant and special features, region by region.

Available from Granny Smith's Bookshop.
Price: AUD5.95.

An annotated list of approximately 400 species of bamboo in Australia, including new introductions, listing growth habits and conditions, minimum temperatures and suppliers.

Available from Granny Smith's Bookshop.
Price: AUD9.95.

Descriptions of over 200 Western Australian bush species, colour photographs, distribution maps, uses for food or medicine.

Available from Granny Smith's Bookshop.
Price: AUD34.95.

Information on fruits, nuts and other foods, medicinal plants, resins, bamboos, rattans, essential oils etc of Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

Available from Granny Smith's Bookshop.
Price: AUD88.95.

Australian native plants: propagation, cultivation and use in landscaping
Revised and updated
Fourth edition

By J.W. Wrigley and M. Fagg
Published by Reed Books

Contents: Why native plants?, Collection of material, Propagation, Landscaping and selection, Plant management, Fertilisers, Pests and diseases, Ground covers, Rockery plants, Water features, Shrubs, Trees, Annuals and bedding plants, Climbers, Container plants (indoor, tub, bush-house), Special purposes (cold climate, semi-arid areas, seaside plantings, windbreaks, scented plants, feature plants, palms and ferns, bird attractors, basket plants).

Available from booksellers.

Price: Approximately AUD93.

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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originally created by: GK; latest update 6 June 1999 by: RF