Center for New Crops & Plant Products
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1165
Office Tel: 765-494-13328; Fax: 765-494-0391
Home Tel: 319-338-0757; Fax: 319-338-0901
E-mail: simon@hort.purdue.edu
1979-1984 Ph.D. University of Massachusetts
1975-1977: M.S. Oregon State University
1972-1974: B.S. Empire State College
1994-Present: Professor, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Dept., Purdue University, IN
1988-1994: Associate Professor, Horticulture Department, Purdue University, IN
1983-1988: Assistant Professor, Horticulture Department, Purdue University, IN
1980-1983: Graduate Research Assistant, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1979-1980: Graduate Teaching Associate, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1978-1979: Assistant Researcher, Ministry of Agriculture, Head of Aromatic & Mountainous Spice Plants, R&D (Northern Project), Israel
1976-1977: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1975-1976: Gr
aduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
American Society for Horticultural Science
American Society of Pharmacognosy
Herb Society of America
International Herb Society
International Society for Horticultural Science
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Sigma Xi, The Scientific research Society
Society for Economic Botany
1998 Recipient of All-American Selection Award for the release of 'Sweet Dani', a new ornamental lemon basil. (with Mario Morales). 1988 All American Selection "Fast Track" Winner.
1996 Superior Paper Award from the American Society for Agricultural Engineers for: Benady, M., J.E. Simon, G.E. Miles & D.J. Charles. 1995. Fruit Ripeness
Determination by Electronic Sensing of Aromatic Volatiles. Trans. of the ASAE 38(1):251-257.
1996 Invited USA contributing Editor for the Newsletter of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
1995 Invited Member to NIH Steering Committee on Botanicals and their Role in American Health Care, NIH Office of Alternative Medicine.
1993 Recipient of a Master Agreement License from the National Cancer Institute, NIH, for the Large-Scale Production of Biomass for the Isolation of Agents from Natural Sources (Plant Projects). Sole NCI recipient of this competitive license.
1987 The International Authors and Writers Who's Who. Cambridge, England.
1986 Contemporary Authors. Gale Research Company. Detroit, Michigan. Vol. 118.
1985 Recipient of the Oberly Award. Awarded for Bibliographic Excellence in Agriculture & Related Sciences by the American Library Association, the Associates of the National Agricultural Library and the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries for the scientific reference work Herbs: An Indexed Bibliography, 1971-1980, The Scientific Literature on Selected Herbs, and Aromatic and Medicinal Plants of the Temperate Zone. Authored by J.E. Simon, A.F. Chadwick and L.E. Craker. 1984. Archon Books. 770 pp.
1997 Chair, Horticultural Production and Harvest Mechanization Committee, ASHS.
1996 Elected Chair-Elect, Horticultural Production and Harvest Mechanization Committee, ASHS.
1994 Elected Chair, of the Herb, Spice and Medicinal Plant Working Group in the American Society for Horticultural Science.
1992 Elected, Secretary of the ISHS Working Group Section on the Germplasm Collection and Preservation of Aromatic & Medicinal Plants.
1992 Appointed Chair (92-present), Subcommittee of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants of the USDA/ARS Crop Advisory Committee (CAC).
1990 Elected, Secretary of the ISHS Working Group Section on the Quality of Aromatic & Medicinal Plants.
1984 Elected First Chairperson of the Herb, Spice and Medicinal Plant Working Group, ASHS
1983 Recipient of the Norman F. Childers Graduate Student Presentation Award. Northeast Region of the ASHS.
1998 Recipient of the Otto Richter Memorial Lecturer. A national award given by the International Herb Association to acknowledge the life-long contributions of an individual to the herb industry. (Past recipients include: Prof. Varro Tyler, Purdue; Dr. James Duke, former USDA Head Economic Botanist).
1997 Member, Extension Team Award for Contributions to the Purdue-Carrot Road Shows in 1996 (A Program to Strengthen Links with State Agricultural Commodity Groups)
1997 Epsilon Sigma Phi. National Honorary Extension Fraternity, Inc. International Service Award.
1996 Invited to join the Scientific Advisory Board for HerbalGram. The industries leading medicinal plant trade journal.
1996 NewCROP was awarded and recognized as one of the best Web sites by Yahoo (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ )
1995 Recipient of the Outstanding Educator Award, Hoosier Organic Growers and Marketers Association, Indiana.
1991 Recipient of the First Outstanding Service Award presented by the International Herb Growers and Marketers Association. This service to industry award was to honor the educational and extension activities serving the herb, spice and medicinal plant industries.
1987 Creative Programming Award from the National University Continuing Education Association for the First National Herb Growing and Marketing Conference held July, 1986, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Present Purdue Appointment: 60% research, 30% extension; 10% teaching: new horticultural crops and plant products, natural plant products.
5.1 Referreed Papers:
Simon, J.E., D.R. Decoteau, and L.E. Craker. 1983. Detection of phytotoxic compounds using stress-induced ethylene and ethane. Environ. Tech. Letters. 4:157-162.
Gawienowski, A.M., K.M. Csernus, J.E. Simon and L.E. Craker. 1985. Prostaglandin inhibitors and the development of the mung bean seedlings. Steroids.46(2,3):727-733.
Janick, J., J.E. Simon and A. Whipkey. 1986. In-vitro propagation of borage. HortScience:22(3):493-495.
Decoteau, D.R., J.E. Simon, G. Eason and D.A Reinert. 1986. Ozone-induced injury on field-grown watermelons. HortScience. 21(6): 1369-1371.
Simon, J.E., G.E. Wilcox, M. Simini, O.M. Elamin and D.R. Decoteau. 1986. Identification of manganese toxicity and magnesium deficiency on melons grown in low pH soil. HortScience 21(6):1383-1385.
Simon, J.E., M. Simini, D.R. Decoteau, W. McKee, K. Scheeringa and J.E. Newman. 1986. Monitoring Air Pollution for its Potential Impact on Agricultural Crops in SW Indiana. Proc. Ind. Acad. of Sciences. 95:289-301.
Simini, M., R.G. Snyder and J.E. Simon. 1987. Differential sensitivity of muskmelon and watermelon cultivars to ozone-induced injury. Ind. Acad. of Sci. 96:121-127.
Simon, J.E. and J. Quinn. 1988. Characterization of essential oil of parsley. J. Agricultural Food and Chemistry 36:467-472.
Snyder, R.G., J.E. Simon, R.A. Reinert, M. Simini and W.W. Heck. 1988. Effects of air quality on foliar injury, growth, yield and quality of muskmelon. J. Envir. Poll. 53:187-196.
Whipkey, A., J.E. Simon, and J. Janick. 1988. In vivo and in vitro lipid accumulation in Borago officinalis L. J. American Oil Chemists Society 65(6):979-984.
Quinn, James, James E. Simon and Jules Janick. 1989. Recovery of gamma-Linolenic acid from somatic embryos of borage. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 114(3):511-515.
Quinn, James, James E. Simon and Jules Janick. 1989. Histology of zygotic and somatic embryogenesis in Borago officinalis L. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 114(3):516-520.
Adler, P.R., J.E. Simon and G.E. Wilcox. 1989. Nitrogen form alters sweet basil growth, and essential oil content and composition. HortScience 24(5):789-790.
Simini, M., J.E. Simon, R.A. Reinert and G. Eason. 1989. Identification of ozone-induced injury on field-grown muskmelons. HortScience 24(6):909-912.
Charles, D.J., J.E. Simon and K.V. Wood. 1990. Essential oil constituents of Ocimum micranthum Willd. J. Agr. Food and Chemistry 38(1):120-122.
Charles, D.J. and J.E. Simon. 1990. Comparison of extraction methods for the rapid determination of essential oil content and composition of basil. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 115(3):458-462.
Charles, D.J. and J.E. Simon, K.V. Wood and P. Heinstein. 1990. Germplasm variation in artemisinin content of Artemisia annua using an alternative method of artemisinin analysis from crude plant extracts. J. Nat. Products. 53(1):157-160.
Charles, D.J., R.J. Joly and J.E. Simon. 1990. Effects of osmotic stress on the essential oil content and composition of peppermint. Phytochemistry 29(9):2837-2840.
Charles, D.J., E. Cebert and J.E. Simon. 1991. Characterization of the essential oil of Artemisia annua L. J. Essential Oil Res. 3:33-39.
Boyle, T.H., L.E. Craker and J.E. Simon. 1991. Growing medium and fertilization regime influence growth and essential oil content of rosemary. HortScience 26(1):33-34.
Charles, D.J. and J.E. Simon. 1991. Volatile compounds of the curry plant. HortScience 26(1):69-70.
Cabral Velho, C., D.J. Charles and J.E. Simon. 1991. Volatile fruit constituents of Theobroma grandiflorum. HortScience 26(5):608.
Snyder, R.G., J.E. Simon, R. Reinert, G.E. Wilcox and M. Simini. 1991. Effects of air quality on growth, yield and quality of watermelon. HortScience 26(8):1045-1047.
Charles, D.J., J.E. Simon and M.P. Widrlechner. 1991. Characterization of essential oil of Agastache species. J. Agric. and Food Chemistry 39 (11):1946-1949.
Simon, J.E., D. Reiss-Bubenheim, R.J. Joly and D.J. Charles. 1992. Water stress-induced alterations in essential oil content and composition of sweet basil. J. Essential Oil Res. 4(1):71-75.
Charles, D.J., N.K. Singh and J.E. Simon. 1992. The essential oil of Alpinia galanga Willd. J. Essential Oil Res. 4(1):81-82 (a research note).
Charles, D.J. and J.E. Simon. 1992. Essential oil constituents of Ocimum kilimandscharicum. Guerke. J. Essential Oil Res. 4(2): 125-128.
Whipkey, A., J.E. Simon, D.J. Charles and J. Janick. 1992. In vitro production of artemisinin from Artemisia annua L. J. Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 1:15-25.
Halva, S., L.E. Craker, J.E. Simon and D.J. Charles. 1992. Light levels, growth and essential oil in dill (Anethum graveolens L.). J. Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 1:47-58.
Halva, S., L.E. Craker, J.E. Simon and D.J. Charles. 1992. Light quality, growth and essential oil in dill (Anethum graveoleus). J. Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 1:59-69.
Charles, D.J. and J.E. Simon. 1992. A new geraniol chemotype of Ocimum gratissimum L. J. Essential Oil Res. 4:231-234.
Nation, R.G., J. Janick and J.E. Simon. 1992. Estimation of outcrossing in basil. HortScience 27(11): 1221-1223.
Morales, M.R., J.E. Simon and D.J. Charles. 1992. Comparison of essential oil content and composition between field and greenhouse grown genotypes of methyl cinnamate basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). J. Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 1(4):25-30.
Alkire, B.H. and J.E. Simon. 1992. A portable steam distillation unit for essential oil crops. HortTechnology 2(4):473-476.
Halva, S., L.E. Craker, J.E. Simon and D.J. Charles. 1993. Growth and essential oil accumulation in dill, Anethum graveolens L., in response to temperature and photoperiod. J. Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 1(3):47-56.
Ferreira, J.F.S., D.J. Charles, K. Wood, J. Janick and J.E. Simon. 1994. A comparison of gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography for artemisinin analyses. Phytochemical Analysis 5:116-120.
Benady, M., J.E. Simon, G.E. Miles, and D.J. Charles. 1995. Fruit Ripeness Determination by Electronic Sensing of Aromatic Volatiles. Trans. of the ASAE 38(1):251-257.
Charles, D.J., M.P. Widrlechner and J.E. Simon. 1995. Characterization of essential oil of dill (Anethum graveolens L.). J. Essential Oil Res. 7:11-20.
Ferreira, J. J.E. Simon, and J. Janick. 1995a. Developmental studies of Artemisia annua L.: Flowering and artemisinin production under greenhouse and field conditions. Plant Medica: 61:167-170.
Ferreira, J. J.E. Simon, and J. Janick. 1995b. Relationship of artemisin content of tissue-cultured, greenhouse-grown, and field-grown plants of Artemisia annua L. Plant Medica: 61:351-355.
El-Masry, M.H., D.J. Charles and J.E. Simon. 1995. Terbacil and basagran as postemergent herbicides for sweet basil and sweet marjoram. J. Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants: 3(3):19-26.
Ozer, N., B.A. Engel and J.E. Simon. 1995. Fusion classification techniques for fruit quality sorting. Trans. Amer. Soc. of Agric. Eng. 38(6):1927-1934.
Hao Z., Charles D.J., Yu L. and J.E. Simon. 1996. Purification and characterization of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase isoform from methyl cinnamate basil, Ocimum basilicum L. Phytochemistry 43(4):735-739.
Jato, J., J.E. Simon, P. Symonds, A. Koufani, & A.B. Njamnshi. 1996. Rules and regulations on the collection in Cameroon of biological materials for biological testing and drug discovery. J. of Ethnopharmacology 51:121-125.
Eason, G., R.A. Reinert and J.E. Simon. 1996. Sulfur dioxide-enhanced phytotoxicity of ozone to watermelons. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 121(4):716-721.
Angers, P., M.R. Morales and J.E. Simon. 1996. Fatty acid variation in seed oil among Ocimum Species. J. of the American Oil Chemists Soc. 73(3):393-395.
Simon, J.E., A. Hetzroni, B. Bordelon, G.E. Miles and D.J. Charles. 1996. Electronic sensing of aromatic volatiles for quality sorting of blueberry fruit. J. Food Sci. 61(5):967-969 & 972.
Morales, M.R. and J.E. Simon. 1997. ‘Sweet Dani’: A new culinary and ornamental lemon basil. For cultivar release in HortScience 32(1):148-149.
Edan, Y. and J.E. Simon. 1997. Spatial and temporal distribution of ripe muskmelon fruit. HortScience 32(7):1178-1181.
McCloud, T.G., J.R. Britt, L.K. Cartner, K.C. Pearl, F.D. Majadly, G.M. Muschik, P.A. Klueh, G.M. Cragg, D.W. Thomas, J.G. Jato, and J.E. Simon. 1997. Quantitation of the anti-HIV alkaloids michellamines A and B by high pressure liquid chromatography. Phytochemical Analysis 8:120-123.
Tucker, A.O., M.J. Maciarello, D.J. Charles and J.E. Simon. 1997. Volatile leaf oil of the curry plant [Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don subsp. italicum] and dwarf curry plant [subsp. microphyllum (Willd.) Nyman] in the North American Herb Trade. J. Essential Oil Research 9(5):583-585.
Ozer,N., B.A. Engel and J.E.Simon. 1998. A mulitple impact approach for the non-destructive measurement of fruit firmenss. Trans. Amer. Soc. of Agric. Eng. 41(3):871-876.
Phippen, W.B. and J.E. Simon. 1998. Anthocyanins in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). J. Agric. Food Chem 46(5):1734-1738.
Keskitalo, M, A. Pohto, M. Savela, J.P.T. Valkonen, J.E. Simon and E. Pehu. 1998. Alterations in growth of tissue-cultured tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L.) treated with antibiotics. Annals Applied Biology: (in press).
Angers, P., M.R. Morales and J.E. Simon. 1999. Yield and composition of essential oil from plant parts of ‘Sweet Dani’ Lemon Basil (Ocimum basilicum L). J. Essential Oil Research: (accepted).
Angers, P., A. Hetzroni, D.J. Charles and J.E. Simon. 1999. Electronic sensing of volatile compounds related to fruit ripening and food quality. Int. J. Food Science and Technology (accepted).
Hetzroni, A., D. Charles, B. Bordelon and J.E. Simon. 1999. Aroma sensing with an electronic sniffer for quality sorting in strawberries. HortScience: (accepted).
5.2 Research and Review Papers Presented at National and International Scientific Conferences:
Quinn, J., A. Whipkey, J.E. Simon and J. Janick. 1987. Embryo development in Borago< officinalis L. Acta Horticulturae. 208:243-249.
Beaubaire, N. and J.E. Simon. 1987. Production potential of Borago officinalis L. Acta Horticulturae. 208:101-113.
Simon, J.E. 1989. Aromatic and medicinal plants in the United States. In: Verlet, N. and M.H. Begins (ed). 2e Rencontres techniques et economiques plantes aromatiques et medicinales. Ministry of Agriculture, France. Held December 5-7, 1988, C.F.P.P.A. de Nyons, B.P.N° 36-F-26110, France. pp. 65-86.
Simon, J.E. 1990. Essential oils and culinary herbs. Advances in New Crops, Timber Press, Portland, OR. pp. 472-483.
Simon, J.E., J. Quinn and R.G. Murray. 1990. Basil: A source of essential oils. Advances in New Crops, Timber Press, Portland, OR. pp. 484-489.
Simon, J.E., D.J. Charles, E. Cebert, L. Grant, J. Janick and A. Whipkey. 1990. Artemisia annua L.: A promising aromatic and medicinal. Advances in New Crops, Timber Press, Portland, OR. pp. 522-526.
Charles, D.J., J.E. Simon, C. Glowacki and M. Widrlechner. 1992. Major essential oil constituents of Agastache spp. From Int. Symp. of Symposium on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, 1990, Firenze, Italy. Acta Horticulture 306: 327-330.
Alkire, B.H. and J.E. Simon. 1992. Use of infrared thermometry to monitor water status in peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.). From Int. Symp. of Symposium on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, 1990, Firenze, Italy. Acta Horticulture 306:385-396.
Benady, M., J.E. Simon, D.J. Charles and G.E. Miles. 1992. Determining melon ripeness by analyzing headspace gas emissions. ASAE Paper No. 92-6055. International Meeting, Amer. Soc. Agric. Engineers. June 21-24, Charlotte, North Carolina. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI. 49085-9659. 13 pp.
Simon, J.E., M.R. Morales and D.J. Charles. 1993. Specialty melons for the fresh market, pp. 547-553. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds). New Crops: Exploration, Research, commercialization. Proc. New Crops, Oct. 6-9, 1991, Indianapolis, IN. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N. Y.
Morales, M.R., D.J. Charles and J.E. Simon. 1993. Fennel: A new specialty vegetable for the fresh market, pp. 576-579. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds). New Crops: Exploration, Research, Commercialization. Proc. New Crops, Oct. 6-9, 1991, Indianapolis, IN. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N. Y.
Charles, D.J., M.R. Morales and J.E. Simon. 1993. Essential oil content and composition of Finnochio fennel, pp. 579-582. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds). New Crops: Exploration, Research, Commercialization. Proc. New Crops, Oct. 6-9, 1991, Indianapolis, IN. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N. Y.
Morales, M.R., D.J. Charles and J.E. Simon. 1993. New aromatic lemon basil germplasm, pp. 632-635. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds). New Crops: Exploration, Research, Commercialization. Proc. New Crops, Oct. 6-9, 1991, Indianapolis, IN. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N. Y.
Charles, D.J., J.E. Simon, C.C. Shock, E.B.G. Feibert and R.M. Smith.1993. Effect of water stress and post-harvest handling on artemisinin content in the leaves of Artemisia annua L., pp. 640-643. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds). New Crops: New Crops: Exploration, Research, Commercialization. Proc. New Crops, Oct. 6-9, 1991, Indianapolis, IN. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N. Y.
Simon, J.E. 1993. New Crop Introduction: Exploration, Research and Commercialization of Aromatic Plants in the New World. The First World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Human Welfare- WOCMAP, July 19-25, 1992, Maastricht. Acta Horticulturae 331:209-221.
Morales, M.R., Charles, D.J. and J.E. Simon. 1993. Seasonal accumulation of artemisinin in Artemisia annua L. Internat. Symp. on Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, March 22-25, 1993, Tiberias, Israel. Acta Horticulturae 344: 416-420.
Charles, D. J. and J.E. Simon. 1993. Changes in the essential oil content and composition with leaf development of Ocimum gratissimum L. International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, March 22-25, 1993, Tiberias, Israel. Acta Horticulturae 344: 421-427.
Alkire, B.H. and J.E. Simon. 1993. Water management for Midwestern peppermint growing in high organic soils, Indiana, USA. International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, March 22-25, 1993, Tiberias, Israel. Acta Horticulturae 344: 544-556.
Stroshine, R.L., G.G. Dull, J. Abbott, V. Bellon, D. Beaumelle, M. Benady, R.Cavalieri, P.Chen, W.R. Forbus, Jr., N. Galili, A. Mizrach, S. Nelson, Y. Sarig, D. Slaughter, J.E. Simon and B. Zion. 1993. Nondestructive sensing of internal composition. Proc of BARD Workshop on quality sorting of fruits and vegetables. June, 1993, Seattle, WA.
Ozer, N., B.A. Engel and J.E. Simon. 1994. An adaptive technique for multi-sensor fusion and classification of fruit. ASAE Paper No. 94-6025, June. Amer. Soc. Agric. Eng. 2950 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI. 49085-9659. 13 pages.
Hetzroni, A. J.E. Simon, M. Benady and B. Bordelon. 1994. Electronic sensing of aromatic volatiles for quality sorting in strawberries. ASAE Paper No. 94-6029, June. Amer. Soc. Agric. Eng. 2950 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI. 49085-9659. 7 pages.
Ozer N., B.A. Engel, and J. E. Simon, 1995. Neural Network for Quality Sorting and Grading of cantaloupes by multiple nondestructive sensors. ASAE Paper No. 95-3218. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI. 49085-9659.
Simon, J.E., J. Janick, and A. Hetzroni. 1996. The New Crop Electronic Library, pp. 142-147. In: J. Janick (ed.). New Crops, ASHS Pub., Alexandria, VA.
Morales, M.R. and J.E. Simon. 1996. New basil selections with compact inflorescences for the ornamental market, pp. 543-546. In: J. Janick (ed.). New Crops, ASHS Pub., Alexandria, VA.
Cragg, G.M., J.E. Simon, J.G. Jato, and K.M. Snader. 1996. Drug Discovery and development at the National Cancer Institute: Potential for New Pharmaceutical Crops, pp. 554-560. In: J. Janick (ed.). New Crops, ASHS Pub., Alexandria, VA.
Angers, P., M.R. Morales, and J.E. Simon. 1996. Basil seed oils, pp. 598-601. In: J. Janick (ed.). New Crops, ASHS Pub., Alexandria, VA.
Ozer N., B.A. Engel, and J. E. Simon, 1996. A New Training Set Selection Criteria to Stabilize the Recurrecnt Autoassociative Neural Networks. ASAE Paper No. 65-3038. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI. 49085-9659. 15 pages. From Int. Meetings of the ASAE, Phoenix, AZ, July, 14-18, 1996.
Christopher Njoya, James E. Simon and Johnson Jato. 1998. Strategies for the domestication of useful native Cameroonian plants with a focus on developing vegetative propagation techniques. Conservation of Biodiversity in West African Plants (in press).
Sari, A. O., M.R. Morales and J.E. Simon. 1998. Echinacea angustifolia : An Emerging New Medicinal Plant. In: Janick, J. (ed). New Crops & New Uses: Biodiversity and Agricultural Sustainability (accepted).
6.1 Books:
Simon, J.E., A. Chadwick, and L.E. Craker. 1984. Herbs: An Indexed Bibliography, 1971-1980, The Scientific Literature on Selected Herbs, and Aromatic and Medicinal Plants of the Temperate Zone. Archon Books. 770 pp. This reference book received the 1985 National Oberly Award and was listed as a Selection, Choice Magazine, 1984-85. Outstanding Academic Books and Nonprint materials, American College Libraries.
Craker, L.E. and Simon, J.E. (eds). Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants. Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture and Pharmacology.
1986. Vol. 1. 359 pp. Oryx Press, Phoenix, Arizona
1987. Vol. 2. 255 pp. Oryx Press, Phoenix, Arizona
1988. Vol. 3. 220 pp. Oryx Press, Phoenix, Arizona
1989. Vol. 4. 267 pp. Oryx Press, Phoenix, Arizona
1999. Vol. 5: now in preparation. Series now reactivated with Haworth Press, N.Y.
Simon, J.E., A. Mathe and L.E. Craker (eds). 1987. Sixth International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Technical Communication of the International Society for Horticultural Science. Acta Horticulturae 208. 279 pp.
Janick, J. and J.E. Simon (eds). 1990. Advances in New Crops, Timber Press, Portland, OR. 560 pp.
Janick, J. and J.E. Simon (eds). 1993. Progress in New Crops, John Wiley & Sons. 710 p.
Palevitch, D., J.E. Simon and A. Mathe (eds). 1993. Scientific Proceedings from the First World Congress on Medicinal Plants and Human Welfare: Raw Material Production and Product Introduction, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Sept., 1993. Acta Horticulturae 331: 386 pp.
6.2 Book Chapters and Book Sections:
Simon, J.E. 1982. Rosmarinus officinalis L. (Rosemary). In: Edible Horticulture Crops: A compendium of Information on Fruit, Vegetable, Spice and Nut Species. Hackett, C. and Carolane, J. (eds.) Academic Press, Sydney, Australia.
Craker, L.E., A.F. Chadwick and J.E. Simon. 1986. An Introduction to the Scientific Literature on Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants. In: Craker, L.E. and Simon, J.E. (eds). 1986. Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants. Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture and Pharmacology. Oryx Press. Vol. 1:1-9.
Janick, J., J.E. Simon, J. Quinn and N. Beaubaire. 1989. Borage: A Source of Gamma Linolenic Acid. In. Craker, L.E. and Simon, J.E. (eds). Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants. Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture and Pharmacology. Oryx Press. Vol. 4:210-232.
Ferreira, J.F.S., J.E. Simon and J. Janick. 1997. Artemisia annua L.: Botany, Horticulture and Pharmacology. In: Janick, J. (ed). Horticultural Reviews 19:319-371.
6.3 Proceedings of Industry Conferences:
Simon, J.E. and L. Grant (eds). 1987. Proc. First National Herb Growing & Marketing Conference. July 19-22, 1986. West Lafayette, IN. Purdue Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 518, 333 pp.
Simon, J.E. and L. Grant (eds). 1987. Proc. Second National Herb Growing & Marketing Conference. July 19-22, 1987. Indianapolis, IN. Purdue Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 530, 342 pp.
Simon, J.E. and L.Z. Clavio (eds). 1989. Proc. Third National Herb Growing & Marketing Conference. July 24-27, 1988. Louisville, KY. Purdue Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 552, 333 pp.
Simon, J.E., A. Kestner and M. Buehrle (eds). 1989. Herbs'89. Proc. Fourth National Herb Growing & Marketing Conference. July 22-25, 1989. San Jose, CA. Int. Herb Growers & Marketers Assoc., Silver Springs, PA. 466 pp.
Simon, J.E., A. Kestner, and M.R. Buehrle (eds). 1990. Herbs'90. Proc. Fifth National Herb Growing & Marketing Conference. June 30-July 3, 1990. Baltimore, MD. Int. Herb Growers & Marketers Assoc. Silver Springs, PA. 228 pp.
Simon, J.E. and A. Kestner (eds). 1991. Herbs'91. Proc. Sixth National Herb Growing & Marketing Conference. July 19-22, 1991. Minneapolis, MN. Int. Herb Growers & Marketers Association, Mundelein, Ill. 214 pp.
Simon, J.E. and A. Kestner (eds). 1992. Herbs'92. Proc. Seventh National Herb Growing & Marketing Conference. July, 1992. Ft. Worth, TX. Int. Herb Growers and Marketers Association, Mundelein, Ill.
Kestner, A. and J.E. Simon (eds.). 1993. Herbs’93. Proc. Eighth National Herb Growing & Marketing Conference. July 8-11, 1993. Bellevue, WA. Int. Herb Growers & Marketers Assoc., Mundelein, Ill. 183 pp.
Kestner, A., J.E. Simon, and A.O. Tucker (eds.). 1994. Herbs’94. Proc. Ninth National Herb Growing & Marketing Conference. July 7-10, 1994. Raleigh, NC. Int. Herb Growers and Marketers Association, Mundelein, Ill.
7.1 Instructor: Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants. Part of the commercial horticultural production series, Purdue University (HORT 416). Focus on this undergraduate mini-class (5-week; 1 credit) is on the horticultural production of these specialty crops. This class is taught each Fall.
7.2. International Training Program in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants. Organizer and Main Instructor. This two-week intensive training program focuses on the botany, chemistry, biochemistry, horticulture, marketing, product quality, and natural products extraction, processing and pharmacognosy of herbs, spices and medicinal plants. Also includes germplasm collection and new crop development. This program has been successfully held 3X (1993, 1995, 1997) and will again be held in June, 1999. The program is financially self-supportive, each class provides training for 20 students (mostly Ph.D.’s) who have come from over 25 countries (and from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, North America), some with USDA-AID, FAO, and WHO funding. CE credits units available by Div. of Continuing Education. Co-sponsored by School of Pharmacy, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago.
7.3. An International Training Program in Essential Oils: Advanced Studies, Part 1; and Part 2. Organizer and Main Instructor The focus of the program is to provide training in the chemistry, processing and quality control of essential oils, with profiles as to the sources and origins of the oils. Part 1 has been successfully held 3X (1995, 1996, 1997), Part 2, twice (1996 and 1997), will again be held in July, 1999. Each Part provides one week of intensive training, and 4 CE credits for each part are avaiable by Div. of Continuing Education. Students are required to complete a research project between Parts 1 and 2. This program is self-supporting and the participants have been coming largely from private industry.