New Crop Compendium

1. Policy
2. International Development
3. Regional & State Development
4. Research & Development
5. Germplasm & Breeding
6. New Crop Centers
7. Information Systems
8. Economics, Marketing, & Commercialization
9. Cereals & Pseudocereals
10. Grain Legumes
11. Forages, Fodder, & Cover Crops
12. Oilseeds
13. Industrial Crops
14. Fiber Crops
15. Fruits & Nuts
16. Vegetable Crops
17. Floral & Landscape Crops
18. Aromatic Crops
19. Herb & Spice Crops
20. Medicinal Crops
21. Bioactive Crops & Others
22. Crops in Space

Policy

• New Crops Era—Noel Vietmeyer

• National New Crops Policy—John W. Conrad

• 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

• International New Crops Policy—J. Trevor Williams and N. Haq

• New Crops and the International Agricultural Research Centers—Robert B. Bertram

• International Conflicts in New Crops Policy—Cary Fowler

• New Crops or New Uses for Old Crops: Where Should the Emphasis Be?—Shelby F. Thames and Thomas P. Schuman

• Afterwards: Advances in New Crops—Jules Janick

• Afterwards: Progress in New Crops—Jules Janick

International Development

• New Crops: Solutions for Global Problems—Noel Vietmeyer

• International Repercussions of New Crops—Lowell S. Hardin

• New Crop Development in Europe—Louis J.M. van Soest

• Characterization and Processing Research on New Crops for Increased Industrial Applicability of New and Traditional Crops: A European Perspective—Willem M.J. van Gelder, F.P. Cuperus, J.T.P. Derksen, B.G. Muuse, and J.E.G. van Dam

• New Industrial Crops for Europe—Anthony Capelle

• New Crops In The UK: From Concept to Bottom Line Profits—Francis H. Nicholls

• New Crop Development in New Zealand—James A. Douglas

• New Horticultural Crops in New Zealand—Errol W. Hewett

• 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

• Potential New Specialty Crops from Asia: Azuki Bean, Edamame Soybean, and Astragalus—Thomas A. Lumpkin, J.C. Konovsky, K.J. Larson, and D.C. McClary

• Agricultural Opportunities and Challenges in China—Thomas A. Lumpkin

• Genetic Resources in Africa—Jack R. Harlan

Regional & State Development

• Underexploited Temperate Industrial and Fiber Crops—Richard J. Roseberg

• New Crops Research: Northeastern Regional and National Federal Efforts—George A.White

• New Horticultural Crops for the Southeastern United States—Mary Lamberts

• Public Sponsored New Crops Research and Development Projects in Virginia—Gregory E. Welbaum

• Alternative Crops Research in Virginia—Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Andy Hankins, Tadesse Mebrahtu, Jimmy Mullins, Muddappa Rangappa, Ozzie Abaye, and Gregory E. Welbaum

• Development of New Agronomic Crops in the Midwest—Edward S. Oplinger

• Determining Amaranth and Canola Suitability in Missouri Through Geographic Information Systems Analysis—Robert L. Myers

• Development of New Crops in the Western United States—Dick L. Auld

• The Western Regional Plant Introduction Station: A Source of Germplasm for New Crop Development—V.L. Bradley, R.C. Johnson, R.M. Hannan, D.M. Stout, and R.L. Clark

• Preliminary Agronomic Evaluation of New Crops for North Dakota—Marisol T. Berti and A.A. Schneiter

Research & Development

• New Crops Research and Development: A State Perspective—Luther Waters, Jr.

• New Crops Research and Development: A Federal Perspective—L.H. Princen

• New Crops Research and Development: An Industry Perspective—Ronald L. Sampson

• Commercializing Promising Technologies—Paul F. O'Connell

• Strategic Planning for New-Crop Development—Gary D. Jolliff

• New Crops Survey—James A. Duke

• Evaluating Production Potentials and Developing Extension Recommendations for New Vegetable Crops—Charles R. O'Dell, Susan B. Sterrett, Barbara M. Young, and Alicia M. Borowski

• Alternate Crops for Dryland Production Systems in Northern Idaho—Kenneth D. Kephart, Glen A. Murray, and Dick L. Auld

• Extension Paraprofessionals: A Unique Resource for Introducing New Crops to Small Farmers (Abstract)—Marion Simon

• A Questionnaire to Assist Growers in Evaluation of New Crops (Abstract)—Russ Karow and Bill Rogers

• New Vegetable Crops: What's Worked and What Hasn't (Abstract)—Cathy Sabota

• The Importance of Biological Nitrogen Fixation to New Crop Development—Peter M. Gresshoff

• A Novel Method for Selection and Domestication of Indigenous Useful Plants in Amazonian Ecuador—J. Friedman, D. Bolotin, M. Rios, P. Mendosa, Y. Cohen, and M.J. Balick

Germplasm & Breeding

• New Crops in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System—Henry L. Shands and George A. White

• International System for Germplasm: New Crop Genetic Resources and the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources—M.C. Perry

• Germplasm Resources at the North Central Plant Introduction Station—W.W. Roath, R.L. Clark, M.P. Widrlechner, and R.L. Wilson

• Genetic Enhancement and Plant Breeding—Donald N. Duvick

• Plant Breeding: A Reappraisal—Henry L. Shands

• Enhancing Germplasm with Mass Selection—Glenn W. Burton

• Breeding New Industrial Crops—Anson E. Thompson

New Crop Centers

• Center for Alternative Plant and Animal Products—Programs in Information Exchange and Research—Daniel H. Putnam, Ervin A. Oelke, and Laura McCann

• Interdisciplinary Teamwork for New Crop Development in Missouri—Robert L. Myers

• IMPACT and the East Asian Crop Development Program—Thomas A. Lumpkin, Bill B. Dean, and Desmond A. O'Rourke

• Indiana Center for New Crops and Plant Products—Jules Janick

Information Systems

• 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

Economics, Marketing, & Commercialization

• Marketing New Crops to the American Consumer—Frieda Caplan

• Marketing Lost Crops™ 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 Economics of New Crops—Don Paarlberg

• Marketing New Crops—Emerson M. Babb

• New Crops from a Seed Company Perspective—Carrol D. Bolen

• Processing Tomatoes: Old Crops in New Areas—William Reinert

• Pesticide Chemicals: An Industry Perspective on Minor Crop Uses—Robert F. Bischoff

• AAIC Panel Discussion—Commercializing Industrial Crops: The Industrial Component
  • Introduction to AAIC Panel Discussion—Anson E. Thompson

  • Cooperative Research and Development Agreements Under the Technology Transfer Act of 1986—James T. Hall

  • Role of the New Uses Council—Raymond L. Burns

  • Commercializing New Crops: Measuring the Opportunity—Keith A. Walker

  • Perspective from a Small Industrial Company—James H. Brown

  • Perspective from a Large Industrial Company—Joseph S. Boggs

  • Perspective from an Independent Industrial Consulting Company—R. Martin O'Shea

  • Perspective from Europe—Louis J.M. van Soest

  • Open Discussion—Moderator: Duane L. Johnson

  • Summary and Conclusions—Joseph C. Roetheli

Cereals & Pseudocereals

• New Grains and Pseudograins—Duane L. Johnson

• Alternative Wheat Cereals as Food Grains: Einkorn, Emmer, Spelt, Kamut, and Triticale—G.F. Stallknecht, K.M. Gilbertson, and J.E. Ranney

• Grain Amaranth—Charles S. Kauffman and Leon E. Weber

• Amaranth Rediscovered—Gilbert F. Stallknecht and J.R. Schulz-Schaeffer

• Amaranth Production in Mexico and Peru—Daniel K. Early

• Simply Inherited Genetic Variation in Grain Amaranth (Abstract)—P.A. Kulakow

• Hybridization of Grain Amaranths: Implications for Long-term Development (Abstract)—J.W Lehmann and R.L. Clark

• Amaranth Intercropping Techniques of Andean Quechua Peasants (Abstract)—Daniel K. Early

• Row Spacing and Population Effects on Yield of Grain Amaranth in North Dakota—T.L. Henderson, A.A. Schneiter, and N. Riveland

• 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, Humberto Serri, Rosemarie Wilckens, and Inés Figueroa

• Wild Rice: Domestication of a Native North American Genus—Ervin A. Oelke

• Herbicide-tolerant Germplasm in Rice—R.H. Dilday, P. Nastasi, R.J. Smitk Jr., and K. Khodayari

• Contribution of Ancestral Lines in the Development of New Cultivars of Rice (Abstract)—Robert H. Dilday

• Pearl Millet: New Feed Grain Crop—David J. Andrews, John F. Rajewski, and K. Anand Kumar

• The Use of Protogyny to Make Hybrids in Pearl Millet—David J. Andrews, Barnabas Kiula, and John F. Rajewski

• 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—Olayiwola Adeola, Dale King, and Bradley V. Lawrence

• Pearl Millet: A Potential Early Maturing Dryland Feed Grain Crop (Abstract)—William D. Stegmeier, B. Khaleeq, R.L. Vanderlip, and D.J. Andrews

• Stand Establishment in Relation to Seedling Mesocotyl and Coleoptile Length in Pearl Millet (Abstract)—B. Khaleeq, W.D. Stegmeier, and R.L. Vanderlip

• Foxtail and Proso Millet—David D. Baltensperger

• Variation in Electrophoregrams of Total Seed Protein and Wx Protein in Foxtail Millet—Muhammad Afzal, Makoto Kawase, Hiroki Nakayama, and Kazutoshi Okuno

• Quinoa—Duane L. Johnson and Sarah M. Ward

• Blue Corn—Duane L. Johnson and Mitra N. Jha

• Structure and Chemical Composition of Developing Buckwheat Seed—Ralph L. Obendorf, Marcin Horbowicz, and Douglas P. Taylor

• Storage, Processing, and Quality Aspects of Buckwheat Seed—G. Mazza

• Buckwheat: Pseudocereal and Nutraceutical—Steven Edwardson

• Teff: Food Crop for Humans and Animals—Gilbert F. Stallknecht, Kenneth M. Gilbertson, and J.L. Eckhoff

• Intermediate Wheatgrass as a Perennial Grain Crop—Peggy Wagoner and Anne Schauer

Grain Legumes

• Grain Legumes—Theodore Hymowitz

• Food and Grain Legumes—Fredrick J. Muehlbauer

• Soybeans: The Success Story—Theodore Hymowitz

• An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Development of Lupin as an Alternative Crop—Daniel H. Putnam

• White Lupin: An Alternate Crop for the Southern Coastal Plain—Paul L. Mask, D.W. Reeves, E. van Santen, G.L. Mullins, and G.E. Aksland

• White Lupin: An Example of New Crop Development Projects in Maine (Abstract)—Laura C. Merrick

• Evaluation of Herbicides for Sweet White Lupin (Abstract)—Richard Leep and Donald C. Penner

• Generation Mean Analysis of Agronomic Traits in Chickpea (Abstract)—Saranga P. Kidambi, Tarlochan S. Sandhu, and Balwant S. Bhullar

• The Potential of Zero Tannin Lentil—A. Matus, A.E. Slinkard, and A. Vandenberg

• Dry Pea and Lentil as New Crops in Saskatchewan: A Case Study—A.E. Slinkard, R.S. Bhatty, B.N. Drew, and R.A.A. Morrall

• 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. Eriksmoen, Glenn B. Martin, and N. Rick Olson

• Acacia in Australia: Ethnobotany and Potential Food Crop—Peter R. Lister, Paul Holford, Tony Haigh, and David A. Morrison

• Prospects for Domesticating Illinois Bundleflower—Peter A. Kulakow, Laura L. Benson, and Jake G. Vail

Forages, Fodder, & Cover Crops

• Grasses: New and Improved—Glenn W. Burton

• Native North American Grasses—Kenneth P. Vogel and K.J. Moore

• Perennial Grasses: New Applications and Uses—Kenneth P. Vogel and Robert C. Shearman

• Plant Exploration for New Forage Grasses—Kay H. Asay

• The True Clovers—Norman L. Taylor

• Special Purpose Forage Legumes—Melvin D. Rumbaugh

• Big Trefoil: A New Legume for Pastures on Fragipan Soils—C.J. Kaiser and M.E. Heath

• African Grasses—Glenn W. Burton

• 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. Frank, and M. Siedell

Oilseeds

• Chemistry of New Oilseed Industrial Crops—Robert Kleiman

• New Temperate Oilseed Crops—Steven J. Knapp

• Canola: A Quality Brassica Oilseed—R.K. Downey

• Potential of Canola Production in Ohio—Walter H. Schmidt

• Canola Seed Yield in Relation to Harvest Methods—Casimir A. Jaworski and Sharad C. Phatak

• Evaluation of Planting Date for Winter Canola Production in Indiana—Ellsworth P. Christmas

• Potential of Canola as a Dryland Crop in Northeastern Colorado—David C. Nielsen

• Canola Production in Virginia—David E. Starner, Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Anwar A. Hamama, and Muddappa Rangappa

• Potential of Winter and Spring Rapeseed Cultivars for Oilseed Production in the Southeastern United States—P.L. Raymer, D.G. Bullock, and D.L. Thomas

• Rapeseed, a New Oilseed Crop for USA—Matti Sovero

• Selecting Winter Hardy Oilseed Rape for the Great Plains—C.L. Rife and J.P. Salgado

• Rapeseed Performance in West Tennessee (Abstract)—H.A. Fribourg, C.R. Graves, G.N. Rhodes, Jr., J.E. Bradley, and E.C. Bernard Gorczanski

• High Glucosinolate Rapeseed Meal as a Supplemental Protein Source in Finishing Cattle Diets (Abstract)—Jean Heidker and C.F. Klopfenstein

• Influence of Irrigation Timing and Nitrogen on Growth, Yield, and Quality of Rape (Abstract)—Joseph G. Lauer

• Cruciferous Oilseeds (Abstract)—Paul H. Williams

• Sesame: New Approaches for Crop Improvement—Raghav Ram, David Cathn, Juan Romero, and Craig Cowley

• Evaluation of Several Species of Oilseeds as Spring Planted Crops for the Pacific Northwest—Dick L. Auld, R.M. Gareau, and M.K. Heikkinen

• Camelina: A Promising Low-Input Oilseed—Daniel H. Putnam, J.T. Budin, L.A. Field, and W.M. Breene

• Perilla: Botany, Uses and Genetic Resources—David M. Brenner

• Quinoa: A Potential New Oil Crop—Michael J. Koziol

Industrial Crops

• Arid-land Industrial Crops—Anson E. Thompson

• 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

• Industrial Crops Commercialization—E. Richard Wheaton

• Facultative Apomixis in Guayule as a Source of Genetic Diversity—Dennis T. Ray, David A. Dierig, and Anson E. Thompson

• Improved Guayule Germplasm for Domestic Production of Natural Rubber—A. Estilai and J.G. Waines

• Guayule: A Source of Natural Rubber—Dennis T. Ray

• Hypoallergenic Guayule Latex: Research to Commercialization—Katrina Cornish and Deborah J. Siler

• Engineering New Sources of Domestic Natural Rubber—Katrina Cornish, Zhiqang Pan, and Ralph A. Backhaus

• Identification of Guayule Regions in Northern Mexico, Based on Rubber Yield and Coproducts Quality—Diana Jasso Cantú, José Luis Angulo Sánchez, and Raúl Rodriguez García

• Evaluation of Rubber and Resin Content in Lines of Guayule Collected from Nuevo Leon Province in Mexico—Sathyanarayanaiah Kuruvadi, Alfonso López Benitez, and F. Borrego

• Rubber and Resin Content in the Bark and Wood Portions of the Root Stem and Branches in Guayule—Sathyanarayanaiah Kuruvadi and Diana Jasso de Rodriguez

• Interspecific Hybridization Between Parthenium argentatum Gray and Parthenium lozanianum—Alfonso López Benitez, F. Ramirez, S. Kuruvadi, and F. Borrego

• Salt Tolerance in Relation to Ploidy Level in Guayule—Ali Estilai and Michael C. Shannon

• Growth of Direct Seeded and Transplanted Guayule Seedlings—James L. Fowler and Robert Tinguely

• Impact of Seeding Rate and Planting Date on Guayule Stand Establishment by Direct Seeding in West Texas—Michael Foster, Greg Kleine, and Jaroy Moore

• Chrysothamnus: A Rubber-Producing Semi-Arid Shrub—D.J. Weber, W.M. Hess, R.B. Bhat, and J. Huang

• Jojoba: A Unique Liquid Wax Producer from the American Desert—Himayat H. Naqvi and Irwin P. Ting

• Variation and Broad Sense Heritability of Branching Frequency of Jojoba—Damian A. Ravetta and David A. Palzkill

• Irrigation Effects on Growth, Cold Tolerance of Flower Buds and Seed Yield of Jojoba—J.M. Nelson and D.A. Palzkill

• Food Intake Inhibitory Activity of Simmondsin and Defatted Jojoba Meal: Dose-Response Curves in Rats—Marnix M. Cokelaere, Gerda Flo, Paul Daenens, Eddy Decuypere, Maurits Van Boven, and Sabien Vermaut

• Vernonia and Lesquerella Potential for Commercialization—David A. Dierig and Anson E. Thompson

• 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

• Development of a Cosmetic Grade Oil from Lesquerella fendleri Seed—James G. Arquette and James H. Brown

• Crambe: A New Industrial Crop in Limbo—Koert J. Lessman

• 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

• Climatic Evaluation for Crambe (Abstract)—Yunus Gul and S.E. Taylor

• Fatty Acid Synthesis Genes—H. Maelor Davies, L. Anderson, J. Bleibaum, D.J. Hawkins, C. Fan, A.C. Worrell, and Toni A. Voelker

• Engineering New Oilseed Crops from Rapeseed—H. Maelor Davies

• Bioassembly of Storage Lipids in Oilseed Crops—David C. Taylor, Ljerka Kunst, and Samuel L. MacKenzie

• Castor: Return of an Old Crop—Raymond D. Brigham

• Development of Castor Bean Production in France—Françoise Labalette, André Estragnat, and Antoine Messéan

• Evaluation of Castor Germplasm for Agronomic and Oil Characteristics—Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Ali I. Mohamed, Charles L. Webber, III, and Gilbert R. Lovell

• Breakthroughs Towards the Domestication of Cuphea—Steven J. Knapp

• Potential of Fanweed and Other Weeds as Novel Industrial Oilseed Crops—Patrick M. Carr

• Marigold Flowers as a Source of an Emulsifying Gum—Ana L. Medina and James N. BeMiller

• Improvement of Camelina sativa, 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

• Introduction of Chia and Gum Tragacanth in the U.S.—Howard S. Gentry, Marc Mittleman, and Peter R. McCrohan

• Sweet Sorghum for a Piedmont Ethanol Industry—Glen C. Rains, John S. Cundiff, and Gregory E. Welbaum

• Producing Fuels and Chemicals from Cellulosic Crops—Jacquehne D. Broder and J. Wayne Barrier

• Fuel Production Potential of Several Agricultural Crops—D.A. Mays, W. Buchanan, B.N. Bradford, and P.M. Giordano

• Screening of Herbaceous Species for Energy Crops on Wet Soils in Ohio—N.A. Wright

• Colliguaya integerrima (Euphorbiaceae): A Possible New Crop for Temperate Deserts (Abstract)—Damian Ravetta and Alberta Soriano

• Agave: A New Crop for the Desert Southwest (Abstract)—Robert G. McDaniel

• Chinese Tallow: Multipurpose Tree Crop (Abstract)—Edward Glumac and Joe Cowles

Fiber Crops

• Fiber Morphology and New Crops—Richard A. Horn and Vance C. Setterholm

• Woody Fiber Crops—Stanley L. Krugman

• Black Locust: A Multi-purpose Tree Species for Temperate Climates—Robert P. Barrett, Tesfai Mebrahtu, and James W. Hanover

• Black Locust: An Excellent Fiber Crop—James W. Hanover

• New Tree Crops from Interspecific Leucaena Hybrids—James L. Brewbaker and Charles T. Sorensson

• Non-woody Fibers and the Future of Rural Economies—David Morris

• Non-wood Fiber Crops: Commercialization of Kenaf for Newsprint—Daniel E. Kugler

• Kenaf: An Emerging New Crop Industry—Charles S. Taylor

• Kenaf: Production, Harvesting, Processing, and Products—Charles L. Webber III and Robert E. Bledsoe

• Economics of Kenaf Production in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas—Andrew W. Scott, Jr, and Charles S. Taylor

• The Rise and Fall of Kenaf as a Fiber Crop in North Carolina—Wilham T. Fike

• Salt Tolerance of Kenaf—L.E. Francois, T.J. Donovan, and E.V. Mass

• Response of Kenaf to Multiple Cutting—Frank E. Robinson

• Kenaf in Irrigated Central Washington—David W. Evans and An N. Hang

• Utilization of Methanol Stress for Evaluating Kenaf Quality—Charles G. Cook and Andrew W. Scott, Jr.

• The Effects of Metolachlor and Trifluralin on Kenaf Yield Components—Charles L. Webber III

• 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

• Kenaf: An Alternative Crop for Delaware (Abstract)—Hames Don Tilmon, Richard Taylor, and George Malone

• Cultivar Evaluations and Fertility Requirements of Kenaf in Southeast Texas (Abstract)—John W. Sij

• Hemp: Specialty Crop for the Paper Industry—Anthony Capelle

• The Milkweed Business—Herbert D. Knudsen and Richard D. Zeller

• Milkweed Cultivation for Floss Production—Merle D. Witt and Herbert D. Knudsen

• Development of Hesperaloe Species (Agavaceae) as New Fiber Crops—Steven P.McLaughlin

• Domestication of Hesperaloe: Progress, Problems, and Prospects—Steven P. McLaughlin

• Crotalaria juncea: A Potential Multi-Purpose Fiber Crop—Charles G. Cook and George A. White

• Sweetgrass: History, Basketry, and Constraints to Commercialization—Robert J. Dufault, Mary Jackson, and Stephen K. Salvo

Fruits & Nuts

• Asian Pears—James A. Beutel

• Fire Blight Susceptibility in a Young Asian Pear Planting (Abstract)—Caula A. Beyl

• Mayhaw: A New Fruit Crop for the South—Jerry A. Payne and Gerard W. Krewer

• The Potential for Domestication and Utilization of Native Plums in Kansas—William Reid and Karen L.B. Gast

• Pawpaw (Asimina triloba), A Fruit For Temperate Climates—M. Brett Callaway

• Lingonberry: Potential New Fruit for the Northern United States—Elden J. Stang, Gavin G. Weis, and John Klueh

• Saskatoon Berry: A Fruit Crop for the Prairies—G. Mazza and C.G. Davidson

• Commercialization of the Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus L.) in Norway—Kåre Rapp, S. Kristine Næss, and Harry Jan Swartz

• Mediterranean Fruits—Joan Tous and Louise Ferguson

• Kiwifruit—James A. Beutel

• New Subtropical Tree Crops in California—Louise Ferguson and Marylu Arpaia

• Golden Berry, Passionfruit, and White Sapote: Potential Fruits for Cool Subtropical Areas—Richard McCain

• Tropical Fruits—Mary Lamberts and Jonathan H. Crane

• Commercialization of Carambola, Atemoya, and Other Tropical Fruits in South Florida—Jonathan H. Crane

• Rambutan and Pili Nuts: Potential Crops for Hawaii—Francis T. Zee

• Garcinia hombrioniana: A Potential Fruit and an Industrial Crop—Hj. Serudin D.S. Hj. Tinggal

• South American Fruits Deserving Further Attention—Richard J. Campbell

• New Crops from Brazil—David Arkcoll

• Cupuassu: A New Beverage Crop for Brazil—Christiane Cabral Velho, Anna Whipkey, and Jules Janick

• New Products from Theobroma cacao: Seed Pulp and Pod Gum—Antonio Figueira, Jules Janick, and James N. BeMiller

• Sapodilla: A Potential Crop For Subtropical Climates—Michael V. Mickelbart

• Introduction and Domestication of Rare and Wild Fruit and Nut Trees for Desert Areas—Avinoam Nerd, James A. Aronson, and Yosef Mizrahi

• Development of (Cereus peruvianus) Apple Cactus as a New Crop for the Negev Desert of Israel—Julia Weiss, Avinoam Nerd, and Yosef Mizrah

• Pitayas (Genus Hylocereus): New Fruit Crop for the Negev Desert of Israel—Eran Raveh, Julia Weiss, Avinoam Nerd, and Yosef Mizrahi

• Domestication and Introduction of Marula (Sclerocarya birrea sbsp. caffra) as a New Crop for the Negev Desert of Israel—Avinoam Nerd and Yosef Mizrahi

• Native Cultivars of Cactus Pear in México—C. Mondragon-Jacobo and S. Perez-Gonzalez

• Papaya: A Potential Annual Crop Under Middle Georgia Conditions—U.L. Yadava, Janice A. Burris, and D. McCrary

• Guava Production in Georgia under Cold-protection Structure—Umedi L. Yadava

• Regeneration of Carica pentagona (Babaco) (Abstract)—Rebecca Vega de Rojas and Sherry Kitto

• Exploration and Exploitation of New Fruit and Nut Germplasm—Maxine M. Thompson

• Macadamia Production in Southern California—Lawrence T. McHargue

• Requirements for a United States Chestnut Industry—Robert L. Stebbins

• Eastern Black Walnut: Potential for Commercial Nut Producing Cultivars—William Reid

• Chinkapin: Potential New Crop for the South—Jerry A. Payne, George P. Johnson, and Gregory Miller

Vegetable Crops

• Latin American Vegetables—Mary Lamberts

• Asian Vegetables—Mas Yamaguchi

• Asian Vegetables: Selected Fruit and Leafy Types—Marita Cantwell, Xunli Nie, Ru Jing Zong, and Mas Yamaguchi

• Growing and Marketing Chinese Vegetables in Central Kentucky—Wenwei Jia, Mary Witt, and John Strang

• Legume Species as Leaf Vegetables—Robert P. Barrett

• Melofon: A New Crop for Concentrated Yield of Pickles—Haim Nerson, Harry S. Paris, and Menahem Edelstein

• Hull-less Seeded Pumpkins: A New Edible Snackseed Crop—J. Brent Loy

• Tomatillo: A Potential Vegetable Crop for Louisiana—D.N. Moriconi, M.C. Rush, and H. Flores

• Witloof Chicory: A New Vegetable Crop in the United States—Kenneth A. Corey, David J. Merchant, and Lester F. Whitney

• Seakale: A New Vegetable Produced as Etiolated Sprouts—Jean-Yves Péron

• Tuberous-rooted Chervil: A New Root Vegetable for Temperate Climates—Jean-Yves Péron

• Root Vegetables: New Uses for Old Crops—Wanda W. Collins

• Tropical Root and Tuber Crops—Stephen K. O'Hair

• Andean Tuber Crops: Worldwide Potential—Calvin R. Sperling and Steven R. King

• Domestication of Apios americana—B.D. Reynolds, W.J. Blackmon, E. Wickremesinhe, M.H. Wells, and R.J. Constantin

• Protein Quality Evaluation of Apios amaericana Tubers (Abstract)—Holly E. Johnson, Maren Hegsted, and William J. Blackmon

• Protein Quality in Apios americana Tubers and Seeds (Abstract)—P.W Wilson, F.J. Pichardo, W.J. Blackmon, and B.D. Reynolds

• Compositional Changes in Apios americana Tubers During Storage (Abstract)—D.H. Picha, W.J. Blackmon, P.W. Wilson, L.P. Hanson, and B.D. Reynolds

• Inoculation, Nitrogen, and Cultivar Effects on Nodulation and Tuber Yield of Apios americana (Abstract)—D.H. Putnam, L. Field, and G.H. Heichel

• Evaluations of Preemergence Herbicides for Use in Apios americana (Abstract)—D. Wayne Wells and R.J. Constantin

• Evaluating Apios americana as a Wetland Tuber Crop (Abstract)—Mary E. Musgrave, Alston G. Hopkins, Jr., and Wilham J. Blackmon

• The Winged Bean: A Potential Protein Crop (Abstract)—S. Venketeswaran, M.A.D.L. Dias, and Ursula V Weyers

• Effect of Southern Root Knot Nematode on Yield Components of Yardlong Beans (Abstract)—E.G. Rhoden, C.K. Bonsi and M.L. Ngoyi

• Susceptibility of Yardlong Beans to Root Knot Nematode Infestation (Abstract)—E.G. Rhoden, C.K. Bonsi and M.L. Ngoyi

• New Directions in Salad Crops: New Forms, New Tools, and Old Philosphy—Edward J. Ryder and William Waycott

• New Opportunities in the Cucurbitaceae—Timothy J. Ng

• Specialty Melons for the Fresh Market—James E. Simon, Mario R. Morales, and Denys Charles

• Germination, Fruit Development, Yield and Post Harvest Characteristics of Cucumis metuliferus—A. Benzioni, S. Mendlinger, M. Ventura, and S. Huyskens

• Evaluation of Cucumis metuliferus as a Specialty Crop for Missouri—Dyremple B. Marsh

• Luffa Sponge Gourds: A Potential Crop for Small Farms—Jeanine M. Davis and Charles D. DeCourley

• Vegetable Amaranths: Cultivar Selection for Summer Production in the South—Ramsey L. Sealy, E.L McWilhams, J. Novak, F. Fong, and C.M. Kenerley

• Population Density and Soil pH Effects on Vegetable Amaranth Production—Bharat P. Singh and Wayne F. Whitehead

• Management Methods for Producing Vegetable Amaranth—Bharat P. Singh and Wayne F. Whitehead

• Comparison of Somatic and Sexual Interspecific Hybridization for the Development of New Brassica Vegetable Crops—Richard H. Ozminkowski, Jr. and Pablo S. Jourdan

• Evaluating Chinese Cabbage Cultivars for High Temperature Tolerance—I-Mo Fu, Carol Shennan, and Gregory E. Welbaum

• Brussels Sprouts as an Alternative Crop for Southwest Virginia—Gregory E. Welbaum

• Fennel: A New Specialty Vegetable for the Fresh Market—Mario R. Morales, Denys J. Charles, and James E. Simon

• Essential Oil Content and Chemical Composition of Finnochio Fennel—Denys J. Charles, Mario R. Morales, and James E. Simon

• Effect of Nitrogen Nutrition on Roselle—E.G. Rhoden, P. David, and T. Small

• Dry Edible Beans: A New Crops Opportunity for the East North Central Region—Glenn H. Sullivan and Lonni R. Davenport

• Plant Configuration and Population Effects on Yield of Azuki Bean in Washington State—An N. Hang, D.C. McClary, G.C. Gilliland, and T.A. Lumpkin

• Herbicides for Azuki Production—Dean C. McClary, A.N. Hang, G.C. Gilliland, J.M. Babcock, T.A. Lumpkin, A.G. Ogg, and L.K. Tanigosh

• Range of Yield Components and Phenotypic Correlations in Tepari Beans (Phaseolus acutifolius) Under Dryland Conditions—Sathyanarayanaiah Kuruvadi and Isaac Sanchez Valdez

• Pigeonpeas: Potential New Crop for the Southeastern United States—Sharad C. Phatak, Ram G. Nadimpalli, Suresh C. Tiwari, and Harbans L. Bhardwaj

• Specialty Mushrooms—Daniel J. Royse

• Response of Australian Strains of the Mushroom Lepista nuda to Temperature and Substrate—Karen Stott and Andrew Broderick

• Peppers: History and Exploitation of a Serendipitous New Crop Discovery—W. Hardy Eshbaugh

• Capsicums: Innovative Uses of an Ancient Crop—Paul W. Bosland

• Introduction and Evaluation of Pejibaye (Bactris gasipaes) for Palm Heart Production in Hawaii—Charles R. Clement, Richard M. Manshardt, Joseph DeFrank, Francis Zee, and Philip Ito

• 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

• Modification of Protein Content in Soybean to Improve Seed Quality—Niels C. Nielsen

• New Technology for Making Tempeh: A Cultured Soyfood—Gunter Pfaff and Betsy Shipley

• 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

Floral & Landscape Crops

• New Floricultural Crops—Mark S. Roh and Roger H. Lawson

• New Floral Crops in the United States—Mark S. Roh and Roger H. Lawson

• Gerbera Daisies: A Potential Field-produced Cut Flower Crop for Coastal South Carolina—Robert J. Dufault, Tyron Phillips, and John W. Kelly

• Cuphea glutinosa Selections for Flowering Ornamental Ground Cover in Southeast United States—Casimir A. Jaworski and Sharad C. Phatak

• Development of the Threatened Halophyte Mallontonia gnaphalodes as a New Ornamental Crop (Abstract)—Stephen D. Verkade and George E. Fitzpatrick

• Photoperiodic Control of Flowering of Salvia leucantha L. (Abstract)—Allan M. Armitage, J.M. Laushman, and F. Vogel

• Regeneration and Proliferation of Veltheimia bracteata (Abstract)—Sherry Kitto and Pamela Geiselhart

• New Hybrid Ornithogalums and Orchids—Robert J. Griesbach, F. Meyer, and H. Koopowitz

• New Bedding Plants—Lowell C. Ewart

• Hyacinth Bean: Stems for the Cut Flower Market—Robert G. Anderson, Sharon Bale, and Wenwei Jia

• New Basil Selections with Compact Inflorescences for the Ornamental Market—Mario R. Morales and James E. Simon

• Novel Annual and Perennial Tagetes—Jacqueline A. Soule

• Exploration and Introduction of Ornamental Landscape Plants from Eastern Asia—Stephen A. Spongberg

• Trends Influencing the Introduction of New Landscape Plants—Mark P. Widrlechner

• New Herbaceous Ornamental Crops Research—Allan M. Armitage

• Xeriscaping: Sources of New Native Ornamental Plants—Bart C. O'Brien

• A Program for the Selection and Introduction of New Plants for the Urban Landscape—Bruce Macdonald

• Cliff Brake Fern: A Native Texas Fern with Landscaping Potential—Ramsey L. Sealy and Steve Bostic

Aromatic Crops

• A Planning Scheme to Evaluate New Aromatic Plants for the Flavor and Fragrance Industries—Brian M. Lawrence

• Essential Oils and Culinary Herbs—James E. Simon

• Basil Seed Oils—Paul Angers, Mario R. Morales, and James E. Simon

• Basil: A Source of Essential Oils—James E. Simon, James Quinn, and Renee G. Murray

• New Aromatic Lemon Basil Germplasm—Mario R. Morales, Denys J. Charles, and James E. Simon

• Monarda: A Source of Geraniol, Thymol, Linalool, and Carvacrol-rich Essential Oils—G. Mazza, F.A. Kiehn, and H.H. Marshall

• Nitrogen Application Affects Yield and Content of the Active Substances in Camomile Genotypes—Wudeneh Letchamo

• Production of Catnip in North Carolina—J.M. Ferguson, W.W. Weeks, and W.T. Fike

• Selection of Boronia for Essential Oils and Cut Flowers—Julie A. Plummer, Joanne M. Wann, John A. Considine, and Z.E. (Ted) Spadek

Herb & Spice Crops

• Herbs, Spices, and Condiments—Nicolas Verlet

• Domestic Production of Spices and Herbs—Selashe Kebede

• 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

Medicinal Crops

• Medicinal Plants and the Pharmaceutical Industry—James A. Duke

• Promising Phytomedicinals—James A. Duke

• Phytomedicines as a New Crop Opportunity—Loren D. Israelsen

• The Search for New Pharmaceutical Crops: Drug Discovery and Development at the National Cancer Institute—Gordon M. Cragg, Michael R. Boyd, John H. Cardellina II, Michael R. Grever, Saul Schepartz, Kenneth M. Snader, and Matthew Suffness

• 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

• Chinese Medicinals—Albert Y. Leung

• Ethnobotanical Approaches to the Discovery of Bioactive Compounds—Trish Flaster

• Artemisia annua L.: A Promising Aromatic and Medicinal—James E. Simon, Denys Charles, Ernst Cebert, Lois Grant, Jules Janick, and Anna Whipkey

• Distribution of Artemisinin in Artemisia annua—Jorge F.S. Ferreira and Jules Janick

• Effect of Water Stress and Post-harvest Handling on Artemisinin Content in the Leaves of Artemisia annua L.—Denys J. Charles, James E. Simon, Clinton C. Shock, Erik B.G. Feibert, and Robin M. Smith

• Borage: A Source of Gamma Linolenic Acid (Abstract)—James E. Simon, Nancy Beaubaire, Stephen C. Weller, and Jules Janick

• Ginseng: Old Crop, New Directions—John T.A. Proctor

• Phyllanthus Species: Sources of New Antivital Compounds—David W. Unander, P.S. Venkateswaran, Irving Millman, and Baruch S. Blumberg

• Tagetes minuta: A Potential New Herb from South America—Jacqueline A. Soule

• Wild Rose Germplasm Evaluation in Chile—Jean Paul Joublan, Marisol Berti, Humberto Serri, Rosemarie Wilckens, Felicitas Hevia, and Inés Figueroa

Bioactive Crops & Others

• Natural Pesticides from Plants—Stephen O. Duke

• Evaluation of Various Parts of the Paw Paw Tree, Asimina triloba (Annonaceae), as Commercial Sources of the Pesticidal Annonaceous Acetogenins—Sunil Ratnayake, J. Kent Rupprecht, William M. Potter, and Jerry L. McLaughlin

• Monthly Variations in Biological Activity of Asimina triloba—Holly A. Johnson, John Gordon, and Jerry L. McLaughlin

• 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

• Rapeseed Meal as a Natural Pesticide—Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Anwar A. Hamama, D. Morris Porter, and Paul F. Reese, Jr.

• Breeding Arid-adapted Pyrethrum for Insecticide Production in the Desert Southwest (Abstract)—Robert G. McDaniel

• Soft-shell Crayfish: A New Crop for the Midwest—Paul B. Brown

Crops in Space

• New Crops for Space Bases—C.H. Walkinshaw and S.G. Galliano

• Utility of Cowpea Foliage in a Crop Production System for Space—David L. Bubenheim, Cary A. Mitchell and Suzanne S. Nielsen

• 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