New Crops for Temperate Regions

The farming scene and its implications for new crops: An overview of the current agricultural policy framework ; The economics of UK farming and the European scene; The development of new crops: EC projects and prospects; The state of new crops development and their future prospects in northern Europe; The state of new crops development and their future prospects in southern Europe; Introduction of new crops in Denmark; New crops development for industrial products in Italy; High value crops: Markets and opportunities for alternative high value horticultural crops: strategies for development; Opportunities and markets in the pharmaceutical and health food industry; Opportunities in new fruit crops in Spain. Biomass, fibre and forestry: Forestry biomass energy and the carbon cycle; Energy forestry: opportunities, markets, profitability, scale, environmental considerations ; Variability in the lignification of plant cell walls in relation to production of cellulosic fibres; Project Agro-Fibre: an investigation of the possibility for using agricultural crops for pulp production in Sweden. Starch: Industrial products from starch: recent developments, potential applications and future perspectives: Engineering of native starches: choice of technology and crops; Oils and fats: Oils and fats: an industrialist's view of trends in the industry, sources of raw materials and opportunities for new crops; Rapeseed (canola) development in the USA; Cuphea and meadowfoam: a case study of new crops; Domestication of Euphorbia lathyris L. as a potential new crop; Breeding and agronomic development of linseed and sunflower for technical markets. Conclusions. Index.

It covers a wide field and is consistently interesting. The text is supported by long lists of references and there is a useful index - Agricultural Progress; ...provides a valuable introduction to the development possibilities and problems of new temperate crops. It comes just at the time when this subject has become such an important political and agricultural talking point, and it should help to focus greater attention on new crops in the UK. - Journal of Agricultural Science; ...it is well edited, well printed and well made. - Experimental Agriculture