Overview

The reliance placed by the world's economy on a relatively small amount of major crops means that there is always an interest in looking at alternatives. This has never been more true than now with increasing concern expressed in the loss of genetic biodiversity, species destruction and changing environmental conditions. ""New Crops for Temperate Regions"" covers the field of underutilized and new crops which have the potential to be developed and exploited across temperate cropping zones. The book has been carefully edited and includes sections on the current farming scene and its implications for new crops, opportunities and markets for high value crops and the potential for new crops for production of biomass, fibre, timber, starch, oil and fats. This book should be of great value for all concerned with the exploitation or investigation of currently underutilized crops, including researchers, professional and policy makers involved in agriculture, food and feed science and related industries.

Full Product Details

Author:   K. Anthony ,  J. Meadley ,  G. Robbelen
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   1993 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.260kg
ISBN:  

9780412480201

ISBN 10:   0412480204
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   30 June 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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.

Reviews

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

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

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