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Alternative Crops and Plants: - Information from the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center on the production of floral, forest, fruit, grain, herb, industrial, nursery, nut, vegetable or other specialty plants, seeds and products.

American Ginseng: - Information on the perennial plant, Panax quinquefolium, the root of which is used medicinally, and its cultural requirements.

Balsam Pear (Momordica charantia): - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on the cultivation of this crop and its potential. [PDF.

Boronia megastigma: - Information on growing this plant, endemic to Western Australia, which is used as a cut flower and for extraction of essential oils. [PDF.

Buckwheat: - An overview of this crop, its description, cultivation, harvesting, storage, utilization, markets and economics. [PDF.

Buckwheat: - Information on this crop, its history, uses, growth habits, environmental requirements, cultural practices and the economics of production.

Development of a Safflower Petal Collector: - Carthamus tinctorius is widely cultivated in India for its oil, and this article outlines the results of using specially designed machines to gather the petals for use as herbal tea. [PDF.

Echinacea: The Purple Coneflowers: - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on the cultivation of this crop and its potential in herbal medicine. [PDF.

Ginseng: - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on the cultivation of this plant and its potential. [PDF.




Grain Amaranth: - Information on this crop which was a major food grown by the Aztecs, its description, cultivation, harvesting, storage, utilization, markets and economics. [PDF.

Growing the Hallucinogens: - Manual for the legal cultivation of a number of plants with hallucinogenetic properties.

Henna: - Factsheet about this crop and its uses.

Henna Farming in India: - Information on where and how henna is grown, processed and exported in India.

Henna Farming in Pakistan: - Information on the climatic requirements of this crop and suitable areas of the country, planting and cultivation, harvesting, drying and processing the leaves.

Hop: - Information on this crop, its history, uses, growth habits, environmental requirements and cultural practices.

Hops Information: - Information, including FAQs and research, on growing hops in eastern United States.

Humulus lupulus: Hop: - Information on this crop, its biology and morphology, distribution in the former USSR, ecology, utilization and economic value.

Jojoba: - Information on Simmodsia chinensis, which may have potential as an oil-producing crop, its uses, cultivation and the economics of production.




Linseed: - Information on this crop, its uses as seed and fibre, its cultivation and the processing of the fibre.

Linseed, Castor and Safflower: - Describes the geographic origin and economic importance of these oil-yielding crops, their botany, production, the necessary climate and soil, their cultivation, pests and diseases, yields and varieties.

Maca: - Information on the cultivation of Lepidium meyenii, or Maca.

Mate (Ilex paraguariensis): - Information on this crop, used to make a stimulating drink, its characteristics, soil requirements, management, harvesting and processing. [PDF.

Muna-Muna (Satureja parvifolia): - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on this shrub, used to make a beverage, its characteristics, environmental requirements, management, harvesting and processing. [PDF.

New Crops from Brazil: - Information on a number of food plants from Brazil that might have potential to be grown commercially in the US.

Opium Poppy Cultivation and Heroin Processing in Southeast Asia: - Information on this plant and its history, its growing areas, cultivation, harvesting, extraction of morphine and further processing.

Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics: Hibiscus: - Covers all aspects of plant cultivation, biological methods of plant protection, harvesting and post-harvest treatment. [PDF.

Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics: Sesame: - Covers all aspects of plant cultivation, biological methods of plant protection, harvesting and post-harvest treatment. [PDF.




Ricinus communis: Castor: - Information on the castor oil plant, its biology and morphology, ecology, distribution in the former USSR, utilization and economic value.

Rose: Rosa damascena “Trigintipetala”: - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on the production of fragrances from this crop. [PDF.

Safflower: - Information on Carthamus tinctorius, which may have potential as an oil-producing crop, its uses, cultivation and the economics of production.

Seeds of Trade: Opium Poppy: - Information on this plant, its origins, early uses, transfer and spread, agriculture, modern context and the drugs obtained from the latex.

Sesamum: - Describes the geographic origin and economic importance of this oil-yielding crop, its botany, production, the necessary climate and soil, its cultivation, pests and diseases and varieties.

Valerian: Valeriana officinalis: - Information from the New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research on this medicinal plant, its uses, environment, agronomy, production, harvesting, drying and markets. [PDF.