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.