WELCOME to the fourth issue of Ethnobotanical Leaflets. In this edition you'll find a number of new subject areas worth exploring, including recent contributions to our Web Journal. Under this heading will be found various short articles and research notes of general interest to our readers. New to this issue is the premier appearance of our Ethnobotanical Leaflets Starch Research Page. Also, a new page of color photos by Carlos Ochoa has been added to the Galleria Section. In addition, please note the new links in Online Economic Botany Resources. As always, contributions from our readers will be welcomed.
Modern Uses of Cultivated Algae, by Steve L. Morton
Canola, by Michael T. Kershaw
Ginseng, by Penny Keller
Grape Growing, by John Veremis
Sugar Cane: Past and Present, by Peter Sharpe
The Shaman's Apprentice by Lynne Cherry and Mark J. Plotkin
Medicinal Plants of the Heartland by Connie Kaye and Neil Billington Potions, Poisons, and Panaceas by David Brussell Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants by P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane
Ethnobotanical Leaflets Starch Research Page 
Agriboard, Use of Non-timber Cellulose for Construction The Inclusive Herbarium by Edgar Anderson How to Define a Species Rain Forest Medicines, an interview with Mark Plotkin Archaeological Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes in Peru, by D. Ugent & L.W. Peterson
Herbals of the Vatican Library
The Art of Emil Huston on Internet Kohler's Medizinal Pflanzen New photos by Carlos Ochoa 
Society for Economic Botany 1999 Annual Meeting XVI International Botanical Congress Society of Ethnobiology International Society for Ethnopharmacology New Crops & New Uses
Job Listings from the Chronicle of Higher Education Careers in Ethnobiology and Conservation by M.J. Plotkin An Introduction to Ethnobotany by C. Veilleux and S.R. King Graduate Programs in Ethnobotany Undergraduate Studies in Ethnobotany
Economic Botany and Restoration Ecology by D.F. Austin & M. Kritzer Van Zant Editorial Policy
NYBG Society for Economic Botany Home Page Editor's Page, Society for Economic Botany People and Plants Online Cyberbotanica: Plants and Cancer Treatments Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops New Crop Resource Online Program WWW Ethnobotany Resource Directory Internet Directory for Botanical Illustrations Kew's list of over 200 Web sites of interest to economic botanists Economic Botany Web Pages, from the Internet Directory for Botany Ethnobotany Database, U.S. National Agricultural Library Native American Food Plants, U.S. National Agricultural Library Medicinal Plants of Native Americans, U.S. National Agricultural Library Phytochemicals, U.S. National Agricultural Library
Plants and Society (Plb 117) Don Ugent's Home Page Southern Illinois University Herbarium Protocells: The Origin of Life Tropical Dinoflagellates
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