WELCOME to Ethnobotanical Leaflets. In this issue you'll find a number of 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. Also, please check the link, Ethnobotanical Leaflets Starch Research Page for further news. As always, contributions from our readers are welcome.
Blue Agave and Its Importance in the Tequila Industry, by Gary M. Mohr, Jr.
Daucus carota: Origins and New Directions, by Jeff Myers
Dancing in Dandeloins, by Kelly E. Hertlein
The Strawberry, by Molly Maguire
Nutsedge: Weedy Pest or Crop of the Future, by Deatra J. Sams
Garlic, by Tina Sydlowski
The Tea Plant, by Carolyn N. Porter
Green Tea: Nature's Rediscovered Ancient Medicine, by Amy Huddleston
Hevea brasiliensis: The Rubber Tree, by Laura Law
Sugarcane, by Timothy Braun
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
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
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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
Editorship of Economic Botany changes hands
Ethnobotanical Leaflets honored by Danish computer magazine
Herbals of the Vatican Library The Art of Emil Huston on Internet Kohler's Medizinal Pflanzen
Society for Economic Botany: Home Page & News of Annual Meeting New Crops & New Uses 4th European Colloquium on Ethnopharmacology, Metz, France
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
"Teaming with Life" An Interview with Meredith Lane by M. Kritzer Van Zant
Economic Botany and Restoration Ecology by D.F. Austin & M. Kritzer Van Zant
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Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) NYBG Society for Economic Botany Home Page The Gatherer: Plant Use Multiple Database Search Engine Editor's Page, Society for Economic Botany People and Plants Online Seed Savers Exchange 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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