New crops for arid lands [Description and uses of 5 species of plants]

Five plants are described that could be grown commercially under arid conditions. Once the most valuable component has been obtained from each plant (rubber from guayule; seed oil from jojoba, buffalo gourd, and bladderpod; and resin from gumweed), the remaining material holds potential for useful p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1984-09, Vol.225 (4669), p.1445-1448
1. Verfasser:	Hinman, C.W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	09 BIOMASS FUELS 140504 - Solar Energy Conversion- Biomass Production & Conversion- (-1989) 290400 - Energy Planning & Policy- Energy Resources 553000 - Agriculture & Food Technology 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURE Arid land ARID LANDS Arid regions agriculture BIOMASS BUFFALO GOURD Crop economics CROPS CUCURBITA FOETIDISSIMA Desert flora Desert plants Energy crops ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT ENERGY SOURCES Fatty acids Food crops GRINDELIA Guayule Gumweed INDUSTRY JOJOBA LESQUERELLA PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM PLANTS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES Resins RESOURCE POTENTIAL Rubber Seeds SHRUBS SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS
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