September 2000
Volume 1

Welcome to the first edition of the revived Lathyrus Lathyrism Newsletter. Below are the current articles. All these articles are in pdf format. This means you will need the FREE Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your computer. You can download this by clicking here.

Articles in this edition
	Editor's Comment Colin Hanbury, Australia (Pages 1-2)
	Opinion and Future Directions "TWMRF's ongoing interest in Lathyrus and lathyrism" - Valerie S. Palmer, USA (Page 3) "Homeopathy, longevity and Lathyrus sativus toxicity" - Fernand Lambein, Belgium (Pages 4-5) "The riddle of lathyrism" - Dirk Enneking, Germany (Page 6)
	Medical and Social "Lathryism in Ethiopia: an unaddressed problem" - Short communication, Haileyesus Getahun, Ethopia (Pages 7-8)
	Neurology "Differential effect of b-N-oxalylamino-L-anine, the Lathyrus sativus neurotoxin, and (ą)-a-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate on the excitatory amino acid and taurine levels in the brain of freely moving rats" - Abstract: Vincenzo La Bella, Federico Piccoli, Italy (Pages 9-10)
	Plant Genetic Resources, Evaluation and Breeding "Inheritance and linkage of isozymes in grasspea" - Short communication: M.A. Chowdhury, A.E. Slinkard, Canada (Pages 11-13) "Genotype-environment interaction for seed yield and ODAP concentration of Lathyrus sativus L. and L. cicera L. in Mediterranean-type environments" - Abstract: C.D. Hanbury, K.H.M. Siddique, N.W. Galwey, P.S. Cocks, Australia (Page 14) "Observations on the development of selection criterion for high yield and low neurotoxin in grasspea based on genetic resources" - Short communication: R.N. Sharma, M.W. Chitale, G.B. Ganvir, A.K. Geda, R.L. Pandey, India (Pages 15-16) "Field evaluation of grass pea populations collected in the Marche region (Italy)" - Short communiction: S. Tavoletti, E. Capitani, Italy (Pages 17-20) "Collecting and evaluating Chilean germplasm of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.)" - Abstract: Juan Tay U., Alfonso Valenzuela S., Filomena Venegas R., Chile (Page 21) "Induced mutations in grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.)" - Short communication: V.N. Waghmare, R.B. Mehra, India (Pages 21-24)
	Agronomy "Lathyrus sativus in rainfed multiple cropping systems in West Bengal, India - A review" - Short communication: N.R. Das, India (Pages 25-27) "Agronomic evaluation of Italian ecotypes of Lathyrus sativus L. in a hilly area of southern Italy" - Abstract: E. De Falco, A. Pardo, Italy (Page 27) "Green manure effects of grasspea in the Great Hungarian Plain" - Short communication: János Lazányi, Hungary (Pages 28-30) "Research backs grass pea exports by small Chilean farmers" - Short communication: M. Mera, A. Montenegro, N. Espinoza, N. Gaete, Chile (Page 31)
	Plant Protection "Effect of solar heat produced by polythene sheeting on the control of pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) (Harris) (Homoptera: Aphididae) on grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) in Ethiopia" - Abstract: Melaku Wale, Bekele Jembere, Emiru Seyoum, Ethiopia (Page 32)
	Animal Feeding "Isolation of ODAP-degrading bacteria from the sheep rumen" - Short communication: Hai Hong Peng, J.D. Brooker, Australia (page 33) "A review of the potential of Lathyrus sativus L. and L. cicera L. grain for use as animal feed" - Abstract: C.D. Hanbury, C.L. White, B.P. Mullan, K.H.M. Siddique, Australia (Page 34)
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