March 2001
Volume 2 (1)

Welcome to the second volume 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 Acrobat by clicking here. Volume 2(2) will be available in September/October 2001.

Articles in this edition
	Editor's Comment Colin Hanbury, Australia (Page 1)
	Opinion and Future Directions "Do we need more research on neurolathyrism" - S.L.N. Rao, India. (Pages 2-4) "Vapniarca revisited: Lessons from an inhuman human experience" - Fernand Lambein, Delphin Diasolua Ngudi, Yu-Haey Kuo, Belgium. (Pages 5-7)
	Food Processing "Fermentation of teff (Eragrostis tef), grass-pea (Lathyrus sativus ), and their mixtures: Aspects of nutrition and food safety." - Y. Yigzaw, L. Gorton, G. Akalu, T. Solomon -Sweden and Ethiopia. (Pages 8-10)
	Neurology "Similarities between Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (TSP) and neurolathyrism" - Vladimir Zanonivic -Colombia. (Pages 11-14)
	Plant Genetic Resources, Evaluation and Breeding "Electrophoretic phenotypes of different enzymes in some entries of Lathyrus sativus L." - E. Alba, G. B. Polignano, D. De Carlo, A. Mincione -Italy (Pages 15-20) "Autogamy and allogamy in genus Lathyrus" - N. Ben Brahim, D. Combes, M. Marrakchi –Tunisia and France. (Page 21-26) "Evaluation of selected traits in grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) genetic resources." - Michaela Benková, Mária Záková –Slovak Republic. (Pages 27-30) "Morphological characterisation of Spanish genetic resources of Lathyrus sativus L." - L. De la Rosa, I. Martín -Spain. (Pages 31-34) "Protoplast, cell and tissue cultures for the biotechnological breeding of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.)" - S. Ochatt, P. Durieu, L. Jacas, C. Pontécaille -France (Page 35-38) "Progress in isolation and purification of Lathyrus sativus breeding lines" - M. Anisur Rahman, M. Matiur Rahman, M. Akhtaruzzaman Sarkar -Bangladesh. (Pages 39-40) "Mutants of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) obtained after use of chemomutagens" - Abstract, Wojciech Rybinski -Poland. (Page 41) "Development of low ODAP somaclones of Lathyrus sativus" - I.M. Santha, S.L. Mehta -India. (Page 42) "Isozymes variability of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) in Ethiopia" - Wuletaw Tadesse, Endashaw Bekele - Ethiopia (Pages 43-46)
	Agronomy "Effect of foliar spray of potassium nitrate and calcium nitrate on grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) grown in rice fallows." - R.K. Sarkar, G.C. Malik -India. (Pages 47-48)
	Animal Feeding "The nutritional value of Lathyrus cicera and Lupinus angustifolius grain for sheep" - Summary, Colin White, Colin Hanbury, Kadambot Siddique -Australia. (Pages 49-50)
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	Recent Publications List of Lathyrus publications "Listing of Useful Plants of the World", using Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000)
	Items of Interest