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Lathyrus Lathyrism Newsletter  Volume 4 (2005) ISSN: 1832-844X Welcome to the fourth volume of the Lathyrus Lathyrism Newsletter. Below are the current articles. All these articles are in pdf format. Note: Due to changes in editing policy this volume will be progressively updated and then compiled, after which a new volume (Vol. 5) will be commenced. Accordingly, please check the web page occasionally for new articles. You can download Acrobat by clicking here.

Articles in this edition:

	Editor's Comment Colin Hanbury, Australia (Page 1)
	Entire Edition Download the entire Vol. 4 newsletter to date in one go.  Be aware that the size of this one PDF file is large (1.3 MB)
	Opinion and Future Directions "Considerations on the reintroduction of grass pea in China."  Hui-Min Yang and Xiao-Yan Zhang - China.  (Pages 22-26) "The same goal, a different approach: a new Belgian-Ethiopian project."  Fernand Lambein and Seid Ahmed - Belgium/Ethiopia.  (Pages 34-35)
	Chemistry and Analysis "Fatty acid composition of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.)seeds." Gurusamy Chinnasamy, Arya Kumar Bal, and David Bruce McKenzie - Canada. (Pages 2-4)
	Plant Protection "Search for resistance to crenate broomrape (Orobanche crenata) in Lathyrus."  J.C. Sillero, J.I. Cubero, M. Fernández-Aparicio and D. Rubiales - Spain. (Pages 7-9)
	Plant Genetic Resources, Evaluation and Breeding "Performance of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) somaclones at Adet, northwest Ethiopia." D. Tsegaye, W. Tadesse and M. Bayable - Ethiopia. (Pages 5-6)
	"Characterization of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) entries by means of agronomically useful traits." G. B. Polignano, P. Uggenti, G. Olita, V. Bisignano, V. Alba and P. Perrino – Italy. (Pages 10-14)
	"Model plant type in Khesari (Lathyrus sativus L.) suitable for hill farming."  Vedna Kumari and Rajendra Prasad - India. (Pages 15-17)
	Medical and Social "Resilience of South Asian disabling conditions: a glimpse of lathyrism among comparative histories." M. Miles - UK. (Pages 18-21)
	Physiology and Environmental "Effects of drought on stomatal character, photosynthetic character and seed chemical composition in grass pea, and their relationships."  Hui-Min Yang, Xiao-Yan Zhang and Gen-Xuan Wang - China. (Page 27)
	Agronomy "Scope of growing lathyrus and lentil in relay cropping systems after rice in West Bengal, India".  S. Gupta and M.K. Bhowmick - India. (Pages 28-33)
	Further articles to follow - please check again later.

Useful Links:

Lathyrus E-mail discussion group: follow the prompts under "Join this Group!" - you will be able to keep up to date with what is happening world-wide in Lathyrus related areas and ask questions. Lists of Lathyrus publications "Listing of Useful Plants of the World", using Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) Lathyrus sativus Lathyrus cicera Lathyrus ochrus Other Lathyrus species Links to Chemistry in Africa and the related site Analytical Chemistry Web Resources

Credits:

Editor:

If you have any problems with either this page or PDF articles, or you require further information, please contact the Editor: Dr Colin Hanbury Department of Agriculture and Food  Locked Bag 4 Bentley Delivery Centre Western Australia 6983 Email: chanbury@agric.wa.gov.au

 

 

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