Industrial Crops and Products, an International Journal, publishes papers reporting the results of original
research, short communications and critical reviews on all aspects of industrial crops and products.
This covers a wide range of aspects
of cultivation, crop improvement, crop compounds, processing, and integrated chain control, all focussing on the exploitation of agricultural
crops for industrial use.
The scope of the journal covers a vast range of crops and research disciplines. Crops should contain significant
renewable resources such as:
• Fibres and fibre compounds
• Carbohydrates
• Oils and fatty acids
• Waxes,
resins, gums, rubber, and other polymers
• Proteins
• Essential oils for ink, lubricants, plastics, cosmetics
•
Biologically active compounds for pharmaceutical, herbicides and insecticides, and preservatives.
Examples of new or potential crops
are agave, cassava, crambe, cuphea, elephant grass, fibre hemp, flax, guar, guayule, jojoba, kenaf, lesquerella, maize, meadowfoam, oil
palm, peas, plantago, potato, pyrethrum, rape seed, safflower, soybean, Stokes aster, sugar beet, sunflower, vernonia, and wheat.
Papers
within the above indicated frame-work will be accepted if they cover or integrate research on:
• Agronomic production and modelling
•
Breeding, genetics, and biotechnology
• Post-harvest treatment and storage
• (Bio)process technology
• (Bio)chemistry
•
Product testing, development, and marketing
• Economics, and systems analysis and optimization
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papers (regular papers) 2. Review articles 3. Short
Communications 4. Book Reviews
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not
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form. Review articles should cover subjects falling
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procedures employed, as a regular
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the following system for arranging your references: a. For periodicals Murphy, D.J., Richards, D., Taylor, R., Capdevielle,
J., Guillemot, J.-C., Grison, R., Fairburn, D., Bowra, S., 1994. Manipulation of seed oil content to produce industrial crops. Ind. Crops
Prod. 3, 17-27. b. For edited symposia, special issues, etc., published in a periodical Benites, J.R., Ofori, C.S.,
1993. Crop production through conservation-effective tillage in the tropics. In: Lal, R. (Ed.), Soil Tillage for Agricultural Sustainability.
Proceedings of the 12th Conference of ISTRO, 8-12 July 1991, Ibadan, Nigeria. Soil Tillage Res. 27, 9-33. c. For books Russel,
E.W., 1973. Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, 10th edn. Longmans, London. d. For multi-author books Shahidi, F.,
Naczk, M., 1990. Removal of Glucosinolates and other antinutrients from canola and rapeseed by methanol/ammonia processing. In: Shahidi,
F. (Ed.), Canola and Rapeseed, Chemistry, Nutrition and Processing Technology. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp. 291-306. 6.
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