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» A Summary of Kenaf Production and Product Development Research 1989-1993
   This publication serves as a summary of this research of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at Mississippi State University and several of its outlying branch stations. The topics discussed range from agronomic research to variou
   http://msucares.com/pubs/Variety/Kenaf/index.htm

» About the Kenaf Plant
   A good description of kenaf with graphics.
   http://www.visionpaper.com/kenaf2.html

» Alternative Field Crops Manual: Kenaf
   History of kenaf, its uses, growth habits, environmental requirements, cultural practices and the economics of the crop.
   http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/kenaf.html

» Hibiscus cannabinus
   Index of articles about kenaf and its cultivation.
   http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/nexus/Hibiscus_cannabinus_nex.html

» Hibiscus cannabinus L.
   Section from the 1983 Handbook of Energy Crops covers the uses, folk medicine, chemistry, description, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields and economics, and other aspects of kenaf and its production. Includes references.
   http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Hibiscus_cannabinus.html

» Kenaf
   Provides information on this crop, its quality characteristics, production and yield, constraints on production, markets, market potential and research.
   http://www.ienica.net/crops/kenaf.pdf

» Kenaf Paper: An Ecological Alternative
   written by the Forest Friendly Paper Campaign, this site discusses on how kenaf is identified as the best non-wood paper alternative.
   http://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/kenafx.htm

» Kenaf Production
   Introduction to kenaf and its uses, with a bibliography of available kenaf publications.
   http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/question.php/2008/05/05/p5501

» Kenaf: A Non-food Multi-purpose Crop for Southern Europe
   Information on a project to evaluate the potential of this crop for the production of industrial materials and bio-fuels in Europe.
   http://ienica.csl.gov.uk/italyseminar/fibres/alexopoulou.pdf

» Kenaf: An Emerging New Crop Industry
   Information on kenaf history, cultivations, resources This report describes an on-going adventure with a new crop called kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus L, a new annual fiber crop with a range of product applications.
   http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-402.html

» Kenaf: Taking Root?
   Article by Brooke Wurst on the history of the use of this crop by the newsprint industry.
   http://www.naa.org/technews/tn950910/p18kenaf.html

» New Uses for Kenaf
   Information on research into uses for the residues from this crop after the fiber has been extracted for paper manufacture.
   http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/aug00/kenaf0800.htm