Book ID: 38447
PALMER, John
Lesser Known Crop Plants of the South Pacific. An annota- ted bibliography. 1989. (DSIR, Crop Res.Div.Rep. 133). 63 figs. 134 p. 4to. Paper bd.
The object of this compilation is to record some basis informationsources on crop species present, but currently little utilised, in thearea extending north-west from New Zealand to Papua New Guinea and eastto Tahiti. There is a natural bias in information towards Fiji andSoutheast Asia due to the author's background. Allowance should be madefor this. Further only crops used for food, medicine or textiles areincluded. Forage and timber species are mentioned only incidently.