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Center for New Crops and Plant Products - Cannabis sativa
Links to a large number of scholarly papers on Cannabis sativa L.

Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America
By Ernest Small and David Marcus. A comprehensive and intriguing overview of industrial hemp is now available online. This paper was first presented by co-author Dr. Ernest Small of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Fifth National Symposium for New Crops and New Uses: Strength in Diversity, held in Atlanta in November 2001. Highly recommended.
Please click here to download Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America. (PDF file 14.1MB)

Hemp Germplasm Trials in Canada
By Ernest Small, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre and David Marcus, Natural Hemphasis. A BioResource Hemp Paper, presented September 2000, Wolfsburg, Germany.

Ernest Small, Ph. D.
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Feasibility of Industrial Hemp Production in the United States Pacific Northwest
Covers botany, agronomy, soil characteristics, and other topics. Oregon State University Station Bulletin 681, May 1998.

Agricultural Economics @ Univ. of Kentucky-Abstract: "Industrial Hemp: Global Operations, Local Implications"
"Industrial Hemp: Global Operations, Local Implications"
Abstract of a paper by Valerie L. Vantreese, University of Kentucky, Department of Agricultural Economics.

Agricultural Economics @ Univ. of Kentucky-Industrial Hemp: Global Markets and Prices (Abstract)
"Industrial Hemp: Global Markets and Prices"
Abstract of another paper by Valerie L. Vantreese, University of Kentucky, Department of Agricultural Economics.

AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Economics Report No. 402 "Industrial Hemp as an Alternative Crop in North Dakota"
By David G. Kraenzel; Tim Petry; Bill Nelson; Marshall J. Anderson; Dustin Mathern; Robert Todd
North Dakota State University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics.
Please click here to download the full version (PDF file 108K) or click here to download it from IndustrialHemp.net.

Alternative Agricultural Strategies in Vermont: The Case of Industrial Hemp
By Catherine Chan Halbrendt, Qingbin Wang, and Matthew C. Mole. Paper presented at the Vermont Agricultural Economic Development Conference, December 16, 1996. Sheraton Conference Center, South Burlington, Vermont.

Flora of North America - Cannabis sativa Linnaeus
Harvard University Flora Online. Includes description, line drawings, and U.S. distribution map.

Description and Natural History of Hemp
University of Texas.

Lignin Compounds of Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
By F. Correia, Ph.D. Candidate, Pulp & Paper Centre, University of Toronto. This research will help to assess the viability of certain raw materials for use in pulp and paper products.

Is Industrial Hemp Worth Further Study in the US? A Survey of the Literature
By T. Randall Fortenbery and Michael Bennett, University of Wisconsin-Madison, July 2001, Staff Paper No. 443.
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Pulping properties in Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Fibres as a Function of Growth
By J. Kamat, M.Sc.F. Candidate, Pulp & Paper Centre, University of Toronto. The goal of this research is to determine the optimum time for the harvesting of hemp grown for fibre use in pulp and papermaking.

The potential for using hemp (Cannabis sativa) and flax (Linum usitatissimum) fibre as a reinforcing agent in newsprint manufacture
By S.N. Lisson and N.J. Mendham, Department of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.

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