Hemp : industrial production and uses /

• Other Authors: Cousquer, Glen, (Translator)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English; French
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Hemp.; Hemp > Utilization.; Hemp industry.; Laws and Regulations.; Agricultural Economics.; Input Utilization (Microeconomics); Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Morphology and Structure.; Plant Production.; Energy.; Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products.; Composition and Quality of Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products.; Cannabis sativa.; Agricultural economics.; Biofuels.; Crop production.; Economic analysis.; Energy sources.; Fabrics.; Fibre quality.; Insulating materials.; Litter.; Origin.; Paper.; Plant anatomy.; Plant breeding.; Plant fibres.; Plant morphology.; Quality controls.; Regulations.; Renewable energy.; Renewable resources.; Ropes.; Electronic books.
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Hemp production for industrial purposes continues to grow worldwide, and is currently being used for many applications including house insulation, paper making, animal bedding, fabric, rope making and also as a biofuel. This book brings together international experts to examine all aspects of indust...

Table of Contents:

• Hemp: A Plant with a Worldwide Distribution
• The History of Hemp
• Physiology and Botany of Industrial Hemp
• Genetics and Selection of Hemp
• Factors Affecting the Yield of Industrial Hemp: Experimental Results from France
• Hemp Agronomics and Cultivation
• Legislative Controls on the Cultivation of Hemp
• The Agricultural Economics of Hemp
• The Industrial Hemp Economy
• Integrated Quality Management for Bast Fibres in Technical Applications
• Use of Natural Fibres in Composites for German Automotive Production from 1999 to 2005
• Increasing Demand for European Hemp Fibres
• Hemp in Papermaking
• Hemp and Plastics
• Medicinal Uses of Hemp
• Hemp Seeds for Nutrition
• Hemp and the Construction Industry
• The Uses of Hemp for Domestic Animals
• Chemical and Morphological Differences in Hemp Varieties
• Hemp Production Outside the EU: North America and Eastern Europe
• The Role of Hemp in Sustainable Development.