A Summary of Kenaf Production and
Product Development Research
1989-1993
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
Compiled by
Catherine E. Goforth
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Agricultural Economics
Mississippi State University
Technical Editor
Marty J. Fuller
Professor and Agricultural Economist
Department of Agricultural Economics
Mississippi State University
Published by the Office of Agricultural Communications, Division of Agriculture,
Forestry,
and Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University. Edited by Keith
H. Remy, Senior
Publications Editor.
Foreword
With the funding aid of the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research
Service, the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station has focused on developing
the potential of kenaf as an alternative crop. For the past 5 years, MAFES scientists have worked
to improve efficiency in cultural harvesting, storage, transporting, and marketing, and to develop
potential uses for kenaf in order to benefit and promote Mississippi agriculture.
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 various aspects of product development.
The Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station is very proud of the work that has
been accomplished on this project and the commercialization and economic development that has
resulted. MAFES has realized the potential and importance of value-added products in industrial
settings. For this reason, we will continue to strive toward developing all facets of kenaf
production and product development.
On behalf of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, I hope you both enjoy
and benefit from the results presented in this publication.
Verner G. Hurt
Director
- Agronomic Research for Kenaf Crop Production in Mississippi
- S.W. Neill and M.E. Kurtz
- Kenaf Variety by Date of Planting in Mississippi - Carl
Hovermale
- The Effect of Plant Population on Kenaf Yield - S.W. Neill and
M.E. Kurtz
- Fertility and Row Spacing for Kenaf Production - S.W. Neill and
Carl Hovermale
- Selection and Breeding of Kenaf for Mississippi - Brian S.
Baldwin
- Weed Control in Kenaf - Mark E. Kurtz
- Plant-Parasitic Nematodes--Kenaf Pests - Gary W.
Lawrence
- Kenaf Tissue Culture - Nancy A. Reichert
- Desiccation of Kenaf with Roundup - Mark Kurtz, Marty Fuller,
and John Black
- In-field Separation of Kenaf - L.H. Chen and Jonathan W.
Pote
- An Economic Analysis of Kenaf Separation - Marty J. Fuller
and Jeff C. Doler
- The Use of Kenaf as Bedding for Horses and Laboratory
Animals - Roy Watkins
- Kenaf for Broiler Litter - J.D. Brake, M.J. Fuller, C.R. Boyle,
D.E. Link, E.D. Peebles, and M.A. Latour
- The Evaluation of Kenaf as an Oil Sorbent - Catherine E.
Goforth
- Kenaf Core as an Enhancer of Bioremediation - A. Borazjani
and Susan Diehl
- Kenaf Core as a Board Raw Material - Terry Sellers, Jr.,
George D. Miller, and Marty J. Fuller
- Kenaf Core as a Container Media Component for Woody
Landscape Plants and Greenhouse Bedding Plants - Adolph J. Laiche, Jr. and Steven E.
Newman
- Kenaf as a Textile Fiber: Processing, Fiber Quality, and Product
Development - Gita N. Ramaswamy and Catherine R. Boyd
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