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Foster, Kennith E. – BioScience, 1980
Described are the economic and agricultural issues surrounding the cultivation of desert plants, principally the jojoba, as a source of fuel. The article examines the environmental impacts of an industry based on arid-region cultivation of such plants. (RE)
Descriptors: Agricultural Research Projects, Agronomy, Botany, Ecology