Linum usitatissimum (Linaceae) is a cultivated dicotyledonous annual plant which has few equals in its capacity to supply different raw materials for a variety of purposes. Its production worldwide has increased dramatically in recent years and its potential for industrial use has been improved through plant breeding and husbandry. New processes and novel technologies are currently being developed in multi-national projects which receive support from governments and industry. There is every indication that this crop will become an important industrial resource in the coming years.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AskewM. (1989) The potential for linseed in the UK and Europe (ADAS/MAFF). ISP Conference, Shuttleworth College, Bedford, November 1989.
2.
BazeleyN. (1989) Linseed: agronomic developments (Robin Appel Ltd). First National Linseed Conference, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, November 1989.
3.
BastianT. (1989) Linseed EEC support prospects (MAFF). First National Linseed Conference, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, November 1989.
4.
CaldwellS. A. G. (1943) The Preparation and Spinning of Flax Fibre. Emmott & Co Ltd, London.
DujardinA. J. (1948) The Retting of Flax. Flax Development Committee, Belfast.
7.
EassonD. L., and LongF. (1985) Flax growing and glyphosate retting. Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, 58th Annual Report, 1984–85.
8.
HobsonR. N. (1986) Evaluation and Development of the Grain Stripping Header System 1986. Div Note 1443, AFRC Institute of Engineering Research, Silsoe.
9.
GibsonS. (1989) The A-Z of growing linseed (ISP). Paper at ISP Linseed Conference, Shuttleworth College, Bedford, November 1989.
10.
HoneybourneD., WalesD. S., and WatsonA. (1982) Byssionosis Causative Agents and Clinical Aspects. Textile Institute, Manchester, pp. 177.
11.
International Seed Producers (1989) A Survey of the Linseed Crop in the UK. ISP, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
12.
KirbyR. H. (1963) Vegetable Fibres. Inter-science, New York, pp. 15–44.
13.
MarshallG. (1989) The impact of biotechnology on linseed in the 1990s. ISP Linseed Conference, Shuttleworth College, Bedford, November 1989.
14.
SharmaH. S. S., MercerP. C., and BrownA. E. (1989) A review of recent research on the retting of flax in Northern Ireland. International Biodetioration1989(25) 327–342.
15.
TurnerJ. (1987) Linseed Law (a Handbook for Growers and Advisers). BASF, UK.
16.
WilkinsonM. J. (1990) The LINK Crops for Industrial Use Programme Newsletter. Programme Secretariat, AFRC IER, Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedford.
