» A Summary of Kenaf Production and Product Development Research 1989-1993    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 variou    http://msucares.com/pubs/Variety/Kenaf/index.htm

» About The Kenaf Plant    A good description of kenaf with graphics.    http://www.visionpaper.com/kenaf2.html

» Alternative Field Crops Manual: Kenaf    History of kenaf, its uses, growth habits, environmental requirements, cultural practices and the economics of the crop.    http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/kenaf.html

» Hibiscus cannabinus    Index of articles about kenaf and its cultivation.    http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/nexus/Hibiscus_cannabinus_nex.html

» Hibiscus cannabinus L.    Section from the 1983 Handbook of Energy Crops covers the uses, folk medicine, chemistry, description, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields and economics, and other aspects of kenaf and its production. Includes references.    http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Hibiscus_cannabinus.html

» Kenaf    Information from Wikipedia on Hibiscus cannibinus and the fiber obtained from it.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenaf

» Kenaf Industries of South Texas L.P.    Vertically integrated and experienced in all facets of the Kenaf business, with global experience in growing, processing, manufacturing, and marketing kenaf products and technologies including TexDek.    http://www.kenaf-industries.com

» Kenaf Paper: An Ecological Alternative    written by the Forest Friendly Paper Campaign, this site discusses on how kenaf is identified as the best non-wood paper alternative.    http://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/kenafx.htm

» Kenaf Production    Introduction to kenaf and its uses, with a bibliography of available kenaf publications.    http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/kenaf.html

» Kenaf: A Non-food Multi-purpose Crop for Southern Europe    Information on a project to evaluate the potential of this crop for the production of industrial materials and bio-fuels in Europe.    http://ienica.csl.gov.uk/italyseminar/fibres/alexopoulou.pdf

» Kenaf: Taking Root?    Article by Brooke Wurst on the history of the use of this crop by the newsprint industry.    http://www.naa.org/technews/tn950910/p18kenaf.html

» Kenaf: an Emerging New Crop Industry    Information on kenaf history, cultivations, resources This report describes an on-going adventure with a new crop called kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus L, a new annual fiber crop with a range of product applications.    http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-402.html

» New Uses for Kenaf    Information on research into uses for the residues from this crop after the fiber has been extracted for paper manufacture.    http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/aug00/kenaf0800.htm