The work of Kew's Centre for Economic Botany and the Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL)

Metadata only record The work of the Centre for Economic Botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is summarized focusing on the Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. SEPASAL is a major computer database of the plant resources of drylands with records for c. 6000 species; it provides information to development organizations and research workers and aims to highlight those plants of greatest potential. An extensive upgrade and expansion of the database are underway. Available in SANREM office, FS