[Syrupmakers] Sugarcane books wanted

Bill Outlaw bill at southernmatters.com
Sat Dec 30 07:45:59 CST 2006


FSU has it (as I knew), but it is in the Documents Section.  That 
means it can't be taken from the library.

Next time I am on that side of campus, I'll swing by and give a 
report.  (It is not in the Science Library.) Probably Jan 11.

I'll look into the other book.

Bill

  At 07:13 AM 12/30/2006, you wrote:
>Bill,
>    I may have been somewhat incorrect on the "details" of Dr.Thomas 
> Tew's "book". First of all, I had seen several references (in other 
> publications)to something written by Tew and may have assumed it 
> was a book. It appears that some of his work on sugarcane varieties 
> was include in a book edited by Dr.Don Heinz in 1987. One chapter 
> of the book was probably based on Tew's work.
>    More about it :
>
>A worldwide sugarcane variety census was conducted by the 
>author[Tew] in 1985-1986. Information from the census was summarized 
>and presented in the chapter entitled "New varieties" in the 
>monograph "Sugarcane Improvement through Breeding," edited by Dr. 
>Don Heinz, published by Elsevier Science Publishers.[ISBN: 0444427694]
>    The book is available for something like $150 + from a bookstore 
> in Australia, I believe. Amazon.com was out of it at this time.
>    Thanks for your help and let me know if you find out more about 
> FSU library's copy of Handbook # 122.
>                                      Richard Harrison
>
>
>Bill Outlaw <bill at southernmatters.com> wrote:
>Can you provide more information about Tew's book?  ISBN? 
>co-authors? Publisher? &c.?
>
>Thanks.
>
>bill
>(sc, Tally)
>
>
>
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