TROPCROP : version history
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Current editor's version (sun01aug2010)
GENERAL
- 4720 graphics (= +0 since last version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1753 (= +0 since last version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836-1753 = 83).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 79 (= +0 ; still to go: 29).
- Auxiliary Plants: ...
- Beverages & Stimulants: ...
- Elastomer Plants: ...
- Fibre Plants: ...
- Fruits & Nuts: ...
- Oil Plants: ...
- Protein Plants: ...
- Spices: ...
- Starch Plants: ...
- Sugar Plants: ...
- Vegetables: ...
CROPQUIZZZ
- 557 photos (= +0 since last version ([crop] ([subject]))).
TC-PEDIA
- 3230 pictures (= +0 since last version ([crop] ([subject]))).
- 11 video clips (+0 since last version ([crop] ([subject]))).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 0 since last version ([crop] ([subject])).
- Major data additions: [crop].
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 226 (= +0 since last version). Full PROTA texts: 12 (= +0
since last version ([crop]). (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in place since version 2.12.)
CROPPIX
- 329 crops (= +0 ([crop])).
- ... photos (= +0 since last version ([crop] ([subject]))).
- Slideshow: 1185 photos (= +0 since last version ([crop]) ; 0 replaced ([crop])).
TropicOrn
- 49 taxa (= +0 since last version ([taxon])).
- ... photos (= +0 since last version ([taxon])).
- Slideshow: 100 photos (= +0 since last version).
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Version 2.32 (01aug2010)
GENERAL
- 4720 graphics (= +110 since last version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1753 (= +6 since last version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836-1753 = 83).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 79 (= +3 ; still to go: 29).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Cacao/us: photo replaced.
- Fruits & Nuts: Pistachio/it,cv: +photo, ../lf: photo replaced.
- Oil Plants: Indian mustard/lf: +photo ; Nigerseed/lf,gd: +photo ; Sesame/us,gr,pc,fl: +photo, ../lf,df: photo replaced ; Soya bean/it,yl: +photo/photo replaced, ../pc: +text (-> texts completed).
- Protein Plants: Lentil/pc: +text (-> texts completed) ; Lima bean/pc,st: +text (-> texts completed), ../it,ct,pc,fr,st: +photo/photo replaced ; Mung bean/lf,df: +photo, ../df: +text; Soya bean/it,yl: +photo/photo replaced.
- Spices: Capsicum pepper/gd,df: +text (-> texts completed).
- Starch Plants: Cassava/us: +photo ; Maize/it,hb: photo upgraded ; Plantain/df: photo replaced ; Sweet potato/cv: +photo ; Tannia/us,rt: +photo
- Sugar Plants: Sugar cane/ct: +photos.
- Vegetables: Basella/gd: +photo ; Tomato/us,cv,hb,st: +photo, ../pt,fs: photo replaced.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 557 photos (= +7 since last version (kiwi (flower), kola nut (leaf), Lima bean (fruit, leaf), soya bean (habit), tobacco (flower)) ; replaced 5 (kiwi (fruit), kola nut (flower) by nigerseed (leaf), nigerseed (flower), olive (leaf) by Indian mustard (leaf), sesame (leaf))).
TC-PEDIA
- 3230 pictures (= +67 since last version (banana & plantain (comparison of fruit, use of leaf sheath), basella (seedlings), black henbane (flowers, leaf), cacao (products), cassava (use of leaves), cotton (use), Indian mustard (leaves), Job's tears (leaf detail), kiwi (orchard, flowers, green-fleshed fruits, yellow-fleshed fruits, shoot tip, irrigation, uses, arctic kiwi), kola nut (leaf, use), Lima bean (habit/cultivation, leaf, infructescence, fuit, products), macadamia (product), maize (fields), mung bean (leaf details), nigerseed (stem, leaves, seedling), petsai (plant before heading), pistachio (leaf, young fruits), potato (field), rattan (plants in natural habitat), sesame (leaf, growth & development, nectaries, products), soya bean (habit), sugar cane (burning, cutting), sweet potato (red-leaved variety), tannia (root, cormels), taro (harvested corms), tobacco (flower close-up), tomato (habit, stem, cultivars, use, trivia (tomatica font)), ...)).
- 14 video clips (+1 since last version (sugar cane (setting field on fire))).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 8 since last version (arabica coffee (harvesting, yellow beans), black henbane (habit), maize (intercopping), nigerseed (flowering plants), plantain (fruit)).
- Major data additions: kiwi, Lima bean, tannia.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 226 (= +0 since last version). Full PROTA texts: 12 (= +1
since last version (soya bean). (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in place since version 2.12.)
CROPPIX
- 329 crops (= +6 (argan, asam paya a.k.a. kelubi, black henbane, khella a.k.a. toothpick weed, pea eggplant a.k.a. devil's pea, star gooseberry a.k.a. katuk)).
- ... photos (= +16 since last version (argan (fruits), asam paya (fruits), black henbane (inflorescence), golden shower (fruits), khella (dried inflorescences), kwi (fruits), laurel (leaves for sale), macadamia (inflorescence detail), pea eggplant (young plant), sesame (nectaries), star gooseberry (flowers, fruit, leaves for sale), white mulberry (fruits))).
- Slideshow: 1185 photos (= +9 since last version (asam paya, black henbane, golden shower, khella, laurel, sesame, star gooseberry, white mulberry) ; 6 replaced (arabica coffee, fig-leaf gourd, golden shower, kiwi, macadamia, mung bean)).
TropicOrn
- 49 taxa (= +0 since last version ([taxon])).
- ... photos (= +1 since last version (lipstick palm)).
- Slideshow: 100 photos (= +1 since last version).
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Version 2.31 (25apr2010)
GENERAL
- 4610 graphics (= +87 since last version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1747 (= +3 since last version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836-1747 = 89).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 76 (= +1 ; still to go: 32).
- Fruits & Nuts: Avocado/ct: +photo ; Banana/us: text edited, ../us,cv,pc: +photo, ../hb,st,gd: photo replaced ; Mango/pt: +photo ; Watermelon/pt: +photo.
- Oil Plants: Linseed/gd: +photo.
- Protein Plants: Mung bean/us: +photo ; Pigeon pea/pt: +photo.
- Spices: Garlic/pt: +photo ; Ginger/pc: +photo.
- Starch Plants: Plantain/cv: +photo ; Taro/us: +photo.
- Vegetables: Aubergine/pt: +photo ; Kangkong/ct,yl,st: +photo, ../pc,rt,gd: +text (-> texts completed) ; Onion/lf: +photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 550 photos (= +0 since last version) ; replaced 1 (banana (habit))).
TC-PEDIA
- 3163 pictures (= +49 since last version (aubergine (round-fruited variety), avocado (wedge graft), banana (cultivars, use, male buds, products, g&d, harvest), bottle gourd (use), Brussels sprouts (product), chicory (witloof cultivation, product, catalogna and radicchio variety, root), durian (fruits), fig (sprouting branches, products), garlic (product), ginger (jam), kales (collard habit), kangkong (flower LS, rooting node, seedling), khat (harvesting), linseed (seedlings), mango (fruit sticker), mung bean (product), pigeon pea (product), plantain (fruit bunch 'Abu'), raffia palm (habit, leaf, fruit), ridged gourd (fruits), taro (boiled corm slices), tea (plucked Assam shoots), watermelon (transport), yard-long bean (trivia))).
- 13 video clips (+6 since last version (coconut (harvesting), khat (picking), oil palm (estate drive-by, transport), tea (picking)).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 6 since last version (banana (habit, sucker), durian (opened fruit), feijao (flower), tamarind (habit), rice/maize/groundnut (mixed cropping)).
- Major data additions: fig, garlic, grevillea, raffia.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 226 (= +0 since last version). Full PROTA texts: 11 (= +0
since last version. (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in place since version 2.12.)
CROPPIX
- 323 crops (= +2 (kassod tree, sesban)).
- ... photos (= +23 since last version (banana (young fruits), durian (fruits), feijoa (flower), fig (products), kassod tree (leaf, trunk), khat (harvesting), plantain (Pisang Abu fruit bunch), raffia palm (fruit), ridged gourd (fruits), sesban (leaf, inflorescence, infructescence, seeds, stem, growth&development), tea (plucked shoots))).
- Slideshow: 1176 photos (= +4 since last version (plantain, tea, raffia, sesban) ; 9 replaced (aubergine, banana, durian, fig, kangkong, khat, raffia, ridged gourd)).
TropicOrn
- 49 species (= +3 since last version (angel's trumpet, feijoa, golden trumpet)).
- ... photos (= +7 since last version (angel's trumpet, canna, feijoa, golden trumpet, rose of China)).
- Slideshow: 99 photos (= +9 since last version).
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Version 2.30 (02dec2009)
GENERAL
- 4523 graphics (= +46 since last version).
- Error corrected:
Blue gum: in photo captions 'fruits' replaced by 'flower buds'.
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1744 (= +5 since last version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836-1744 = 92).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 75 (= +1 ; still to go: 33).
- Oil Plants: Oil palm/fs: +photo.
- Spices: Capsicum pepper/cv: text edited; ../fl: photo replaced ; Ginger/pc: +photo; ../ct: +text.
- Starch Plants: Plantain/us,fs: +photo ; Sago palm/cv,pc: text edited ; Yam/cv: + photo.
- Vegetables: Capsicum pepper/it,pc,gd,df: +text (-> texts completed); ../gr,ct,cv,yl: text edited; ../it,us,pt,ct,cv,yl,pc,hb,st,gd,df: +photo; ../it,fl: photo replaced.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 550 photos (= +1 since last version (sweet capsicum (flower)) ; replaced 2 (sweet capsicum pepper (fruit), plantain (fruit))).
TC-PEDIA
- 3114 pictures (= +34 since last version (asparagus (product), blue gum (trunk, flower buds), capsicum pepper - sweet (habit, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, growth, seedlings, cultivation, use, products), ginger (product), oil palm (kernels), Persian walnut (male and female inflorescence, leaves of other Juglans spp.), plantain (fruit, use), pomegranate (fruits), snake gourd (fruit, tendril), true aloe (leaves, product), winged yam (tubers), yam bean (tuber)).
- 7 video clips (+0 since last version).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 5 since last version (capsicum pepper (flower), Persian walnut (inflorescences), rambutan (habit), sagopalm (emptied half trunk), water chestnut (habit)).
- Major data additions: feijoa.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 226 (= +0 since last version). Full PROTA texts: 11 (= +5
since last version (capsicum pepper(sweet, hot), nigerseed, sesame, teff)). (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in
place since version 2.12.)
CROPPIX
- 321 crops (= +1 (water chestnut).
- ... photos (= +3 since last version (capsicum pepper (flower), plantain (fruits), true aloe (leaves), water chestnut (habit)).
- Slideshow: 1172 photos (= +3 since last version (true aloe, snake gourd, water chestnut); 4 replaced (capsicum pepper, plantain, true aloe, yam bean)).
TropicOrn
- 46 species (= +0 since last version).
- ... photos (= +0 since last version).
- Slideshow: 90 photos (= +0 since last version).
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Version 2.29 (24may2009)
GENERAL
- 4477 graphics (= +99 since last version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1739 (= +3 since last version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1739 = 97).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 74 (= +1
; still to go: 34).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Tea/fs: photo replaced. Tobacco/fs,st: +drawing;
../lf: +photo.
- Elastomer Plants: Hevea/fs: photo replaced.
- Fruits & Nuts: Melon/us: +photo.
- Protein Plants: Common bean/us,cv: +photo; ../pc: +text (-> texts completed). Faba bean/it,rt: +text; ../od: text replaced; ../pc,hb,st,gd: +photo.
- Spices: Nutmeg/us: +photo.
- Starch Plants: Finger millet/gr,ct: +photo. Potato/us: +photo.
- Vegetables: Cucumber/us,gr,ct,yl,pc,st,gd: +photo. Tomato/gd: +photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 549 photos (= +3 since last version (coffee (flower), date palm (fruit) -1, date palm (leaf) +1,
finger millet (habit), rubber tree/hevea (seeds)).
TC-PEDIA
- 3080 pictures (= +73 since last version (arabica coffee (botanical drawings),
artichoke (habit, inflorescences, trivia), betel nut (botanical drawings),
betel pepper (botanical drawings), cacao (botanical drawing), camphor tree (leaves, twig, botanical
drawings), carob (products), common bean (cultivars, use), common cabbage (young plant), cucumber (habit, tendrils, seedlings, cultivation, use, products, trivia), date palm (fruit bunches, leaves),
faba bean (field, habit, stem, seedlings, products), finger millet (field), guaraná (botanical
drawings), hevea rubber (seeds), kola
nut (botanical drawings), langsat (leaves), lemon
(product), maté (botanical drawings), melon (fruit, use), nicotine tobacco (botanical drawings), patchouli (bot. drawings),
physic nut (historic botanical water-colour), potato (use), robusta coffee (botanical
drawings, kopi luwak),
tea (botanical drawings, seedling), tobacco (botanical drawings, seedling), tomato (seedlings, use),
tree tomato (fruiting branches), vetiver grass (botanical drawings))).
- 7 video clips (+0 since last version).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 1 since last version (faba bean (botanical drawing)).
- Major data additions: blue gum, camphor tree, date palm, faba bean, rauvolfia, sunnhemp, vanilla.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 226 (= +0 since last version). Full PROTA texts:
6 (= +1
since last version (faba bean)). (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in
place since version 2.12.)
CROPPIX
- 320 crops (= +2 since last version (jequirity, sulla).
- ... photos (= +3 since last version (finger millet (field), hevea rubber seed replaced, jequirity
(use of seeds), lablab
(seeds))).
- Slideshow: 1169 photos (= +4 since last version (capsicum -1, hevea rubber +1,
jequirity +1, lablab +1, sulla +2)).
TropicOrn
- 46 species (= +2 since last version (date palm, oleander).
- ... photos (= +3 since last version (artichoke, date palm, oleander)).
- Slideshow: 90 photos (= +3 since last version).
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Version 2.28 (12nov2008)
GENERAL
- 4378 graphics (= +96 since previous version).
- Error corrected:
CropTutor/Vegetables/Cucumber/df and ../Fruits & Nuts/Melon/df: dead link to photo of watermelon
leaf replaced.
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1736 (= +15 since previous version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1736 = 100).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 73 (= +2
; still to go: 35).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Tobacco/pt: text added.
- Fruits & Nuts: Cashew/us,pt: +photo. Citrus/us: +photo. Grape/gr,ct,cv,pc,gd,df: +text
(-> texts completed); ../pt,hb: +photo.
Peach/us,gd: +photo.
- Oil Plants: Linseed/hb: +photo; ../fs: +photo. Sesame/us,ct,yl,hb,st,df: +photo;
../fl: photo replaced; ../df: +text.
- Protein Plants: Faba bean/us: +photo.
- Starch Plants: Amaranth/pc,fs: +photo; ../ct,cv,pc,st: +text (-> texts
completed). Sweet potato/us: +photo. Taro/pt: +photo.
- Vegetables: Amaranth/st,rt,gd: +text; ../fl,gd: +photo. Bitter gourd/it,ct:
+text; ../ct: +photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 546 photos (= +1 since previous version (amaranth (habit))). 2 photos replaced
(sesame (flower by habit, flowering top by harvested plants)).
TC-PEDIA
- 3007 pictures (= +59 since previous version (amaranth - grain (seed, product, ornamental),
amaranth - leaf (seedlings, habit), bitter gourd (cultivation), bottle gourd (habit, leaf,
uses), calabash tree (fruit (in: bottle gourd)), cashew
(packings, jam), coca (cultural aspect). faba bean (use). garden beet (harvested (in: spinach beet)), grape
(habit, infructescence, seedling, cv. difference, machine-harvest, uses), guaraná (products), licorice (habit, leaf,
infructescence), linseed (fruits, flax storage), peach (young fruits, use), pecan nut (leaf, stem, product),
Persian walnut (very young fruit, nuts as sold), pummelo (fruit, jam), rice
(bran oil), sesame (field, habit, dry fuits, seeds, harvested plants, product), sheabutter (product), sweet potato (leaves as vegetable), taro (packed cormels))).
- 7 video clips (+0 since previous version).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 1 (pecan (nut/product)).
- Major data additions: licorice, linseed, opium poppy, pecan nut.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 226 (= +0 since previous
version). Full PROTA texts: 5 (= +0
since previous version). (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in
place since version 2.12.)
- On page 'Cultivation1' , the fields 'Seeding density', 'Planting density' and
'Replanting / gapping in' removed because of limited informative and identifying
value. Data, if any, transferred to field 'Seeding / planting place and pattern
...'.
CROPPIX
- 318 crops (= +4 since previous version (licorice, linseed, pecan nut, white mulberry).
- ... photos (= +25 since previous version (cacao -1, coca -1, grape +1, licorice +3, linseed +2, loquat
+2, pecan nut
+4, Persian walnut +2, sesame +2, sponge gourd +4, white lupin +2, white mulberry +5)).
- Slideshow: 1165 photos (= +9 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 44 species (= +0 since previous version).
- ... photos (= +3 since previous version (cannon ball tree, bougainvillea)).
- Slideshow: 87 photos (= +2 since previous version).
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Version 2.27 (24may2008)
GENERAL
- 4282 graphics (= +57 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1721 (= +5 since previous version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1721 = 115).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 71 (= +1
; still to go: 37).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Tobacco/us: +photo.
- Fruits & Nuts: Pineapple/fl: +photo. Watermelon/it,lf,fs,df: photo replaced.
- Oil Plants: Olive/fs: photo replaced.
- Spices: Capsicum pepper/it,ct,pc: +text.
- Starch Plants: Finger millet/lf,gd: +photo. Sago palm/gr,rt: +photo;
../cv,us: photo replaced. Wheat/cv,pc,fl,gd,df: +photo; ../us: photo replaced; ../fl:
featured photo; ../pc +text (-> texts completed).
- Vegetables: Capsicum pepper/ct: +text ; ../it,us,cv,hb,fl,fs: text revised ;
../fl,fs: photo replaced. Onion/us,fs: +photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 545 photos (= +1 since previous version (barley (fruit)). 2 photos replaced (oil
palm (fruit) by olive (fruit); watermelon
(leaf)).
TC-PEDIA
- Main entry 'Kat' renamed into 'Khat'.
- 2948 pictures (= +48 since previous version (aerial yam (leaf and bulbils), barley
(ears), bottle
gourd (uses), camphor tree (branch), date palm (plantation,
product), finger millet (leaves, seedling), fonio (field), khat (shoots, use), longan (fruiting tree),
nipa palm (stand, uses), onion (seed, use), physic nut (seed), pineapple
(flower, cultivation), sago palm (pneumatophores, by-product),
tobacco (product), watermelon (habit), wheat (field, infructescence, spikelet,
products), ylang-ylang (inflorescence, fruit, leaf,
product)).
- 7 video clips (+0 since previous version).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 8 (olive (infructescence), sago palm (variety, felling by axe, thatch,
papeda), watermelon
(leaf, fruit, market)).
- Major data additions: date palm, patchouli.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 226 (= +0 since previous
version). Full PROTA texts: 5 (= +0 since
previous version). (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in
place since version 2.12.)
CROPPIX
- 314 crops (= +1 since previous version (ylang-ylang).
- Slideshow: 1156 photos (= +7 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 44 species (= +0 since previous version).
- Slideshow: 85 photos (= +0 since previous version).
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Version 2.26 (07feb2008)
GENERAL
- 4225 graphics (= +44 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1716 (= +3 since previous version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1716 = 120).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 70 (= +1
; still to go: 38).
- Fibre Plants: Jute/fl: photo replaced.
- Fruits & Nuts: Watermelon/od: +photo.
- Starch Plants: Rice/fl: photo replaced. Yams/pt: +photo.
- Vegetables: Aubergine/fr: +photo. Cucumber/pt,pc,gd: +text (-> texts completed). Tomato/us: +photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 544 photos (= +1 since previous version (jute (flower)). 1 photo replaced (rice
(flower)).
TC-PEDIA
- Main entry 'Hungry rice' renamed into 'Fonio'.
- 2900 pictures (= +29 since previous version (aubergine (fruit, other species), date
(use/fruit), groundnut (Inca peanut (habit, fruit, seed)), jute - tossa
(inflorescence), litchi (product), longan (leaf, product), pepper
(Nepal pepper), physic nut (hedge, inflorescence, infructescence), rice (African
rice, Nerica), tomato
(post-harvest, fruit of bitter tomato), white Guinea yam (tubers)).
- 7 video clips (+4 since previous version (cotton (picking), groundnut (manual
harvesting), rice (manual threshing, manual milling)).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 3 (rice (inflorecence), sago palm (gaba2 drying, thatch)).
- Major data additions: aerial yam, white guinea yam, sugar sorghum.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 226 (= +1 since previous
version). Full PROTA texts: 5 (= +2 (fonio, Guinea
yam). (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in
place since version 2.12.)
CROPPIX
- 313 crops (= +3 since previous version (African rice, Inca peanut, Nepal pepper).
- Slideshow: 1149 photos (= +15 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 44 species (= +0 since previous version ).
- Slideshow: 85 photos (= +0 since previous version).
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Version 2.25 (tue02oct2007)
GENERAL
- 4181 graphics (= +69 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1713 (= +3 since previous version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1713 = 123).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 69 (= +1
; still to go: 39).
- Fibre Plants: Sisal/us: +photo.
- Fruits & Nuts: Avocado/hb: +photo. Citrus/pt: +photo. Pineapple/us,cv,yl,pc: +photo;
../ct: photo replaced. Sweet almond/od,gr: +photo.
- Protein Plants: Soya bean/pc: +text (-> texts completed); ../us,pc: +photo.
- Spices: Turmeric/fl: +drawing; ../df: +photos; ../st: text revised.
- Starch Plants: Cassava/pc: +photos; ../lf: photo replaced. Plantain/it,ct: +text. Sago palm/fr: photos upgraded.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 543 photos (= +3 since previous version (avocado (habit), breadfruit
(inflorescence), coca (habit)). 3 photos replaced
(avocado (fruit), cassava (stem), sago palm (fruit)).
TC-PEDIA
- 2871 pictures (= +53 since previous version (asparagus
(habit, rhizome), avocado (habit, fruit). bottle gourd (fruits, uses),
breadfruit (male inflorescence), broccoli (inflorescence), cassava
(inflorescence, tubers, processing), coca (habit, fruits,
usage), durian (marketing), jackfruit
(fruit of relatated marang), java citronella (botanical drawings), lime (fruit
marketing), pineapple (field, fruits, product, supply),
rambutan (fruits of related pulasan), sago palm (trunk pith sample,
inflorescence, infructescence, young
fruits), sisal (use), sugarcane (field, shoot, product), sweet
almond (field), turmeric (inflorescence), winged bean (marketing, seeds of
related psopho), ylang-ylang (botanical drawings, use))).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 7 (cape gooseberry (fruits), cassava (stem), sago palm (fruits), ylang-ylang (leaves,
flowers, fruits)).
- Major data additions: plantain, turmeric.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 225 (= +0 since previous
version). Full PROTA texts: 3 (= +0 [crop]. (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in
place since version 2.12.)
CROPPIX
- 310 crops (= +7 since previous version (bambangan, Brunei cherry, bottle gourd,
kembayau, marang, pulasan, santol).
- Slideshow: 1134 photos (= +22 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 44 species (= +0 since previous version).
- Slideshow: 85 photos (= +0 since previous version).
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Version 2.24 (fri13apr2007)
GENERAL
- 4112 graphics (= +51 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1710 (= +9 since previous version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1710 = 126).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 68 (= +5
; still to go: 40).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Cacao/it: +text (-> texts completed); ../us: +photo.
Tobacco/it,gd: +text (-> texts completed).
- Fruits & Nuts: Mango/pc: +text (-> texts completed). Pistachio:
background photo replaced/added; ../fs:
+photo.
- Spices: Garlic/cv: +photo. Nutmeg/gd,df: +photos; ../ct,df: +text (-> texts completed).
- Starch Plants: Tannia/pt,cv: +photo; ../lf: photo replaced; ../ct,pc,gd: +text
(-> texts completed). Wheat/us: +photo.
- Vegetables: Yard-long bean/us,ct,cv,hb,fr,st: +photo,drw.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 540 photos (= +1 since previous version (garlic: bulbs). 3 photos replaced
(tannia (habit), yard-long bean (habit, fruit)).
TC-PEDIA
- 2818 pictures (= +39 since previous version (arabica coffee (fruits of forma
xanthocarpa). Brussels sprouts (use), cacao (use), carob (stem), chicory (use),
cotton - upland (open boll), garlic (harvested product), leucaena (flowering and fruiting branch (drawing)), lemon (use),
musk pumpkin (botanical drawing, fruits), nutmeg (fruit,seedlings,candied husk in syrup), pistachio (seeds), sisal (use of tampico fibre), tannia (habit,leaf,tubers,corm), wax gourd (leaf,flower),
wheat (products), yard-long bean (flower,fruit,habit,field,young fruit), zucchini (fruits)).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 3 (asparagus (product (white)), yard-long bean (fruits, drawing)), (with Ted Felix' Kodak
Photo CD lost-highlights fix:) 1 (groundnut (harvested plant)).
- Major data additions: tannia, wax gourd.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 225 (= +1 since previous
version). Full PROTA texts: 3 (= +1 (khat). (Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in
place since version 2.12.)
- Separate subject background text (PROSEA/PROTA) - accessed through right-click
on Subject Menu bar - completed for Uses.
- Field "Budding" on page "Cultivation2" removed, its contents included in field
"Pruning", as bud pruning was meant, and not bud grafting.
CROPPIX
- 303 crops (= +2 since previous version (asparagus, laurel).
- Slideshow: 1112 photos (= +13 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 44 species (= +1 since previous version (talipot palm))
- Slideshow: 85 photos (= +1 since previous version).
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Version 2.23 (tue19dec2006)
GENERAL
- 4061 graphics (= +74 since previous version).
- Permission obtained to include material from PROTA
publications in TropCrop.
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1701 (= +7 since previous version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1701 = 135).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 63 (= +2
; still to go: 45).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Coffee/us,pc: +photo.
- Fibre Plants: Roselle/fs: +features, +text; ../st: +text.
- Fruits & Nuts: Peach/fs: +photos. Pineapple/pt: +photo; ../fs: photo replaced. Pistachio/us,pc: +photo.
Watermelon/ct,hb,fl,st,gd: photo replaced.
- Oil Plants: Castor/ct,cv,pc: +text (-> texts completed); ../df: +photos. Coconut palm/us,gd: +photo. Oil palm/cv,pc,fs: text adapted. Sesame/us: +photo.
- Protein Plants: Cowpea/lf,gd: +photo.
- Starch Plants: Pearl millet/pt,ct,fr: +photo; ../df: text improved.
- Vegetables: Cucumber/us: +photo. Okra/pc,st,rt,gd,df: +text (-> texts
completed); ../df: +photos.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 539 photos (= +1/-1 since previous version (kola nut: seed). 4 photos replaced
(mandarin (fruit), pineapple (fruit)watermelon (habit, flower)).
MMDB-TC renamed TC-PEDIA
- 2779 pictures (= +49 since previous version (bambara groundnut, cape gooseberry, cassava, coconut,
cowpea,
cucumber, kohlrabi, kola nut, mandarin, peach, pearl millet, pineapple, pistachio,
potato, sesame, sheabutter, watermelon).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 8 (cape gooseberry (young fruit, flower),
mandarin (fruit), sheabutter (habit), watermelon (habit, flower)).
- Major data additions: palmyra palm, pearl millet, roselle, sheabutter,
watermelon.
- Crops covered by full background reference text: 224 (= +1 since previous
version). Full PROTA texts: 2 (= +2 (roselle - vegetable-type, sheabutter)).
(Full PROSEA texts for 223 crops already in
place since version 2.12.)
CROPPIX
- 301 crops (= +4 since previous version (calliandra, kafir potato, saba, ulluco).
- Slideshow: 1099 photos (= +23 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 43 species (= +0 since previous version)
- Slideshow: 84 photos (= +1 since previous version).
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Version 2.22 (thu10aug2006)
GENERAL
- 3987 graphics (= +39 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1694 (= +11 since previous version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1694 = 142).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 61 (= +4
; still to go: 47).
- Auxiliary Plants: Calopo/df: +text,+photo. Centro/it,df: +text; ../df: +photo. Tropical kudzu/it,gd,df: +text;
../df: +photo.
- Beverages & Stimulants: Cacao/fl: photo replaced; ../fr,st: +photo.
- Fruits & Nuts: Avocado/cv: +text. Orange/cv: +photo.
- Oil Plants: Rapeseed/lf,fs: +photo.
- Protein Plants: Lentil/it: +text; ../fs: +photo.
- Spices: Clove/pc: +photo.
- Starch Plants: Taro/cv,st: +photo; ../lf: photo replaced; ../ct,gd: +text.
- Vegetables: Kangkong/us: +photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 539 photos (= +1 since previous version (taro: flower). 5 photos replaced (cacao: flower,fruit ; lentil: habit->fruit
; orange: fruit ; taro: cultivation->corms).
MMDB-TC
- 2730 pictures (= +33 since previous version (cacao, clove, jackfruit (chempedak), kaki
(black sapote, mabolo), kangkong, lentil, orange, pea, pepper (Peruvian pepper
tree), rapeseed, sapodilla,
taro)).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: 2 (avocado, cacao), (with Ted Felix' Kodak
Photo CD lost-highlights fix:) orange.
- Major data additions: taro.
CROPPIX
- 297 crops (= +5 since previous version (black sapote, chempedak, lentil, sawah lettuce,
Peruvian pepper tree).
- Slideshow: 1076 photos (= +14 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 43 species (= +1 since previous version (cup of gold vine))
- Slideshow: 83 photos (= +1 since previous version).
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Version 2.21 (tue02may2006)
GENERAL
- 3948 graphics (= +86 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1683 (= +36 since previous version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1683 = 153).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 57 (= +5
; still to go: 51).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Cacao/ct: +text. Tea/it,ct,pc,st: +text (-> texts completed).
- Oil Plants: Groundnut/us: +photo. Indian mustard/fs: +photos. Olive/cv,gd,df: +text. Rapeseed/fs: +drawing;
../us,pc: +photo. Safflower/gd: +photo.
- Protein Plants: Common bean/lf,df: +text, +photo; ../us,df: +photo. Lima
bean/df: +text. Mung bean/it,ct,pc,st: +text (-> texts completed); ../pc,gd:
+photo.
- Spices: Capsicum pepper/pt: +photo. Vanilla/pc: +text, photo replaced; ../yl:
+photo.
- Starch Plants: Taro/pc: +text.
- Sugar Plants: Sugar beet/st: +drawing; ../gd,df: +photos; ../gr,ct,cv,df: +text
(-> texts completed).
- Vegetables: Amaranth/df: +text. Bitter gourd/df: +text. Cucumber/df: +text, +photos.
Kangkong/df: +text. Okra/pc: +photo; ../it: +text. Tomato/gr,pc,st,gd,df: +text (-> texts completed); ../pc: +photo. Yard-long bean/it,pt,ct,pc,st,rt,gd,df: +text (-> texts
completed); ../df: +photos.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 539 photos (= +2 since previous version (common bean leaf, Indian mustard fruit)). 3 photos replaced (cardamom habit,
cardamom fruit, safflower flower).
MMDB-TC
- 2697 pictures (= +45 since previous version (beet (sugar beet, spinach beet),
capsicum pepper, cardamom, common bean, cotton - upland, groundnut, hemp, hevea
rubber,
Indian mustard, kohlrabi, maté, mung bean, neem, okra, rapeseed (B. napus), safflower, strawberry, sugar
beet, vanilla, yard-long bean)).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: hemp, vanilla.
- Major data additions: vetiver grass.
CROPPIX
- 292 crops (= +2 since previous version (gum arabic, Mexican hawthorn a.k.a. tejocote).
- Slideshow: 1062 photos (= +14 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 42 species (= +4 since previous version (bloodflower milkweed, fishtail palm, peacock flower,
yellow oleander))
- Slideshow: 82 photos (= +6 since previous version).
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Version 2.20 (fri17feb2006)
GENERAL
- 3862 graphics (= +112 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1646 (= +48 since previous version; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1646 = 190).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 52 (= +5
; still to go: 56).
- Auxiliary Plants: Calopo/ct,cv,st: +text; ../it: drawing upgraded.
Centro/st,rt: +text. Greville/ct,cv: +text. Tephrosia/intro,cv,yl,st,gd,df: +text; ../fs,df: +photo (T.
vogelii included in this crop module).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Tea/fl: photo upgraded.
- Fruits & Nuts: Cashew/hb: photo replaced. Pineapple/od,pt: text updated.
- Oil Plants: Indian mustard/df: +photo; ../gd: photo replaced; ../us: +drawing; ../pt,gr,ct,pc,lf,fl,st,rt,gd,df: +text
(-> texts completed).
Rapeseed/gr,ct,pc,gd,df: +text (-> texts completed). Sesame/us,lf,gd: +photo; ../it,hb: photo upgraded; ../it,us,pc,ct,gd: +text
(-> texts completed).
- Protein Plants: Mung bean/intro: photo upgraded. Pigeon pea/us: +photo.
- Spices: Mustard/od,gr,ct,cv,yl,st,rt,gd,df: +text (-> texts completed); ../us,fs,gd: +photo.
- Starch Plants: Foxtail millet/pt,ct,rt,df: +text. Potato/ct,pc,gd: +text (-> texts completed). Sorghum/cv: +text, +photos.
Wheat/pt.yl: text updated; ../gd,df: +text.
- Vegetables: Carrot/od: +photo. Kangkong/uses: text improved.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 537 photos (= +8 since previous version). 3 photos replaced (coca flower, garlic
bulbs, pigeon pea fruit).
MMDB-TC
- 2650 pictures (= +54 since previous version (asparagus, black mustard, Brazil nut, carrot, chayote,
cinchona, coca, durian,
garlic, groundnut, guava, guinea grass, Indian mustard, kohlrabi, leek, mangosteen, mung bean, passionfruit,
pigeon pea, sapodilla,
sesame, spinach beet, stylo, teff, tephrosia)).
- Pictures upgraded/replaced: cashew, coca, garlic, mung bean, sapodilla, (with Ted Felix' Kodak
Photo CD lost-highlights fix:) passionfruit, sesame, tea.
- Major data additions: fenugreek, sapodilla, sesame, sorghum, tephrosia.
- Entry "Quinine" changed into "Cinchona".
NEW:- Major overhaul of Ecophysiology
pages: Fields 'Tolerated
intensity range', 'Relative air humidity' and 'Micronutrients ...' removed because of limited
informative and identifying value. Data, if any, transferred to field
'Other ecophysiological characteristics'. Field 'Shade requirements' replaced by
'Shade tolerance (relative) (low, high). Field 'Drought tolerance (months)'
replaced by 'Drought tolerance (relative) (low, high)'. Field 'Flooding
tolerance (months)' replaced by 'Waterlogging tolerance (low, high)' and moved
from moisture characteristics to soil characteristics. Field
'Tolerated pH range' replaced by fields 'pH range - tolerated' and '- optimal'.
Fields 'Frost tolerance (none, some)' and 'Salinity tolerance (relative) (low,
high) added. Open fields 'Nutrient requirements - N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S' replaced
by preset choice fields (low, high).
- Fields added to Growth page: 'Time to emergence after sowing' and 'Time to
emergence after planting'.
CROPPIX
- 290 crops (= +4 since previous version (canarium nut (Canarium indicum), garlic, Indian
mustard, sweet annie
(Artemisia annua)).
- Slideshow: 1048 photos (= +15 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 38 species (= +12 since previous version (bottle brush, calla lily, canna, frangipani, lantana, lipstick palm, passionfruit,
poinsettia, royal palm, shrimp plant, spider
lily, traveler's tree))
- Slideshow: 74 photos (= +28 since previous version). 1 photo replaced (Chinese
lantarn).
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Version 2.19 (wed27jul2005)
GENERAL
- 3750 graphics (= +84 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1598 (= +6 ; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1598 = 238).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 47 (= +3
; still to go: 61).
- Elastomer Plants: Hevea/gr,cv: text improved.
- Fibre Plants: Cotton/pt: +photo.
- Fruits & Nuts: Papaya/rt: +text.
- Oil Plants: Safflower/it,pt: +text (-> texts completed); ../lf: +photo.
- Spices: Parsley/us,cv,rt: +photo.
- Starch Plants: Cassava/pc: +text. Common millet/rt: +text. Sorghum/us: +photo.
Sweet potato/cv,rt: +photo; ../us,pc,rt,gd: +text (-> texts completed).
Yam/pc: +text (-> texts completed); ../st: +photos.
- Vegetables: Jute/pc: +photo, +text. Tomato/yl,gd: +photo; ../fl: +photo
features; ../rt: +text.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 529 photos (= +0 since previous version).
- redundant safflower flower replaced by missing safflower leaf.
MMDB-TC
- 2596 pictures (= +60 since previous version).
- Pictures added: betel nut, carob, cashew, cotton - upland, date palm, hemp,
jackfruit, parsley (turnip-rooted), Persian walnut, pummelo, rice, roselle
(vegetable type), safflower, sago palm, sorghum, sweet potato, tea, teff,
tomato, tossa jute, white Guinea yam (yellow Guinea yam).
- Pictures upgraded: carob, date palm, hemp.
- Major data additions: hemp, teff.
CROPPIX
- 286 crops (= +4 (citron, prickly pear, teff, yellow Guinea yam)).
- Slideshow: 1033 photos (= +29 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 26 species (= +3 (Chinese lantern a.k.a. fringed hibiscus, flamboyant, saman
a.k.a. rain tree))
- Slideshow: 46 photos (= +5 since previous version).
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Version 2.18 (mon28mar2005)
GENERAL
- 3666 graphics (= +42 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1592 (= +9 ; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1592 = 244).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 44 (= +2
; still to go: 64).
- Fruits & Nuts: Avocado/it,ct,pc,st,rt,df: +text (-> texts completed);
../df: +photos. Citrus/ct,rt,gd: +text (-> texts completed).
Melon/it,pt,ct,cv,hb,lf,fs: +photo. Pineapple/it: +text.
- Spices: Cardamom/cv: +drawing.
- Starch Plants: Barley/yl,pc,ct: +photo. Maize/us: +texts,+photos.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 529 photos (= +0 since previous version).
MMDB-TC
- 2536 pictures (= +29 since previous version).
- Pictures added: arabica coffee, barley, cape gooseberry, cardamom, chayote,
date palm, durian, maize, melon, tamarind.
- Pictures upgraded: chayote.
- Major data additions: chayote, tamarind.
CROPPIX
- 282 crops (= +2 (cork oak, melon)).
- Slideshow: 1004 photos (= +9 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 23 species (= +4 (bougainvillea, coral tree, heliconia, rose of China))
- Slideshow: 41 photos (= +2 since previous version).
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Version 2.17 (thu10feb2005)
GENERAL
- 3624 graphics (= +72 since previous version).
- Error corrected:
CropTutor/Starch plants/Breadfrit/intro: "breadfruit (seeded),
breadnut (seedless)" should be "breadfruit (seedless), breadnut
(seeded)".
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1583 (= +27 ; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1583 = 253).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 42 (= +2
; still to go: 66).
- Auxiliary Plants: Calopo/lf: +drawing; ../rt: +text. Centro/fl: photo
upgraded; ../st: drawing replaced. Crotalaria/lf: photo replaced by
drawing. Grevillea/fs: +drawing. Tropical kudzu/ct,cv: +text.
- Beverages & Stimulants: Tea/rt: +text.
- Fibre Plants: Cotton/pc: photo upgraded, +sec.text.
- Oil Plants: Castor/it,us: +text; ../us: +photo. Coconut/us: +photo. Oil
palm/fl: text and photo replaced.
- Protein Plants: Common bean/lf,st,rt,gd: +text. Lentil/rt: +text. Lima
bean/hb: drawing upgraded. Mung bean/rt: +text; ../lf: drawing upgraded.
- Spices: Vanilla/ct: photo cutting replaced; ../df: +photo.
- Starch Plants: Amaranth/gr,gd: +text. Barley: all 17 text screens completed.
Cassava: all 17 text screens completed; ../us,df: +photos. Pearl
millet/ct,lf,df: +photo ; ../ct,rt,df: +text. Plantain/us: +photo.
Quinoa/gr,ct,cv: +text.
- Vegetables: Lettuce/fl: +photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 529 photos (= +3 since previous version). 2 photos on rattan replaced.
MMDB-TC
- 2507 pictures (= +55 since previous version).
- Pictures added: bambara groundnut, calopo, carrot, cassava, castor, centro,
coconut, crotalaria, grevillea, jojoba, kapok, langsat, leek, lettuce, Lima
bean, mangosteen, neem tree, oil palm, pearl millet, plantain, rattan,
rauvolfia, vanilla, winged bean.
- Pictures upgraded: asparagus, bambara groundnut, cotton, mung bean, physic
nut, pigeon pea, rattan, vanilla, winged bean.
- Major data additions: calopo.
CROPPIX
- 280 crops (= +0 (...)).
- Slideshow: 995 photos (= +17 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 19 species (= +2 (castor (red variety), kniphofia))
- Slideshow: 39 photos (= +2 since previous version).
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Version 2.16 (fri01oct2004)
GENERAL
- 3552 graphics (= +121 since previous version).
- Error corrected:
CropTutor/Protein plants/Lentil/growth requirements: "Tropical
lowlands;" should be "Tropical highlands,".
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1556 (= +75 ; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1556 = 280).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 40 (= +6
; still to go: 68).
- Auxiliary Plants: Calopo/pc: +text. Centro/yl,pc: +text. Flemingia\it,yl,pc:
+text. Grevillea/it,us,yl,pc: +text; ../df: +photo. Leucaena/cv,yl: +text.
Tephrosia/pc,rt: +text. Tropical kudzu/pc,yl,st: +text.
- Beverages & Stimulants: Coffee/pt: text updated. Tea/st: +photo.
- Elastomer Plants: Hevea rubber: all 17 text screens completed.
- Fruits & Nuts: Almond/yl: +text. Cashew/yl,fl: +photo; all 17 text screens
completed. Pistachio/pt: text updated.
- Oil Plants: Rapeseed/it,od,pt,cv,yl: +text. Sesame/pt,yl: +text.
- Protein Plants: Cowpea: all 17 text screens completed; ../pt,ct,hb,fl,fs,df:
+photo. Faba bean/fl: +photos. Mung bean/pt: +text.
- Spices: Capsicum pepper/ct: +photo. Cinnamon/pc: +photo. Garlic/gd: +photo.
Nutmeg/it,od,yl,st,rt: +text. Parsley: all 17 text screens completed; ../us:
+photo.
- Starch Plants: Amaranth/df: +text,+photos. Plantain/us,pt,yl: +text.
Potato/pt: +text. Sorghum/pt,df: +text. Quinoa/pt,df: +text; ../df: +photos.
Yam/yl: +text.
- Sugar Plants: Sugar beet/hb,fl,gd: +photos; ../pt,yl,gd: +text.
- Vegetables: Aubergine: all 17 text screens completed ;
../pt,ct,cv,hb,lf,gd,df: +photo. Carrot: all 17 text screens completed; ../df:
+photos. Lettuce/pt,yl: +text. Pak-choi/ct,cv,hb: +photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 526 photos (= +5 since previous version).
MMDB-TC
- 250 crops (= -1 since previous version: Indian colza and Indian rape merged to 'Rapeseed (B. rapa)'
).
- 2452 pictures (= +85 since previous version).
- Pictures added: aubergine, camphor, capsicum pepper, cashew, cassia,
cauliflower, chicory, coconut, cowpea, faba bean, garlic, kale, kapok, leek,
lemon, maté, nipa palm, opium poppy, orange, pak-choi, pea, rose periwinkle,
sago palm, soursop, sugar beet, tea.
- Pictures upgraded: breadfruit, lemon, pak-choi, sago palm.
- Major data additions: aubergine, carrot, kapok.
- Subject Nomenclature: field 'Trade names' removed because of limited
informative and identifying value. Data, if any, transferred to fields
'Vernacular name - other', 'Other subdivisions', or 'Other information on
names'.
- Entry "Collard" replaced by entry "Kales" to contain all
cultivar groups of Brassica oleracea var. acephala.
CROPPIX
- 280 crops (= +6 (apricot, butterfly pea, kiwano, opium poppy, pak-choi, pea)).
- Slideshow: 978 photos (= +40 since previous version).
TropicOrn
- 17 species (= +3 (butterfly pea, victoria water lily, white tephrosia))
- Slideshow: 37 photos (= +3 since previous version).
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Version 2.15 (wed05may2004)
GENERAL
- 3431 graphics (= +62 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1481 (= +30 ; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens = 1836
- 1481 = 355).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 34 (= +4
; still to go: 74).
- Fruits & Nuts: Citrus/ct,yl,pc,gd: +photo.
- Oil Plants: Soya bean/lf,st: +photo.
- Protein Plants: Pigeon pea: all 17 text screens completed; ../fl: +photos.
Soya bean/lf,st: +photo.
- Spices: Cinnamon: all 17 text screens completed; ../fr: +drawing; ../st:
+photo; /rt: +text. Pepper/gd: photos upgraded. Turmeric: all 17 text screens
completed.
- Starch Plants: Rice/pt,cv: +text. Yam/st,gd: +text, +photo.
- Vegetables: Common cabbage: all 17 text screens completed; /it: + photos.
Lettuce/cv: +drawings. Onion/od,pt,gr,yl,gd,df: +text.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 521 photos (= +2 since previous version).
MMDB-TC
- 2367 pictures (= +32 since previous version).
- Pictures added: aerial yam, cassia, chicory, cinnamon, cluster yam, neem,
onion, orange, pepper, pigeon pea, soya bean, winged yam.
- Major data additions: cassia.
CROPPIX
- 274 crops (= +0).
- Slideshow: 938 photos (= +18 since previous version).
NEW: TropicOrn,
an annex to CropPix especially for ornamentals. 14 species, of which unique to
TropicOrn (not featuring in other modules) 8: cannon ball tree, chaconia,
gladiolus, hypericum, jacaranda, protea, rose, strelitzia.
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Version 2.14 (thu04mar2004)
GENERAL
- 3369 graphics (= +167 since previous version).
- Error corrected:
CropTutor/Vegetables/Pumpkins & Squashes/cultivation:
"grafting" should be "cuttings".
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1451 (= +173 ; still to go: 108 crops x 17 screens =
1836 - 1451 = 385).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 30 (= +4
; still to go: 78).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: ALL 108! (= +6 ; still to go: 0!).
- Auxiliary Plants: Centro/fr,gd: +photo. Grevillea/fl: +photo; ../df:
+text,+photo. Flemingia/df: +text.
- Beverages & Stimulants: Tea/us: +photo. Tobacco/ct,rt: +text; ../ct,pc,gd:
+photo.
- Elastomer Plants: Guayule/od,pt,gr,ct,cv,yl,pc,hb,lf,fl,fs,st,rt: +text.
- Fibre Plants: Cotton/it: drawings upgraded. Roselle/it,hb,fr: photo upgraded.
Sisal/fs: +photo.
- Fruits & Nuts: Citrus/pt: + photo. Grape/st,rt: +text. Mango/gd: +photo.
Melon/all: texts completed. Orange/ct: +photo. Peach/pt: +photo. Pineapple/pt:
+photo. Pistachio/us,od,pt,ct,yl,hb,lf,fl,fs,st,rt,gd,df: +text; ../fl,df:
+photo. Sweet almond/od,pt,pc,hb,fl,st,rt,df: +text; ../fl: photo replaced.
Watermelon/all: texts completed; ../it,cv,ct,pc,hb,lf,fl,fs,st,gd,df: +photo.
- Oil Plants: Linseed: all screens +text. Olive/pt,yl,pc: +text; ../od: text
replaced. Safflower/pc: +text.
- Spices: Mustard/lf,fl,fs: +text.
- Starch Plants: Barley/it: photo replaced. Maize/od: text updated.
Quinoa/od,gd: +photo.
- Vegetables: Gourd removed as separate entry and included in Pumpkins &
Squashes; ../ct,hb,fl: +photo; ../all: texts completed. Basella/yl,df: +text.
Common cabbage/pt,ct,lf,gd: +photo;../st: +drawing; ../us,ct,hb,lf,fl,fs,st,rt:
+text. Jute/rt: +text. Onion/pt,yl: +photo. Yard-long bean/yl: +text.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 519 photos (= +10 since previous version).
MMDB-TC
- 2335 pictures (= +101 since previous version).
- Pictures added: barley, centro, common cabbage, Congo jute, cotton - upland,
cotton - sea island, crambe, grevillea, guayule, hazelnut, Indian kapok, jojoba,
jute - tossa, kapok, kenaf, lemon, lime, linseed, litchi, mandarin, Manila hemp,
mango, onion, orange, peach, Persian walnut, pineapple, pistachio, quinoa,
raffia, ramie, roselle, sapodilla, sisal, tea, tobacco, vanilla, watermelon,
zucchini.
- Pictures upgraded: sisal, spinach beet, watermelon.
- Major data additions: Congo jute, grevillea, physic nut, pistachio, rapeseed,
sweet almond.
- Entry "Mammoth squash" replaced by entry "Mammoth squash
a.o." to contain all cultivars of Cucurbita maxima.
- Entry "Cushaw" replaced by entry "Cushaw a.o." to contain
all cultivars of Cucurbita argyrosperma (= C. mixta).
- Entry "Musk pumpkin" replaced by entry "Musk pumpkins" to
contain all cultivars of Cucurbita moschata.
- Entry "Gourd" replaced by entry "Zucchini a.o." to contain
all cultivars of Cucurbita pepo.
CROPPIX
- 274 crops (= +5 (centro, onion, flemingia, rape (vegetable), spinach beet).
- Slideshow: 920 photos (= +40 since previous version).
- Error: 'jujube (Ziziphus zizyphus)' corrected into 'Indian jujube
a.k.a. ber (Ziziphus mauritiana)'
NEW: In the Slideshow all slides
are shown once (in randomized order) before they are shown a next time (in
re-randomized order). So the chance that you will see the same slide twice in a
short period of time has become very slim.
NEW: "Hey, what was
that?": 3-slides-track-back feature added to Slideshow.
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Version 2.13 (thu02oct2003)
GENERAL
- 3202 graphics (= +80 since previous version).
- Error corrected:
CropTutor/Starch crops/Taro/it: "malanga (de)" should be
"malanga, ñampí (es).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1280 (= +33 ; still to go: 109 crops x 17 screens = 1853
- 1280 = 573).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 26 (= +2
; still to go: 83).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: 102 (= +2 ; still to go: 7).
- Fibre Plants: Jute/gd: +photo.
- Fruits & Nuts: Macadamia/us,fl,st: +photo. Papaya/ct,yl,df: +text.
- Oil Plants: Safflower/ct,yl,fs,df: +text. Nigerseed: text completed; ../lf:
+drawing.
- Protein Plants: Common bean/fl,cv,yl,gd: +photo; ../ct: photo replaced.
- Spices: Ginger/ct,yl,gd: +photo; ../us,fl,st: pictures replaced; ../yl: +text.
Mustard/us,pt,pc,hb: +text. Parsley/fl,fs: +drawing; ../us,cv,fs: +text.
Pepper/fl: +photo. Nutmeg/fs: +photo, text changed.
- Starch Plants: Buckwheat: text completed; ../it,hb: photo replaced; ../ct:
+photo. Sago palm/us: +photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 509 photos (= +6 since previous version).
MMDB-TC
- 2234 pictures (= +68 since previous version).
- Pictures added: allspice, black mustard, buckwheat, carambola, cassia,
cinnamon, coconut, common bean, elephant grass, fenugreek, ginger, jackfruit,
jimsonweed, jojoba, macadamia, nigerseed, nipa palm, nutmeg, parsley, pepper,
rambutan, sago palm, tossa jute, tung, wax gourd.
- Pictures upgraded: nipa palm.
- Major data additions: jackfruit.
NEW: Subject Leaf: field 'Shape
smallest foliar element' subdivided into 'outline', 'apex', 'base' and 'margin'.
NEW: Subject Flower: data boxes
added to fields 'Number of petals...' and 'Number of sepals...' to allow
for range entry.
- Subject Stem: field 'Internode length' removed because of limited informative
and identifying value. Data, if any, transferred to field 'Other stem
characteristics'.
CROPPIX
- 269 crops (= +3 (African spider flower a.k.a. cat's whiskers (Cleome
gynandra), caisin (Brassica rapa cv. group Caisin), sweet cherry)).
- Slideshow: 880 photos (= +31).
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Version 2.12 (sun29jun2003)
GENERAL
- 3122 graphics (= +138 since previous version).
- Errors corrected:
1. CROPPIX: Kuwini (Mangifera odorata) should be Bachang (Mangifera
foetida).
2. MMDB-TC/Strawberry, photo caption: 'Caramosa' should be
'Camarosa'.
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1247 (= +42 ; still to go: 109 crops x 17 screens = 1853
- 1247 = 606).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 24 (= +6
; still to go: 85).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: 100 (= +3 ; still to go: 9).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Cacao/pt: photo replaced. Tea/us,fs,df: + photo.
- Fibre Plants: Jute/pc: text completed; ../rt,gd: + text.
Kenaf/it,ct,pc,rt,gd: text completed. Roselle/it,ct,pc,gd: text completed;
../rt: + text. Sisal/pt: text updated; ../ct,cv,rt: text completed.
- Fruits & Nuts: Citrus/pt,hb,gd: + photo; ../cv: photo replaced.
Macadamia/lf,df: + photos; ../ct,fs,gd: + photo; ../fs: text corrected; ../:
text completed. Peach/us,ct,cv,hb,lf,fs,df: + photo; ../: text completed.
Pineapple/fs,gd,df: + text; ../st: text changed, + drawing. Pistachio/it,gr: +
text ; ../gr,ct,hb,lf,fl,st,gd: + photo.
- Oil Plants: Rapeseed/it: photo replaced; ../hb,fs: + photo;
../us,hb,lf,fl,fs,st,rt: + text.
- Starch Plants: Barley/fs: photo upgraded. Potato/fs,df: + photos; ../df: +
text. Sago palm/hb: + photo.
- Sugar Plants: Sugar beet/us,lf,fl,fs,st,rt: + text; ../fs: + photo.
- Vegetables: Bitter gourd/cv: + photo. Carrot/fs: + photo. Lettuce/fs: + photo.
Tomato/ct.lf: + photo; ../cv: + text.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 503 photos (= +8 since previous version).
MMDB-TC
- 2166 pictures (= +98 since previous version).
- Pictures added: artichoke, asparagus, bitter gourd, carrot, cauliflower,
chicory, cowpea, grape, kola nut, lemon, lettuce, litchi, macadamia, oil palm,
olive, orange, palmyra palm, passionfruit, peach / nectarine, pineapple,
pistachio, potato, quinine, rapeseed, sago palm, salak palm, strawberry, sugar
beet, tea, tomato, yam bean.
- Pictures upgraded: barley, cacao, litchi, macadamia, salak palm, winged bean.
- Full PROSEA text background reference for
all crops in TropCrop of which PROSEA texts have been published: 223 crops out
of 251 (= +12 (including Congo jute, various cottons, Indian kapok, jute, kenaf,
linseed, raffia, sisal)). The PROSEA project was concluded in apr2003. In the
meantime its African sequel PROTA was
launched in 2000.
- Main common name entry for Pachyrhizus erosus changed from potato bean
to yam bean.
CROPPIX
- 266 crops (= +8 (barrel medic, biriba, kasai, kava, mabolo, mundu, noni tree,
pistachio)).
- Slideshow: 849 photos (= +51).
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Version 2.11 (wed29jan2003)
GENERAL
- 2984 graphics (= +52 since previous version).
- Error corrections:
-- Chickpea in German should read Kichererbse i.s.o.
Kickererbse.
-- CropTutor/Spices/Coriander/fruit & seed: "Dry
seeds in close-up" should read "Dry fruits in close-up".
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1205 (= +0 ; still to go: 109 crops x 17 screens = 1853
- 1205 = 648).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 18 (= +0
; still to go: 91).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: 97 (= +0 ; still to go: 12).
- Auxiliary Plants: Leucaena/us: photo added.
- Beverages & Stimulants: Tobacco/ct,lf: photo added.
- Spices: Cardamom/pc,lf,fl,fs: photos added.
- Vegetables: Amaranth/cv: photo added. Pumpkin, squash:/od,cv: photos added.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 495 photos (= +6 since previous version).
MMDB-TC
- 2068 pictures (= +31 since previous version).
- Pictures added: cardamom, cushaw, custard apple, durian, gourd, leaf amaranth,
leucaena, musk pumpkin, tobacco, waternut.
- Pictures upgraded: cardamom fruit, custard apple fruit and seedling, tamarind
fruit.
- Full PROSEA text background reference: 211
crops (= +0 (....)). (223 of of MMMDB-TC's 251 crops will eventually be covered
by PROSEA texts.)
CROPPIX
- 258 crops (= +3 (bamboo, galanga, leaf amaranth)).
- Slideshow: 798 photos (= +20).
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Version 2.10 (tue10dec2002)
GENERAL
- 2932 graphics (= +122 since previous version).
- Error correction: In MMDB-TC the family name of fenugreek was spelled
Leguminosea i.s.o. Leguminosae, so that fenugreek did not show up in a search
for crops in that family.
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1205 (= +36 ; still to go: 109 crops x 17 screens = 1853
- 1205 = 648).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 18 (= +1
; still to go: 91).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: 97 (= +2 ; still to go: 12).
- Auxiliary Plants: Leucaena/us: photo added.
- Fibre Plants: Jute/fs: photos added.
- Fruits & Nuts: Grape/od,pt,yl,fl: text added; ../fl: photo added.
Pineapple/fl: photo replaced and added; ../gd: photo added.
- Oil Plants: Coconut/us,pc,rt: photo added; ../od: photo replaced; ../ct,yl,pc:
text added.
- Protein Plants: Common bean/ct: photo added; ../cv,hb: photo upgraded.
Lentil/pt,ct,yl,st,gd,df: text added; ../df: photos added. Faba
bean/us,od,pt,gr,pt,ct, cv,hb,lf,fl,fs,gd,df: text added; ../gr: photo added.
Lima bean/lf: photo added. Mung bean/fs,gd: photo added. Yard-long bean/lf:
photo added.
- Spices: Parsley/gr,hb,lf,fl,fs,st,rt: text added.
- Starch Plants: Buckwheat/yl: text added. Cassava/yl,fl,fr,rt: photo replaced;
../fl,fr: photo added; ../fl: text corrected. Finger millet/us,ct,pc,rt: text
added; ../fl: photo added; ../it: photo upgraded. Plantain/us,ct,cv,fl,st,gd:
photo added; ../it,hb,fr: photo replaced. Potato/fl: text added. Quinoa/yl: text
added. Rice/hb: photo replaced. Tannia/lf: text added. Wheat/fs: text and photo
added.
- Vegetables: Okra/gd: photo added.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 489 photos (= +6 since previous version).
- Photos replaced: avocado flower, cassava flower, cassava fruit.
MMDB-TC
- 251 crops.
- 2037 pictures (= +76 since previous version).
- Pictures added: annatto, artichoke, avocado, cassava, cluster bean, coca,
coconut, common bean, faba bean, finger millet, grape, hazelnut, jimsonweed,
jute (tossa), leucaena, lima bean, litchi, mung bean, okra, plantain, pineapple,
rice, sorghum, soursop, stylo, upland cotton, wheat, yard-long bean.
- Pictures upgraded: cassava, finger millet, rice.
- Major data additions: cape gooseberry, coca, faba bean, fenugreek.
- Full PROSEA text background reference: 211
crops (= +0 (....)). (223 of of MMMDB-TC's 251 crops will eventually be covered
by PROSEA texts.)
CROPPIX
- 255 crops (= +11 (elephant yam, golden shower, golden spoon, jimsonweed,
jujube, karanda, kuwini, oil pandan (Pandanus conoideus), shallot, sponge
gourd, stylo)).
- Slideshow: 778 photos (= +61).
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Version 2.09 (sat06jul2002)
GENERAL
- 2810 graphics (= +63 since previous version).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1173 (= +24 ; still to go: 109 crops x 17 screens = 1853
- 1173 = 680).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 17 (= +1
; still to go: 92).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: 95 (= +2 ; still to go: 14).
- Auxiliary Plants: Tropical kudzu/rt: text and photo added.
- Elastomer Plants: Guayule/us: text added.
- Fruits & Nuts: Grape/ct,st,gd: photo added.
- Protein Plants: Mung bean/ct: photo added.
- Spices: Coriander: text completed; ../lf,fl,fs,st,df: photo added.
- Starch Plants: Quinoa/ct,hb,fl,fs,st: photo added;
../it,us,od,hb,lf,fl,fs,st,rt: text added.
- Sugar Plants: Sugar beet/us,ct: photo added.
- Vegetables: Carrot/lf: photo added. Cucumber/fl: text updated, photo replaced;
../pt: photo added.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 483 photos (= +4 since previous version).
MMDB-TC
- 1961 pictures (= +41 since previous version).
- Pictures added: Asparagus, Carrot, Chicory, Coriander, Cucumber, Grape,
Langsat, Linseed/Flax, Maize, Mung bean, Onion, Pigeon pea, Quinoa, Rose
periwinkle, Sugar beet, Tropical kudzu, True aloe, Wheat.
- Major data additions: Coriander.
- Full PROSEA text background reference: 211
crops (= +2 (Ipecac, Medicinal yams)). (223 of of MMMDB-TC's 251 crops will
eventually be covered by PROSEA texts.)
CROPPIX
- 244 crops (= +7 (Cassie, Cucumber, Husk tomato, Mezcal agave, Sawtooth
coriander, Siratro, Whiteball acacia)).
- Slideshow: 717 photos (= +23).
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Version 2.08 (fri03may2002)
GENERAL
- 2747 graphics (= +91 since previous version).
- All remaining 72 photos which were still in 256-colour gif format upgraded to
full-colour jpg format.
- Error corrections:
-- 1) Versions 2.07 gave faulty search results in MMDB-TC
when criteria that fitted the removed mushroom species (Champignon and Padi
straw mushroom) were searched for.
-- 2) Size indication on photo of cluster yam leaves
corrected from 5 cm to 10 cm.
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1149 (= +10 ; still to go: 109 crops x 17 screens = 1853
- 1149 = 704).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 16 (= +0
; still to go: 93).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: 93 (= +1 ; still to go: 16).
- Auxiliary Plants: Calopo/us: photo upgraded. Tropical kudzu/hb,fs,df: photos
upgraded; ../us: photo added. Crotalaria/it,us: photo upgraded; ../st: drawing
added.
- Beverages & Stimulants: Cacao/fl: photo upgraded; ../fr: photo added.
Coffee/fl,fr,gd: photos upgraded.
- Fibre Plants: Cotton/it,lf: photo upgraded. Kenaf/pc,gd: photo upgraded.
Roselle/lf: photo upgraded; ../fl: photo added.
- Fruits & Nuts: Banana/ct,cv: photo upgraded. Mango/cv: photo upgraded.
Papaya/fl: photo upgraded. Watermelon/us,hb,lf,fr: photo added;
../us,od,gr,hb,fl,fs,st,rt: text added.
- Oil Plants: Groundnut/rt: photo added. Linseed/ct: photo added. Oil
palm/it,lf: photos upgraded; ../fl: photo added. Sunflower/us,if: photo added;
../pt: graphic added.
- Protein Plants: Groundnut/rt: photo added.
- Starch Plants: Plantain:/ct: photo upgraded. Rice/ct,fs: photos added.
Sorghum/gd: photo added. Tannia/st: photo upgraded. Taro/pt,ct: photos upgraded.
Wheat/us: photo added. Yam/it,ct: photo upgraded.
- Sugar Plants: Sugar beet/it,hb: photo replaced; ../us,pt,pc,lf: photo added ;
../pc,hb: text added.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 479 photos (= +3 since previous version).
- If a quiz on crops from one commodity group only is chosen, this group now
remains indicated during playing.
MMDB-TC
- 251 crops.
- 1916 pictures (= +40 since previous version).
- Pictures added: Banana, Borecole (under Collard), Brussels sprouts, Cacao,
Calopo, Chicory, Crotalaria, Ensete, Grapefruit, Groundnut, Kenaf, Linseed,
Longan, Niger seed, Papaya, Pea, Pearl millet, Rice, Sheabutter, Sorghum, Sugar
beet, Sugar cane, Sunflower, Sunn hemp, Tannia, Tropical kudzu, Tung,
Watermelon, Wheat.
- Pictures upgraded: Arabica coffee, Cacao, Cotton - upland, Mango, Oil palm,
Rice, Robusta coffee, Roselle - fibre, Sunflower, Talinum, Taro.
- Major data additions: Hazelnut (Turkish hazel changed into Hazelnut). Hop.
- Full PROSEA text background reference (223
of of MMMDB-TC's 251 crops will eventually be covered by PROSEA texts): 209
crops (= +8 (Jojoba, Niger seed, Olive, Safflower, Sesame, Sunflower, Teaseed,
Tung)).
CROPPIX
- 237 crops (= +8 (Capers, Chicory, Coco plum (a.k.a. Icaco), Grass pea, Nopal,
Pomerac, Sunn hemp, Talinum)).
- Slideshow: 694 photos (= +39) ; error corrected (slide showing harvested
strawberries had caption saying 'cluster yam').
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Version 2.07 (fri02nov2001)
GENERAL
- 2656 graphics (= +137 since previous version).
- Photos upgraded from 256-colour gif to full-colour jpg format since previous
version: 5 (still to go: 72).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1139 (= +10 ; still to go: 109 crops x 17 screens = 1853
- 1139 = 714).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 16 (= +3
; still to go: 93).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: 92 (= +0 ; still to go: 17).
- Auxiliary Plants: Leucaena/it: photos upgraded, ../us: photo added.
- Fruits & Nuts: Banana/hb: photo upgraded ; Citrus/lf: photo added,
../it,hb: photo upgraded ; Melon/us: photo added ; Watermelon/df: photo added.
- Oil Plants: Castor/lf: photo added, ../st: photo added ; Oil palm/ct:
background text on tissue culture added.
- Protein Plants: Chickpea: text completed ; Common bean/us: photo added,
../it,ct: text completed.
- Spices: Capsicum pepper/us: photos added ; Cinnamon/yl: text added ; Clove:
text updated and completed, photos added ; Vanilla: text completed.
- Starch Plants: Potato/lf: photo added.
- Sugar Plants: Sugar cane/if: photo added ; Sugar palm/pc: new photo.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 476 photos (= +14).
MMDB-TC
- 251 crops (= -2 since previous version: mushroom species (Champignon and Padi straw mushroom) removed. They
did not fit the higher-plants format of MMDB-TC, and consequently hardly any
information could be filled in).
- 1876 pictures (= +125).
- Pictures added: Amaranth (leaf), Artichoke, Banana, Betel nut, Betel pepper,
Brazil nut, Cacao, Capsicum pepper (hot), Castor, Chicory, Clove, Cluster yam,
Common bean, Custard apple, Durian, Ensete, Feijoa, Fenugreek, Gliricidia,
Leucaena, Lime, Longan, Mandarin, Melon, Nipa palm, Orange, Palmyra palm,
Potato, Pummelo, Rose periwinkle, Sapote, Soursop, Strawberry, Sugar beet, Sugar
cane, Sugar palm, Vanilla.
- Major data additions: Betel peper, Clove, Longan, Parsley.
- Full PROSEA text background reference for
201 of MMMDB-TC's 251 crops (223 of these will eventually be covered by PROSEA
texts).
CROPPIX
- 229 crops (= +12 (African fan palm, Brazil nut, Celery, Cluster yam, Custard
apple, Elephant grass, Kumquat, Longan, Mandarin, Petai bean, Rose periwinkle,
Strawberry)).
- Slideshow: 655 photos (= +53).
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Version 2.06 (mon14may2001)
GENERAL
- 2519 graphics (= +104 since previous version).
- Photos upgraded from 256-colour gif to full-colour jpg format since previous
version: 11 (still to go: 77).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1131 (still to go: 109 crops x 17 screens = 1853 - 1131
= 722).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 13 (still
to go: 96).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: 92 (still to go: 17).
- Auxiliary Plants: Flemingia/lf: + photo.
- Beverages & Stimulants: ...
- Elastomer Plants: ...
- Fibre Plants: Kenaf/fl: photo upgraded; ../us: + photo. Roselle/us: + photo.
- Fruits & Nuts: Avocado/cv,lf: + photo. Citrus/cv: + photo. Cashew/ct: +
photo. Melon/lf: + drawing. Sweet almond/it,lf,fs,st: + photo.
- Oil Plants: Olive: + text; ../it,us,ct,hb,lf,fl,st: + photos.
- Protein Plants: Faba bean/it: + photo.
- Spices: Cardamom/us: + photo. Garlic: + drawing.
- Starch Plants: Amaranth/fl: + photos. Maize/fs,st,rt: + photo. Wheat/hb,fs: +
photo.
- Sugar Plants: Sugarcane/us,pt: + photo.
- Vegetables: Bitter gourd/fl: + photo. Carrot/hb,fs: + drawing. Lettuce: +
text; ../hb: + drawing. Onion/hb: + drawing. Pak-choi: text completed except
st,rt,df. Petsai/hb: + drawing.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 462 photos (= +9).
MMDB-TC
- 1742 pictures (= +75 since previous version).
- Pictures added: Amaranth -grain, Asparagus, Avocado, Bitter gourd, Bottle
gourd, Cardamom, Carrot, Congo jute, Cucumber, Faba bean, Fig, Flemingia,
Garlic, Grecian foxglove, Jackfruit, Kenaf, Leek, Lettuce, Maize, Melon, Mung
bean, Olive, Onion, Pepper, Petsai, Physic nut, Pummelo, Ridged gourd, Roselle -
fibre, Roselle - vegetable, Sugarcane, Sweet almond, Talinum, Tomato, Wax gourd,
Winged bean.
- Pictures upgraded: Carrot, Cashew, Cotton - upland, Kenaf.
- Major data additions: Coca/morphology; Physic nut/morphology; Rose
periwinkle/morphology.
- Full PROSEA text background reference for
201 of MMMDB-TC's 253 crops (223 of these will eventually be covered by PROSEA
texts).
CROPPIX
- 217 crops (= +10 (Avocado, Fig-leaf gourd, Fluted pumpkin, Grecian foxglove,
Henequen, Nepal cardamom, Physic nut, Pummelo, Scarlet runner bean, Velvet
bean).
- Slideshow: 602 photos (= +38).
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Version 2.05 (thu22feb2001)
GENERAL
- 2415 graphics.
- Photos upgraded from 256-colour gif to full-colour jpg format since previous
version: 13 (still to go: 88).
CROPTUTOR
Screen texts completed: 1063 (still to go: 109 crops x 17 screens = 1853 - 1063
= 790).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 13 (still
to go: 96).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology (hb,lf,fl,fs) filled in: 86 (still to go: 23).
- Beverages & Stimulants: Coffee/lf: photo upgraded.
- Fibre Plants: Cotton/gd: photo upgraded.
- Fruits & Nuts: Banana: text completed. Grape/it: text added.
Macadamia/yl,pc: text added. Cashew: text completed except it,pc ; ../us: photo
added. Pineapple/pt,yl: text added.
- Starch Plants: Breadfruit: text completed.
- Sugar Plants: Sugar palm/us,ct,pc,fl,gd,df: photo added, ../fs: photo
replaced; text completed. Sugar cane: text completed. Sugar beet/od,pt: text
added.
- Vegetables: Aubergine/cv : photo added. Cucumber/us,hb,lf,fl,fs,st,rt: text
added.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 453 photos.
MMDB-TC
- 1667 pictures (= +16 since previous version).
- Pictures added: Sugar palm, Banana, Aubergine.
- Pictures upgraded: Cottons.
- Major data additions: Maté, Cottons (diseases & pests), Banana (diseases
& pests).
- Full PROSEA text background reference for
173 of MMMDB-TC's 253 crops (223 of these will eventually be covered by PROSEA
texts).
- Corrected erratum: Maize, caption with black-seeded cv: chicha morada is not a
beer, but a non-alcoholic beverage.
CROPPIX
- 207 crops (added: baobab, cajeput, loquat, naranjilla, water apple, white
lupin).
- Slideshow: 564 photos (= +15).
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Version 2.04 (wed25oct2000)
GENERAL
- 2385 graphics.
- Photos upgraded from 256-colour gif to full-colour jpg format since previous
version: 33 (still to go: 101).
- Borrowed icon 
replaced by own
icon 
.
CROPTUTOR
- Crops installed: 109, with - @ 17 info screens per crop - 1853 info screens.
Screen texts completed: 1007 (still to go: 846).
- crops with all 17 textual info screens filled in: 9 (still
to go: 100).
- crops with at least the info screens on uses and main
morphology filled in: 81 (still to go: 28).
- Crops planned: 9 (passion fruit, carambola, coca, kola nut, hemp, rattan,
ramie, gliricidia, pintoi).
- Auxiliary Plants/Centro/hb,lf: photo changed; ../st: photo added ; ../Tropical
kudzu/lf: drawing replaced by photo.
- Beverages & Stimulants/Cacao/pc: text corrected (to make chocolate, cocoa
butter is added to cocoa mass, not to cocoa powder) ; ,,/Coffee/st: photo
upgraded.
- Fibre Plants/Cotton/pc: photo upgraded.
- Fruits & Nuts/Grape/us: photo added ; ../Papaya/hb: photo added ;
../Muskmelon changed into ../Melon ; ../cv: text added ; ../Pistachio/us,fs:
photo added.
- Oil Plants/Coconut/lf: photo upgraded ; ../Castor/gd: text corrected (.. from
the branches.. read: .. from the nodes..) ; ../Oil palm/st: photo upgraded.
- Spices/Clove/ct,pc: photo upgraded ; /Nutmeg/lf: drawing replaced by photo ;
/Cardamom: text completed; ../it,fl: drawing added ; /Cinnamon/it,ct,hb: photo
changed/upgraded.
- Starch Plants/Barley/it,gr,df: photo added, ../od,pt,gr,cv,lf,fl,rt,df: text
added ; ../Maize/us,cv: photos added ; ../Wheat/lf,fl: drawing added,
../it,od,pt,gr,ct,cv,lf,fl,rt: text added ; ../Finger millet/us,hb,lf: photos
added/upgraded; ../Buckwheat/lf: text, graphics and interactivity added ;
../it,us: text added ; ../Taro/us: photo added ; ../Tannia/hb,lf: photo added,
upgraded ; ../Breadfruit/us,cv,pc,fs,st,rt: text added; ../lf,fs,st,df: photos
added ; /Yam/st: photos added.
- Vegetables/Tomato/it,us,hb,fl: photo added, ../it,us: text added ;
../Yard-long bean/ct: photo changed ; ../Mammoth squash entry changed into the
more generic entry ../Pumpkins, ../it,us,ct,yl,cv,hb,lf,fs,gd: photos added,
../it,us,cv,hb,lf,fl,fs,st,rt: text added.
CROPQUIZZZ
- Crops featuring in CropQuizzz made consistent with the ones featuring, or
planned to feature, in CropTutor.
NEW: Crop answering buttons
enlarged and alphabetized top-to-bottom (was left-to-right).
- 'Mammoth squash' entry replaced by 'Pumpkin, Squash' entry.
- Exit and Xs2all buttons now available also during quiz.
- 448 photos.
MMDB-TC
- Muskmelon entry changed into a cultivar under the new more generic entry
Melon.
- Seminole pumpkin entry changed into a cultivar under the new more generic
entry Musk pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata).
- Ayote entry changed into the new more generic entry Cushaw (Cucurbita
argyrosperma).
- Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) entry changed into Passionfruit(s) (Passiflora
spp.) entry.
- 1651 pictures (= +68 since previous version).
- Pictures added: annatto, arrowroot, barley, buckwheat, cacao, cardamom,
centro, chayote, cinnamon, clove, clusterbean, common cabbage, cush-cush yam,
durian, faba bean, fig, finger millet, grape, guava, maize, mammoth squash,
Manila hemp, musk pumpkin, nutmeg, papaya, passionfruits, rice, roselle, sesame,
tannia, taro, tomato, wheat, white Guinea yam, yard-long bean.
- Pictures upgraded: breadfruit, centro, clusterbean, coconut, coffee, mango,
oil palm, pistachio, plantain, sunnhemp, taro, tropical kudzu, upland cotton.
- Major data additions: bilimbi (leaf), carambola (leaf), cardamom, cinnamon,
clusterbean (nomenclature, morphology), melon (nomenclature), pumpkins
(nomenclature, morphology).
- Full PROSEA text background reference for
161 of MMMDB-TC's 253 crops (223 of these will eventually be covered by PROSEA
texts).
CROPPIX
- 201 crops (added: akee, annatto, arazá, breadnut, clusterbean, drumstick
tree, faba bean, Manila hemp, lablab, pumpkin, tomato, tropical kudzu, white
cabbage, white Guinea yam).
- Slideshow: 549 photos (= +53).
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Version 2.03.07 (tue23may2000)
GENERAL
- 2279 graphics.
- Photos upgraded since previous version from gif to full-colour jpg format: 2
(to go: 134).
CROPTUTOR
- Starch Plants/Pearl millet/fl: photo upgraded.
- Beverages & Stimulants/Tobacco/fs: photo upgraded.
- Fruits & Nuts/Grape/fs: photo added.
- Oil Plants/Olive/lf: photo added ;../od,rt: text added.
- ,, /Castor/gd: photo added ; ../rt,gd,df: text added.
- Auxiliary Plants/Flemingia/it,hb: photo upgraded.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 428 photos.
- Pearl millet: photo inflorescence upgraded; botanical name updated.
MMDB-TC
- 1583 pictures (= +22 since previous version).
- Pictures added: castor, clove, grape, jackfruit, kat, olive, passionfruit,
patchouli, ramie, tamarind, tobacco, white sandalwood.
- Pictures upgraded: cacao, flemingia, mango, tobacco.
- Data added: anatto, castor, flemingia, illipé, olive, pearl millet, white
sandalwood.
CROPPIX
- 187 crops (added: jackbean, melinjo, patchouli, pitaya, white sandalwood).
- Slideshow: 496 photos (= +17).
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Version 2.03.06 (wed15mar2000)
GENERAL
- 2248 graphics.
- Photos upgraded from 256-colour gif to full-colour jpg format since previous
version: 27 (to go: 136).
- Glossary massively expanded.
CROPTUTOR
- Starch Plants/Rice/yld: photo upgraded ; /df: photo added.
- ,, /Sago palm/if,st,gd: photos upgraded.
- ,, /Cassava/pt: photo upgraded.
- ,, /Grain amaranth/od,pt,hb,lf,fl,fs: text added.
- Beverages & Stimulants/Cacao/rt: text added.
- ,, /Tea/ct,yld,hb,rt: photos added.
- ,, /Coffee/hb: photo upgraded.
- Spices/Nutmeg/it,yl,hb,fr,fl: photos upgraded/added.
- ,, /Capsicum pepper/fr: photo upgraded.
- Fibre Plants/Kenaf/it,ct: photo upgraded.
- Auxiliary Plants/Centro/ct: text added.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 425 photos.
MMDB-TC
- 1561 pictures (= +33 since previous version).
- Pictures added: breadfruit, capsicum pepper, coca, durian, ginger, guaraná,
guinea grass, kenaf, kola nut, maize, nutmeg, rice, soya bean, tea, teaseed,
tung.
- Pictures upgraded: arabica coffee, cassava, kenaf, nutmeg, rice, robusta
coffee, sago palm.
- Data added: bottle gourd, buckwheat, cacao, centro, chayote, cherimoya,
cucumber, custard apple, durian, guaraná, guinea grass, hungry rice,
jimsonweed, job's tears, kola nut, neem, nutmeg, peach palm, soya bean, teaseed,
tef, winged bean.
CROPPIX
- Fixed: Manual mode / Mangosteen: file 0093084kk.jpg should be 0093084k.jpg.
- 182 crops.
- Slideshow: 479 photos.
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Version 2.03.05 (10dec1999)
GENERAL
- 2211 graphics.
- Photos upgraded from 256-colour gif to full-colour jpg format since previous
version: 22 (to go: 163).
- Permission obtained to include material from PROSEA
publications in TropCrop.
CROPTUTOR
- 74 crops operational, 8 of which with comprehensive info on each screen.
- Fixed: Beverages & Stimulents/Opening Screen: Version and author label
remained visible on Info Screen.
Starch plants/Plantain/rt: clickable 'Main crops' in header.
- Fruits & nuts/Papaya/it,hb: graphic upgraded ; ,,/Banana/df: text and
pictures added.
- Spices/Mustard/it: text completed ; ,,/Pepper: text completed ; lf: graphic
upgraded.
- Starch plants/Tannia/df: graphic changed; /it: graphic upgraded ;
,,/Plantain/it,hb: graphic added ; ,,/Sweet potato/it,pt,ct,cv: photo upgraded ;
/it,ct,df: text completed.
- Sugar plants/Sugar palm/st: photo added.
- Protein plants/Cowpea/it: text edited.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 421 photos.
MMDB-TC
- Fixed: unnecessary redrawing of graphic when same graphic is selected from
drop-down menu.
- "Click image for full-size view" notice added for images that are
shrunk to fit in the allotted place for graphics.
- Data added: banana, brazilnut, cowpea, crambe, ginger, Indian colza, illipé,
Indian rape, maize, mangosteen, plantain, rambutan, style, sugar palm, sweet
potato; all spices, most vegetables.
- Pictures added: banana, Congo jute, cowpea, crambe, ginger, illipé,
mangosteen, papaya, pepper, plantain, stylo, sugar palm, sugar sorghum, sweet
potato, tannia.
- 1528 pictures (= +27 since previous version).
- Pictures upgraded: banana, rice, sago palm.
CROPPIX
- 179 crops.
- Slideshow: 456 photos.
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Version 2.03.04 (13oct1999)
GENERAL
- 2186 graphics.
- Photos still to upgrade from gif to jpg format: 185.
- INFO sections: crops contributed to added in acknowledgement section.
- Glossary entries: 364
CROPTUTOR
- Data added on grevillea, sesame, rice, grape.
MMDB-TC
- 1501 pictures (= +17 since previous version).
- Data added on grevillea, true aloe, jackfruit, bilimbi, carambola, peach,
guava, snakegourd, soursop, pearl millet.
- Choice added of white or black background screenprint in single-picture
blow-up screen.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 417 photos.
CROPPIX
- 178 crops.
- Slideshow: 446 photos.
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Version 2.03.03 (09sep1999)
GENERAL
- INFO sections: available portraits added to acknowledgements section.
CROPTUTOR
- 109 crops, each with 17 info screens and 2 recap screens.
-- 74 crops operational, 7 of which with comprehensive info on each screen.
-- 35 under construction.
- Language code button added to 1st pages.
CROPQUIZZZ
-
MMDB-TC
- 253 crops (= -1 since previous version: sweet lime (Citrus limetta) removed).
- 1484 pictures (= +52 since previous version).
- Possibility added of viewing the sources of data field contents (right click
on data field label).
CROPPIX:
- 177 crops.
- Slideshow:
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Version 2.03.01 (21jun1999)
GENERAL
- 2148 graphics.
- 628 text files.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 414 photos.
MMDBTC
- 1432 pictures.
CROPPIX
- 174 crops.
- Slideshow: 433 photos.
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Version 2.02.11 (05feb1999)
GENERAL
- 2021 graphics.
CROPTUTOR
-
MMDB-TC
- 1329 pictures.
- 4 video clips.
CROPPIX
- 161 crops.
- Slideshow: 376 photos.
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Version 2.02.09 (10dec1998)
GENERAL
- 3 animations.
- 627 text files.
- 1991 graphics.
CROPTUTOR
- CropQuizzz for each commodity group; automated crop selection from general
CROPQUIZZZ.
- CropCompare: 6 questions.
MMDB-TC
- 254 crops.
- 1305 pictures.
- 3 video clips.
CROPPIX
- 157 crops.
- Slideshow: 382 photos.
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Version 2.02.08 (08nov1998)
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Version ?????
COMMODITY GROUPS renamed CROPTUTOR:
- commodity groups treated reduced to 11.
NEW: SEEDQUIZZZ.
NEW: CROPPIX.
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Version 18april1997
GENERAL
- 1 animation.
- 423 text files.
- 1314 graphics.
CROPQUIZZZ
- 285 photos.
MMDB-TC
- 252 crops.
- 944 pictures.
- 3 video clips.
COMMODITY GROUPS
- 16 commodity groups.
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