ABSTRACT
All over the world there are myriad plant and animal species which can be adapted to new agricultural systems. These species, which once supported indigenous peoples, include many life-forms which can be developed for modern crops specifically adapted to local conditions. Examples of potential new crops taken from the repertoire of major food resources of various Indian groups in the Sonoran Desert alone include: desert trees and shrubs, desert palms, columnar cacti, desert ephemerals, saltgrasses, and seagrasses. The potential for new crops has hardly been tapped.
