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About.com: Farming Industry: Offers original articles and features about the farming industry, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include agricultural analysts, commodity exchanges, crop varieties and forecasts, farm safety, government departments, organic farming, regulations on use of pesticides, and women in agriculture.
Author: About.com
Subjects: agriculture links, crops, food production, organic farming, pest control
DeweyClass: 630
Resource type: forum, index, news
Agrilink Directory: Agrilink was established to provide a central information base for rural and agricultural related organisations. Directory topics include arable, contractors, country sports, farm buildings, forestry, horticulture and livestock.
Author: Agrilink
Subjects: british agriculture, crops, forestry, horticulture, livestock
DeweyClass: 630
Resource type: index
AgView: A search and index tool to help navigate the Internet for data, information and resources related to agriculture.
Author: Information Dynamics
Subjects: agriculture links, crops, food science, forestry, horticulture, pest control, soil science
DeweyClass: 630
Resource type: index
American Crop Protection Association: News extracts, information about the ACPA, events, and scientific information resources.
Author: American Crop Protection Association
Subjects: crops, united states agriculture
DeweyClass: 633
Resource type: institution
Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America: This guide provides photographs and descriptions of major biological control agents of major insect, disease and weed pests in North America. It is also a tutorial on the concept and practice of biological control and integrated pest management.
Author: Cornell University
Subjects: crops, pest control, united states agriculture
DeweyClass: 632.9
Resource type: guide
British Crop Protection Council: The BCPC aims to inform and influence decision makers, the scientific community, farmers, advisers and the general public about issues which affect crop protection as a key component of agriculture, horticulture and food production.
Author: British Crop Protection Council
Subjects: crops
DeweyClass: 633
Resource type: institution
CANSIS: Canadian Soil Information System: Supports the research activities of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada by building the National Soil DataBase, which contains soil, landscape, and climatic data for all of Canada, and acting as a source of GIS products and expertise.
Author: Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Ottawa
Subjects: agricultural research, canadian geography, crops, soil science
DeweyClass: 557
Resource type: reference data
Crop Production Annual Summary: Annual summaries of US crop production since 1995. Data is given for acreage, yield, and production by crop for states throughout the US.
Author: USDA Economics and Statistics System, Cornell University
Subjects: crops, food production
DeweyClass: 338.1
Resource type: reference data
Crop Science: Journal which reports experimentation, reviews, or interpretation of research in field crops. Short articles on new cultivars, elite germplasms, parental lines, and genetic stocks will be accepted for review as crop registration papers. Specific topics for papers include plant genetics, breeding, cytology, metabolism, physiology, ecology, turfgrass, weed science, crop quality, production, utilization, cell biology, molecular genetics, and plant genetic resources.
Author: Springer
Subjects: crops
DeweyClass: 633
Resource type: journal
Evolution of Crop Plants: A series of 20 lectures discussing methods (principally archaeological, botanical and molecular) used by plant scientists to determine the origins and evolution of agriculture and crop plants, the characteristics distinguishing wild and cultivated plants, some crop profiles and recent research.
Author: Gepts, Paul
Subjects: crops
DeweyClass: 633
Resource type: guide
Farming Pages: Resource for anyone involved or interested in farming and agriculture in the Republic of Ireland. Sections include news, a discussion area, detailed cattle prices, farmland properties for sale, farming jobs, weather forecasts and a searchable directory of businesses. A newsletter can be subscribed to free of charge. Registration is required to post comments.
Author: Farming Pages
Subjects: agriculture, crops, ireland, livestock, poultry
DeweyClass: 630
Resource type: news
Field Crop Diseases: A list of individual profiles of diseases affecting corn, wheat, alfalfa, soybeans and sorghum. Includes diagnosis and disease management, photographic illustrations and links to other online resources.
Author: Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Subjects: crops, plant pathology
DeweyClass: 632
Resource type: guide
Food and Farming Education Service: Includes a set of facts sheets on all aspects of UK farming intended for teachers at all levels. Topics include animal genetics and biotechnology, beef cereals, crop production, diversification, livestock, grass, horticulture, oilseeds, pigs, plant breeding, potatoes, poultry and sheep.
Author: Royal Agricultural Society of England and the Country Landowners Association
Subjects: agriculture education, animal genetics, biotechnology, british agriculture, consumer advice, crops, food production, horticulture, livestock, poultry, sheep
DeweyClass: 630
Resource type: documents
IACR: Institute of Arable Crops Research: The mission of the Institute is to carry out high quality basic, strategic and applied research, with relevant postgraduate training, in biological and related sciences; integrating these to optimise existing and novel crop production systems and their interactions with the environment.
Author: Institute of Arable Crops Research
Subjects: agricultural research, british agriculture, crops
DeweyClass: 633
Resource type: institution
Journal of Cotton Science: Journal containing articles about various aspects of cotton science including agronomy, disease, insect research and control, physiology, weed science, economics and marketing, and cotton improvement. Full text of articles provided in PDF and HTML format.
Author: Cotton Foundation
Subjects: crops, pest control, textiles
DeweyClass: 677.21
Resource type: journal
National Plant Germplasm System: Germplasm information about plants, browsable by crop, genera, site and country. Statistics are updated weekly.
Author: US Department of Agriculture
Subjects: crops, plant genetics
DeweyClass: 333.95
Resource type: reference data
Orchard Monitor: Newsletter publicising events, presenting articles on insects affecting fruit crops, and offering data on pheromone trap counts and plant pathology.
Author: West Virginia University Tree Fruit Research and Education Center
Subjects: crops, food production
DeweyClass: 634.8
Resource type: journal
Progressive Farmer: Magazine covering major crops and livestock, environment, farm safety etc.
Author: Progressive Farmer
Subjects: crops, livestock, united states agriculture
DeweyClass: 630
Resource type: magazine
Rice Journal: Rice Journal includes articles and news about the US rice industry. It is published six times a year, and an archive of past issues is available, as well as the current issue, a forum and chat feature, and an index to the rice industry.
Author: Specialized Agricultural Publications
Subjects: crops, rice
DeweyClass: 633.18
Resource type: magazine
Rice Web: Range of information about rice. Includes history and general information about the plant and how it grows, feeding the world, geography of production, production and trade, research, environments of rice farms, terminology and literature.
Author: International Rice Research Institute
Subjects: crops, rice
DeweyClass: 633.18
Resource type: documents, images
Scientific Journals: Botany, Crop and Soil Science: Set of links to journals relevant to botany, crop and soil science. Some have only subscription information online, others have tables of contents, abstracts or full text.
Author: Brownlow, Mark, science.komm
Subjects: botany, crops, plant biology, plant pathology, soil science
DeweyClass: 580
Resource type: journal index
Vegetable MD Online: Fact sheets providing information about diseases which affect a range food crops. Related news articles, a glossary of plant pathology terms, and details of resistant varieties are also given.
Author: Cornell University Department of Plant Pathology
Subjects: crops, plant pathology
DeweyClass: 632
Resource type: documents, images
WWW Virtual Library: Irrigation and Related Topics: Extensive resources in irrigation and hydrology. Arranged by topic including links to research, software, projects, discussion lists, organisations, irrigation and drought management, water resources and research.
Author: Stein, Thomas M.
Subjects: crops, deserts, hydrology, water management
DeweyClass: 627.52
Resource type: index