Crops & Weeds
Index
General Crop Sites
- Encyclopedia
of Plant & Crop Science (available from NDSU campus computers
only) a searchable online reference work coverng classic and modern
studies in plant biology in conjunction with research, applications,
and innovations in crop science. From the fundamentals of plant
growth and reproduction to developments in agronomy and agricultural
science, the Encyclopedia offers a clear, descriptive, and concise
entries to serve scientists, agriculturalists, policy makers,
students, and the general public.
- Encyclopedia
of Pest Management (available from NDSU capus computers only)
A searchable online reference work for professionals as well as
students at all levels on all types of insect, weed, plant pathogens
and vertebrate pests of crops and livestock. Coverage includes:
principles of integrated pest management (IPM), pests and their
management, biological control, control through gene technology
and breeding, pesticides, human health impacts and costs of pesticides,
infestation monitoring and modeling, ecological interactions and
more.
- Plant Management
Network -Searchable database including online peer-reviewed
journals; also includes the Plant Science Database,
Plant and Plant Disease Image database, Variety
Trials from member institutions.
- Crop Science Society of America:
society information and services, and links to other crop science
web pages.
- AgNIC
Plant Science resources and hotlinks : Agriculture Network
Information Center (AgNIC) is a distributed network that provides
access to selected agriculture information in electronic form,
subject area experts, and other resources. AgNIC is sponsored
by the National Agricultural Library and the Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service of USDA, and various
landgrant univeristies. The Plant Science, hosted by University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, site is searchable and includes a broad array
of information on many crops.
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainable Agriculture Network(SAN)
SAN is the communications and outreach arm of the Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education program funded by USDA.
Their site includes tip sheets, information of programs and
publicatons, funding opertunities, and educational materials.
- National Sustainable
Agriculture Information Service: field crop information
USDA information service arm of ATTRA (Appropriate Technology
Transfer for Rural Areas). The site includes information and
other technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, Extension
agents, educators, and others involved in sustainable agriculture
in the United States.
- Situation
& Outlook Report series Provided by the USDA Economic
Research Service. Includes current and prospective information
on commodity supply, demand, and price conditions. Earlier print
editions in the NDSU Library stacks: DOCUMENT A 93.... (check
online catalog for specific reports)
- Production
and trade statistics
- Canadian Information
- Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada Online "Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides
information, research and technology, and policies and programs
to achieve security of the food system, health of the environment
and innovation for growth." Includes trade, situation
and outlook, and other information for crops grown in
Canada.
- Alberta
Crop Science Alberta Department of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Development searchable links to North American sites
with agricultural information. Organized by crop species
and very easy to use. Choose Crops from their main
page, then choose the crop of interest
- Barley
- USDA Economics,
Statistics, and Market Information System. Links to ERS
and NASS outlook and production reports and datasets. Check
Field Crop, Crop Production, and Feed Grain links for information
concerning barley.
- North Dakota Barley Council
The Council supports research and education, and develops
markets for barley. Their site includes information about
N.D. approved varieties, barley import data, barley research
links, a variety dictionary, crop quality reports, barley
facts, feed information, and links to other barley related
sites (other barley councils, and major companies purchasing
barley). Also included are recent issues of the Council's
newsletter entitled Barley Bulletin.
- American Malting Barley
Association Comprehensive site maintained by the including
statistics, research reports, production updates and maps,
publications, links to state, national and Canadian sites
for further information.
- North
Dakota Extension publications Production, diseases, variety
trials, and more. Dynamic link to ND Extension publications
page; keyword search: barley.
- Beans (dry)
- ERS
Dry Beans Briefing Room The dry beans briefing room offers
a synthesis of the Economic Research Service of USDA (ERS)
research, analysis, and outlook on U.S. and global dry bean
markets, including current and historical data on supply,
demand, and trade; research articles; and information on current
ERS projects.
- Northarvest
Bean Growers Association: Information, research, market
reports, contacts, and links. Sponsored by Minnesota and North
Dakota bean growers associations, Northern Crops Institute,
American Dry Bean Board, and the National Dry Bean Council.
Also includes electronic access to their publication Northarvest
Bean Grower Magazine.
- Dry
Beans: statistical tables including much of the known
published data on U.S. dry edible beans. Provided by the USDA
Economic Research Service.
- North
Dakota Extension publications Dynamic link to ND Extension
publications page; keyword search: dry bean.
- Canola
- Northern Canola Growers
Association maintains a comprehensive site with information
and links to trade, production and quality reports, canola
prices, variety trials, facts, history, nutrition, growers
information. Also includes online access to their magazine
entitled The Canola Journal.
- U.S. Canola Association.
This site includes information on national research incentives,
legislative action, as well as production & trade reports.
- Canola Council of Canada.
This comprehensive site includes consumer information, Canadian
trade & production reports, research and directories.
- ERS
Soybeans and Oil Crops Briefing Room The soybeans and
oil crops briefing room offers a synthesis of the Economic
Research Service of USDA (ERS) research, analysis, and outlook
on U.S. and global soybean and oil crop markets, including
current and historical data on supply, demand, and trade;
research articles; and information on current ERS projects.
- North
Dakota Extension publications Production, diseases, variety
trials and more. Dynamic link to ND Extension publications
page; keyword search: canola.
- Corn
- ERS Corn
Briefing Room The corn briefing room offers a synthesis
of the Economic Research Service of USDA (ERS) research, analysis,
and outlook on U.S. and global corn markets, including current
and historical data on supply, demand, and trade; research articles;
and information on current ERS projects.
- AgNIC
Corn site Hosted by University of Illinois, this AgNIC site
provides quality online information freely available on the
World Wide Web. Also consult the AgNIC
Plant Science site
- Maize Page Maize
resources for students, producers, and specialists. Everything
from history to production to cornbread recipes
- National Corn Growers Association
searchable site including information and news about key issues,
trade, and legislation. Also includes links to state association
web pages.
- North Dakota Corn Growers
Association Includes educational information, current market
and futures reports, and current news about corn and ethanol.
- Minnesota Corn Growers Association.
Resources for the consumer and the grower; includes news and
information on regional and national issues, local and national
commodity prices, and links to further information.
- North
Dakota Extension publications Dynamic link to ND Extension
publications page; keyword search: corn..
- Flax
- The Flax Page
NDSU/AgNIC site including agronomy, economics, history, biology,
nutrition and health aspects of flax.
- Flax Institute
of the United States
- Flax Council of Canada:
. "This site endeavours to provide general flax facts
of interest to consumers, as well as more specialized information
for nutritionists, dietitians, food producers, manufacturers
and flax growers." Canadian production and trade statistics,
varietal trials, research funded by the Council, and new are
included.
- Ameriflax: consumer
and producer information about flax and its uses in food and
feed. Links to research reports from North Dakota State University,
Kansas State University, and research institutions.
- Flax page
from AgMRC Provided by the Agricultural Marketing Resource
center located at Iowa State Universtiy. Site provides history
of the crop, and links to further information.
- North
Dakota Extension publications: Dynamic link to the ND
Extension publications page; key word search: flax.
- Industrial Hemp
- North Dakota information
- Industrial
Hemp in the United States: Status and Market Potential.
In depth Report published by the USDA, Jan. 2000
- Canadian information
- Canada's
Industrial Hemp Industry From Agriculture Canada's
Specialty Crops site. Overview or history and uses, regulations,
production, and links to more detailed trade and production
information, and relevant Canadian federal and provincial
departments, and Canadian and U.S. associations.
- Manitoba
Industrial Hemp Page Agronomic site with Canadian
regulations, production and management information, and
Manitoba hemp trials and evaluations.
- Hemp Industries Association
Provides facts and history of industrial hemp and its uses,
news, and legislation.
- HEMPTECH the Industrial
Hemp Information Network. Provides publications, news,
and a product directory. "HEMPTECH is a worldwide network
of communications and hemp professionals working to reintroduce
industrial hemp into our economy. HEMPTECH publishes books
and reports, as well as providing consulting and other information
services to the growing hemp industry. The company was founded
in 1994 by John W. Roulac, an environmental entrepreneur"
- North American
Industrial Hemp Council (NAIHC) Provides facts, information
concerning policies and news articles. Claims to be "a
comprehensive information source for the hemp industry."
- Industrial Hemp.net
Privides links to trade orginizations, pictures, government
agencies, and research publications.
-
Vote Hemp
"a non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance
of and free market for Industrial Hemp." The site is
mainly for voter information and action.
-
NORML. lobbying
organization for reform of laws. Contains news, legislation,
and publishes a newsletter. Includes information on both
industrial hemp and medical uses.
-
CoHIP Lobbing
organization from Colorado. Includes an industrial hemp
page with legislative progress in numerous states, federal
legislation, as well as Canadian information, although this
information is not currently updated.
- Wheat and Small Grains
- North
Dakota Small Grains Page Developed by faculty and staff
from NDSU Extension, Experiment Station, and College of Agriculture
to share information about all aspects of small grains production
and marketing. Included are WeedPro (a weed control database)
weed images, publications and links to disease and insect problems
and control, crop rotation, yield data from North Dakota Research
Centers, national grain standards, North Dakota growing degree
days, links to grain exchanges, and links to extension and experiment
station publications. The site is nicely arranged, is searchable,
and has direct e-mail access to extension agents.
- ERS Wheat
Briefing Room The wheat briefing room offers a synthesis
of the Economic Research Service of USDA (ERS) research, analysis,
and outlook on U.S. and global wheat markets, including current
and historical data on supply, demand, and trade; research articles;
and information on current ERS projects.
- ERS
Wheat Data "contains
statistics on the five classes of wheat—hard red winter, hard
red spring, soft red winter, white, and durum—and rye.
Includes data published in the monthly Wheat Outlook
and
historical data previously published in the annual Wheat
Yearbook . Examines world and U.S. production,
consumption, trade, stocks, and prices for wheat.
- North Dakota Wheat Commission
Provides information about the Wheat Commission, hard red spring
wheat and durum wheat, market information and industry news.
Also includes extensive listing of grain
resources links to grain and trade associations, organizations,
and government agencies, and their publication Grains
of Truth, about the U.S.-Canada wheat trade.
- AgNIC
Plant Science resources and hotlinks : Agriculture Network
Information Center (AgNIC) is a distributed network that provides
access to selected agriculture information in electronic form,
subject area experts, and other resources. AgNIC is sponsored
by the National Agricultural Library and the Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service of USDA, and various
landgrant univeristies. The Plant Science, hosted by University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, site is searchable and includes a broad
array of information on many crops.
- Northern Crops Institute:
NCI is a learning center for northern grown crops. The NCI site
provides schedule of courses, overview of facilities, and links
to other wheat and milling sites. It has a nice collection of
links to milling and baking association and food technology
sites.
- Minnesota Association
of Wheat Growers site for small grains producers. Includes
news, market information, research reports, crop fact sheets
and full text issues of Prairie Grains Magazine, and links to
small grains (mostly wheat) associations, corporations, and
online magazines
- National Association
of Wheat Growers: Provides legislative updates, links to
state wheat associations, and marketing and research information.
- U.S.
Wheat Associates: USW develops international markets for
U.S. wheat on behalf of American wheat farmers. Their site has
current market information, and weekly harvest reports with
detailed quality information all classes of U.S. wheat (moisture,
protein content, etc).
- Kansas State University
wheat page: Electronic information about wheat provided by Kansas
State University. Provides comprehensive information about wheat,
and links to useful wheat sites.
- Potatoes:
- ERS
Potato Briefing Room The potato briefing room offers a
synthesis of the Economic Research Service of USDA (ERS) research,
analysis, and outlook on U.S. and global potato markets, including
current and historical data on supply, demand, and trade;
research articles; and information on current ERS projects.
- Global Potato News
Both a digest of information, and a gateway to links concerning
all aspects of potatoes: production, biotechnology, breeding,
irrigation marketing, company information, world wide trends,
and more. Links mostly to government and research sites of
scientific/agriculture nature. Includes a subject directory,
potato news from around the world, potato PR, market information,
and conference and company information.
- Potato
Information Exchange: Maintained by the Oregon State University
Department of Crop and Soil Science who describe their site
as a "clearing house for growers and other production-oriented
professionals. It provides text on most aspects of production,
storage, and marketing and links to many additional topics
of interest such as weather, food and water quality, pesticides
and endangered specie".
- Red River Valley Potato
Growers Association. Provides news, events, potato related
information/ resources, etc.
- National Potato Council.
Natonal trade association for potato growers. Includes
links to legislative and trade news; also provides extensive
list of links
to potato growers associations, government agencies, industry
and media contacts, etc.
- Soybeans
- ERS
Soybeans and Oil Crops Briefing Room The soybeans and
oil crops briefing room offers a synthesis of the Economic
Research Service of USDA (ERS) research, analysis, and outlook
on U.S. and global soybean and oil crop markets, including
current and historical data on supply, demand, and trade;
research articles; and information on current ERS projects.
- Soybean:
StratSoy (Strategic Soybean System) links to soybean-related
information organized into different subject classifications..
StratSoy is a project of University of Illinois and by Texas
A&M, under the sponsorship of the United Soybean Board
(USB).
- United Soybean Board
- North Dakota Soybean Council
News, information on soyfood and biodiesel, links, and contacts
- American Soybean Association
. "Its mission is to improve U.S. soybean farmer profitability."
- Soyfoods Council
- AgNIC Soybean
site Hosted by University of Illinois, this AgNIC site
provides quality online information freely available on the
World Wide Web. Also consult the AgNIC
Plant Science site.
- Soybean Genetics Newsletter:
an informal publication to encourage an exchange in ideas
among soybean scientists. Sponsored by Ohio State University.
- Sunflowers
- National Sunflower
Association provides a sunflower site including general
information, crop and oil production statistics, world wide
trade information, and daily market news; the site offers
downloadable papers presented at the annual NSA Research Forum
from 2002-present. Also includes a discussion list.
- ERS
Soybeans and Oil Crops Briefing Room The soybeans and
oil crops briefing room offers a synthesis of the Economic
Research Service of USDA (ERS) research, analysis, and outlook
on U.S. and global soybean and oil crop markets, including
current and historical data on supply, demand, and trade;
research articles; and information on current ERS projects.
- Sugarbeets
- Sugarbeet Research and Education
Board provides a website with information on the sugar
industry, sugarbeet production, sugarbeet research, and links
to other sites of interest. Audio and video presentations
are also linked on the site.
- ERS Sugar
and Sweeteners Briefing Room. The sugar and sweeteners
briefing room offers a synthesis of the Economic Research
Service of USDA (ERS) research, analysis, and outlook on U.S.
and global sugarbeet and sugar cane markets, including current
and historical data on supply, demand, and trade; research
articles; and information on current ERS projects.
- Rice
- Riceweb, a compilation
of facts, figures, and information about rice; produced by
the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines,
in association with the West Africa Rice Development Association
(WARDA), Cote d'Ivoire, andthe Centro Internacional Agricultura
Tropical (CIAT), Colombia.
- ERS Rice
Briefing Room The rice briefing room
offers a synthesis of the Economic Research Service of USDA
(ERS) research, analysis, and outlook on U.S. and global rice
markets, including current and historical data on supply,
demand, and trade; research articles; and information on current
ERS projects.
Alternative farming, new crops, and organic
farming
Organic Agriculture
Information Access database "This is an electronic collection
of historic United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) publications
related to organic agriculture. There are now 186 full text and
searchable
documents in the database which were published before 1942 (before
synthetic
chemicals became widely used). Each publication contains state-of-the-art
information and data on organic farming that is as relevant for
today's
agriculture as it was when first published."
NewCrop
is the Web site of the Center for New Crops & Plant Products,
at Purdue University. Includes a searchable database of reports,
excerpts from books, resources and links to new and specialty
crop information. It offers two major ways to access the information--an
alphabetical index and a search engine. NewCROP also provides
links to reference resources, discussion groups, current projects,
a list of experts, and a calendar of related
Search Google or other web
search engines for appropriate genomic databases not listed below.
Genomic information of agriculturally important plants includes
databases for grains, soybeans, corn, alfalfa, sunflowers, trees,
beans, aribidopsis and others. Some databases include information
other than genomic including diseases, plant hybrid certifications,
etc
Specific Genome sites
- Gramene Gramene was funded
by the USDA IFAFS program to create a curated, open-source, Web-accessible
data resource for comparative genome analysis in the grasses.
Its predessor was RiceGenes.
- GrainGenes GrainGenes
is a compilation of molecular and phenotypic information on wheat,
barley, rye, oats and sugarcane. The site is supported by the
USDA-ARS Plant Genome Research Program.
- Soybase
Soybean genomic database coordinated at Iowa State University,
and funded by the USDA-ARS Plant Genome Program. Another soy genomic
database called Soybean
GBrowse is available from SIU Bioinformatics.
- MaizeGDB Corn genomic
database sponsored by the Maize Genetics/Genomics Database project,
and USDA-ARS.
- TreeGenes
Forest tree genomic data.
- Arabidopsis
Links to Arabadopsis genome centers, genome maps and searchable
genomic database provided the The Institute for Genomic Research
(TIGR)
General and Comprehensive Genome sites
- AgNic Plant
Genome Information Resource from the National Agricultural
Library of the US Department of Agriculture - ARS. Access is provided
to a variety of information services and publications covering
many aspects of plant genome mapping.
- NCBI Reference
Sequences The National Center for Biotechnology Information
presents the first full release of all NCBI Reference Sequence
(RefSeq) records. RefSeq "aims to provide a comprehensive, integrated,
non-redundant set of sequences, including genomic DNA, transcript
(RNA), and protein products for major research organisms." The
database currently includes over 785,000 proteins from numerous
organisms, and additional records will be added as they become
publicly available. [Description from Scout Report for the Life
Sciences. RS]
- GOLD™ Genomes OnLine
DatabaseFree for academic and non-commercial use, the Genomes
OnLine Database (GOLD) is an internet "resource for comprehensive
access to information regarding complete and ongoing genome projects
around the world. GOLD provides the largest available and most
detailed monitoring of genome sequencing projects." This
recently updated database presently contains 173 Published Complete
Genomes (including 4 chromosomes, 445 Prokaryotic Ongoing Genomes,
and 384 Eukaryotic Ongoing Genomes (including 8 chromosomes).
[Description from Scout Report for the Life Sciences. NL]
- Genetic Engineering
Home Page Provided by the Church of Scotland's Society, Religion
and Technology Project, this site focuses on bioethics concerned
with contemporary issues dealing with the manipulation of genetic
materials.
- Transgenic
crops: an introduction and resource guide Provided by Colorado
State Univeristy, this site provides a summary of work being done
on transgenic crops. Also includes links.
Seed Science sites
- North Dakota
State Seed Department N.D. agency and laboratory providing
seed certification, quality assurance, regulatory, trait verification,
advanced laboratory analysis and identity preservation services
to the agriculture industry. The site provides directories of
certified seed growers, standards of seed inspection, variety
descriptions, and Seed Department contact information.
- Association of Official Seed
Analysts (AOSA) Site of one of the major seed testing organizations.
Includes announcements, proposed updates to seed testing rules
and procedures. Also includes an comprehensive list of links
to other U.S., Canadian, and international seed organizations.
- Society of Commercial
Seed Technologists (SCST) Another of the major seed testing
organizations of the United States.
- North
Dakota Rangelands Weeds page Links to freely available research
and extension publications regarding noxious rangeland weeds of
the upper mid-west.
- North
Dakota Rangelands Leafy Spurge page Includes extensive information
about Leafy Spurge, including biology and control methods from
NDSU Extension/Research, the TEAM Leafy Spurge database, USDA,
and other source..
- NDSU
Invasive Weed site Information about North Dakota weeds, including
vegetative stages, flowers, growth habits, control, and herbicide
recommendations. Includes abundant photographs, tables, etc. Produced
by NDSU Extension.
- North
Dakota Noxious and Troublesome Weeds Brief descriptions with
photos of current noxious weeds in North Dakota. NDSU Extension
Publication W-1103 (Revised), April 2004
- North
Dakota Weed Control Guide Details current pesticides recommended
for control of invasive weeds of North Dakota, with information
about chemical concentratons, application times, and contraindictions.
Also includes some informatin on biological control and tillage
control. Published annually by NDSU Extension.
- Weed Control
Methods Handbook: Tools and Techniques for Use in Natural Areas.
Handbook/textbook of mechanical, biological, and chemical control
methods for natural areas. Provided by the Nature Conservancy.
Written by Mandy Tu, Callie Hurd, & John M. Randall.
- Control
of Invasive Exotic Plants in the Great Plains: Annotated Bibliography
(1996) Online annotated bibliography containing references on
control of exotic plant species that occur in the Great Plains.
Searchable on either the species of interest or on the type of
control measure. Complete citations are provided, as well as summaries
describing the control technique and whether it was successful.
From the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center.
- Weed Science Society of America
Society's page including numerous publications for sale, as well
as links to free materials on weed control, weed photos and ID.
- Noxious Weeds
Home Page information and links. Maintained by USDA's APHIS
(Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service). Includes the Federal
Noxious Weed List
- Weeds
of the North Central United States Online version of the original
1981 publication from University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment
Station.
- Weed Images
and Descriptions Searchable image file of weed photographs
provided by Rutgers Cooperative Extension.
- Weeds Gone Wild:
Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas "This site provides
a compiled national list of invasive plants infesting natural
areas throughout the U.S., background information on the problem
of invasive species, illustrated fact sheets that include plant
descriptions, native range, distribution and habitat in the U.S.,
management options, suggested alternative native plants, and other
information, and selected links to relevant people and organizations."
- Invaders Database System.
Comprehensive database of exotic plant names and weed distribution
records for five northwestern states (MT, WY, ID, WA, OR) Noxious
weed listings are also included for all states, and six Canadian
provinces.
- Wildland Invasive Species
Program. Searchable file of weed images, data on dozens of
weeds that are threatening native biodiversity, evaluations of
hand tools, samples of Integrated Weed Management Plans for land
owner/managers, and a very thorough Weed Control Methods Handbook.
Sponsored by the Nature Conservancy.
Forestry
Plant Systematic and
Plant Data Databases
- PLANTS National Database
Provided by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the
USDA, this important searchable database provides standardized
information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts,
and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names,
plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts,
characteristics, images, plant links, references, crop information,
and automated tools. Searches my be sorted by threatened, endangered
or wetland species. Includes distribution maps. Created to replace
the National List of Scientific Plant Names.
- PM
Publications: searchable full-text database of publications
produced by Plant Materials Centers of the U.S. Plants Materials
Program and the National Plant Data Center. These publications
deal with the selection, establishment, growth, management, and
uses of the hundreds of plants—especially NRCS Improved Conservation
Releases—that NRCS uses for land conservation activities. About
400 publications are now searchable.
- University
of Wisconsin-Madison plant systematics collection. Provides
structured access to a teaching collection of plant images representing
over 250 families and 1000 genera of vascular plants.
- Flora
of North America "Information on the names, taxonomic
relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological
characteristics of all plants native and naturalized found in
North America north of Mexico. The Flora will appear in 30 volumes
and will be available in print and on the Web."
- Grass Manual
on the Web Affiliated with the the Flora of North America
project (as volumes 24-25), the Manual is similar in concept and
format to the classic Hitchcock's Manual of Grasses of the
United States giving taxonomic and systematic information.
Only one volume has been prepared, and is available in print and
on the Web.
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Last Updated: March 11, 2008