Internet Directory for Botany - Economic Botany, Ethnobotany

Information on useful plants (food, medicine, material for textiles, etc.) and harmful plants (plant pathology, poisonous plants, weeds). Not many horticultural links (there are some in a separate file Gardening. Furthermore, only few links on forestry and agriculture (there are comprehensive lists on these topics - some of them are listed under "link collections, resource guides".

Crops - Ethnobotany- Herbal Medicine - Plant Pathology - Poisons - Weeds

Crops

• The AGRALIN World Wide Web server is a project of the Wageningen Agricultural University Library/Pudoc-DLO, the Netherlands.
• AgResearch WWW Server - New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited.
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
• Botanical Forest Products in British Columbia, Canada - An Overview.
• Center for Soybean Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering, USA.
• Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, USA
• The Corn Growers Guidebook. Compiled by Bob Nielsen, Purdue University in W. Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
• CottonDB Home Page, located at the USDA ARS Southern Crops Research Laboratory, College Station, Texas, USA.
• Crop Protection - Botany, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• CropSearch Database and CropReferences, Indiana Center for New Crops and Plant Products, New Crop Resource Online Program, USA.
• DAINet Deutsches Agrarinformationsnetz - German Agricultural Information Network, Germany.
• DLO-NL Agricultural Research Department, the Netherlands. DLO-NL is the Netherlands organization for agricultural research. It works towards a competitive and sustainable agriculture, horticulture, forestry and fisheries and an optimal development of rural areas.
• EnviroPlants Research. Technical and economical efficiencies of producing, marketing, and managing environmental plants; a comprehensive collection of publications related to economic and horticultural developments occurring in the nursery and greenhouse industries. EnviroPlants Research is brought to you through the Research segment of HORTICULTURE in Virtual Perspective. It is maintained by Dr. Tim Rhodus at The Ohio State University in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science.
• Evolution of Crop Plants, from University of California at Davis, USA.
• Forage Information System. Forage Information System provides links to worldwide forage-related information. Coordination of this effort is being provided at Oregon State University, USA.
• GrainGenes, USA. GrainGenes is a compilation of molecular and phenotypic information on wheat, barley, oats, rye, and sugarcane.
• GUMCAS: A model describing the growth of cassava (Manihot esculenta) by by R.B. Matthews and L.A. Hunt, Department of Crop Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
• The Maize Page. Maize resources for students, producers and specialists. Maintained by Ricardo J. Salvador, Agronomy Department, Iowa State University, USA.
• Maize Structure Atlas from the Advanced Microscopy and Imaging Laboratory (AMIL), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences State University of New York, Buffalo, USA. This is a preview of the Maize Atlas in preparation by P.C. Cheng, D.R. Pareddy and V.R. Bommineni.
• National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR) - Temperate Fruit Genebank, Corvallis, Oregon, USA - a genebank that preserves invaluable plant genetic resources of temperate fruit, nut, and agronomic crops. This facility is one of about 30 sites in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System and is located on land provided by Oregon State University.
• PeanutBase home page, University of Georgia, USA. PeanutBase is a peanut researcher's database. It has two components: the ACeDB database program, and the peanut-related information entered into that program. The project is funded by the USDA Plant Genome Database project, with Gary Kochert of the University of Georgia's Botany Department as its Principal Investigator.
• PROSEA Homepage - Plant Resources of South-East Asia, the Netherlands. PROSEA is an international programme focused on the documentation of information on plant resources of South-East Asia; covering the fields of agriculture, forestry, horticulture and botany; a research programme, making the knowledge available for education and extension; ecologically focused on promoting plant resources for sustainable tropical land-use systems; committed to conservation of biodiversity; committed to rural development through diversification of resources and application of farmers' knowledge.
• The Society for Economic Botany, from the University of Michigan, USA.
• Soybase - Shoemaker Laboratory, Iowa State University, USA.
• The Utah State University Crop Physiology Laboratory, USA.
• WAICENT, World Agricultural Information Center from The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Ethnobotany

• Aboriginal Trail in the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG). The trail is an interpretive walk focussing on plants used by the Australian Aborigines.
• American Indian Ethnobotany Database, University of Michigan, USA.
• ANU-Tropical-Archaeobotany, Australia - Canada, wais search form.
• Estudio etnobotánico en la Península de Samaná
• Ethnobotanic Bibliography from Literature Useful to the Study of Florida Plants, by Kent D. Perkins, University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS), USA.
• The Ethnobotany Cafe, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the discussion and dissemination of ethnobotany. Topics also include the uses uf unusual plants in cooking.
• EthnoMedicinals Home Page. A page dedicated to the transfer of information on the use of natural products in traditional and modern medicine, maintained by Anthony R. Torkelson.
• Indigenous Plants and Native American Uses in the Northeast, by Tara Prindle, Connecticutt, USA.
• Indigenous Wild Plants Used by Native Americans for Textiles, the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, USA.
• Kinabalu Ethnobotany Project (PEK), Herbarium of the University of Florida, USA.
• Laurie Lacey's Wild World of Plants. Information on medicinal plants and trees used by the native people of eastern Canada.
• Late Woodland Zea Mays at the Vintroux Site, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA, an article by Charles M. Niquette and Gary D. Crites.
• Native American (Indian) Herb/Plant Knowledge by Paula Giese, USA.
• Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases (part of the ongoing redesign project for Phytochemeco Database at the National Germplasm Resources Laboratory (USDA), USA):
  • EthnobotDB. The original Ethnobotany database is an SQL-based database developed by James A. Duke and Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg. It is housed at the National Germplasm Resources Laboratory (NGRL), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Department of Agriculture. The database contains 80,000 records of plant uses world-wide.
  • FoodplantDB. This publication reviewed approximately 80 years of literature, back to around 1850, listing 1,112 species in 444 genera of plants among120 families, used for food by the North American Indians.
  • MPNADB, Medicinal Plants of Native America. This database is based on a two-volume book of the same name published in 1986 by the Museum of Anthropology of the University of Michigan. The database - which contains 17,634 items representing the medicinal uses of 2,147 species from 760 genera and 142 families by 123 different native American groups - was built over a period of about 10 years with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, and the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
  • PhytochemDB. The original Phytochemeco is an SQL-based database developed by James A. Duke and Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg. It is housed at the National Germplasm Resources Laboratory (NGRL), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Department of Agriculture. The database consists primarily of plant chemical data, including quantity, taxonomic occurence, and chemical activity. Several interconnected databases included under the Phytochemeco aegis are an ethnobotany (plant uses) DB, and an ecological DB (including plant geography and climate).
• Plants of the Machiguenga, eastern Peru. In November, 1995, Dr. Ethan Russo, a neurologist, spent two months in Eastern Peru's rainforest looking for plants to treat headaches. You'll find photos of the plants he gathered here, along with botanical and medicinal information about them. You'll also find photos of birds, people and the rich forests of Peru.
• Prehistoric Food Production in the Midcontinental United States and Prehistoric Plant Use in New England. Bibliographies by David R. George, Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, USA.
• The 24 Canoe Plants of Ancient Hawai'i. Text by Lynton Dove White of Hana, Maui, Hawaii, USA.
• University of Michigan, Laboratory of Ethnobotany, USA:

Herbal Medicine

• Algy's Herb Page, Algy's Medicinal Herb Page, USA.
• alt.folklore.herbs newsgroup
• Base de Dados de Plantas Medicinais, Brazilian Database of Medicinal Plants.
• Cyberbotanica: Plant Compounds and Chemotherapy, by Lucy A. Snyder, Indiana University, USA. Cyberbotanica deals with the compounds used in cancer treatment and the plants that produce them. It includes natural histories of the plants, a table of chemotherapeutic compounds, and chemical illustrations.
• An Electric Herbal, based on A Modern Herbal, by Mrs. M. Grieve. Medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cultivation and folk-Lore of herbs.
• The Essential Garden, garden of alternative health news, facts, forums, and shop.
• Henriette's Herbal Homepage. Medicinal and culinary herbfaqs, and some pictures of Finnish plants, the herblist logs, herb programs; also Marco Bleekers pics.
• HerbalGram, the journal of the American Botanical Council and Herb Research Foundation.
• Herbal Hall, USA - discussion list for professional herbalists.
• Herbal Medicine, University of Virginia, USA.
• Herbal Smoking Mixtures by Howie Brounstein, USA.
• HerbaNet. Jake Klamka, USA. An online guide to over 250 herbs and herbal combinations; an information center with links to over 120 alternative medicine related articles, etc.
• Herbs and Spices, USA. Maintained by Jeffrey Dawkins and Ron Lunde.
• The Herb, Spice, and Medicinal Plant Digest, from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is an information source containing reports on the production, chemistry, and marketing of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants.
• HerbWeb, USA. HerbWeb examines medicinal herbs through a saturated web of hyperlinks.
• Herb Research Foundation News and Views - alternative medicine for health & wellness, USA. The Herb Research Foundation (HRF) is a nonprofit research and educational organization focusing on herbs and medicinal plants.
• Herbs'n Such World Wide, USA. A collection of knowledge regarding herbs, maintained by Tomas Davis Hood.
• Der Hexengarten, Germany. Die Zauberkräuter des Mittelalters und ihre Wirkung, Harold A. Hansen (/in German).
• Howie Brounstein's Home Page, USA. Original works in Herbal Medicine, plant databases and checklists of the Pacific Northwest (on the herbalist's apprenticeship program),and ethno botanical notes.
• Indonesian Folk Medicine, USA (gopher).
• Intelligent Health - The Garden of Medicine, USA.
• Medicinal Plants of the Prairie by K.R. Ziarkowski, Graduate Student in Plant Physiology Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA.
• Natural Medicine, Complementary Health Care and Alternative Therapies, USA. Presented by AMR'TA, the Alchemical Medicine Research and Teaching Association. AMR'TA - Medicines and Procedures page.
• Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences - Herb Articles, USA (gopher).
• Pharmaceutical Information Network, USA.
• Plants Publishing Web, USA. Plants Publishing Inc. is an editor whose mission is to diffuse informations and educate people on the benefits of medicinal plants.
• Reference Guide for Herbs, USA. This guide contains an overview and information on numerous herbs.
• SunSite Herb Archives, USA (this is a popular ftp site - may sometimes be difficult to connect).
• Vatican Exhibit: Herbals by University of Illinois, USA.

Plant Pathology

• American Phytopathological Society, USA. APSnet is a new on-line service from the American Phytopathological Society that will allow you to obtain up-to-date information pertinent to plant pathology.
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USA.
• The Australasian Plant Pathology Society
• Biological Assessment and Taxonomic Support Home Page, USDA, APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine, USA. BATS provides APHIS with the leadership in biological expertise required to identify, assess and manage plant pest risks. These services provide a scientific basis for regulatory decisions concerning the movement of plants, plant products and plant pests.
• British Society for Plant Pathology, UK.
• Common Names for Plant Diseases, USA. Compiled by the Committee on Standardization of Common Names for Plant Diseases of The American Phytopathological Society 1978-1993.
• Cooperative Research Center (CRC) for Tropical Plant Pathology, Australia, University of Queensland
• Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Pathology Department, USA.
• Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Plant Pathology, Brisbane, Australia.
• Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arizona, USA.
• Department of Plant Pathology, University of Cornell, USA.
• Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, USA.
• Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, USA.
• Extension Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, USA, publishes Plant Disease Alert Newsletters and has a fact sheet index on plant diseases.
• Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System (FAIRS), USA. FAIRS is a comprehensive library of research produced by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences covering topics such as agriculture, energy, food safety and nutrition, natural resources, pesti cides and pesticide safety, turfgrass, water quality and wildlife. FAIRS consists of thousands of documents, illustrations, photographs and tables from major programs within IFAS.
• French Phytopathological Society, from Rennes, France.
• Institut für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz, Universität Hannover (Institute of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection, University of Hannover), Germany. Pages in English and in German.
• International Society for Plant Pathology, from UK.
• The International Working Group on Plant Viruses with Fungal Vectors (IWGPVFV), from IACR-Rothamsted, UK.
• Iowa State University, College of Agriculture, Department of Plant Pathology, Ames, USA.
• Michigan State University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, USA.
• Mississippi State University Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology Home Page, USA.
• Montana State University, Bozeman - Department of Plant Pathology, USA.
• National Biological Control Institute, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USA.
• National Integrated Pest Management Network, USA. Presented by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• New Mexico State, University, Plant Pathology Laboratory, USA.
• North Carolina State University, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Department of Plant Pathology, USA.
• The Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Plant Protection Centre, NORPRE, Norway.
• Parasitic Nematodes Home Page, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL), USA.
• Planteforsk, Norsk Institutt for planteforsking, Norway (in Norwegian).
• Purdue University, Department of Botany and Pathology, USA-
• Plant Parasitic Nematods Database by CENARGEN, National Center for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazil (gopher).
• Rothamstead Experimental Station, Department of Plant Pathology (UK)
• Texas A&M University, Department of Plant Pathology, USA, keeps Texas Plant Disease Handbook (Texas Agricultural Extension Services's Texas Plant Disease Handbook).
• University of California, Riverside: Department of Plant Pathology, USA.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Crop Sciences - Agronomy and Plant Pathology, USA.
• University of Minnesota Plant Pathology Gopher, USA. University of Minnesota, Department of Plant Pathology, www, USA.
• University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Department of Plant Pathology, USA

Poisons

• Allelopathy Research at the University of Savoie, France.
• Arizona Poison Center - Poisonous Plants, USA.
• Botanical Dermatology Database (BoDD), UK. An electronic re-incarnation of BOTANICAL DERMATOLOGY by JC Mitchell & A Rook (Greengrass, Vancouver, 1979). It will eventually appear in printed form as Mitchell & Rook's BOTANICAL DERMATOLOGY, 2nd edition (Editor: Richard J. Schmidt PhD), probably as a series of four small volumes each covering an alphabetical group of plant families (A - D; E - K; L - S; and T - Z). At present, this database is under development and may appear and disappear without warning. Access is currently restricted.
• Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System by Derek Munro, Biological Resources Divison, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. This information system provides details taken from literature references for over 250 plants that can poison livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Its interactive search engine provides information on plant names, distribution, toxic plant parts, toxic chemicals, and symptoms of poisoning.
• Cornell University Poisonous Plants Page, USA. This is planned as an extensive collection of plant and lesion images with text concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants. When completed, the public will be able to find pictures and information about toxic plants by: alphabetical listing of botanical names by genus and species), the plants' habit and appearance, the type of poisons present, systems and organs most affetced by poison (Nerve, heart, liver, skin, etc.), species of animals commonly affected.
• A Guide to Poisonous and Toxic Plants, USA. USAEHA Technical Guide no. 196.
• International Symposia on Poisonous Plants (ISOPP), from Australia.
• Parents Place.com Children's Health Reading Room: Poisonous Plants, by Judith Ann Tucker, USA. Information directed towards parents.
• Plato Project, UK. The National Poisons Unit at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have developed a botanical identification system for poisonous plants. The project addresses an urgent need by medical professionals, especially in hospital Accident & Emergency Departments, for the rapid and accurate identification of plants suspected of causing poisoning. The PLATO - UK system fills this knowledge gap and thereby helps to speed appropriate medical treatment.
• Plants Toxic to Animals by Mitsuko Williams, Veterinary Medicine Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
• Poisons Information Database, Singapore. Natural Toxins and Poisons in Plants found in Singapore, by Associate Professor P. Gopalakrishnakone, Department of Anatomy, National University of Singapore.
• Poison Information on Plants. The Maryland Poison Center, USA, has compiled this list to make you aware of which common plants are known to be poisonous.
• Poison Ivy, Western Poison Oak, Poison Sumac by G. A. Mulligan, Biological Resources Divison, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Three Canadian plants contain a poisonous sap that is the causative agent of Rhus-dermatitis, the most widespread skin disorder affecting Canadians. The three poisonous plants are poison ivy (Rhus radicans L.), western poison oak (Rhus diversiloba T. & G.), and poison sumac (Rhus vernix L.).
• Poisonous Plants Bibliography, from Literature Useful to the Study of Florida Plants, by Kent D. Perkins, University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS), USA.
• Poisonous Plant Database (PLANTOX), USA. The Poisonous Plant Database is a set of working files of scientific information about the animal and human toxicology of vascular plants and herbal products of the world. The initial file is a bibliography and is to be supplemented in coming months and years with files of plant names and synonyms, plant uses, geographic distributions, animal species affected, signs, lesions, etc.
• Poisonous Plants Guide, Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System (FAIRS), USA.

Weeds

• Exotic Pest Plant Database, California, USA. This Gopher is managed by database working groups of the California Exotic Pest Plant Council (CalEPPC) and the Pacific NorthWest Exotic Pest Plant Council (PNW-EPPC). Its goal is to facilitate the compilation and distribution of information on exotic pest plants -invasive weeds.
• FAO Tropical Weeds Database, Oxford, UK; and its legumes subdirectory
• The 10 Most Wanted Weeds in the West, Utah State Extension, USA.

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