Center for New Crops and Plant Products:
Extensive collection of information from Purdue University on crop
diversification.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/
CropReference:
Sources of information from Purdue University on promising new crops
for food, timber, shade, soil improvement.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropReference/crop_reference.html
Advances in New Crops:
Proceedings of the First National Symposium of the Center for new
crops and plant products of the Purdue University which focuses on
research, development, and economics.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-toc.html
Alternative Field Crops Manual:
Detailed information on the production of a number of agronomic
crops adapted to the upper Midwestern U.S., from adzuki bean to wild
rice.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/index.html
PlantFacts - Ohio State University:
Searches over 20,000 pages of horticulture and crop science info
from over 40 academic and government institutions departments in the
U.S. by keyword and region..
http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/
Kentucky American Seeds:
Information on soybeans, wheat, grasses, corn, specialty crops,
legumes, seed treatments and seed conditioning.
http://www.kentuckyamerican.com
Agronomy Program:
Plans and conducts applied research and extension programs on
forages and sugar cane for the mineral (sandy) and adjacent
(organic) soils of Florida's cattle and sugar cane production areas
at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center of the
University of Florida.
http://www.imok.ufl.edu/agro/
The ProBiotech Web Site:
An analysis of the development and benefits of biotechnology in
agriculture. UK.
http://www.probiotech.fsnet.co.uk
Famine Foods:
A list and description of plants that are not normally considered as
crops but are consumed in times of famine.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/faminefoods/ff_home.html
Neglected Crops: 1492 From A Different Perspective:
Plants of American origin that have been neglected or mostly
forgotten since the arrival of Europeans.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/1492/1492.html
Lost Crops of the Incas:
An online book, presenting little-known plants of the Andes with
promise for worldwide cultivation.
http://books.nap.edu/books/030904264X/html/index.html
Australian New Crops Project:
Information about "new" crop developments, from the University of
Queensland.
http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/
Monsanto India:
Provides news and information about agriculture and genetically
enhanced seeds in a number of languages.
http://www.monsantoindia.com/
The Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops:
Nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes the production,
processing, development, and commercialization of industrial crops
and products derived from them.
http://www.aaic.org/
Badgersett Research Corporation:
Research and development of hazelnuts and chestnuts for use as
staple crops, sale of seedlings and nuts. Minnesota.
http://www.badgersett.com/
Edible Landscape Nursery Catalog:
Information about plants (many obscure) that are available from ECHO
(Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization, a Christian
non-profit group that is battling world hunger).
http://www.echonet.org/eln&herbs/nurserycatalog.htm
National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS):
Focused on preserving the genetic diversity of plants by acquiring,
preserving, evaluating, documenting and distributing crop germplasms
to research scientists. Includes general information on NPGS and
Germplasm Resources Information Network. Contents include collection
information, repositories, committees, and related resources.
http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/
Catholic Educator's Resource Center: Population:
Food is more abundant and cheaper today than ever before in history
due to a dramatic improvement in agricultural productivity that
swept the globe in the 1960s.
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0025.html
Current Advances in Buckwheat Research:
The full text of presentations at the 6th International Symposium on
Buckwheat.
http://soba.shinshu-u.ac.jp/contents/contents.html
Rothamsted Research:
Conducts basic, strategic and applied research in biological and
related sciences, integrating these to optimise crop production
systems.
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/iacr/tiacrhome.html
Sustainable Agriculture Cover Crop Database:
A database of plants that can be used as cover crops, especially in
North America. Includes details of each species.
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/cgi-bin/CCrop.exe
