Issue No 11, January 1999.

NOTICE: Hard copies of the Australian New Crops Newsletter are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher. Details of availability are included in the Advice on Publications Available.

31. New Crop Web Links and Listservers

http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AgLinks/

Agricultural links, grouped into educational, government, international, business and miscellaneous links and other listings of web links (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

http://www.ag-report.com/

A subscriber agricultural news service, 'An Australian watches Washington'

http://www.ag-report.com/resources/asia_resources.htm

Links to Asian agricultural web resources, classified according to commodities, government, news, organisations and research

http://www.ag-report.com/resources/australia_resources.htm

Links to Australian agricultural web resources, classified according to commodities, food safety, government, news, organisations, research and trade.

http://www.ag-report.com/resources/international_resources.htm

Links to international agricultural web resources, classified according to conferences, government, markets, news and organizations

http://www.ag-report.com/resources/us_resources.htm

Links to US agricultural web resources, classified according to commodities, food safety, government, news, organisations, research and trade.

http://www.actin.co.uk/

The Alternative Crops Technology Interaction Network is an industry-led initiative to promote the use of renewable raw materials derived from agricultural crops (industrial oils, fibres, starches and speciality chemicals), as sustainable, biodegradable, non toxic and CO2 neutral replacements - for petrochemical feedstocks.

These materials may be produced by the chemical, physical or genetic modification of established crops such as wheat, oilseed rape, flax or hemp, or through the introduction of novel crops such as crambe, calendula or camelina.

http://www.bri.com.au

BRI Australia Ltd is an independent company engaged in research training and the provision of consultancy and information services to the grains, grains processing and grain food industries.

http://193.43.36.7/WAICENT

World Agricultural Information Centre: FAO's Information Management Programme

http://www.fao.org/agris/default32.htm

AGRIS: International information system for the agricultural sciences and technology

http://www.crop.cri.nz/cropfact/newcrind.htm

Crop Facts from Crop and Food Research, New Zealand, including:

Herbs and Spices:

Growing herbs for oils
medicine and cooking
Boronia
Lemon Balm
Sage
Mints
Saffron
Coriander
Oregano
Thyme
Valerian
Burdock
Perilla
Dandelion
Echinacea

Oils and Nuts

New essential oil crops
Essential oils and their production
Lavender
Naked oil seed pumpkin
Gevuina nut

Fungi

Boletus edulis
Perigord Black Truffle
Matsutake

Asian Vegetables

Ginseng
Wasabi
Myoga ginger
Japanese taro
Daikon
Soromame
Mini pumpkins
Small eggplants

Others

Scorzonera hispanica
Celeriac
Okra
Luffa
Andean alder

http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/ncm/psrg/database.html

Listing of Internet databases relevant to phytotherapy

http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/Guides/Pharmacy/index.html#

Herbal Listing of Internet links for Herbal/medicinal plants

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

Searching facility for MEDLINE

http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/alldbs.html#reference

AGIS (Agricultural Genome Information System)

http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/ecosys

Ecosys-plant ecological ranges (USDA)

http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/ethnobotdb

EthnobotDB-worldwide plant uses (USDA)

http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb

FoodplantDB-Native American food plants (USDA)

http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/mpnadb

MPNADB-medicinal plants of Native America (USDA)

http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/phytochemdb

PhytochemDB-plant chemicals (USDA)

http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/pvp

PVP-Plant Variety Protection (USDA)

http://www.nalusda.gov/general_info/agricola/agricola.html

Agricola database (USDA)

http://www.fao.org/library/agris/agris-e.htm

AGRIS - International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology, has been collecting bibliographic references on agriculture from all over the world for more than 20 years.

http://www.fao.org/library/caris/caris-e.htm

CARIS - Current Agricultural Research Project information system. CARIS identifies ongoing projects in developing countries dealing with all aspects of agriculture.

http://www.ciagri.usp.br/planmedi/planger.htm

Base de Dados de Plantas Medicinais Listing of names of Brazilian medicinal plants

http://biotech.chem.indiana.edu/botany/

Cyberbotanica, an online botany education resource

http://www.MedsiteNavigator.com/

Guide to Internet Medicine including nedicinal plants

http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/plants.html

James Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

http://www.ncaur.usda.gov/nc/nchonme.htm

New crops research at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

http://www.ia-usa.org/a0020.htm

New crops seeds and products; a consulting and project development company promoting a more sustainable agricultural-horticultural industry through diversification into new and alternative crops and products.

The company's applied research and development focuses on specialty crops from which phytochemicals may be derived for biocontrol agents, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

http://dpie.gov.au/dpie/pr/media_releases/aaa.html

The Federal Government's Agriculture - Advancing Australia initiative, launched in September 1997, is aimed at increasing the profitability, competitiveness and sustainability of the farm sector and encouraging communities and farmers to be more innovative and financially self-reliant.

http://dpie.gov.au/dpie/cpd/nr/biological.html

Discussion paper: Managing Access to Australia's Biological Resources: Developing a Nationally Consistent Approach

http://www.tamuk.edu/webuser/cactus/

Cactus home page (Texas A&M University, Kingsville)

http://www.tamuk.edu/webuser/symposium/

Prosopis workshop Internet site

http://www.agggrow.com/

Agrow Oils: Over 440 North Dakotans have joined forces to found a grower-owned company focussing on oilseeds and specialising in diversity.

http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/ministry/teams/spcrop.html

Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development Special Crops Product Team Business Plan

http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/crops/special/scnews/

Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development Special Crops Newsletter

http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center

http://www.tongsing.com.au/fruit01.htm

Tong Sing, Cairns fruit availability guide

http://www.tongsing.com.au/

http://www.tongsing.com.au/vege01.htm

Tong Sing, Cairns vegetable availability guide

http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/economic/outlook/wkmktcom.html

Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development Special Crops Weekly market commentary reports

http://www.tjt.com.au/products/photos/

Over 120 commodity photographs of seeds and grains

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/natural/trees/treecrop/indtc.htm

Tree crops information from the Discipline Group of the Natural Resource Management Service Unit of Agriculture Western Australia (Eucalyptus oil mallees, jojoba, olives, sandalwood)

Aussie FieldCrops Net

The Aussie-FieldCrops-Net is a discussion group of around 150 people who discuss field crops issues in an Australian context.

Aussie-Net lists can be subscribed to by accessing:

http://lists.dpi.qld.gov.au

or the Farmwide site at:

http://www.farmwide.com.au/community/Discussion/default.htm

Graham Harris

Senior Extension Agronomist

Farming Systems Institute

Queensland Department of Primary Industries

LMB 1, Biloela, Queensland 4715

Telephone: 07 4992 9103 Facsimile: 07 4992 3468

Mobile: 0419 728 593

E-mail: harrisg@dpi.qld.gov.au

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