The Australian New Crops Newsletter


Issue No 7, January 1997.


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.


19. Internet addresses

These addresses give some idea of the vast range of information available on the Internet for those who have not yet found it useful. However, care needs to be exercised, since the accuracy of information on the Internet cannot be guaranteed.

Listing of agricultural conferences, meetings and seminars for 1997

http://waffle.nal.usda.gov/mtg/1997.html

Purdue New Crops

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/

Searching the world wide web (with a botanical flavour)

http://www.euronet.nl/users/mbleeker/urlists/search.html

AGRALIN: agricultural information (compiled in the Netherlands)

http://www.bib.wau.nl/

AgDB: agriculture-related information systems, databases and datasets

http://waffle.nal.usda.gov/agdb/erdcalfr.html

AgriGator: agriculture and related information sites index

http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/WWW/AGATOR/HTM/AG.HTM

Agriweb Canada: directory of agriculture and agri-food resources

http://www.agr.ca/agriweb/link.htm

Databases at the National Agricultural Library:

http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/

FAO database containing size and value of imports and exports of a wide range of agricultural products from most countries in the world from 1961 to 1996; can be interrogated, producing tables or graphs, tables can be downloaded for direct entry to Exc el databases (can take some time to load):

http://apps.fao.org/lim500/nph-wrap.pl?Trade.CropsLivestock Products& Domain=SUA

FAO database containing production data (takes time to load):

http://apps.fao.org/lim500/nph-wrap.pl?ProductionCrops Primary&Domain=SUA

Guide to agricultural resources (compiled by Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service):

http://www.okstate.edu/OSU_Ag/agedcm4h/bobslist.htm

Plant production resources (compiled in the Netherlands):

http://www.cuci.nl/~bastinkk/Links.html

Plant production resources (compiled in Japan):

http://www.fb.u-tokai.ac.jp/pp-info

Plant-related web sites (USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service):

http://plants.usda.gov/npdc/

Internet directory for botany:

http://herb.biol.uregina.ca/liu/bio/idb.shtml

Botany and field biology sites (botany proper, related sites):

http://www.euronet.nl/users/mbleeker/urlists/boturl-1.html

http://www.euronet.nl/users/mbleeker/urlists/boturl-2.html

FAO plant genetic resources information:

http://web.icppgr.fao.org/

Resource and information centre for edible and other useful plants (Allium spp., alternative foods, oils and waxes for lighting, root crops, Crataegus spp., Hemerocallis spp., edible lawn, edible ornamentals, edible shrubs, fibre p lants, ground cover plants, hedges, milkweed, soap plants, vegetable oils, etc.

http://www.liv.ac.uk/~rmorris/pfaf/

Plant catalogue (compiled in the Netherlands)

http://www.cuci.nl/~bastinkk/Plantenlijst.html

Recorded rainforest plant properties and actions

http://rain-tree.com/uses.htm

Seed lists

http://www.frognet.net/companion_plants/seeds.html

http://www.batnet.com/rwc-seed

http://www.shadow.net/~heruka/

http://www.datasync.com/sbe/

http://www.chestnut-sw.com/seedhp.htm

Herbal information

http://www.algy.com/herb/

http://www.vitawise.com/herbaz.htm

http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/faqs/culiherb.txt

Medicinal herbs

http://sunsite.unc.edu/herbmed/faqs/mediherb.txt

Medicinal plants: pictures, books and resources

http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/HOMEPAGE/

Agricultural marketing statistics, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, USDA

http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/WWW/AGATOR/HTM/AGMARKET.HTM

Centre for Economic Botany, Kew

http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/

Missouri Alternatives Center

http://www.ext.missouri.edu/agebb/agopp/mac.htm

New Uses Council, 312 Sun King Drive, Glenwood Springs CO 81601, USA

http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/NUC/NUCHome.html

Heritage Seed Curators' Association, PO Box 1450 Bairnsdale, Victoria 3885

http://www.agfor.unimelb.edu.au/Lcweb/HSCA/HSCA_home.html

California Rare Fruit Growers

http://www.crfg.org/

Developments in data networking for rural communities: a future of change and challenge (Ian R Crellin)

http://www.dpie.gov.au/rural/telecentres/publications/data/assembly.html

Prehistoric Food Production in the Midcontinental United States: A selected Bibliography (David R. George)

http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/ArchNet/Topical/Botan/midcont.htm

What is sustainable agriculture? (UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program)

http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/sarep/concept.html

Ethnobotanically derived natural products (Trish Flaster)

http://www.frontierherb.com/fch/seminar_notes/hf.seminar.notes.p20.html

Ethnobotany and Paleoethnobotany: a Bibliography (Michael A. Pfeiffer)

http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/swa/ethnobot.html

 


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