Additional
Information: Listings of websites that provide online databases and reference information.
Databases Sites:
Plants for a Future Plants for a Future: A resource and information centre with detailed information on a large range of edible and other useful plants. Most are from temperate regions. (Databases) http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html
World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT): Information management and dissemination on desertification, gender and sustainable development, food standards, animal genetic resources, post-harvest operations, agro-biodiversity and food systems in urban centres. (Databases) http://www.fao.org/waicent/
National Agricultural Library (NAL) National Agricultural Library (NAL): One of four National Libraries in the US, offers search facilities and gateways to agricultural information. (Databases) http://www.nalusda.gov/
System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources: SINGER, the CGIAR system-wide information network for genetic resources of crop, forage and tree germplasm. (Databases) http://singer.cgiar.org/
CSU Seed Database CSU Seed Database: Crop, common weed, and noxious weed seed database displaying seed photos and seed identification characteristics. (Databases) http://www.geocities.com/seedimages
Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center: Established to provide a single-point access to a vast store of widely distributed biotechnology data. Information resources for agricultural, pharmaceutical, and other fields of biotechnology. (Databases) http://www.swbic.org
FAOStat FAOStat: Online and multilingual databases currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international agricultural statistics. (Databases) http://apps.fao.org/
FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System: The system integrates country-based information from FAO's thematic and statistical databases. Provides country profiles on the state of food, nutrition and agriculture. (Databases) http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles
Agricola Agricola: Bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. (Databases) http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/