Websites concerning agricultural science relevant to crops grown in the field by the practices of arable farming.
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- Center for New Crops and Plant Products Extensive collection of information from Purdue University on crop diversification.
- PlantFacts - Ohio State University Searches over 20,000 pages of horticulture and crop science information from over 40 academic and government institutions departments in the U.S. by keyword and region..
- Lost Crops of the Incas An online book, presenting little-known plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation.
- Monsanto India Provides news and information about agriculture and genetically enhanced seeds in a number of languages.
- CropReference Sources of information from Purdue University on promising new crops for food, timber, shade, soil improvement.
- 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.
- 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.
- Famine Foods A list and description of plants that are not normally considered as crops but are consumed in times of famine.
- Neglected Crops: 1492 From A Different Perspective Plants of American origin that have been neglected or mostly forgotten since the arrival of Europeans.
- 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.
- Badgersett Research Corporation Research and development of hazelnuts and chestnuts for use as staple crops, sale of seedlings and nuts. Minnesota.
- 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.
- Psyllium The seeds of certain species of Plantago are used commercially for the production of mucilage. Information on the uses of the plant, its growth habits, environment requirement, culture, yield potential and economics.
- Rothamsted Research Conducts basic, strategic and applied research in biological and related sciences, integrating these to optimise crop production systems.