December, 1999

SURFING the WEB
Vegetable and Fruit Web Sites

 

On-Line Guide to Plant Disease Control
This site contains the alphabetical (A to Z) text sections of the 1999 Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Control Handbook, part of the OSU Extension Plant Pathology slide collection, as well as photographs taken by our colleagues. http://pnwhandbooks.orst.edu/guide1998/index.htm

Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
A subject oriented internet resource guide for plant pathology, applied entomology, and all related fields. On these pages you will find plant pathology related internet sites and more useful resources. http://www.ifgb.uni-hannover.de/extern/ppigb/ppigb.htm

National Agricultural Pest Information System
This site lists lots of insect, some disease and some weed pests in alphabetical order. Color photographs, fact sheets and information are included on each pest. http://www.ceris.purdue.edu/napis/pests/index.html

Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
The Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin is prepared by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It contains up-to-date weather information such as total precipitation, soil moisture levels, crop moisture maps and indexes, and Palmer drought maps. http://www.usda.gov/agency/oce/waob/jawf/wwcb.html


Weed & Vegetable Exchange
Weed and Vegetable Exchange (WeaVE) represents a collaborative effort between growers, processor representatives, and Oregon State University faculty in the Departments of Horticulture. The purpose of WeaVE is to provide electronic access to worldwide learning about vegetable weed management and cover crops via World Wide Web (www) networks along with links between topics contained within this guide.http://www.orst.edu/dept/hort/weeds/vegetable.htm

Smallfarms.com
A place for small ranchers, small farmers and part time family farmers who need to get those special crops to the customers. In the past this was done by large food distributors. Today, we need to get customers directly to the farm products you've worked so hard to develop, produce and process. http://www.smallfarms.com/

 

Roger Brook
Adapted from the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News, 1999, Volume 5, Number 24. 
Neither I nor Michigan State University endorse these sites, or the information content.