February, 2000
SURFING THE WEB
Seeds and Weeds
The Farmer’s Guide to Smart Seed Choices
The biotech revolution has brought unprecedented benefits to
agriculture. SeedSmart is dedicated to totally changing the way seed is bought
and sold. The site provides a suite of online tools that allow you to quiz
university variety trials. You can compare varieties side-by-side or just get a
list of "top contenders".
Weed Identification Aids
- This photo herbarium contains pictures of many plants that
are common to North America. Some of the plant species listed are not generally
considered weeds but may have toxic or poisonous properties, or are otherwise of
general interest as wildflowers or herbs.
http://ext.agn.uiuc.edu/wssa/subpages/weed/herbarium0.html
Weed Images and Descriptions
- http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/weeddocuments/
Plants Harmful to Humans
- http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/harmfulplants/
Find the aquatic weed that matches what you have found in
your pond.
- http://www.willinet.net/~dvanbeek/Joe/aquaweedid.htm
Enter information about an unidentified weed, and compare it
with photographs and text descriptions of weeds that share similar
characteristics - http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/weedid/
A commercial source, but still useful ...
Roger Brook
Abstracted from the Agri-Surfer newsletter http://www.agrisurfer.com
Neither I nor Michigan State University
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