Field Crops

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..
http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/

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.
http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/

Monsanto India - Provides news and information about agriculture and genetically enhanced seeds in a number of languages.
http://www.monsantoindia.com/

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.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/index.html

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.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-toc.html

Sustainable Agriculture Cover Crop Database - A database of plants that can be used as cover crops, especially in North America. Includes details of each species.
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/cgi-bin/CCrop.exe

Australian New Crops Project - Information about "new" crop developments, from the University of Queensland.
http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/

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.
http://www.aaic.org/

Rothamsted Research - Conducts basic, strategic and applied research in biological and related sciences, integrating these to optimise crop production systems.
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/iacr/tiacrhome.html

Famine Foods - A list and description of plants that are not normally considered as crops but are consumed in times of famine.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/faminefoods/ff_home.html

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.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/psyllium.html

Catholic Educator's Resource Center: Population - Food is more abundant and cheaper today than ever before in history due to a dramatic improvement in agricultural productivity that swept the globe in the 1960s.
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0025.html

Neglected Crops: 1492 From A Different Perspective - Plants of American origin that have been neglected or mostly forgotten since the arrival of Europeans.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/1492/1492.html

Agronomy Program - Plans and conducts applied research and extension programs on forages and sugar cane for the mineral (sandy) and adjacent (organic) soils of Florida's cattle and sugar cane production areas at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center of the University of Florida.
http://www.imok.ufl.edu/agro/

Lost Crops of the Incas - An online book, presenting little-known plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation.
http://books.nap.edu/books/030904264X/html/index.html

CropReference - Sources of information from Purdue University on promising new crops for food, timber, shade, soil improvement.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropReference/crop_reference.html

Badgersett Research Corporation - Research and development of hazelnuts and chestnuts for use as staple crops, sale of seedlings and nuts. Minnesota.
http://www.badgersett.com/

Center for New Crops and Plant Products - Extensive collection of information from Purdue University on crop diversification.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/

The Use of Neglected and Underutilized Crop Species - Includes projects, purpose, publications, links, and news.
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/nus/home.htm