Diseases & Pests w/Treatment and Control (SB:599-990.5)
SB600.5 Pests and Diseases. Directories
Summary:
This directory facilitates access to the membership directory of the
American Phytopathological Society (APS). The listing is " compiled for the
personal use and convenience of APS members...."
A record within the directory contains, an individual's name (last, first),
middle initial, affiliated organization or institution, as well as a
business address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail account address, when
provided. A feature of the entries states the member's commodity,
interest/research area, and principal area of expertise.
The directory is maintained by the American Phytopathological Society (APS)
of St. Paul, Minnesota.
"Warning: It is unlawful to reproduce this directory in any form, including
photostat,
microfilm, retrieval system, or any other means, without explicit written
permission of The
American Phytopathological Society (APS). This directory has been compiled
for the personal use
and convenience of APS members, and it is unlawful to make this directory
available to any person
or organization for circulating advertising or announcements. The directory
has been seeded to
detect unauthorized use. All inquiries concerning other than personal use of
this directory should
be referred to APS Headquarters: 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN
55121-2097; telephone:"
612/454-7250; facsimile: 612/454-0766; telex: 6502439657 (WUI).
To Search:
Searching engine access located on site's initial page. When
conducting search, enter keyword (or keywords) and then submit search.
SB 728 Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
Summary:
"In 1987, The American Phytopathological Society established a committee
to develop listings of plant pathogens and the diseases they incite....
[The] common names in these listings are now official names for use in APS
in APS journals and other publications. The Committee on Standardization of
Common Names for Plant Diseases has published names in Phytopathology
News and Plant Disease. This compilation provides an
updated,combined version
of those lists." A directory of plant diseases, this site allows a user to
access information through two different means.
A first searching method occurs through a collection of plant diseases,
organized alphabetically by the name of the plant affected by the malady.
Users can browse through a plants listing and select the plant of interest.
Once activated, this site then provides data in diseases in the following
categories: bacterial; fungal; nematodes; parasites; virus (and viruslike)
diseases; as well as a miscellaneous grouping. Individual entries of these
disease types reflects the information collator's name, the scientific name
of the disease, as well as researchers' names in this field of study. A
more
simplified searching method occurs when the user opts to search through a
common names database. Here, a keyword (normally, the plant's common name)
activates the search, yielding information of the type previously described.
All information within the site is copyrighted by the Committee on
Standardization of Common Names for Plant Diseases, a division of The
American Phytopathological Society (APS).
To Search:
Select common names database search. Fill in keyword entry field; submit
search. Or browse through table of contents and choose plant of interest to
view information contents.
SB 731 Plant Pathology. General Works
Summary:
A part of the National Agricultural Library's electronic bibliography
series,
Control of Plant Diseases and Pests: Horticultural Crops , is
"...intended primarily to promote awareness of recent investigations and
discussions of a topic. Coverage is not in-depth and exhaustive."
The bibliography is derived from computerized, online searches of the
AGRICOLA data base. Both magazines and books are represented among the
entries and are organized alphabetically by title. Upon browsing through
the
site's bibliography, the user will find the following data described:
NAL call number; title of work; author of work;location and name of
publisher;
pages of article (or total pages, if book);year of publication (or issue
date,
if journal). All entries include a brief description concerning content.
A feature of the bibliography is an author and a subject listing, providing
the user with the numbers of entries particularly linked to a subject or
individual, thereby shortening the browsing process.
The site is maintained by Jane Gates, Alternative Farming Sytems
Information Center; the National Agricultural Library, United States
Department of Agriculture; Beltsville, Maryland.
To Search:
Browse through bibliography listings or scroll directly to end of site,
where both author and subject indexes are located.
SB933.3 Biological Control. General Works
Summary:
Beneficial Insects is one of 3700 publications available through the Florida
Agricultural Information Retrieval System (FAIRS). It is part of "... a
comprehensive electronic library of information from major programs with the
University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Cooperative Extension Service." Users will find that the site is part of the
"Master Gardener Category" of publications.
A table of contents provides a listing of various agriculturally beneficial
insects (e.g. lady beetle, paper wasp, praying mantid, spiders). Actual
entries are reproduced texts from the Beneficial Insects Handbook,
published by the Entomology and Nematology Department (University of
Florida) and the Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
Individual entries provide the user with the subject and author's name. A
detailed description of the insect follows, including such topics as :
lifecycle, physical characteristics, living habits, species prevalence, and
choice of prey. Within an entry, users can access images of the insect, as
well as images of related subjects.
The site is maintained by the University of Florida, Department of
Agriculture.
To Search:
Choose subject from main menu and submit search. Access is also provided to
the FAIRS homepage and its other publications.
SB 975 Biological Control. General Works
Summary:
This site "...provides photographs and descriptions of major biological
control (or biocontrol) agents of major insect, disease and weed pests in
North America. It is also a tutorial on the concept and practice of
biological control and integrated pest management (IPM)." The guide
includes "... individual pages of approximately 40 natural enemies of pest
species...." Targetted for educators, commercial growers, students,
researchers, land managers, and extension (or regulatory agents), the pages
contain "... photographs, descriptions of the life cycles and habits, and
other
useful information about each natural enemy."
Images representing the four kinds of natural enemies allow access to the
guide's information. These four categories are : (1) parasitoids (e.g.
wasp); (2) predators (e.g. lady beetle); (3) pathogens (e.g. bacteria,
viruses); and (4) weed feeders (e.g. weevil). Each of the four images
opens to reveal a more detailed description of its enemy type. Individual
entries offer links to various related topics within each subject .
The site was authored by Catherine R. Weeden, Anthony M. Shelton, and
Michael P. Hoffmann. The authors acknowledge the support of the Department
of Entomology at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and the
National Biological Control Institute, located in Ithaca, New York.
To Search:
Choose one of the four images located on the site's first page. Image opens
to reveal a description of that enemy type and a table of contents. The
table, in turn, allows for more specific searches. Browse through listings
and select topic of interest.
Summary:
This glossary is a companion to the Cornell University WWW site, Biological
Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America. Here, users can find
the definitions for terms found in the aforementioned site. At the end of
the glossary, access is provided to the Biological Control WWW site, as well
as its various subdivisions.
Records here are listed alphabetically, each constructed with a one or two
sentence definition. All entries are taken from the publication, Natural
Enemies of Vegetable Insect Pests, authored by Michael P. Hoffmann and Anne
C. Frosham, published by Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, Ithaca.
New York.
The glossary was authored by Catherine R. Weeden, Anthony M. Shelton, and
Michael P. Hoffmann of Cornell University.
To Search:
Browse through entries.
Summary:
A pathway to the WWW, the Biological Control Virtual Information Center
links its user to information of interest to those in the field of
biological control. Organizations, databases, and WWW sites are represented
in the listings.
Specific topics of interest include: biological control organizations (as
well as associations), networks, information systems, consortiums,
databases, landscape ecology sources, and biological control divisions of
various branches of the USDA.
Sponsored by the Center for Integrated Pest Management and the Consortium
for
International Crop Protection.
To Search:
Browse through listings. Selection of title links the user to the WWW.
Summary:
The Global Crop Pests: Identification and Information [English] site is
designed to "...help increase crop pest diagnosis and IPM [integrated
(alternative) pest management] information capability among extensionists
and farmers of developing countries." To help control crop pest problems,
the site covers the "...basics of pest recognition and scouting, ecology,
biology, and control strategies...." All of the information contained here
can be downloaded for personal use.
Upon accessing the site, users will find two indexes available: crops and
pests. After accessing the crops index, the user will find an alphabetical
listing of crops (plants) within the records. A crop title is selected, to
then reveal the list of affecting pests and resulting diseases. A last
access action reveals the resulting index entry, featuring: a photo of the
plant (crop); the disease's common name(s) and scientific name; geographical
distribution; symptoms and signs of the disease; disease cycle; host; and
control samplings, along with control strategies.
If a user decides to access the pests index, the screen will show a division
made between plant diseases and insect pests. Upon choosing the pests link,
the user will then access a detailed entry, featuring: a photo of the pest;
common name(s) and scientific name; geographical distribution; recognition
and diagnosis; host; biology and ecology; damage and importance; and
management strategies. Within either the final crop entry or the final pest
entry, users can scroll to view all of the record's contents or can select
the topic of choice (from the entry) from a listing to move directly to that
point of interest.
The site is maintained by the Cornell International Institute for Food,
Agriculture and Development. It was developed by Alfredo Rueda and Anthony
M. Shelton.
Access to this site is also provided in Spanish.
To Search:
Select either "crops" or "pests" index. Then select title of subject and
follow links on screen to view final, detailed record of subject.
SB 979.5 Inspection. Quarantine. Periodicals, Societies, Serials
Summary:
APHIS publications, a division of the USDA Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, developed this site as a directory to list "... all the
publications currently available from the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)--the agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) charged with protecting American agriculture from foreign pests and
diseases.
Our publications include factsheets and brochures for consumers, farmers,
scientists, journalists, and others. Some of these documents are offered in
Spanish as well as in English."
A site directory is divided into three sections. The first provides an
alphabetical list of all APHIS publications and defines the type of each
document. The second section organizes these same sources by their
respective APHIS program area. In this area, electronic links are provided
for access to the APHIS Gopher, enabling the user to download reports. For
those reports not electronically linked, instructions are given for
receiving the texts by mail.
In the directory's third section, the user will find "...APHIS technical
reports on animal health/management prepared by the APHIS Veterinary
Services Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health at Fort Collins, CO."
Instructions are given for receiving these reports. Regardless of the
user's choice among the three sections, all entries contain: the title of
the
document, its publication type, a description of content, and the publishing
date.
This site is maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
To Search:
Immediate access to any of the three directory sections through the initial
site page. Follow instructions within the section to view an individual
entry.