Directory of Useful Websites of Plant and Allied Sciences
M. Masroor A. Khan & Manzer H. Siddiqui
Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim
University, Aligarh, India
and
Hyungshim Yoo
Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Date of posting on the Web: March 10, 2008
It is an honor for me to be asked by Dr. Masroor Khan, of the Department
of Botany of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, to write a Foreword
for the 'Directory of Useful Websites of Plant & Allied Sciences'
he has compiled with Manzer H. Siddiqui and Hyungshim Yoo. They deserve my
highest praise for this monumental task, as it will greatly help all students
and teachers who use it.
We are now living in an electronic age when research papers are being published
'ON LINE' first before hard copies are produced. When I review a research
paper, I find almost all relevant papers on the topic of the paper right on
the Internet; it makes it so much easier to review research papers.
The Directory of websites produced by Dr. Khan and Dr. Siddiqui will provide
a wonderful resource to students and teachers alike to find rather quickly
(so to say at 'finger clicks' on their computer) knowledge about almost all
the aspects of Plant Biology (Botany): classification, structure, and function,
and their applications in Agriculture and Biotechnology.
I am fully aware of the time and energy it takes to produce a directory
of this nature.I recommend it to all
those interested in the study and teaching of Plant Biology.
Govindjee
265 Morrill Hall, MC-116
University of Illinois
Department of
Plant Biology
505 South
Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL
61801-3707, USA
Department of Plant Biology (http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/)
Department of Biochemistry (http://www.life.uiuc.edu/biochem/index.html)
Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology (http://www.life.uiuc.edu/biophysics/)
Program in Physiological and Molecular Biology (http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/pmpb/)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (http://www.uiuc.edu/)
URL: <http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/>
E-mail: gov@life.uiuc.edu
Education,
Research and Development activities in Modern Biology and Biotechnology are extraordinarily
information-dependent fields.The role
of Botany and Plant Science are the basis for the development of Agriculture
and Plant Biotechnology. Plants are a fundamental part of life on earth. They
generate the oxygen, food, fibres, fuel and medicine that allow higher life
forms to exist. Plants also absorb carbon dioxide, a significant greenhouse
gas, through photosynthesis.Conservationists
use botanical knowledge to help manage parks, forests, rangelands, and
wilderness areas. Public health and environmental protection professionals
depend on their understanding of plant science to help solve pollution
problems.As with other life forms in biology, plant life can be
studied from different perspectives, from the molecular, genetic and biochemical
level through organelles, cells, tissues, organs, individuals, plant
populations, and communities. At each of these levels, a botanist might be
concerned with the classification (taxonomy), structure (morphology and
anatomy) or function (physiology) of plant life.
The Internet
is becoming an increasingly dependable source of information throughout the
world and represents the biggest global network for information storage and
sharing.The large amount of data
generated in various forms is served through Internet, which has
extraordinarily revolutionized communication and information technologies.It is the most important resource of
information that can be accessed and shared by millions of people across the world.
Most of the
world's university libraries, art galleries, museums, and syllabi of the courses,
lecture notes, protocols, scientific journals and literature and other higher
education resources are online.Anyone interested in a specific topic of a
particular subject can find thousands of relevant web pages.
With the enormous
growth in the number of websites, searching the sites relevant to Plant Science
itself has become a major problem due to which one may spend hours in accessing
the Internet without obtaining desired information.However, the present directory
is a collection of a large number of useful websites related to Botany, Agriculture
and allied fields. The directory has been prepared using the keywords alphabetically
arranged.There are website titles that have more than one keyword. Additionally,
there are two or more keywords for a single term. Therefore; the user should
search the websites using different keywords.For example, 'Fungi' should also
be checked in 'Mycology' and 'Ascomycetes' etc.Interestingly, some of the
websites are not only the treasure of useful information but also contain
several other extraordinarily relevant websites.An example of the same is
'Photosynthesis
Page by Govindjee'<http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee>.
The user may
also go through the directory at leisure, mark out the relevant websites and
download them when access to the Internet is available. In this way, the user
may save considerable money and time spent on searching and browsing.However, if any of the websites included in
this directory does not open, it may be under maintenance, and may be tried
later.Sometimes the websites are
withdrawn by their launchers.Obviously,
in such a situation, the websites will not open at all.We are also planning to launch a website of
the directory for the sake of convenience.A CD of the same is under preparation and can be obtained from the
authors.
We are thankful
to Mr. Mohd. Naeem, Mr. Mohd. Nasir Khan, Ms Minu Singh, Ms Shafia Nasir and
Mr M. Idrees for their help in preparing this directory.We are also grateful to Prof Ainul Haque Khan,
Chairman and Prof. Firoz Mohammad, Department of Botany, A.M.U. for their
encouragement and moral support.Lastly,
we wish to acknowledge the patronage of our teacher and mentor, Prof. M.M.R.K.
Afridi, retired Head of Department and Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences for
his constant help and his inspiration.
We are delighted to have Dr. Hyungshim Yoo (Email- hs-yoo@life.uiuc.edu)
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M. Masroor A. Khan Department of
Botany UP-20 2002, Email-masruur@gmail.com |
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Manzer H. Siddiqui Department
of Botany UP-202002, Email-manzerhs@yahoo.co.in |
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1.
Abies:Plant characteristics
report for Picea abies:http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ABIES
2.
Abrus precatorius:Common names-rosary pea, crab's eyes:http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ABRUS
3.
Abutilon:Common name- grandifolium, Hairy abutilon:http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ABUTI
4.
Acacias at the Australian National Botanic
Gardens: http://www.anbg.gov.au/acacia
5.
Academic Press - APNet Home Page, San Diego,
USA: http://www.apnet.com
6. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: http://www.acnatsci.org
7. Access Excellence:http://www.accessexcellence.org
8. Acta Botanica Sinica: http://www.chineseplantscience.com
9.
Adenium 808's Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/7290/
10. Adenium Ailments: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Jungle/7495/
11.
Adenium
Picture Page: http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/AdeniumPictures/
12.
Adeniums: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/AdeniumsofHawaii/
13.
Aflatoxin:A fungus that crowds out its relatives and
steals their food and space could prove to be an important ally to farmers
battling aflatoxin across
14.
Aflatoxins: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap41.html
15. Ag Network inf. Centre: www.agnic.org
16.
Agave
17. Agiculture chief notes agency's 50th:USDA secretary Ann Veneman celebrates ARS' 50th anniversary by noting the agency's scientific advances and breakthroughs that have improved the daily lives of people. (12/11):http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2003/031211.htm
18.
AGRICOLA (US National Agricultural Library's
(NAL): http://www.nal.usda.gov/general_info/agricola/agricola.html
19.
Agricultural
Engineering Societies International List: http://www.asae.org/membership/international.html
20. Agricultural Research Accomplishments:www.ars.usda.gov/is/timeline(AR01/02)
21.
Agricultural
Research Centre of
22.
Agricultural
Web Sites:www.okstate.edu/OSU_Ag/agedcm4h/bobslist.htm
23. Agriculture (Search any Topic):www.nps.ars.usda.gov/fte/
24.
Agriculture
and Agrifood
25.
Agriculture
and food: Related
sites: http://www.wri.org/sustag/aglinks.html
26.
Agriculture:
Ag-Links (WWW Sites of
Interest to Agriculture): http://www.gennis.com/aglinks.html
27.
Agriculture:
AgNet - Australian
Agriculture: http://agnet.com.au/
28. AgricultureToday.com: http://www.agriculturetoday.com/
29.
AgriSurf! (guide to agriculture on the Internet): http://www.agrisurf.com/agrisurfscripts/agrisurf.asp?index=_25
30.
Agronet
Services: http://www.agronet.fi/
31.
32. Alfalfa silage:Research clues from red clover and potato skins could help alfalfa silage--winter feed for many livestock--hang onto more protein. (12/5):http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2003/031205.htm
33.
Alfalfa:A species of alfalfa called falcata thrives on the Northern
Plains--where other U.S.-grown varieties fizzle out. (10/7)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2003/031007.htm
34.
Algae
-Freshwater Algae in
35.
Algae
Home Page of the Department
of Botany at the Smithsonian Institution: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/algae/
36.
Algae- Listserv for phycologists: http://seaweed.ucg.ie/algae-l/ALGAE-L.html
37.
Algae,
Bryophytes and Fungi:http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/idb/botcryp.html
38.
Algae, Fresh-Water:Australian Freshwater Algae: http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/information_about_plants/botanical_info/australian_freshwater_algae2
39.
Algae: Home of the Fossil Coralline Algae (Corallinaceae: Rhodophyta): http://paleoweb.net/algae/
40.
Algae: Information pertaining to algae: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/rlmoe/
41.
Algae: COST
49 Phycological Directory, Ireland: http://seaweed.ucg.ie/cost/contents.html
42.
Algae: Culture Collections: http://seaweed.ucg.ie/cultures/CultureCollections.html
43.
Algae: Diatoms
Literature Database, USA: http://www.calacademy.org/research/diatoms/dtom_lit.html
44.
Algae:
International Society for Diatom
Research: http://www.isdr.org/
45.
Algae: Michael R. Martin's Phytoplankton Image Library: http://www.cedareden.com/phyto.html
46.
Algae: Paleolimnology & Diatom Home Page, Botany Dept., Indiana
University: http://www.indiana.edu/~diatom/branch.html
47.
Algae:
48.
Algae: The Harmful Algae Page: http://www.redtide.whoi.edu/hab/
49.
Algae: University of Toronto Culture Collection of Algae and Cyanobacteria
(UTCC): http://www.botany.utoronto.ca/utcc/
50.
Algae:Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the
51.
Algae:Protoplankton & phytoplankton:http://microbes.limnology.wisc.edu/outreach/index.htm
52.
53.
All
54.
55.
Allelopathy
Research at the University
of
56.
Allergy
Internet Resources: http://www.immune.com/allergy/allabc.html
57.
Alpine
Field Station of Lautaret (Alpine Biology Research Center of Grenoble University
FRANCE): http://www.ujf-grenoble.fr/JAL/
58.
Alpine
Plants Societies by Duncan
McAlpine,
59.
Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society: http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/alpine-l.html
60. Amaryllis:Hundreds of full-blooming amaryllis are on display in a new exhibit at the ARS-operated U.S. National Arboretum in the nation's capital. (12/12):http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2003/031212.htm
61.
American
Botanical Council: http://www.herbalgram.org/
62.
American
Bryological Lichenological Society: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/jpbennet/web/abls/
63.
American
Journal of Botany (Europe
and
64.
American
Journal of Botany (
65.
American
Primrose Society: http://www.americanprimrosesoc.org/
66.
American
Rose Society: http://www.ars.org/
67.
American
Seed Trade Association
(ASTA),
68.
American
Society of Agronomy (ASA),
the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Soil Science :Society of
America (SSSA) Web Site: http://www.agronomy.org/
69.
American
Society of Plant Physiologists,
70.
American
Society of Plant Taxonomists: http://www.sysbot.org/
71.
American
Society of Plant Taxonomists: http://www.sysbot.org/
72.
Amorphophallus
titanum: http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/TitanArum.htm
73.
Amorphophallus: http://biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/greenhouse/amorphophallus/
74.
An
Introduction to Lichens: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/lichens/
75.
Anatomia Vegetal: http://felix.ib.usp.br/atlasveg/
76.
Ancient
Bristlecone Pine: http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/home.html
77.
Angiosperm
Phylogeny Group (APG): http://www.systbot.uu.se/classification/APG.html
78.
Angiosperm
Phylogeny Website: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/welcome.html
79. Animal research news:ARS posts the latest edition of its "Healthy Animals" newsletter.(1/30):http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2004/040130.htm
80. Animal research update:The newest issue of ARS' online newsletter Healthy Animals is posted.(12/12):http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2003/031212.2.htm
81.
82.
Annals
of
83.
Annual
Flower
84.
Annual
Review of Cell and Developmental Biology: http://cellbio.annualreviews.org/
85.
Annual
Review of Ecology and Systematic: http://ecolsys.annualreviews.org/
86.
Annual
Review of Genetics: http://genet.annualreviews.org/
87.
Annual
Review of Microbiology: http://micro.annualreviews.org/
88.
Annual
Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology: http://plant.annualreviews.org/
89.
Annual
Reviews Inc. : http://www.annualreviews.org/
90. Annual Reviews:www.AnnualReviews.org
91.
Annual
Reviews: Biomedical Sciences: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/biomedicalhome.dtl
92.
Anthurium
Section Pachyneurium
(ARACEAE): http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/araceae/
93. Antioxidant:Eggplant contains high levels of chlorogenic acid--an antioxidant that may protect the body's cells against oxidative damage. (1/8): http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2004/040108.htm
94.
Antirrhinum
majus: http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/snapdragon/snapdragon.html