Horticulture Agriculture

This category contains websites concerned with the science and technology of growing plants on an intensive or on a small scale basis, as opposed to the extensive cultivation of arable cultivation. It includes turf science, arboriculture, and nursery science. Much related material regarding domestic gardens will be found in the related category Home: Gardening.

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• The Center for Urban Horticulture - Conducts research, teaching, and public service on the selection, management and role of plants and ecosystems in the urban environment. At College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle.
  
• Mid-Atlantic Horticulture Short Course - Annual event sponsored by the Virginia Horticultural Foundation, with programs for professionals as well as home gardeners. Overview of workshops and speakers.
  
• Traditional Pacific Island Crops - AgNIC guide to web resources. Includes information on cultivation, marketing, harvest, nutrition, recipes, and trade associations
  
• Horticultural Engineering - Contains information about aspects of engineering, including glasshouse construction and energy conservation, from Rutgers University.
  
• Gardenet - Online horticultural information service. Australia.
  
• International Bulb Society - A non-profit organization dedicated to sharing knowledge, conducting research, and promoting conservation of geophytic plants, most usually known as "bulbs".
  
• Comprehensive Listing of Alternate and Botanical Names for Horticultural Crops - Sydney Postharvest Laboratory - Searchable by common names, alternate names and botanical names.
  
• Yosef Mizrahi's Homepage. - Biological and horticultural aspects of wild and rare fruit and nut trees of warm climates. Biology of cacti. Abnormally-ripening-fruit mutants.
  
• The Horticultural Taxonomy Group - Gives the history of HORTAX, an association of taxonomists and horticulturists interested in the classification and nomenclature of cultivated plants, member information and links to the archives of HORTAX News.
  
• The American Society for Horticultural Science - Promotes and encourages scientific research and education in horticulture within the United States and throughout the world. Publisher of HortScience, HortTechnology, and the Journal of ASHS.
  
• Henry Doubleday Research Association. - The HDRA researches and promotes organic gardening in the UK.
  
• Plantscope - Searchable database of ornamental and fruit crops, offering photos and characteristics of a large number of plants traded in the Netherlands. English/Dutch/German.
  
• Institute Economics in Horticulture - German research institute based at Hanover University. Site in German and English.
  
• Agribusiness Online Crop Guides - Production and postharvest technical information for individual crops.
  
• Horticulture - A collection of short notes on a number of horticultural topics from the University of Illinois extension.
  
• Plant Oils - Provides information, resources and web links for over 200 plant oils and other plant extracts.
  
• NSW Department of Primary Industries: Horticulture - Australian government agency provides information on home and commercial horticulture of fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crops, with an extensive list of articles on many topics.
  
• International Society for Horticultural Science - Includes general and specific scientific information, links to journals, events calendar.
  
• Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, University of Arizona - Details of the center, and of growing crops by protected cultivation.
  
• Institute of Vegetables and Ornamental Crops - The Institute carries out basic and applied research supporting the sustainable production of vegetable and ornamental plants and the rational use of natural resources.
  
• American Floral Endowment: Floriculture Scholarships - Non-profit group providing research grants and scholarships for the bedding plant and cut flower industries. Includes history, program information and application form.
  
• PlantAmnesty - Information on quality gardening and landscaping practice, especially with regard to pruning of shrubs and trees.
  
• Sydney Postharvest Laboratory - Serving the fresh fruit and vegetable industry, for matters including evaluation of postharvest technologies, storage and handling software, assistance with commercialization, patents, expert testimony, and cargo loss. Located in Sydney, Australia.
  
• Peak Research - Carries out a wide range of efficacy and residue work on horticultural crops throughout the North Island of New Zealand, and offer off-season research for Northern Hemisphere companies.
  
• Horticulture Resources - Information about the horticultural technology with links to the Journal of Applied Horticulture, and horticultural societies.
  
• Turf to Trees Horticulture Forums - Provides a message board for exchanging ideas and information on plants, grass, trees, landscaping, greenskeeping, arborist work, design, soil care and forests.
  
• Accredited Training Company: Horticulture Courses - Offers over 120 distance education horticultural courses, from hobby to diploma level. Courses can be studied online, by correspondance or on CD.
  
• Hort Extension - Archive of horticultural information for producers and gardeners from Texas A&M and the Texas Extension Service. Features publications, newsletters, information about specific plants, IPM, and master gardener programs.
  
• Ecocrop - Database interface that identifies suitable plants for a specified environment, for a defined use, or for a defined description.
  
• Technical Manual on Small-Scale Processing of Fruits and Vegetables - Examines the socioeconomic benefits and effects on rural development of small agroindustrial enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Used as a guide for the activities that the United Nations FAO carries out in these areas.
  
• Australian New Crops Project - Encouraging the commercialisation of potential new crops (including herbs, spices, and other horticultural crops) in Australia. Includes newsletter and links.
  
• German Society for Horticultural Science - Aims to encourage the exchange of ideas and information between scientist and the users of research results. Provides information on membership, the convention and the journal, the European Journal of Horticultural Science. German and English.
  
• International Cultivar Registration Authorities - Information on the distinct authorities, how to chose and register a name, symposia and calendars.
  
• Colorado State University Specialty Crops Program - Describes current research and grants for specialty crops in Colorado with emphasis on organic, small farm, and sustainable agriculture research.
  
• NC State Horticulture - Teaching, research, and outreach in horticulture, including basic biology, ecology, production and use of horticultural products.
  
  

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