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Ted Radcliffe and Bill Hutchison
Department of Entomology
University of  Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

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University Sites


Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America
by Cathy Weeden, Tony Shelton, and Mike Hoffman, Cornell University.

IPM and Biological Control in Florida, Concepts of IPM and Biological Control, site dedicated to the Delivery of IPM and Biological Control Information and Technology Glossary.

In an effort to direct individuals to outstanding sites containing information on the insects, mites and nematodes that the personnel of the University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department work with, and to reward those individuals and organizations that are contributing significantly to the knowledge of entomology and nematology available on the World Wide Web (WWW), they have created the University of Florida "Best of the Bugs WWW site award.

Biological Control News
(formerly Midwest Biological Control News Online) Midwest Biological Control News is a monthly newsletter dedicated to providing information on the use of beneficial organisms for controlling insect and mite pests of the farm, garden, and home. The newsletter is compiled and published at the University of Wisconsin.

Biological Control Virtual Information Center Biological control organizations, databases, and web sites around the world, sponsored by the Center for Integrated Pest Management and the Consortium for International Crop Protection, as part of the National IPM Network.

Bt corn and European corn borer, North Central Regional Research Project (NC-205), Ecology and Management of European corn borer and other stalk boring Lepidoptera, NCR Ext. Publ. 602, authors, Ostlie et. al. 1997.

cuescor2.gif (11199 bytes) Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability CUES is an interdisciplinary program at the University of Minnesota with participants from the Colleges of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences; Biological Sciences; Natural Resources and Landscape Architecture.
Entomology on World Wide Web Lou Bjostad at Colorado State University provides key links to entomological resources on the web.

UFlogofeatcreat.gif Featured Creatures: Great insect pictures,  with new creatures featured every month
Project Leader: Thomas R. Fasulo, University of Florida.

Information Systems for Biotechnology, Agbiotech Online Information on agricultural and environmental biotechnology research, product development, regulatory issues, and biosafety. This service is supported by a grant from  USDA/CSREES to  Virginia Tech. ISB is administered by USDA's National Biological Impact Assessment Program (NBIAP).

Integrated Pest Management at Iowa State IPM page maintained by John VanDyk. This one is a must!

IPM and Biological Control in Florida, Concepts of IPM and Biological Control, site dedicated to the Delivery of IPM and Biological Control Information and Technology Glossaries

Plant & Insect Parasitic Nematode Home Page  Everything you ever wanted to know about neamtodes from the Department of Plant pathology, University of Nebraska.

Society of Nematologists

The Pesticide Management Education Program at Cornell University.

The Public and Pesticides: Exploring the Interface, Perceptions of Pesticides, Pros and Cons, by Chuck Curtis, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, with funding from NAPIAP, USDA.

The Tree of Life Brothers Dave and Wayne Maddison, systematic biologists at the University of Arizona, are creating "the most worthwhile thing on the web" (Science 1996: 273 (5275) 568-570. Don't miss this one.

UC IPM Online

University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Project UC IPM on-line resources, microcomputer software and databases, publications, slide sets and videos, training programs and much more.

UC-IPM Links to Pest Management Sites

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VegEdge: Vegetable IPM Resource for the Midwest, University of Minnesota Extension Service


Veterinary Entomology Expert Systems Richard C. Axtell, Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Entomology at North Carolina State University, has created a site for the downloading of veterinary entomology software. There are presently three great items: two expert systems, PPES (poultry) and IPES (livestock), and a simulation model of housefly management.

University Courses on the Web

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Forest Entomology and Control, Paul D. Bell, School of Natural Resources, Sir Sandford Fleming College, Lindsay, Ontario.

Welcome to Introductory Entomology at the University of Alberta, instructors Bev Mitchell and Andrew Keddie Study Modules on Insect Morphology (viewing requires Acrobat Reader).

U.S. and State Government Sites

National Biological Information Infrastructure, an wesome site maintained by the  U.S. Department of the Interior and  U.S. Geological Service. The mission of BRD is to provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of our Nation's biological resources.

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BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) Toxin Resources



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Health Topics A to Z
Division of infectious Diseases
Arborviral Encephalitides
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi Infection)
West Nile Disease, Fight the Bite!
Dengue Fever & Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
Malaria
Plague
Yellow Fever


 
California School IPM web site! This site has been created by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) as part of its implementation of the Healthy Schools Act of 2000.. Here you will find a variety of documents, web links, and other resources related to the Act and to integrated pest management in schools.
U. Calif, School IPM HELPR" (Health and Environmental Impacts Lookup Resource).
 
FAS Online, Foreign Agricultural Service helps USDA and other federal agencies, U.S. universities, and others enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. agriculture and helps increase income and food availability in developing nations by mobilizing expertise for agriculturally led economic growth.

Insect Pheromone Papers - A database of over 11,500 papers, maintained by John A. Byers, USDA, ARS.
 
Invasive Species: a gateway to Federal (USDA, ARS) efforts concerning invasive species.
 
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
National Biological Impact Assessment Program (NBIAP) Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB), information on agricultural and environmental biotechnology research, product development, regulatory issues, and biosafety. red ball Special issue on Bt.

National Genetic Resources Information Network (GRIN) The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) web server provides germplasm information about plants, animals, microbes and invertebrates within the National Genetic Resources Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS).



National USDA Regional IPM Centers red ballWhat is IPM?
red ball  North Central Regional IPM Center, red ball Northeastern Regional IPM Center, red ballSouthern Region IPM Center, red ballWestern Regional IPM Center

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CIPMNSF Center for Integrated Pest Management

National PLANTS Database The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images (30,000+), crop information, automated tools, onward Web links, and references. This page provides a series of electronic forms from which you may access the National PLANTS Database of the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Northern Prairie Wildlife Center, This Internet site of the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Surveyemphasizes topics and data pertinent to the North American Great Plains.
 
State Partners of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service This section of the  USDA, CSREES homepage provides convenient access all the land-grant universities.
USA Map/Partners Tennessee Wyoming Wisconsin West Virginia Virginia Vermont Utah Pennsylvania Texas South Dakota South Carolina Rhode Island Puerto Rico Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North Dakota New Mexico North Carolina New York New Jersery New Hampshire Nebraska Nevada Maryland Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Maine Massachusetts Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Indiana Idaho Illinois Iowa Hawaii Georgia Florida Colorado Deleware Connecticut California Arizona Arkansas Alaska Alabama Washington usa
American Samoa Guam Federated States of Micronesia Northern Marianas Virgin Islands Washington, D.C.



The National Agricultural Library, Part of ARS/USDA, is one of four National Libraries in the United States. NAL is a major international source for agriculture and related information. This Web site provides access to NAL's many resources and a gateway to its associated institutions.

United States Department of Agriculture, In 1862--President Abraham Lincoln founded the U.S. Department of Agriculture "the people's department." In Lincoln's day 90 percent of the "people" were farmers. Today, USDA continues Lincoln's legacy by serving all Americans--the 2 percent of our Nation who farm as well as everyone who eats food, wears clothes, lives in a house, or visits a rural area or a national forest.



Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)



Economic Research Service (ERS)



Cooperative States Research, Extension and Educuation Service (CSREES)



Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)



Forest Service (FS)



Graduate School, USDA



National Agricultural Library (NAL)



National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)


Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS)



USDA Agencies and Staff Offices

NAPIS, PestTracker, the public access web site of the National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS), the agricultural pest tracking database of the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS).  

United State Agency for International Development Established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, USAID is the independent government agency that provides economic development and humanitarian assistance to advance U.S. economic and political interests overseas.


Commercial Sites

American Crop Protection Association Representing the companies that produce, sell, and distribute virtually all the active compounds used in crop protection chemicals registered for use in the United States.American
 
Society of Crop Consultants, The specific purpose of ASAC is to foster the science of agricultural consulting in all its varied fields; to promote the profession and maintain high standards under which the members conduct their service to the public; hold meetings for the exchange of ideas and the study of the profession of agricultural consulting; and maintain a Code of Professional Ethics in the broad field of agricultural consulting.

Crop Data Management Services, Inc.   CDMS, Inc. provides software service to access crop protection product label, MSDS, WPS and DOT information. MSDS Supporting Manufacturers (addresses and links to web pages).

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Crop-Net Crop Protection Website: Controlling insects, weeds, and disease.  This website sponsored by United-Agri Products, Inc.  It  is a valuable resource for the IPM practitioner and features a great search engine.  red.gif (102 bytes) Crop Protection Magazine.

Get Set, Inc. "What the bugman does not want you to know" (An Intelligent Pest Management Manual) by Stephen L. Tvedten.

Pest Management at the Crossroads. This WWW site is maintained as a public service and an experiment in electronic networking by Benbrook Consulting Services.  "Return to the Stone-Age of Management" presentation to EPA Public Meeting on "Plant Pesticides Resistance Management"  "Pest Management at the Crossroads", presentation at USDA Integrated Pest Management Seminar Series  "Indicators of the Sustainability and Impacts of Pest Management Systems", presented at AAAS 1997 Annual Meeting.

National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants (NAICC), founded in 1978, is the national society of agricultural professionals who provide research and advisory services to clients for a fee. The 500+ members work from bases in 40 states and several foreign countries, and have expertise in the production of most crops grown around the world.
 
StratKirn Business Consulting, Offering consulting services in R&D management, and in market assessment, for clients who create innovative new technology in the fields of food, feed and fiber improvement.

Taylor and Francis-CRC Press (Technomic), red.gif (102 bytes)Kimball Nill's Glossary of Biotechnology Terms, red.gif (102 bytes)Begin your search.red.gif (102 bytes) Monsanto's Biotechnology Knowledge Center, red.gif (102 bytes)Search the Biotechnology Knowledge Center.


International Sites

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada's Electronic Information Service (ACEIS)
 
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 Research Branch, this site provides you with contacts and information at varying levels of detail on the department's science programs, facilities, and staff.
 
red.gif (102 bytes) Atlantic Cool Climate Crop Research Centre (St. John's)
red.gif (102 bytes) Crops and Livestock Research Centre (Charlottetown - Nappan)
red.gif (102 bytes) Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre (Kentville - Bouctouche)
red.gif (102 bytes) Potato Research Centre (Fredericton)
red.gif (102 bytes) Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre (Sainte-Foy - Normandin)
red.gif (102 bytes) Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre (Lennoxville - Kapuskasing)
red.gif (102 bytes) Horticulture Research and Development Centre (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu)
red.gif (102 bytes) Food Research and Development Centre (Saint-Hyacinthe)
red.gif (102 bytes) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre (Ottawa)
red.gif (102 bytes) Food Research Program (Guelph)
red.gif (102 bytes) Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre (London - Vineland, Delhi)
red.gif (102 bytes) Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre (Harrow)
red.gif (102 bytes) Brandon Research Centre
red.gif (102 bytes) Saskatoon Research Centres (Melfort - Scott)
red.gif (102 bytes) Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre (Swift Current - Indian Head)
red.gif (102 bytes) Lethbridge Research Centre (Kamloops)
red.gif (102 bytes) Lacombe Research Centre (Beaverlodge)
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IPM Forum - Integrated Pest Management CAB International An intergovernmental organization providing information, publishing and scientific services worldwide to agriculture, forestry, human health and management of natural resources.

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Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement CIRAD is a French research organization that specializes on agriculture in the tropics and subtropics.


Consortium for International Crop Protection CICP, a non-profit organization, 1978-2005.  Its principal purpose was to assist developing nations reduce food crop losses caused by pests while also safe-guarding the environment.

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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research The CGIAR is jointly sponsored by the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). International research centers (IARCS), supported by the CGIAR, are located in 12 developing and 3 developed countries.

 

Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
CIAT - Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research
CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo
CIP - Centro Internacional de la Papa
ICARDA - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute
IPGRI - International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
IRRI - International Rice Research Institute
IWMI - International Water Management Institute
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

 
WorldFish Center
 
CSIRO, Division of Entomology Government of Australia, Entomological Research.

European Initiative for
Agricultural Research for Development
, AgriScout


European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

World Agricultural Information Center (WAICENT) Portal

Global Plant & Pest Information System (GPPIS) replaces the Pacific Plant Protection Information System (PPPIS), Historic version of GPPIS

EcoCrop


Gateway to On-Line IPM Resources CICP, NYAES, Geneva, Integrated Plant Protection Center (IPPC), are jointly developing an Internet/WWW-based information retrieval/referral system

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A potato newsletter developed and maintained in association with World Potato Congress IncGlobal Potato News is your "source for on-line potato information" Potato Links Directory.

GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH GTZ is active worldwide in over 130 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the transition countries in eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and has its own offices in 67 countries with the Head Office in Eschborn, Germany, offer administrative and technical support to 2,700 projects in 135 partner countries.  English Translation

Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum Created by Ken Hooper, Department of Earth Sciences Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique The mission of INRA to guarantee French consumers high-quality food, ensure that agricultural and agro-food companies are competitive, and contribute to integrated land development and sustainable management of natural resources.  English Translation

XXIII International Congress of Entomology 2008 (ICE2008), Durban, South Africa, 6-11 July.

Congress Theme: "Celebrating Entomology: Contributions to Modern Science"

IPMChina This site is supported by the red ball Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IPP,CAAS), the Institute of Biological Control (IBC,CAAS), the red ball The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests (SKLBPI), and red ball the China Society of Plant Protection (CSPP) and the Academic Division of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University.
 
IPMEurope The European Group for Integrated Pest Management in Development Cooperation, is a network for coordinating European support for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in research and development.

IPMnet NEWS Global IPM Information Service, sponsored, produced, and provided by the Consortium for International Crop Protection. Helping to foster IPM worldwide.

Noyes.  Welcome to the wonderful world of chalcidoid wasps! London's Natural History Museum.
Overseas Development Institute The Overseas Development Institute is Britain's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues.
Compendium of Pesticide Common Names This resource contains the common names, IUPAC and Chemical Abstracts systematic names, molecular formulae, Registry Numbers and activity for well over 1000 pesticide active ingredients.  This site is maintained by Alan Wood, Context Limited (Electronic Publishers).

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Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book, University of Hanover PPIGB is an internet resource guide for all aspects of plant pathology, applied entomology and related fields. It is intended as starting point for scientists, students and all who are interested in phytopathology to explore the internet. The compilation of websites in divided into thematic categories in which every Link is followed by a brief description of the content of the website. Updated weekly, extraordinary sites are marked as a TIP.

Scientific Reference Resources


Directory of Entomology Departments and Institutes [First posted September 1999]. The Directory of Entomology Departments and Institutes (DEDI) contains contact information and website links for about 1700 institutes, departments and division which are part of universities and government agencies, and are dedicated to entomological or plant protection research.


Directory of Entomological Societies [First posted May 1999]. This directory provides general information regarding over 500 active societies and associations which are dedicated to entomology, arachnology or plant protection. It includes links to the websites of almost 300 of the societies.


World Health Organization, Division of Control of Tropical Diseases, red ball Malariared ball Chagas Disease red ball Leishmaniasis red ball Filariasis red ball  Trypanosomiasis, African (Sleeping Sickness) red ball Onchocerciasis (River Blindness).

World Bank, Project Profiles On Agriculture & Rural Development
 

Private Sites

BIOSYSTo facilitate understanding of the living world by helping researchers, educators, students and others to access information relevant to the life sciences.red ballIndex to Organism Names red ballISI Web of Knowledge
 
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) is a nonprofit organization composed of scientific societies and many individual, student, company, nonprofit, and associate society members.CAST assembles, interprets, and communicates science-based information regionally, nationally, and internationally on food, fiber, agricultural, natural resource, and related societal and environmental issues to our stakeholders--legislators, regulators, policy makers, the media, the private sector, and the public.
 

CropBiotech Update: A weekly summary of world developments in agri-biotech for developing countries, produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA).
 

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The National Academy of Sciences is a private, non-profit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare.



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Professional Society Sites

Plant Pathology Online - American Phytopathological Society American Phytopathological Society, The premier international scientific organization devoted to the study of plant diseases and their control. red ballAPSnet red ball APSnet: Education Center  red ballUniversity Plant Pathology Programs

Annual Reviews, Inc. A nonprofit scientific publisher of systematic, periodic examinations of scholarly advances in a number of fields of science through critical authoritative reviews: red ball Annual Review of Ecology and Systematicsred ball Annual Review of Entomologyred ball Annual Review of Resources and the Environmentred ball Annual Review of Phytopathologyred ball Annual Review of Plant Biology (formerly known as Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology).



Entomological Society of America Promoting the science of entomology in all of its subdisciplines for the advancement of science and the benefit of society,  North Central Branchred ball Pacific Branchred ballSoutheastern Branch, and red ball Southwestern Branch.


lep1.gif (421 bytes) Entomological Society of Ontario Beautifully maintained home page of the second oldest entomological society in North America.


Michigan Entomological Society Home page of 600 member strong society of amateur and professional entomologists.

Potato Association of America, The official professional society for potato research, extension, utilization and technical assistance. red ballDescriptions of Potato Varieties


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Weed Science Society of America Handsome home pages of the WSSA, promoting the development of weed science and technology. red ballLatin and common names of weeds red ballPhoto Herbarium,red ballHerbicide NomenclatureCrop Herbicide Injury Photos red ballHerbicide Structures red ballInternational Survey of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

UK Resiststant Weeds Action Group

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