Other Crop Sciences Websites

• Agronomy Day
  The Agronomy Day website contains the research articles from previous year events. Each spring, information about the upcoming Agronomy Day is published to the site.
• ALS Mutations from Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
  A review of resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides, including a database to catalog resistance-conferring mutations in the ALS gene from weeds.
• Alternative Crop Suitability Maps
  Climate and soil requirements for alternative and traditional crops. Also, crop suitability maps for over 400 existing and potential crops.
• Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research
  The Center was established to facilitate research and development of the science needed to support the emergence of advanced biofuels and chemicals.
• Field Crop Diseases
  Basic information on recognizing, understanding, and managing field crop diseases in Illinois. Information on corn, soybean and alfalfa diseases is currently available.
• Functional Genomics of Root Hair Infection
  Using functional genomics to investigate the process of legume root hair infection by nitrogen-fixing rhizobia.
• Illinois Agronomy Handbook
  This online version of the annually updated Agronomy Handbook contains the full text of the handbook along with a number of online calculators, databases and decision tools.
• Illinois Fertilizer Conference Proceedings
  The complete archive of the annual Proceedings from the Illinois Fertilizer Conference.
• Illinois Fruit & Vegetable News
  An online newsletter for commercial fruit and vegetable growers.
• Illinois Genetic Marker Center
  The Illinois Genetic Marker Center is a core genotyping facility that provides equipment, supplies and training to users.
• Illinois Maize Breeding & Genetics Laboratory
  IMBGL seeks to improve the grain yield and value-added traits of corn; improve the agronomic characteristics of corn; and provide educational opportunities for students in plant breeding, genetics and pathology.
• Illinois Plant Breeding Center
  Genomics in action for food, feed, fuel and flora
• Illinois Soybean Rust Information Center
  Provides information and resources to Illinois producers concerning Asian soybean rust (ASR).
• Integrated Pest Management
  IPM is a comprehensive approach of controlling insects, weeds, and plant pathogens with environmentally sound practices. The IPM website contains educational materials and decision aids.
• Invasive Weed Management Unit, USDA/ARS
  The Invasive Weed Management Unit seeks to develop improved, efficient, environmentally safe weed management systems.
• Laboratory for Soybean Disease Research
  The Laboratory for Soybean Disease Research employs state-of-the-art laboratory, greenhouse, and field research methodologies to study soybean disease epidemiology, pathogen variability and host resistance.
• Maize Genetics Cooperation – Stock Center
  The Maize Genetics Cooperation-Stock Center provides a service to corn geneticists by assembling, perpetuating, and supplying seed samples for use in research.
• MANET
  The Molecular Ancestry Network (MANET) database project traces evolution of protein architecture onto biomolecular networks. We have constucted a metabolic MANET database with the objective of investigating the ancestry of individual metabolic enzymes and the evolution of metabolism with bioinformatic, phylogenetic, and statistical methods.
• Miscanthus
  Miscanthus, an exciting new crop, may do for coal what ethanol has done for gasoline, with even more environmental benefits!
• National Soybean Research Laboratory
  The National Soybean Research Laboratory seeks to help expand the scope, size, and profitability of the U.S. soybean industry.
• NitroGenes
  Gene discovery for maize responses to nitrogen.
• NSF Soybean Functional Genomics
  The NSF Functional Genomics Program seeks to develop the tools of functional genomics for use in soybean research.
• Pesticide Safety Education
  The Pesticide Safety Education program seeks to reach all users of pesticides in Illinois with educational information on the effective, economic, and environmentally sound use of pesticides.
• Phytophthora Ramorum
  Sudden oak death/P. ramorum blight is a disease that can affect a wide range of ornamental hosts.
• Plant Care Facility at UIUC
  The Plant Care Facility serves as the primary greenhouse space available to faculty, staff, and students within the Departments of Crop Sciences, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, and affiliated USDA projects.
• Plants, Pathogens, and People
  A site designed to promote awareness of agricultural issues in the general population by using examples of historically important plant diseases to highlight the impact of agriculture on society.
• SoyFACE
  SoyFACE is designed to discover the effects of atmospheric change on the agronomy and productivity of Midwestern crops.
• Sweet Corn Disease Nursery
  This site contains annual disease reports, a disease summary, and other information about various sweet corn diseases.
• University of Illinois Corn & Soybean Classic
  Proceedings from this annual event are available on the Crop Sciences website.
• University of Illinois Plant Clinic
  Services include plant and insect identification, diagnosis of disease, insect, weed and chemical injury, nematode assays, and help with nutrient related problems.
• University of Illinois Variety Testing
  Annual variety testing results for thousands of soybean, corn, sorghum, wheat and forage crop varieties.
• Vegetable and Fruit Crops Pathology
  Recent news and information about research into various fruit and vegetable crop diseases.
• Weed Science
  This site provides information related to weed biology and management in agronomic systems.
• Western Corn Rootworm Index
  Predicting western corn rootworm larval damage in corn after soybeans.

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