Horticulture links

Introduction to Floral design - University of Illinois, course handouts including cutflower identification, care, history of floral design, design principles, drying, preserving etc.
Cut flower identification - Species photographs and information on fresh flower care.

Biological control slide show - Slide set and narrative
Encyclopedia of Plants and gardening queries
Fargro Ltd - Horticulture Suppliers and Exporters
Government Regulations
Highland Heathers
Horticulture Trade Association
Horticruitment UK
Ken Muir Nurseries
Modified Stems and Roots Table of Contents
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
New Crops and Plant Produce
Organic Growers Homepage
Pest Management Project - University of California
Postharvest Handling of Horticultural Crops - Horticulture information
Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook
Recruitment - Top 100 online recruitment sites
Royal Horticultural Society
Soil Association
Tree Fruit Extension Team - Washington State University
Tree Fruit Research and Education Centre - West Virginia University
Tree Fruit www sites
Seed Germination Database
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
US Gardening Site Directory

Biological control slide show - Slide set and narrative
CABI - Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organisation
IPMEurope
IPMnet
UN - United Nations
UNDP - United Nations Development Program

Association of Direct Labour Organisations - Information on competition and best value issues relating to direct service provision
Landscape Design on line - Landscape Design Trust site, with on line journals, and job market.
Landscape Design, Installation and Maintenance - Horticulture Information Leaflets
Topos-European Landscape magazine - Also in English

Today's Market Prices - Herbs, Fruit and Vegetables Prices Herbs, Fruits and Vegetables Market Prices. Fruit and vegetables from U.S.A., Fruit and vegetables from Europe, Fruit and vegetables from Japan. Shipping Point Prices. Herbs, fruit and vegetables market from around the world.

Nursery Stock

Alba Trees plc
Commercial Nursery Production - Horticulture Information Leaflets
Flowerweb: Flowers, Bulbs, Plants, Trees, Shrubs

Commercial Speciality Crops - Horticulture Information Leaflets

Pesticide links - Pesticide site for product labels, materials safety data sheets, hosted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Pesticide manufacturers - Manufacturers- index of their web sites
Pesticides Safety Directorate
EXTOXNET - Pesticide information relating to health and environmental effects. There are Toxicolgy Information Briefs describing issues relating to health and the environment. Jointly produced by 5 US Universities
British Crop Protection Council
Compendium of common names - Very useful site. Common names, iso status,systematic chermical names etc

Global Crop Protection Federation - Provides access to all member associations and resistance committees

MAFF - Pesticides are regulated in the UK by MAFF and HSE
USA - The US Environmental Protection Agency
USA - The US Food and Drug Administration
OECD - International Program on Chemical Safety

British Crop Protection Council
British Tomato Growers Association
Commercial Flower Poduction - Horticulture Information Leaflets
Flowerweb: Flowers, Bulbs, Plants, Trees, Shrubs
G92-1069-A; The Poinsettia
Global Crop Protection Federation
Global Crop Protection Federation - FRAC website
Tomato pest and diseases - Texas University

MAFF, UK MAFF publications catalogue: index by title
MAFF, UK:1997 MAFF publications catalogue: contents

Blueberry Production
Commercial Small Fruits - Horticulture Information Leaflets
Crop Recommendations - soft fruit - Oregon
North American Blueberry Council
Virus-free Red Raspberry Propagation auto tutorial module - Cornell University

Sports Turf

GTC - The Greenkeepers Training Committee
GolfWeb - Everything golf: news, instruction, Fantasy Golf coming 1998.
golf.com - NBC Sports Golf Digest - the Golf Media virtual tour of the world's greatest golf courses.
Groundsman.com - directory for Greenkeepers and Groundsmen
NGF - National Golf Foundation
Turf-Tec International - Commercial web page with diagnostic tools to maintain healthy turf.
USGA Green Section - Links, information on golf course construction, sanctuary program, green speed, etc.
The Sports Turf Research Institute - Info on research and activities

Top Fruit

B.C. Tree Fruits Limited
California Apple Commission
California Farm Equipment Show/Tulare
Commercial Tree Fruits - Horticulture Information Leaflets
CSI/Nutri-Cal
Fruit Online
Fruit Pathology Site
Good Fruit Grower
Hickok Pruning Tools
John Bean Sprayers
Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station
The Fertilizer Institute
Tree Fruit Research Extension Center
University of California Statewide IPM Project
Virtual Orchard
Washington Apple Commission
Washington Apple Education Foundation
Washington Growers Clearing House Association
Wilson Irrigation and Orchard Supply
Wsu-State Pesticide Education

Vegetables

Commercial Vegetables - Horticulture Information Leaflets
Enveg - European network researching N inputs
Nutritional Information of Foods

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