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Web Links: Vegetables
General resources
University of Sydney Library Catalogue
Some recommended subject headings on the University of Sydney Library Catalogue are:
Australian Resources
Agriculture: Western Australia: Technical Subjects: Vegetables
A subsection of the Western Australia Agriculture site. Over 50 articles are collected and available for viewing online. Subjects include: new methods of vegetable production, bacterial issues, nutrition and irrigation, varieties, commercial production, diseases, mineral deficiencies, marketing periods for fresh vegetables, mixed storage of fruit and vegetables, parasitic weed threats, post-harvest handling, export quality information, water salinity, windbreaks for horticulture and many other topics.
Vegetables
This is a subsection of the NSW Agriculture site. It includes files on the Intensive Horticulture Section (projects, activities, staff providing extension services), information on field vegetable production, greenhouse horticulture, a grower's newsletter (in .pdf format) and information on vegetable research centres (Yanco and The National Centre for Greenhouse Horticulture).
International Resources
Vegetable MD online
This site is maintained by the Cornell University Plant Pathology Department. It provides access to vegetable disease fact sheets produced by the University and arranged alphabetically by crop, a photo gallery for images not included in the fact sheets, news articles/ disease alerts, resistant varieties, a glossary of plant pathology terms and links to other websites or information.
Vegetables: factsheets, infosheets & publications
Maintained by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, this site provides access to a large number of factsheets covering a full range of vegetables, as well as vegetables in general. Some of the factsheets are only available as online orders and are identified as such. An extensive collection of factsheets for insects, diseases and weeds are also available. The site links to 6 online newsletters and also includes a resources and services directory as well as links to related topics e.g. soil management, precision farming.
Vegetables USDA
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service produces this full-text report 5 times annually. The report provides past and projected US data on vegetables by season and year. An annual summary is also available from 1995 onwards.
Organisations and Associations
Australian Chamber of Fruit and Vegetables Industries
Australian Mushroom Growers Association
Australian Horticultural Exporters' Association Incorporated
Bedding Plants of Australia
British Potato Council (UK)
International Sprout Growers Association (USA)
National Onion Association (USA)
Pickle Packers International Incorporated (USA)
Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers
United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association (USA)