Plant Management Network: journals and more

UW-Madison is a partner of the Plant Management Network, managed by the American Phytopathological Society, American Society of Agronomy, and Crop Science Society of America.  Students, staff and faculty have full access to the site, including:

• Plant Health Progress - peer-reviewed journal focusing on plant protection; covers plant disease, entomology, and nematology of crops and ornamentals.

• Crop Management - peer-reviewed journal covering crop management practices, crop nutrients, and production agriculture; focuses on maximizing crop yield and value.

• Forage and Grazinglands - peer-reviewed journal covering animal nutrition and rangeland management.

• Applied Turfgrass Science - peer-reviewed journal covering the many aspects of turfgrass management.

• Plant Disease Management Reports - More than 5,000 searchable efficacy reports on various means of pest control, such as fungicides, nematicides, and biological controls. PDMR’s purpose is to help users determine the most effective chemicals and nonchemical pest management agents and to ensure maximum effectiveness/minimum use in terms of application. Reports cover various crops, ornamentals, turf and forage.

• Arthropod Management Tests - Efficacy reports of insecticides and other means of insect control. Helps users determine the most effective chemicals and brands in managing insects and also to ensure maximum effectiveness/minimum use in terms of application rates. Reports cover crops, ornamentals, turf and forage.

• Symposium/Meeting Proceedings - A collection of proceedings on topics related to agriculture and horticulture.

• Focus on Soybean - An online portal for growers, crop consultants, and researchers seeking information on producing healthy, high-yielding soybean crops. Features webcasts from noted extension agents on soybean crop production, protection, and management.

• Focus on Potato - An online portal for growers, crop consultants, and researchers seeking information on producing healthy, high-yielding potato crops. Features webcasts from noted extension agents on potato crop production, protection, and management.

• Focus on Ag Practitioners - A one-stop portal of agricultural resources for certified crop advisers, independent consultants, and other ag practitioners.

• PMN Image Collections - A collection of more than 4,000 plant disease and agricultural images for disease identification, class illustrations, and presentations.

New Refworks interface coming!

• New user interface for RefWorks to be launched first quarter 2010
• Current version will still be available for at least 6 months after launch

Refworks is an online research citation management tool that…

• Gathers references from article databases while you search
• Formats manuscripts and citations in a variety of styles (APA, etc.)
• Organizes a personal database of references, images, links, notes, tags, and PDFs
• Allows you to share references with colleagues around the world

The UW-Madison libraries subscribe to Refworks for all students, staff and faculty. Alumni can maintain perpetual access to their accounts after graduation.

Other research management tools include Endnote, Zotero, and Papers.

American Journal of Potato Research

View and search the full run of the American Journal of Potato Research online, from 1923-2009!

UW-Madison's own John Bamberg, Professor of Horticulture, is the Editor-in-Chief of this publication of The Potato Association of America.

Our library patrons have access to 419 full-text journal titles from the same interface (SpringerLlink), as well as several reference e-books:

• Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics


• Encyclopedia of Parasitology


• Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology


• The Prokaryotes (volumes 1-7)


• Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook (pt.2, ch.2: Classification of Plant Pathogens)

The American Journal of Potato Research is just one of 1000's of journals whose articles can be searched at one time, from the following subscription databases:

• AGRICOLA


• Biological Abstracts


• Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)


• Food Science and Technology Abstracts

Ant symbiosis and Biofuels

[Photo: B W Hoffman]

UW-Madison Communications recently covered a project of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center to sequence the genome of ants that break down and digest cellulose, along with their associated fungi and bacteria ("Sequencing effort to chart ants and their ecosystem").

Recent publications by this project's researchers include:

Adams, A.S., Currie, C.R., Cardozea, Y.J., Klepzig, K.D., & Raffa, K. 2009. Effects of symbiotic bacteria and tree chemistry on the growth and reproduction of bark beetle fungal symbionts. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39(6): 1133–1147.

Caldera, E.J., Poulsen, M., Suen, G., & Currie, C.R. 2009. Insect symbioses: a case study of past, present, and future fungus-growing ant research. Environmental Entomology 38: 78-92.

Ivens, A.B.F.; Nash, D.R.; Poulsen, M.; Boomsma, J.J. 2009. Caste-specific symbiont policing by workers of Acromyrmex fungus-growing ants. Behavioral Ecology 20:2, 378-384.

Little, A.E.F & Currie, C.R. 2008. Black yeast symbionts compromise the efficiency of antibiotic defenses in fungus-growing ants. Ecology 89: 1216-1222.

Oh, D.C, Scott, J.J., Currie, C.R., & Clardy, J. 2009. Mycangimycin: a polyene peroxide from a symbiotic Streptomyces sp. Organic Letters 11: 633-636.

Oh, D.C., Poulsen, M., Currie, C.R., & Clardy, J. 2009. Dentigerumycin: the bacterially produced molecular mediator of a fungus-growing ant symbiosis. Nature Chemical Biology 5: 391-393.

Oh, D.C., Scott, J.J., Poulsen, M.Z., Currie, C.R., & Clardy, J. 2008. Discovery of new secondary metabolites mediating insect-microorganism symbioses. Planta Medica 74(9): 906.

Poulsen, M., Fernandez-Marin, H., Wcislo, W.T., Currie, C.R., & Boomsma, J.J. (in press). Ephemeral windows of opportunity maintain horizontal transmission of fungal symbionts in leaf-cutting ants. Evolution.

Poulsen, M. & Currie, C.R. 2009. On ants, plants and fungi. New Phytologist 182(4): 785-788.

Scott, J.J., Oh, D.C., Yuceer, M.C., Klepzig, K.D., Clardy, J., et al. 2008. Bacterial protection of beetle-fungus mutualism. Science 322: 63.

Biotechnology Abstract database: New interface

Biotechnology Abstract moves to OvidSP, from WebSPIRS SilverPlatter

"Derwent Biotechnology Abstract is a Biotechnology Literature and Patents Information Service produced by Derwent Information Ltd. The subject coverage includes all aspects of biotechnology, from genetic manipulation to biochemical engineering and fermentation to downstream processing. All industrial uses of microorganisms, enzymes, and cell culture are covered, as well as plant micropropagation."

"Information is extracted from around 1200 major scientific publications, including primary journals and conference proceedings, and from the patents literature."

Journals indexed include:

• Agroforestry Systems


• Annals of Botany


• Biodiversity & Conservation


• Biologia Plantarum


• Biological Invasions


• Biological Reviews


• Euphytica


• European Journal of Plant Pathology


• FEBS Journal


• Genetic Resources & Crop Evolution


• Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics


• Journal of Experimental Botany


• Journal of Forensic Sciences


• Journal of Insect Behavior


• Medical & Veterinary Entomology


• Nature


• Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems


• Oikos


• Photosynthetica


• Plant & Cell Physiology


• Plant & Soil


• Plant Cell Tissue & Organ Culture


• Plant Journal


• Plant Pathology


• Precision Agriculture


• Soil Science


• Tropical Medicine & International Health

Light harvesting in plants

24 highly-cited papers from 2003 to 2009 form a "research front" on light harvesting in plants, as reported at Sciencewatch.com.

Topics covered include:

• Carotenoid and regulation of light harvesting
  
• Chloroplast protein kinase
• Light stress
  
• Organization of thylakoid proteins
  
• Photo-inhibition
  
• Photo-protection
  
• Photosystem I - crystal structure
• Photosystem II - core phosphorylation
• Photosystem II - light-harvesting antenna
• Photosystem II - repair
  
• Plant antenna protein
• Proteases in chloroplasts
  
• Quenching

Papers in the research front:

Title: Crystal structure of spinach major light-harvesting complex at 2.72 angstrom resolution
Journal: NATURE, 428 (6980): 287-292 MAR 18 2004
Authors: Liu, ZF; Yan, HC; Wang, KB; Kuang, TY; Zhang, JP; Gui, LL; An, XM; Chang, WR

Title: Crystal structure of plant photosystem I
Journal: NATURE, 426 (6967): 630-635 DEC 11 2003
Authors: Ben-Shem, A; Frolow, F; Nelson, N

Title: Carotenoid cation formation and the regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting
Journal: SCIENCE, 307 (5708): 433-436 JAN 21 2005
Authors: Holt, NE; Zigmantas, D; Valkunas, L; Li, XP; Niyogi, KK; Fleming, GR

Title: Supramolecular organization of thylakoid membrane proteins in green plants
Journal: BBA BIOENERGETICS, 1706 (1-2): 12-39 JAN 7 2005
Authors: Dekker, JP; Boekema, EJ

Title: Rote of chloroplast protein kinase Stt7 in LHCII phosphorylation and state transition in Chlamydomonas
Journal: SCIENCE, 299 (5612): 1572-1575 MAR 7 2003
Authors: Depege, N; Bellafiore, S; Rochaix, JD

Title: Molecular basis of photoprotection and control of photosynthetic light-harvesting
Journal: NATURE, 436 (7047): 134-137 JUL 7 2005
Authors: Pascal, AA; Liu, ZF; Broess, K; van Oort, B; van Amerongen, H; Wang, C; Horton, P; Robert, B; Chang, WR; Ruban, A

Title: Evidence for direct carotenoid involvement in the regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting
Journal: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE OF THE USA, 100 (8): 4377-4382 APR 15 2003
Authors: Ma, YZ; Holt, NE; Li, XP; Niyogi, KK; Fleming, GR

Title: Photoinhibition - a historical perspective
Journal: PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH, 76 (1-3): 343-370 2003
Authors: Adir, N; Zer, H; Shochat, S; Ohad, I

Title: Is PsbS the site of non-photochemical quenching in photosynthesis?
Journal: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 56 (411): 375-382 JAN 2005
Authors: Niyogi, KK; Li, XP; Rosenberg, V; Jung, HS

Title: Coordinated regulation and complex formation of YELLOW VARIEGATED1 and YELLOW VARIEGATED2, chloroplastic FtsH metalloproteases involved in the repair cycle of photosystem II in Arabidopsis thylakoid membranes Journal: PLANT CELL, 15 (12): 2843-2855 DEC 2003
Authors: Sakamoto, W; Zaltsman, A; Adam, Z; Takahashi, Y

Title: Molecular design of the photosystem II light-harvesting antenna: photosynthesis and photoprotection Journal:JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 56 (411): 365-373 JAN 2005
Authors: Horton, P; Ruban, A

Title: Dynamics of photosystem II: a proteomic approach to thylakoid protein complexes
Journal: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 56 (411): 347-356 JAN 2005
Authors: Aro, EM; Suorsa, M; Rokka, A; Allahverdiyeva, Y; Paakkarinen, V; Saleem, A; Battchikova, N; Rintamaki, E

Title: Photosystem II core phosphorylation and photosynthetic acclimation require two different protein kinases Journal: NATURE, 437 (7062): 1179-1182 OCT 20 2005
Authors: Bonardi, V; Pesaresi, P; Becker, T; Schleiff, E; Wagner, R; Pfannschmidt, T; Jahns, P; Leister, D

Title: FtsH-mediated repair of the photosystem II complex in response to light stress
Journal: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 56 (411): 357-363 JAN 2005
Authors: Nixon, PJ; Barker, M; Boehm, M; de Vries, R; Komenda, J

Title: Protein degradation machineries in plastids
Journal: ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY, 57: 599-621 2006
Authors: Sakamoto, W

Title: Photoprotection in an ecological context: the remarkable complexity of thermal energy dissipation
Journal: NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 172 (1): 11-21 2006
Authors: Demmig-Adams, B; Adams, WW

Title: Recent advances in the study of Clp, FtsH and other proteases located in chloroplasts
Journal: CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY, 9 (3): 234-240 JUN 2006
Authors: Adam, Z; Rudella, A; van Wijk, KJ

Title: Identification of a mechanism of photoprotective energy dissipation in higher plants
Journal: NATURE, 450 (7169): 575-U22 NOV 22 2007
Authors: Ruban, AV; Berera, R; Ilioaia, C; van Stokkum, IHM; Kennis, JTM; Pascal, AA; van Amerongen, H; Robert, B; Horton, P; van Grondelle, R

Title: Lack of the light-harvesting complex CP24 affects the structure and function of the grana membranes of higher plant chloroplasts
Journal: PLANT CELL, 18 (11): 3106-3120 NOV 2006
Authors: Kovacs, L; Damkjaer, J;Kereiche, S; Ilioaia, C; Ruban, AV; Boekema, EJ; Jansson, S;Horton, P

Title: Psb27, a cyanobacterial lipoprotein, is involved in the repair cycle of photosystem II
Journal: PLANT CELL, 18 (11): 3121-3131 NOV 2006
Authors: Nowaczyk, MM; Hebeler, R; Schlodder, E; Meyer, HE; Warscheid, B; Rogner, M

Title: Architecture of a charge-transfer state regulating light harvesting in a plant antenna protein
Journal: SCIENCE, 320 (5877): 794-797 MAY 9 2008
Authors: Ahn, TK; Avenson, TJ; Ballottari, M; Cheng, YC; Niyogi, KK; Bassi, R; Fleming, GR

Title: Zeaxanthin radical cation formation in minor light-harvesting complexes of higher plant antenna
Journal: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 283 (6): 3550-3558 FEB 8 2008
Authors: Avenson, TJ; Ahn, TK; Zigmantas, D; Niyogi, KK; Li, Z; Ballottari, M; Bassi, R; Fleming, GR

Title: Interorganellar communication
Journal: CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY, 10 (6): 600-606 DEC 2007
Authors: Pesaresi, P; Schneider, A; Kleine, T; Leister, D

Title: How do environmental stresses accelerate photoinhibition?
Journal: TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 13 (4): 178-182 APR 2008
Authors: Takahashi, S; Murata, N

Recent publications from UW-Madison researchers

Recent publications by researchers affiliated with the departments of Agronomy, Entomology, Horticulture, and Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison:

• Allen, H.K.; Cloud-Hansen, K.A.; Wolinski, J.M.; Guan, C.H.; Greene, S.; Lu, S.; Boeyink, M.; Broderick, N.A.; Raffa, K.F.; Handelsman, J. (2009). Resident microbiota of the gypsy moth midgut harbors antibiotic resistance determinants. DNA and Cell Biology 28(3): 109-117.


• Broderick, N.A.; Robinson, C.J.; McMahon, M.D.; Holt, J.; Handelsman, J.; Raffa, K.F. (2009). Contributions of gut bacteria to Bacillus thuringiensis-induced mortality vary across a range of Lepidoptera. BMC Biology 7(11).


• Cardoza, Y.J.; Vasanthakumar, A.; Suazo, A.; Raffa, K.F. (2009). Survey and phylogenetic analysis of culturable microbes in the oral secretions of three bark beetle species. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 131(2): 138-147.


• Cavagnaro, P.F.; Chung S.M.; Szklarczyk, M.; Grzebelus, D.; Senalik, D.; Atkins, A.E.; Simon, P.W. (2009). Characterization of a deep-coverage carrot (Daucus carota L.) BAC library and initial analysis of BAC-end sequences. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 281(3): 273-288.


• Contreras-Govea, F.E.; Muck, R.E.; Armstrong, K.L.; Albrecht, K.A. (2009). Fermentability of corn-lablab bean mixtures from different planting densities. Animal Feed Science and Technology 149(3/4): 298-306.


• Copas, M.E.; Bussan, A.J.; Drilias, M.J.; Wolkowski, R.P. (2009). Potato yield and quality response to subsoil tillage and compaction. Agronomy Journal 101(1): 82-90.


• Dauer, J.T.; Mortensen, D.A.; Luschei, E.C.; Isard, S.A.; Shields, E.; Van-Gessel, M.J. (2009). Conyza canadensis seed ascent in the lower atmosphere. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149(3-4): 526-534.


• Duke, S.H.; Henson, C.A. (2009). A comparison of barley malt amylolytic enzyme activities as indicators of malt sugar concentrations. Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists 67(2): 99-111.


• Hatfield, R.D.; Marita, J.M.; Frost, K.; Grabber, J.; Ralph, J.; Lu, F.C.; Kim, H. (2009). Grass lignin acylation: p-coumaroyl transferase activity and cell wall characteristics of C3 and C4 grasses. Planta 229(6): 1253-1267.


• Konieczka, C.M.; Colquhoun, J.B.; Rittmeyer, R.A. (2009). Swamp dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) applied ecology in carrot production. Weed Technology 23(1): 175-178.


• Kramer, L.C.; Choudoir, M.J.; Wielgus, S.M.; Bhaskar, P.B.; Jiang, J.M. Correlation between transcript abundance of the RB gene and the level of the RB-mediated late blight resistance in potato. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (22)4: 447-455.


• Lorenz, A.J.; Coors, J.G.; de Leon, N.; Wolfrum, E.J.; Hames, B.R.; Sluiter, A.D.; Weimer, P.J. (2009). Characterization, genetic variation, and combining ability of maize traits relevant to the production of cellulosic ethanol. Crop Science 49(1): 85-98.


• Madritch, M.D.; Greene, S.L.; Lindroth, R.L. (2009). Genetic mosaics of ecosystem functioning across aspen-dominated landscapes. Oecologia 160(1): 119-127.


• Markham, M.Y.; Stoltenberg, D.E. (2009). Red:far-red light effects on corn growth and productivity in field environments. Weed Science 57(2): 208-215.


• Pethybridge, S.J.; Gent, D.H.; Esker, P.D.; Turechek, W.W.; Hay, F.S.; Nutter, F.W. (2009). Site-specific risk factors for ray blight in Tasmanian pyrethrum fields. Plant Disease 93(3): 229-237.


• Posner, J.L.; Frank, G.G.; Nordlund, K.V.; Schuler, R.T. (2009). A constant goal, changing tactics: the Krusenbaum dairy farm (1996-2005). Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 24(1): 8-18.


• Rhemtulla, J.M.; Mladenoff, D.J.; Clayton, M.K. (2009). Historical forest baselines reveal potential for continued carbon sequestration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106(15): 6082-6087.


• Rotenberg, D.; Krishna Kumar, N.K.; Ullman, D.E.; Montero-Astua, M.; Willis, D.K.; German, T.L.; Whitfield, A.E. (2009). Variation in tomato spotted wilt virus titer in Frankliniella occidentalis and its association with frequency of transmission. Phytopathology 99(4): 404-410.


• Shinners, K.J., Huenink, B.M., Muck, R.E., Albrecht, K.A. (2009). Storage characteristics of large round and square alfalfa bales: Low-moisture wrapped bales. Transactions of the ASABE 52(2): 401-407.


• Sonnentag, P.J; Jeanne, R.L. (2009). Initiation of absconding-swarm emigration in the social wasp Polybia occidentalis. Journal of Insect Science. 9: 11.


• Willis, D. K.; Kinscherf, T. G. (2009). Population dynamics of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strains on tomato cultivars Rio Grande and Rio Grande-Pto under field conditions. Journal of Phytopathology 157(4): 219-227.


• Zedler, P.H.; Anchor, T.; Knuteson, D.; Gratton, C.; Barzen, J. (2009). Using an ecolabel to promote on-farm conservation: the Wisconsin Healthy Grown experience. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 7(1): 61-74.

Plants & insects in the National Archives

The United States National Archives contains a wealth of information in multiple formats. Search the Archival Research Catalog for topics of interest, or search by departments such as:

• Records of the U.S. Food Administration, 1917 - 1920


• Records of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 1863 - 1956


• Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1839 - 1981


• Records of the Extension Service, 1888 - 1995


• Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, 1825 - 1972


• Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1932 - 1947


• Records of the Bureau of Land Management, 1685 - 2006


• Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1879 - 1972


• Records of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1839 - 2002


• Records of the Work Projects Administration, 1922 - 1944


• Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2005


• Records of the Forest Service, 1870 - 2000


• Records of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1875 - 1977


• Records of the Bureau of Reclamation, 1889 - 2008


• Records of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, 1909 - 1992


• Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2000


• General Records of the Department of Energy, 1915 - 2003


• Audiovisual Collection, 1957 - 2006


• Records of U.S. Foreign Assistance Agencies, 1942 - 1961


• Records of the Cooperative State Research Service, 1888 - 1989


• Records of the Office of Education, 1870 - 1979


• Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 1981


• Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1876 - 1959


• Records of the Office of War Information, 1926 - 1951


• Records of the Agency for International Development, 1948 - 2003

Sample record:

"Photographs Relating to Entomological Research, compiled ca. 1898 - ca. 1942"

• Series from Record Group 7: Records of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 1863-1956


• Contact: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-3530; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpixorder@nara.gov


• Subjects Represented in the Archival Material:


• Agricultural experiment stations
  Agricultural machinery
  Agricultural research
  Crops
  Flowers
  Insects
  Clarksville (Montgomery county, Tennessee)
  Columbus (Franklin county, Ohio)
  Farmville (Chatham county, North Carolina)
  Madison (Dane county, Wisconsin)
  Phoenix (Maricopa county, Arizona)
  Richmond (Virginia)
  Ventura (Ventura county, California)
  Whittier (Los Angeles county, California)


• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  Department of Agriculture. Federal Horticultural Board. (08/21/1912 - 07/01/1928), Photographer


• Scope & content: This series consists of images relating to entomological research conducted on plants and insects from 1898 to 1942. These images were collected primarily from offices within the Division of Entomology and later the Bureau of Entomology and Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. The photographs show experimental farm fields and orchards, agricultural research facilities, pests, insect damage to various crops, including mushrooms and potatoes; and insect eradication efforts. There are also images of agency research activities, including field work and various types of machinery and equipment used in Bureau facilities in Clarksville, Tennessee; Farmville, North Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Madison, Wisconsin; Phoenix, Arizona; Richmond, Virginia; Hogen, Utah; Whittier, California; and Ventura, California. In addition, there are a few of the photographs obtained from the Federal Horticultural Board that show flower bulbs, insect pests, insect damage to flowers, and pest eradication efforts.

White papers and pre-prints

Working papers, white papers, gray literature, pre-prints, technical reports, conference presentations...

There's a wealth of research publications that don't fall into the categories of "journal article" or "book" -

ASABE Technical Library

Publications of the American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers:

• Standards, meeting papers, conference proceedings, lecture series, journals, and more
  

Conference Papers Index

Index to presentations from such conferences as:

• Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science
• Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America
• Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology
• International Plant Protection Congress
• Symposium on Horticulture in Europe
• Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships

NTIS (National Technical Information Service)

Published results of U.S. federally-funded research, such as:

• Documentation and User Guides for SPBLOB: A Computer Simulation Model of the Joint Population Dynamics for Loblolly Pine and the Southern Pine Beetle (Forest Service)
  
• Honey (National Agricultural Statistics Service)
• Invasive Species Databases: Proceedings of a Workshop held in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 12-13, 1998
• National Plant Genome Initiative: 2009-2013 (National Science and Technology Council)
• Rice: Situation and Outlook Yearbook 2008 (Economic Research Service)
• Soybean Rust: A Rising Star in Phytopathology (Department of Energy, Joint Genome Inst.)

Arxiv E-prints

The Quantitative Biology subject area includes subcategories for:

• Biomolecules
• Cell Behavior
• Genomics
• Populations and Evolution
• Subcellular Processes
• Tissues and Organs

Science Accelerator

Publications of the U.S. Department of Energy, such as:

• Bioenergy Alliance high-tonnage bioenergy crop production and conversion into conventional fuels
• Bioenergy Feedstock Development Program status report
• Development of a nematode biocontrol agent for agriculture
• Microbially derived agriculture crop protection products
  

SSRN (Social Science Research Network)

Focus on socioeconomics, but still a source of plant and insect research such as:

• Actual Crop Water Use in Project Countries: A Synthesis at the Regional Level (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4288)
• Analysis of Crop Choice: Adapting to Climate Change in Latin American Farms (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4162)
• Conserving Crop Genetic Resources on Smallholder Farms in Hungary: Institutional Analysis (FEEM Working Paper No. 63.04)
• Crop Diversification in Orissa: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis (Jawaharlal Nehru University Working Paper Series)
  
• Insect Resistance Management for Bt Corn: An Assessment of Community Refuge Schemes (AgBioForum)
• Trends in Australian Agriculture (Productivity Commission Research Paper)

Top 100 Plant Science Questions

"How can plant scientists change the world?"

Initiated by researchers in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol, "100 Plant Science Questions" invites submissions of pressing plant-related research issues facing the world today. Deadline: March 31st, 2009.

A panel drawn from academia, the public services sector and the corporate world will screen submissions.

From the website:

"Plant science is helping to address many of the big issues facing society today, such as food security, biofuels, and the effects of climate change, but what are the key questions that you think the next generation of plant scientists should be addressing?

Anyone is welcome to contribute their question, including members of the general public; agriculture, horticulture and forestry industries; ecologists; charities; policy makers; food, fibre, fuel and pharmaceutical industries; funding bodies; and researchers."

Widgets, toolbars & add-ons, oh my!

Library tools
UW-Madison's Ebling Library has created a variety of tools for free download, including:

• Ebling Library toolbar - search MadCat, Google Scholar, PubMed, etc.
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Research citation management

• Endnote Web - Internet Explorer and Firefox plug-ins
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Corn / Maize bioinformatics

Panzea is an online bioinformatics database on the molecular and functional diversity of corn (maize, Zea mays).

Access genotype, phenotype and polymorphism data on this diverse crop species.

Related books...

• Molecular genetic approaches to maize improvement (2009)
  
• Handbook of maize: its biology (2008)
  
• Uncertain peril: genetic engineering and the future of seeds (2008)
• Creating abundance: biological innovation and American agricultural development (2008)
• Strongest boy in the world : how genetic information is reshaping our lives (2008)
• Plant embryogenesis (2008)
• Breeding major food staples (2007)
  

Dissertations...

• Evaluation of HPPD-inhibiting herbicides and tolerance of sweet corn (zea mays) hybrids to postemergence herbicides (2008)
  
• Role of the red: far-red light ratio in crop-weed competition and axillary meristem development in corn (2008)
• Assessing organic seed treatments for enhanced corn establishment (2008)
• Corn ethanol production in the Wisconsin agricultural context: energy efficiency, greenhouse gas neutrality and soil and water implications (2008)
  

Documents...

• Insect resistance management and refuge requirements for Bt corn (2008)
• Estimating the impact of climate change on crop yields: the importance of nonlinear temperature effects (2008)
• Henry Agard Wallace, the Iowa corn yield tests, and the adoption of hybrid corn (2008)

Videos...

• King corn: you are what you eat (2008)
  
• Corn (2007)

Articles...

• RNA Silencing Mediated by Direct Repeats in Maize: A Potential Tool for Functional Genomics (2009)
• Genetic diversity of Pakistani maize genotypes using chromosome specific simple sequence repeat (SSR) primer sets (2009)
  
• Addressing drought tolerance in maize by transcriptional profiling and mapping (2009)
• Chromosome segments involved with hybrid vigor in maize (Zea mays L.) (2008)
  

IPM & pesticide trial data

The UW-Madison Libraries are a sponsoring partner of the Plant Management Network portal, which includes Plant Disease Management Reports and Arthropod Management Tests.

Plant Disease Management Reports - formerly "Fungicide & Nematicide Tests" and "Biological & Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Disease"

• Cereals and Forage Crops
• Citrus, Tropical, Vegetables, and Miscellaneous Crops
• Field Crops
• Nematicides (all crops)
• Ornamentals and Trees
• Pome Fruits
• Seed Treatments (all crops)
• Small Fruits
• Stone Fruits and Nuts
• Turfgrass

Arthropod Management Tests

• Host Index - plants/animals/structures on which arthropod management tested
• Arthropod Common Name Index
• Arthropod Scientific Name Index
• Materials Evaluated (Brand Name) Index
• Chemicals Evaluated Name Index
• Sections Index
• Author Index

Rice database wins award

The Rice Bibliography Database of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Library is the winner of the 2009 Oberly Award by the Association of College and Research Libraries.

This online search engine of the world’s scientific and technical rice literature has its roots in "The International Bibliography of Rice Research," first published in 1961 and then supplemented annually. Since 1996, the database has been online, and updated daily.

All publications represented by the database's 267,000+ entries are available in print or electronic format, and made available upon request.

More:

• Oberly Award press release
  
• What's New in the IRRI Library blog
• Global rice and agricultural trade liberalisation: poverty and welfare implications for South Asia (2008)
  
• Deep roots: rice farmers in West Africa and the African diaspora (2008)
  
• Arroz en Bolivia (2007)
  
• Weedy rices: origin, biology, ecology and control (2007)
• Neak sre = Les gens de la rizière = Rice people [videorecording] (2006)
• Monograph on genus Oryza (2003)
  

Grants Information Collection workshops

Identifying Grants for Research & Project Funding
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:30–12noon
Thursday, March 5, 2009 1–2:30pm
Emphasis is on funding for academic pursuits.

Grants for Your Education
Friday, February 13, 2009 11:45–1:15pm
For current and future Wisconsin students of any institute of higher education interested in scholarships, fellowships and grants. Identify funding sources beyond those that are available through most offices of financial aid.

Intro to Foundation Grants for Non-Profits
Thursday, February 19, 2009 1–2:45pm
Friday, March 13, 2009 9–10:45am
Orientation to the Collection, background on the world of grantmaking, information on how to build a credible nonprofit organization, and general grantseeking tips. Suitable for staff of nonprofit organizations and UW clientele.

Foundation Directory Online
Thursday, February 19, 2009 3–4pm
Friday, March 13, 2009 11–12noon
Gain hands-on experience using this Foundation Center database.

More Info
Fee: None, FREE to all
Registration: Not required, but seating is limited
Location: Rm.436 Memorial Library (non-UW participants can get a day pass with an ID at the entrance)
Questions? Contact Nikki Busch at (608) 262-6431, or grantsinfo@library.wisc.edu