Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Updated: Crop Protection Compendium
UW-Madison Libraries subscribe to the Crop Protection Compendium database from CABI, which is now available on their new interface in beta.
This online multi-media resource can be searched by keyword, or browsed by animals (arachnids, molluscs, nematodes, birds, mammals), bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, plants, protozoa, unknown aetiology, and viruses. It includes:
* 2,800+ detailed data sheets on crops, crop pests, diseases, weeds, invasive plants, natural enemies, pesticides and biopesticides
* Information on an additional 27,000 species, including distribution maps
* 8,000+ pictures to allow for easy identification and teaching
* 200,000 article records from the CAB Abstracts database (updated weekly), including 6,500 full-text journal and conference articles
* 9,000+ term interactive glossary
Labels:
agronomy,
biopesticides,
crop,
crops,
diseases,
distribution,
entomology,
fungi,
images,
insects,
IPM,
maps,
pesticides,
pests,
photographs,
phytopathology,
pictures,
plant pathology,
weeds
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