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.

Gypsy moths in Wisconsin

The gypsy moth caterpillar (Lymantria dispar, formerly Porthetria dispar) is known for defoliating over 200 species of trees, as well as plants.

In Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages the gypsy moth population with quarantines and insecticides, including aerial spraying of the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Btk).

Books, Dissertations, & Government documents (selected):

• Accommodating objectors to aerial spraying: trends and issues related to the 2004 gypsy moth suppression program


• Asian gypsy moth


• Bacillus thuringiensis: a cornerstone of modern agriculture


• Biological control: a global perspective - case studies from around the world


• Differential host use of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) by three lepidoptera (Papilio canadensis, Papilio glaucus, and Lymantria dispar): Role of biochemical adaptations in phenolic glycoside tolerance


• European gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) outbreaks: a review of the literature


• Great gypsy moth war: the history of the first campaign in Massachusetts to eradicate the gypsy moth, 1890-1901


• Gypsy moth and forest management issues: public response to a proposed gypsy moth management program


• Insights from insects: what bad bugs can teach us


• Russia & United States Lymantriid monitoring program


• Selecting a pesticide for gypsy moth control

Gypsy moth websites:

• State of Wisconsin


• UW Extension


• WI DNR


• WI Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection


• U.S. Forest Service


• University of Virginia

[Image: Wisconsin DNR]

"In Defense of Food" picked for Go Big Read

Madison area residents are invited to participate in the "Go Big Read" common book project this upcoming Fall.

The first book picked is "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" by Michael Pollan, who is scheduled to visit campus September 24-26.

Books by Michael Pollan:

• In defense of food: an eater's manifesto (also known as In defence of food: The myth of nutrition and the pleasures of eating)
• The omnivore's dilemma: a natural history of four meals
• The botany of desire: a plant's eye view of the world
• Second nature: a gardener's education
• A place of my own: the education of an amateur builder

Related books:

• America's food: What you don't know about what you eat
• Animal, vegetable, miracle: A year of food life
• Art of simple food: Notes, lessons, and recipes from a delicious revolution
• Fast food nation: the dark side of the all-American meal
• Food chains: From farmyard to shopping cart
• Food matters: A guide to conscious eating with more than 75 Recipes
• Food policy: Integrating health, environment and society
• Food politics: How the food industry influences nutrition and health
• Hope's edge: The next Diet for a Small Planet
• Real food: What to eat and why
• Righteous porkchop: Finding a life and good food beyond factory farms
• Six arguments for a greener diet: how a more plant-based diet could save your health and the environment
• Slow food nation: Why our food should be good, clean, and fair
• Slow food: the case for taste
• What to eat
• Where our food comes from: retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine

Sustainable Energy & Development e-books

UW-Madison Libraries have added access to the "Sustainable Energy & Development" collection of e-books through our Knovel subscription. Titles of interest include:

• Biofuels Refining and Performance (2008)
  
• Biodiesel Handbook (2005)
• Biomass Assessment Handbook - Bioenergy for a Sustainable Environment (2007)
• Biomass for Renewable Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals (1998)
• Bioprocessing for Value-Added Products from Renewable Resources - New Technologies and Applications (2007)
• Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals - The Twenty-Eighth Symposium (2007)
• Dictionary of Energy (2006)
• Encyclopedia of Energy, Volumes 1 - 6 (2004)
• Energy Harvesting Materials (2005)
• Environmentally Conscious Alternative Energy Production (2007)
• Food System - A Guide (2009)
• Future Energy - Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for Our Planet (2008)
• Handbook of Organic Food Processing and Production (2nd Edition) (2000)
• Monitoring and Predicting Agricultural Drought - A Global Study (2005)
• Pesticide Detox - Towards a More Sustainable Agriculture (2005)
• Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water - Human Exposure and Risks (2004)
• Pesticide, Veterinary and other Residues in Food (2004)
• Renewable Bioenergy - Technologies, Risks, and Rewards (2003)
• Renewables-Based Technology - Sustainability Assessment (2007)
• Sustainability and Environmental Impact of Renewable Energy Sources (2003)
• Sustainability in Agriculture (2005)
• Tropical Soils - Properties and Management for Sustainable Agriculture (2003)
• Water Encyclopedia, Volumes 1-5 (2005)

NEW! Full text articles in CAB Abstracts

The UW-Madison Libraries have activated access to over 45,000 full text articles via CAB Abstracts.

These come from about 250 journals and about 400 conference proceedings & reports - around 12,000 new articles will be added per year. See this Powerpoint from CABI to learn how to limit a search to full text.

Conferences & reports include:

• Annual Conference of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America


• Annual Meeting of the Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture


• Arab Conference for Applied Biological Pest Control


• Australian weeds conference


• Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa


• European Association for Potato Research (EAPR) Virology Section Meeting


• European Weed Research Society Symposium


• International Bacterial Wilt Symposium


• International Safflower Conference


• International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods


• International Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases


• International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance


• International Symposium on New Crops and Uses


• International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms


• New Zealand Plant Protection Conference


• Report of a Working Group on Solanaceae


• Report on a Working Group on Curcubits


• Sustainable Grassland Productivity

Journals include:

• Acta Scientiarum - Agronomy (2003+)


• Agronomia Mesoamericana (2005+)


• Agronomijas Vestis / Latvian Journal of Agronomy


• Agro-Science (2005+)


• Anais do Instituto Superior de Agronomia (1995+)


• Annals of Medical Entomology (2003+)


• Asian Journal of Horticulture (2007+)


• Australian Journal of Crop Science (2008+)


• Buletinul Universitatii de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara Cluj-Napoca. Seria Horticultura (2007+)


• Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (2005+)


• Current Nematology (2004+)


• Folia Horticulturae (2005+)


• Folia Parasitologica (2005+ with 6 month embargo)


• Garcia de Orta - Serie de Botanica (2006+)


• Garcia de Orta - Serie de Estudos Agronomicos


• Haryana Journal of Horticultural Sciences (2006+)


• Horticulture, Environment and Biotechnology (2006+)


• Insect Environment (2008+)


• International Journal of Sustainable Crop Production (2006+)


• Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology (2006+)


• Journal of Crop and Weed (2006+)


• Journal of Horticultural Sciences (2006+)


• Journal of Mycopathological Research (2005+)


• Journal of Phytological Research (2005+)


• Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2005+)


• Journal of Plant Biotechnology (2005+)


• Journal of Plant Pathology (2005+ with 6 month embargo)


• Journal of Plant Protection and Environment (2007+)


• Journal of Soils and Crops (2005+)


• Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops (2005+)


• Journal of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science (2005+)


• Korean Journal of Crop Science (2005+)


• Korean Journal of Horticultural Science & Technology (2005+)


• Lucrari Stiintifice - Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice Bucuresti. Seria B, Horticultura


• National Journal of Plant Improvement (2005+)


• Nematologia Brasileira (2005+)


• New Zealand Plant Protection


• Notulae Botanicae, Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca (2007+)


• Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research (2005+)


• Philippine Journal of Crop Science (2005+)


• Phytopathologia Polonica (2005+)


• Plant Archives (2006+)


• Plant Omics (2008+)


• Plant Pathology Bulletin (2005+)


• Plant Production Science (2005+)


• Proceedings of the Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture (2004+)


• Revista Brasileira de Horticultura Ornamental (2008+)


• Revista de Ciencias Agroveterinarias / Journal of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences (2002+)


• Sodininkyste ir Darzininkyste / Horticulture and Vegetable Growing (2005+)


• South Indian Horticulture


• Soybean Genetics Newsletter (2005+)


• Udyanika: A Journal of Horticultural Sciences


• Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin (2005+)

Invasive species

Invasive plant and insect species have ecological, economic and health impacts. With changes in human geography and climate, management of biological invasions is of increasing concern.

Books:

• Applied weed science: including the ecology and management of invasive plants


• Handbook of alien species in Europe


• Pest management and phytosanitary trade barriers


• Ecology of weeds and invasive plants: relationship to agriculture and natural resource management


• Invasive plants: a guide to identification and the impacts and control of common North American species


• Unnatural landscapes: tracking invasive species


• Biological invaders in inland waters: profiles, distribution and threats


• Invasion biology


• Biological invasions in marine ecosystems: ecological, management, and geographic perspectives


• From biological control to invasion: the ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a model species


• Invasion ecology

Journals:

• Aquatic Invasions


• Biological Invasions


• Diversity & distributions


• Invasive plant science and management

Dissertations & Theses:

• Lake food webs and the benthos: cross-habitat connections, terrestrial subsidies, interaction strengths, and invasive species


• Invasive plant distributions: lessons from native and exotic ranges

Government Documents & Technical Reports:

• Field guide to noxious and invasive weeds: known to occur or are potentially occurring on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests


• Great Lakes shipping, trade, and aquatic invasive species


• Invasive bark beetles
  
• Current state of understanding about the effectiveness of ballast water exchange (BWE) in reducing aquatic nonindigenous species (ANS) introductions to the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: synthesis and analysis of existing information


• Countdown to eradication = Pasos finales en la erradicación del escarabajo asiático de cuerno largo [Asian longhorned beetle]

Video:

• Stopping aquatic hitchhikers

See also:

• National Invasive Species Information Center (NISIC) - National Agricultural Library, USDA


• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) - United States Geological Survey (USGS)


• "Why Invasive Plants Take Over" - Agricultural Research Service, USDA

DNA barcoding mosquitoes to fight disease

"DNA barcoding" will be used in Africa to help identify and track the mosquito species that spread the worm larvae causing lymphatic filariasis (LF), commonly known as elephantiasis. This may lead to a minimized and more accurately-targeted application of insecticides.

The technology was kicked into high gear with the publication of "Barcoding animal life: cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 divergences among closely related species" in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (Biological Sciences) by P.D.N. Hebert, S. Ratnasingham and J.R. deWaard of the University of Guelph in 2003.

See also:

• "DNA barcodes and insect biodiversity" - chapter in the book "Insect biodiversity: science and society"


• "Assembling DNA barcodes" - chapter in the book "Environmental genomics"


• "DNA barcoding of life: papers of a theme issue" - in the journal "Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London (Biological sciences)"

PubMed Central - free open access journals

PubMed Central is the free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journals, from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Journals recently added to PMC include:

• BioData Mining


• Bioinformation


• Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications


• Biophysical Journal


• BMC Systems Biology


• Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology


• CBE Life Sciences Education


• Comparative and Functional Genomics (formerly, Yeast)


• Cytotechnology


• Disease Models & Mechanisms


• Epigenetics & Chromatin


• Environmental Health Perspectives


• EURASIP Journal on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology


• Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online


• Food & Nutrition Research (formerly, Scandinavian Journal of Food & Nutrition)


• Genes & Nutrition


• Genetics


• Genetics, Selection, Evolution: GSE


• HFSP Journal: frontiers of interdisciplinary research in the life sciences


• Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases


• International Journal of Biomedical Imaging


• International Journal of Molecular Sciences


• Journal of Molecular Signaling


• Journal of Nematology


• Korean Journal of Parasitology


• Molecular Systems Biology


• Open Biochemistry Journal


• Open Microbiology Journal


• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences


• Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society


• Systems and Synthetic Biology

See also:

• UK PubMed Central (UKPMC)

Victory gardens!

[Image: UWDCC]

Self-reliance is promoted by governments in hard economic times, especially during times of war when food may be rationed.

In the United States, citizens have been urged to grow "victory gardens" or "war gardens" at least as far back as World War I.

Here are some of the materials available to those interested in these self-help, do-it-yourself gardening movements:

Online digitized e-books:

• Everyman's garden in wartime (1917)


• Have a backyard garden (1917)


• Grow beans (1917)


• Getting the farm work done (1917)


• Drain the wet spots (1917)


• Defend your garden against insect pests (1917)
• Cultivation of Allotments (1917)


• War gardens : a pocket guide for home vegetable growers (1918)


• War vegetable gardening and the home storage of vegetables (1918)


• The War garden guyed (1918)


• The war garden victorious (1919)


• Victory gardens feed the hungry: the needs of peace demand the increased production of food in America’s victory gardens (1919)


• Gardens for Victory (1942)

Materials in UW-Madison Libraries

• War garden series (1914+) 1. Getting ready for the war garden -- 2. Seed sense for war gardeners -- 3. Early plants -- 4. Prepare the soil in the seed bed -- 5. Sowing the seed in the garden -- 6. Tillage is harvest insurance -- 7. Protect your garden


• World War 1, 1914-1918 miscellaneous broadsides from Wisconsin - Linden War Gardens, Letter from Special Committee on Food Production (Wausau, Wis.), Food Crops First (Columbia County Council of Defense)


• Raking the gardener and canning the canner : how the paragrapher, cartoonist, and humorist treat the men and women who have been raking the garden and canning the food products (1917)


• Root crops will supply food for man and beast (1917)


• Urban and suburban food production, its past and its future (1917)


• Woman’s National Farm and Garden Association bulletin (1917)


• Reuben and his wife’s war-garden (1918)


• Allotments for all; the story of a great movement (1918)


• War gardening and home storage of vegetables (1919)


• The victory of the gardens, a pageant in four episodes, written for the United States school garden army (1919)


• Home gardens for employment and food (1931)


• Community programs for subsistence gardens (1933)


• Gardening with Elizabeth Craig: a complete guide to all aspects of gardening in war-time (1940)


• Honey from your garden, a handy guide to beekeeping (1940)


• Guide for planning the local victory garden program (1942)


• War crops from our neighbor’s garden (1943)


• Victory gardeners can prevent ear-worms from entering their corn (1943)


• The 1943 victory garden program (1943)


• U.S. Government campaign to promote the production, sharing, and proper use of food. Book IV, Victory gardens campaign (1943)


• Victory garden: leader’s handbook (1943)


• Victory gardens (1943)


• Victory garden manual (1943)


• Vegetable gardening in wartime (1943)


• Going to the farm front? (1943)


• Schools and war gardens, some guides and resources (1943)


• Victory garden insect guide (1944)


• Allotmenteering in wartime (1944)


• A victory gardener’s handbook on insects and diseases (1944)


• Plow not, weed not, and really enjoy your garden (1945)


• Gardener’s chance: from war production to peace possibilities (1946)