MGV List of Horticulural Websites

Master Gardener Volunteer List of Horticultural Websites
American Distance Education Consortium - E-Answers
http://e-answers.adec.edu/
This website hosts a search engine for information from Extension Service and
Agricultural Experiment Station professionals at more than 50 Land Grant universities
throughout the United States.
Aquaplant - A Pond Manager Diagnostics Tool
http://aquaplant.tamu.edu
Aquaplant is designed to help pond owners and their advisors in the identification and
management of aquatic vegetation.
Buckeye Yard and Garden Line
www.bygl.osu.edu
BYGL is developed from a Tuesday morning conference call of Ohio State University
Extension (OSUE) Educators, Specialists, and other contributors in Ohio. Therefore,
this site includes extremely up-to-date information on current pest and plant issues in
the Ohio area.
The Bug Doc's Homepage (David Shetlar)
http://bugs.osu.edu/~bugdoc/
This is the Bug Doc's (Dr. David Shetlar) website which provides a link to the PEST
newsletter, fact sheets on a variety of insects, and an entomology for kids section.
Bug Guide
http://bugguide.net/node.view/15740
This website provides Identification, images, and information for insects, spiders and
their kin for the United States and Canada.
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu
The mission of the CAIP Information Office is to inform and educate all stakeholders
about the impacts and management of invasive plants. This site provides plant
identification information as well as invasive plant management plans.
Master Gardener Volunteer List of Horticultural Websites
Cornell University - Vegetable MD Online
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/Home.htm
This is the Cornell Plant Pathology Vegetable Disease Web Page. It provides
diagnostic keys, lists of disease resistent varieties of vegetables, a glossary of plant
pathology terms, and more.
Department of Plant Pathology
http://plantpath.osu.edu/
This is the website for the Department of Plant Pathology at the Ohio State University.
It includes information about educational programs and a variety of factsheets on plant
diseases.
Emerald Ash Borer
http://ashalert.osu.edu
This is the Ohio State University Extension Emerald Ash Borer website with the latest
information on the Emerald Ash Borer for everyone from homeowners to professionals.
Fruit and Vegetable Pest Management
http://bugs.osu.edu/welty/index.html
This site contains information on the identification and management of insect pests that
attack vegetable and fruit crops in Ohio, on commercial farms and in home gardens.
Growing Degree Day Phenological Calendar
http://oardc.osu.edu/gdd/
This is the Ohio State University Extension Growing Degree Days and Phenology for
Ohio. By typing in your zip code and the date, you can get a list of phenological events
occuring in your area.
Home and Garden Information Center
http://hgic.umd.edu
This website provides a hotline via phone or email for gardening related questions.
Additionally, there are a variety of factsheets available for free and some for purchase
from the University of Maryland Extension Office.
Insect ID
http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/index.html
The Insect ID website provides pictures of insects in a variety of categories for
identification.
Missouri Botanical Garden
http://mobot.org
The Missouri Botanical Garden website provides a link to TROPICOS, the world's
largest database of plant information, as well as gardening, horticulture and
conservation information.
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National Pesticide Information Center Fact Sheets
http://npic.orst.edu/npicfact.htm
This webiste provides fact sheets on a variety of pesticide topics and active ingredients.
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
http://attra.ncat.org/
This website provides education about sustainable agriculture including water
management, pest management and organic farming.
North American Insects and Spiders
http://www.cirrusimage.com/
This website provides a catalog of over 5,000 high-resolution close-up pictures of live,
wild insects and spiders with descriptions and natural history.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
http://dnr.state.oh.us
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources site provides information about the state
parks as well as educational programs and opportunities on a variety of topics including
ardening.
Ohio Master Gardener Volunteers
www.mastergardener.osu.edu
This website provides information on the statewide master gardener program with links
to each county's extension office website. You can find information on MG projects
throughout the state and upcoming statewide conferences. You can also purchase MG
apparel and merchandise through this webiste.
Ohioline
www.ohioline.osu.edu
This website is sponsored by the Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences. The yard and garden section provides links to bulletins,
fact sheets and news information on various plants, pests, and plant diseases.
OSU: Extension Epidemiology
http://bugs.osu.edu
This is the Ohio State University Extension Department of Entomology website. It
includes links to a variety of websites focusing on entomological issues.
Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
http://pesticideinfo.org/Index.html
This website is a search engine for pesticide information and is searchable by
chemicals, products, International Pesticide Registration, poisoning diagnostics, or
aquatic ecotoxicity.
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Plant Facts
www.plantfacts.osu.edu
This website is sponsored by the Ohio State University and provides links to a variety of
educational tools. It supports databases of ornamental plants, insects, and fruit and
vegetable plants which provide pictures of the plants and insects as well as
descriptions, latin names, common names, species, family and genus and a recording
for pronunciation of latin names. It includes a web search engine which provides
focused searches for fact sheets from educational and governmental organizations, and
for information about horticultural degrees and continuing education opportunities at
universities throughout the US. It also provides an image database for high-quality
images of plants, plant diseases and insects; a glossary of horticultural terms, and a list
of frequently asked questions. Finally, there is a video library of how-to videos from
Tom McNutt, gardening expert for WCMH-TV NBC-4 in collaboration with OSU
WebGarden.
Plant Places
www.plantplaces.com
This website is a plant identification database to find plants by name and/or growing
requirements and characteristics.
PLANTS Database
http://plants.usda.gov
The PLANTS database is sponsored by the US Department of Agriculture and allows
for complex searches by a variety of plant characteristics including region of the
country, state or county. The website also offers edcuational information on a variety of
horticultural topics.
Sally Miller Plant Pathology - OSU
http://oardc.osu.edu/sallymiller
This is a link to Sally Miller's Vegetable Pathology Lab. You can find information on
plant disease management (both conventional and organic), pathogen identification and
detection, and food safety. Additionally, you can find out about courses Sally Miller
teaches at OSU.
Searchedu.com
http://searchedu.com
This is a search engine that focuses the search on educational sites only to weed out
non-education based sources.
University of Conneticut Plant Database
www.hort.uconn.edu/plants
This site provides encyclopaedic information on a variety of plants. You can search by
common name, Latin name or plant attributes.
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Vegetable Insects and Their Management
http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/veg
This website provides information on the control and management of pests on
vegetables for both home owners and commercial sites.
VegNet - OH State Extension Vegetables - Bob Precheur
http://vegnet.osu.edu/
This is the Ohio State University Extension Vegetable Crops website. This site includes
links to their newsletter, Bob's Video Vegetable Notes, and research reports on specific
vegetables.
Web Garden
http://webgarden.osu.edu
This website includes linked to plantfacts and the buckeye yard and garden line as well
as garden tips and a downloadable pocket gardener (for Pocket PC and Palm PDA
users).
Weed Identification and Management
http://www.weedid.wisc.edu/weedid.php
This weed-identification webstie allows you to search for weeds based on the basic
type, where it was found, its growth form and basic characteristics. The website is
sponsored by the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
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