Plant Biology

Botany at the University of Wisconsin (http://www.botany.wisc.edu)

The Internet Directory for Botany (http://herb.biol.uregina.ca/liu/bio/idb.html)

Missouri Botanical Garden (http://www.mobot.org) Use W³Tropicos link.

Morton Arboretum, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Botanic Garden; Virtual Herbarium of plants from the Chicago area (http://www.vplants.org)

National Museum of Natural History [part of Smithsonian] (http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/db/colldb.html). Biodiversity in Hawaii (http://rathbun.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm)

North Carolina Botanical Information Network (includes plant nomenclature, plant identification, and plant species images; relevant to vegetation beyond North Carolina) (http://www.ibiblio.org/botnet/flora/indexstart.html)

Photosynthesis overview (http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html)

Plant Information Center (includes a virtual herbarium, a plant database, FAQs, etc.; University of North Carolina) (http://www.ibiblio.org/pic/)

Plant Virus Families and Genera (includes information that extends to animal viruses; University of Arizona) (http://ag.arizona.edu:80/~zxiong/plp611/taxonomy.html)

Principles of Plant Biology (http://www.aspb.org/education/foundation/principles.cfm) The American Society of Plant Biologists has developed these 12 principles to help teachers integrate them into the National Science Education Standards. Other educational resources on plant biology are available (http://www.aspb.org/education).

The Role of Antibiotics in Agriculture. (http://www.asmusa.org/acasrc/academy.htm) 16-page booklet from the American Academy of Microbiology's Critical Issues Colloquial Program.

A Survey of the Plant Kingdom Manhattan College and the College of Mount Saint Vincent (includes materials on plant taxonomy and life cycles) (http://web1.manhattan.edu/fcardill/plants/intro/)

Tapping into Spring: The Science of Maple Sugaring (http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/bio/maple.html)