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Glossaries, Terms & Dictionaries:

Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology annotated Dictionary, compiled by S. Allender-Hagedorn & C. Hagedorn, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Use your browser's find function to search for a keyword.

BuzzWords, a Glossary of Athropod Terms. Written by G.A. Dunn, Minibeast World of Insects & Spiders Websites. Use your browser's find function to search for a keyword.

Common Names for Plant Diseases, 1994, compiled by the Committee on Standardization of Common Names for Plant Diseases of The American Phytopathological Society (ISBN 0-89054-161-2, Copyright 1994 APS Press). Table of Contents: Alphabetic List of Plant Species. Search Common Names by Keyword.

Compendium of IPM Definitions (CID) , a Collection of IPM Definitions and their Citations in Worldwide IPM Literature. Published by: Consortium for International CropProtection (CICP, New York State Agricultural Exp. Station) and Integrated Plant Protection Center (IPPC, Oregon State University). Available: About CID, Preamble, Comments. Go to the Definitions: Select an aera, search or go to the index.

Definition of Terms Used in Weed Science, Herbicide Handbook of the Weed Science Society of America. Maintained by Florid a Agricultural Information Retrieval System (FAIRS). Use your browser's 'Find' function to search the document.

Dictionary of Epidemiology is presented by the Cambridge Botanical Epidemiology Group in association with the Oxford University Wellcome Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease.

Dictionary of Science & Biotechnology, maintained by BioTech, Indiana University. This illustrated glossary contains over 5700 life science terms. Most of the terms are associated with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cellular biology and genetics, but the dictionary also contains chemistry, ecology, medicine, pharmacology and toxicology terms.

FDA Glossary of Pesticide Chemicals, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Glossary of alternative names for pesticides and related chemicals in PDF-Format. It contains entries for 948 chemicals. Highly useful.

The Genomics Lexicon, presented by The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PRMA) and The Foundation for Genetic Medicine (FGM). You can browse or search this lexicon of terms related to genetics, medicine, molecular biology by keyword. You will also find a list of related glossaries, lexica or dicitonaries.

Glossary of Terms in Biotechnology, Northern California Biotechnology Center. An alphabetic list of terms. Use the "Find" function of your web browser to search for a word or phrase.

Glossary of Biotechnology Terms, maintained by the College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota. This Glossary is part of an Online course in Agriculture: "Biotechnology, Society and the Environment". Use your browser's find function to search for a keyword. Glossary of Entomological Terms, maintained by G.J.L. Ramel, Gordons Entomological Page at the University of Exeter, UK.

Glossary of Forest Protection, maintained by the Finnish Forest Research Institute. Based on: Diagnosing Injury to Eastern Forest Trees. The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, 1987. 122 p. Use your browser's "Find" function to search for a keyword.

Glossary of Forestry Terms, maintained by the Forest Service, Ministry of Forests, British Columbia, Canada. The hole glossary can be downloaded as a selfextracting file or as a text file.

Glossary of Microbiology, compiled by Tsute Chen, Department of Microbiology, Univiversity of Massachussetts, Amherst. The glossary has an alphabetic index and a keyword search function. References are listed.

Glossary of Phytopathological Terms, maintained by the Department of Plant Pathology, Extension Service (Blue Mold Forecast), North Carolina State University. Use your browsers Find/Search Function to search for a keyword. This glossary is excerpted from G. N. Agrios, 1988. Plant Pathology, 3rd Edition. Academic Press Inc., New York. Pp 775-785.

Glossary for Plant Morphology, compiled by C. Clark, Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA. The Glossary is part of a botany course.

Glossary of Soil Microbiology Terms, compiled by D. Sylvia, Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida. Primary sources for this glossary were the Soil Science Society of America Glossary of Soil Science Terms, and the Glossary of Microbiology created by T. Chen.

GO Translator, by GO.com. The GO translater gives you the opportunity to translate a web page or a given text from english to spanish, french, german, italian or portuguese and vice versa. It is a good tool to translate information on the web from a foreign language into your own. Though you can not expect to get an expert translation, the translated web pages or text can be used to understand the content of a web page.

A Guide to the use of Terms in Plant Pathology, maintained by the British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP), published by CAB International, UK. Alphabetic list of terms used in phytopathology with a brief definition for most terms. For some terms, which may be defined in different ways or terms discussed contoversial, you will find an even longer description or you will get more than one definition. For some terms you will find an advice which word to use (e. g. 'non-virulent' instead of 'avirulent' to overcome misunderstandings with 'a virulent'). For searching within in this glossary use the "Find" function of your browser. If you are uncertain how a term in plant pathology is defined here you will find the defintion of it. The in depth descriptions of terms makes this site a tip in this section and a must for plant pathologists.

On-Line Glossary of Technical Terms in Plant Pathology, edited by P. Arneson, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. This is a browsable and searchable glossary of terms used in phytopathology. But you will not only get a definition, you will also get the source of each definition and where appropriate and/or necessary you will find a picture or drawing. Moreover, for many terms an audio file is available for the pronunciation. Especially this last mentioned feature makes this glossary a highly useful resource for those uncertain how to pronounce a word. The website is fast loading and very easy to use. Every term is described by a short definition and therefoe I recommend this glossary for everyone who are looking for an easy to access site with defintions in a few words. It is a tip in this section of PPIGB and a must for plant pathologists.

Pest Management Glossary, compiled by D. Dent and R. Allcott, maintained at the Pest Management Resource Centre (PMRS), United Kingdom. The Glossary of Pest Management Terms considers pest in its widest context (weeds, pathogens, insects, nematodes, vertebrates, parasites) and deals with pest management terms across all systems, and disciplines (e.g. biotechnology, forestry, agriculture, urban, domestic).

Plant Disease Control Glossary, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University. This collection of definitions is part of the online guide 'Plant Disease Control'. Use your browser's own search feature to find a defintion.

Terms of Environment, compiled and maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Common terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in EPA publications. An alphabetic list of terms and Abbreviations & Acronyms. Read the introduction for information about on how to use 'Terms of Environment'.


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