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• - Principal UK organisation tasked with carrying out horticultural research and development and transferring the results to industry. Site provides details of research across horticultural sectors.
  
• - Information on the distinct authorities, how to chose and register a name, symposia and calendars.
  
• - Archive of horticultural information for producers and gardeners from Texas A&M and the Texas Extension Service. Features publications, newsletters, information about specific plants, IPM, and master gardener programs.
  
• - Examines the socioeconomic benefits and effects on rural development of small agroindustrial enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Used as a guide for the activities that the United Nations FAO carries out in these areas.
  
• - AgNIC guide to web resources. Includes information on cultivation, marketing, harvest, nutrition, recipes, and trade associations
  
• - Details of the center, and of growing crops by protected cultivation.
  
• - Promotes and encourages scientific research and education in horticulture within the United States and throughout the world. Publisher of HortScience, HortTechnology, and the Journal of ASHS.
  
• - Discussions on weed control, weed identification, and herbicide management in nursery crops. From Oregon State University.
  
• - Online horticultural information service. Australia.
  
• - Teaching, research, and outreach in horticulture, including basic biology, ecology, production and use of horticultural products.
  
• - Research site of the Tea Research Association, India. Information and research on tea cultivation and processing.
  
• - Extensive alphabetized listing of horticultural fact sheets and images. Grouped by type of plant and topic. Michigan State University.
  
• - Biological and horticultural aspects of wild and rare fruit and nut trees of warm climates. Biology of cacti. Abnormally-ripening-fruit mutants.
  
• - The HDRA researches and promotes organic gardening in the UK.
  
• - Research for commercial horticultural businesses. UK based body with individual and corporate membership.
  
• - Information on herbaceous plants with underground storage organs such as bulbs, corms, and tubers. Oriented primarily towards commercial growers, forcers, and retailers. Production statistics, crop specific guidelines for major geophytic plants such as
  
• - Includes general and specific scientific information, links to journals, events calendar.
  
• - Database interface that identifies suitable plants for a specified environment, for a defined use, or for a defined description.
  
• - Production and postharvest technical information for individual crops.
  
• - Information about the horticultural technology with links to the Journal of Applied Horticulture, and horticultural societies.
  
• - A collection of short notes on a number of horticultural topics.
  
• - German research institute based at Hanover University. Site in German and English.
  
• - Links and online resources for the nursery industry, from the Clemson University Extension.
  
• - Information on the cultivation of Lepidium meyenii, or Maca.
  
• - Plant information and production information with emphasis on Australia.
  
• - Information on research activities at several locations, development of new plant varieties, and development of new technologies for agriculture, the florist and nursery industries, and home gardeners.
  
• - Information, including FAQs and research, on growing hops in eastern United States.
  
• - Information on tea cultivation and growing in the south of India.
  
• - Serving the fresh fruit and vegetable industry, for matters including evaluation of postharvest technologies, storage and handling software, assistance with commercialization, patents, expert testimony, and cargo loss. Located in Sydney, Australia.
  
• - The Institute carries out basic and applied research supporting the sustainable production of vegetable and ornamental plants and the rational use of natural resources. Located approximately 20 km south of Berlin, the Institute was a research center for
  
• - Gives the history of HORTAX, an association of taxonomists and horticulturists interested in the classification and nomenclature of cultivated plants, member information and links to the archives of HORTAX News.
  
• - Searchable database of ornamental and fruit crops, offering photos and characteristics of a large number of plants traded in the Netherlands. English/Dutch/German.
  
• - Searchable by common names, alternate names and botanical names.
  
• - Encouraging the commercialisation of potential new crops (including herbs, spices, and other horticultural crops) in Australia. Includes newsletter and links.
  
• - Information on quality gardening and landscaping practice, especially with regard to pruning of shrubs and trees.
  
• - Contains information about aspects of engineering, including glasshouse construction and energy conservation, from Rutgers University.
  
• - Conducts research, teaching, and public service on the selection, management and role of plants and ecosystems in the urban environment. At College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle.