Compendium of Pesticide Common Names

Links to Other Pesticide Web Sites

This is not intended to be a comprehensive collection of links to other Web sites concerned with pesticides – other people have the time and resources to do a better job than I can.

All links were checked on 24th June 2004.

Analytical Methods

• CIPAC (Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council)

Books and Compendia

• Crop Protection Compendium
• Nanogens Index
• The Pesticide Manual

Current Awareness

• Agranova – information on new crop protection technologies
• AGROW – World Crop Protection News
• CITE Pesticide and Agrichemical Industry Information
• Crop Protection Monthly
• Pesticide and Toxic Chemical News
• Pesticide Chemical News Guide

Information Providers

• BIOSIS
  Publishes Biological Abstracts and Zoological Record, as printed journals and as databases.
• CABI Publishing
  Publishes the CAB ABSTRACTS and CAB HEALTH databases, and over 40 printed abstract journals derived from them, including Helminthological Abstracts, Nematological Abstracts, Review of Agricultural Entomology, Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology, Review of Plant Pathology, Tropical Diseases Bulletin, Veterinary Bulletin and Weed Abstracts. Also publishes a multimedia Crop Protection Compendium.
• Chemical Abstracts Service
  Publishes Chemical Abstracts as printed journals and as a database.

Organisations

• CGIAR – Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
• CropLife International (formerly Global Crop Protection Federation)
• FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• IAPPS – International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences

Profiles and Specifications

• The ARS Pesticide Properties Database
• FAO Specifications for Plant Protection Products
• Pesticide Active Ingredient Information

Resistance

• FRAC – Fungicide Resistance Action Committee
• HRAC – Herbicide Resistance Action Committee
• IRAC – Insecticide Resistance Action Committee
• RRAC – Rodenticide Resistance Action Committee

Specialist Internet Directories

• AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center) Portal - Search
• AgriSurf
• Clemson University Pesticide Information Program
• Cornell University Pesticide Management Education Program
• CROET – Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology
• CropLife America (formerly American Crop Protection Association) (click “Links”)
• CropLife Canada (formerly Crop Protection Institute)
• CropLife International (formerly Global Crop Protection Federation)
• Database of IPM Resources
• EPPO – European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
• INFOMINE – Biological, Agricultural & Medical Sciences
• Integrated Pest Management Resource Centre
• Maine Board of Pesticides Control
• Meisterpro
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA)
• OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pesticides Programme
• Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
• Pesticide Action Network UK
• Pesticide Management Resource Guide (US Environmental Protection Agency)
• PESTICIDE.NET (formerly PestLaw)
• The Plant Link Library: Plant Protection (Wageningen University)
• Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book – Pesticides: from A to Z
• University of Minnesota Department of Entomology
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Pesticide Education Resources
• USDA Regional Pest Management Centers Information System
• Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs – Pesticide Site Locator
• Washington State University’s Pesticide and Environmental Stewardship
• Weed Science Society of America
• WWW Virtual Library for Agriculture

General Internet Directories

• Open Directory – Business: Chemicals: Agrochemicals: Pesticides
• Open Directory – Science: Agriculture: Pests and Diseases: Chemical Control
• Yahoo – Pesticides

Public Procurement

• Tenders
  A database covering calls for tender, pre-information notices and contract awards issued by public sector organisations from all European Union member states. Updated 5 times each week. Subscription required.
  
  Search for the following Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes
  
  

  01119100		Plants used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes
  01119130		Plants used for insecticidal purposes
  01119140		Plants used for fungicidal or similar purposes
  24200000		Agro-chemical products
  24210000		Pesticides
  24220000		Insecticides
  24230000		Herbicides
  24240000		Plant-growth regulators
  24250000		Disinfectants
  24260000		Rodenticides
  24261000		Fungicides
  74721000		Disinfecting and exterminating services
  74721100		Disinfecting services
  74721200		Pest-control services
  74721210		Rat-disinfestation services
  74721300		Fumigation services
  77312100		Weed-killing services

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