OSU Wheat Improvement
Links & Resources


Wheat Breeding Cereal Chemistry Genetics Agronomy Wheat Industry & Links


Wheat Breeding

The University of Idaho Extension Cereals Program.
The Washington State University Extension Uniform Cereal Variety Testing Program.
Federal Grain Inspection Board (GIPSA-FGIS): Helping American agricultural markets and related 
agricultural products, while promoting fair and competitive trade practices.
General information about Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum) and other cereal grains.  Purdue
University Center for New Crops and Plants Products.
Learn more about Wheat classification & distribution from the USDA Plants Profile Database.
General information about triticale (xTriticosecale) Widdmark.
 
 Cooperating Research Stations
     Hyslop Field Research Lab
     Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center
     Moro Station
     Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center
     Central Oregon Agricultural Research Center
     Klamath Experiment Station

 


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 Cereal Chemistry

The USDA/ARS Western Wheat Quality Lab located in Pullman Washington.
American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) - a non-profit international organization. Specializes in the
 use of cereal grains in foods.

 


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  Genetics

GrainGenes  is a compilation of molecular and phenotypic information on wheat, barley, rye, triticale, and oats.
GRIN - Germplasm Resources Information Network.
cerealsDB.uk.net - Wheat stress libraries and gene sequences.
Plant Genetics (CSS & Hort - 430/530)
The IWIS-Bib database is a supplement to the International Wheat Information System.  Contains cultivar descriptions.

 


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Agronomy 

Wheat Disease Identification: A pictorial archive of wheat diseases, in alphabetical order.
Wheat Diseases and Pests: a guide for field identification (CIMMYT).
ASA - American Society of Agronomy.
CSSA - Crop Science Society of America.
Winter Wheat Production Manual: A look at Wheat from breeding a new variety to marketing it from the
University of Saskatchewan.
Wheat "the Big Picture".  Information on wheat science from the UK.  Describes the life cycle of wheat 
from germination to harvest.
Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook: Part of the OSU Extension Plant Pathology and
provides an online guide to plant disease control.
Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center: An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) field unit
located in northeastern Oregon, eight miles northeast of Pendleton.
Triticale (trit-ih-KAY-lee) an alternative Field Crops Manual from the Universities of Wisconsin & Minnesota  
Extension Services, Centers for Alternative Plant & Animal Products.

 


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Wheat Industry, Agriculture & Weather

Oregon Wheat Grower's League.
Current Wheat market prices. 
NAWG - National Association of Wheat Growers
US Wheat Associates
OSU Ag Communications publications. Publications in PDF format. Can be downloaded
using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Wheat Marketing Center, Portland Oregon
Oregon's Agricultural Progress Magazine from the OSU Ag. Experiment Station.
The Capitol Press - Agriculture weekly.
 
AgriPro Seeds
Western Plant Breeders
BASF 
 
USDA publications page - recent and past publications from USDA including  the Agriculture
fact book.  More than just cereals.
USDA-ARS Western Regional Nursery data
USDA news page -  recent and past news releases. More than just cereals.
USDA - Crop Acreage Maps
USDA State Fact Sheets: Provides all sorts of information on economy, farm statistics etc.
University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System Publications, Video, and Software
Washington State University Cooperative Extension
 
Hyslop Field Research Lab weather station data and observations.
AgriMet Station - Corvallis, Oregon (decoded data).
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Agricultural Weather Network (AgriMet).
AgriMet Stations - Statewide and Northwest.
National Weather Service Forecast Map
National Weather Service: Pendleton, Oregon.
National Weather Service: Portland, Oregon.
National Weather Service: Corvallis, Oregon Forecast.
Oregon Climate Service GOES Infra-red satellite Image (250kb)
Western Oregon Doppler radar loop.
Eastern Oregon Doppler radar loop.
  Northwest Reflectivity radar loop.
University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System Publications, Video, and Software
 
DMOZ - Agricultural Search Engine.
Information Services for Agriculture - ISA is a web service provider, and this site can be used to access crop protection product labels and MSDS information.


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