Resources
Professional Societies:
American Phytopathological Society APSNet
American Society for Microbiology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Women in Science
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Oomycete and genomics databases:
Tobacco Blue Mold Forecasting Center
Phytophthora database Mtgenome Sequence
P. infestans National Center for Biotechnology
UCR Phytophthora Infestans Genome Project
Important Plant and Mycological Herbaria
Farlow Herbarium and Archives, Harvard University Mycological Herbarium
Collections Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England Systematic Botany and Mycology Lab
Resources on the internet:
The Irish Potato Famine- History
Eastburn, D. M., D’Arcy, C. J. 1996. Late Blight and the Irish Potato Famine
Views of the Famine A Commemoration of the Great Famine (Ireland 1845)
Ristaino, Jean, Schumann, Gail and D’Arcy, Cl. 2000. Late Blight of Potato – the disease
Oomycetes. The Plant Health Instructor
The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book by Thorsten Kraska
Molecular and Bioinformatics Tools:
Molecular Biology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Dolan DNA Learning Center