CropWizard Documents¶
The CropWizard document database consists of over 400,000 publications, blogs, newsletters, and articles from three categories of sources:
- Extension websites of over 55 US land-grant universities — the largest category.
- A small number of similar documents from other universities in the US and abroad.
- A growing set of open-access research publications from scientific journals relevant to agriculture.
Database overview¶
| File type | Document count |
|---|---|
| PDF (.pdf) | 73,668 |
| Word (.docx, .doc) | 67 |
| HTML (.html) | 20,211 |
| Other (webpages) | 226,971 |
Database topics¶
| Technical area | Specific topics |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | Livestock, crop deficiency, genetic breeding, plant stress, plant genetics, soil science, crop yield and cover, agricultural economics, watershed management, animal nutrition, rangeland management, aquaculture, soybean production, organic crops, fertilizer emissions |
| Plant Science | Genetic editing, plant ecology, soil remediation, soil management, organic farming, plant diseases, insects, weed control, pesticide applications, pest management, fruits, tree care |
| Environmental Science | Microbial ecology, marine ecology, bioenergy production, environmental policy, renewable energy, wildlife conservation, environmental education |
| Food Science | Food antioxidants, food safety, canning, cooking, pesticide safety |
| Animal Science | Livestock, animal nutrition |
| Ecology | Microbial infections, plant ecology, microbial ecology, marine ecology |
| Technology and Tools | Remote sensing, tractors, plumbing systems |
| Economics and Policy | Local economy, government finance |
| Forestry and Land Management | Forestry, wildfire management, lawn care, tree care |
| Energy | Biofuels, bioenergy production |
| Pest Control | Pest management, pesticide applications, pesticide safety |
| Horticulture and Lawn Care | Gardening, lawn care, weed control |
| Selected Health Science Topics | Cognitive behavior, entomology, cancer genomics, microbial infections |
Documents from land-grant universities¶
The Extension collection spans over 55 land-grant universities. The largest contributors include:
| State | University | Document count |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | North Carolina State University | 80,851 |
| Illinois | University of Illinois | 20,606 |
| Missouri | University of Missouri | 16,277 |
| Montana | Montana State University | 13,708 |
| Pennsylvania | Penn State University | 13,216 |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State University | 13,014 |
| Utah | Utah State University | 12,116 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma State University | 11,537 |
| Oregon | Oregon State University | 10,611 |
| Massachusetts | University of Massachusetts | 10,523 |
| Virginia | Virginia Tech | 10,395 |
| Arizona | University of Arizona, Tucson | 10,189 |
…plus collections from the universities of Georgia, Florida, Iowa State, Purdue, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, and roughly forty more institutions.
Academic journals¶
- Springer Nature (open access) — journals including Crop Health, Animal Cognition, Botanical Studies, Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, Horticulture Advances, Rice, and Agricultural and Food Economics, published under CC BY (and CC0) licenses.
- Wiley (open access) — nearly 20,000 articles across ~75 journals such as New Phytologist, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Evolutionary Applications, Agronomy Journal, Crop Science, GCB Bioenergy, and Methods in Ecology and Evolution, under CC BY, CC BY-NC, and CC BY-NC-ND licenses.
For the complete license breakdown per journal, see Document Licenses.