LISTSERVES and NEWSGROUPS
The electronic discussion groups are more informal in nature and frequently blend botany and horticulture together. Listserves require a subscription and messages are automatically mailed to you at your computer mailbox, either as single messages or as digests. A digest is like a daily newsletter - all the individual messages are compiled and sent out as one combined message. Subscriptions to newsgroups are through Usenet, where you go to read them. After several days they are automatically discarded. All messages can either be saved or deleted. Listserves and newsgroups can be moderated, that is someone reads the messages and removes the bloopers. Or, either type can be unmoderated, and everything comes through. All the discussion groups are free of charge and generally anyone can subscribe and join the discussions. Botanical groups are especially known for their expertise and helpfulness. The essential commands for subscribing to each discussion group is provided after the description of that group. More information about the subscription process and ideas for expanding your search for mailing lists can be found in Some Relevant References at the end of this page.
AROID-L
 | A forum for international discussion about aroids. Emphasis
is on questions, reports about collecting trips, exchanging
seeds, and information resources. This is a moderated list
from the Missouri
Botanical Gardens and is moderately active.
| listproc@mobot.org | subscribe aroid-l (your first name)(your last name) |
| The Botanical Electronic News (BEN) is a subscription
newsletter put together by Adolf Ceska at the University of
British Columbia. It is automatically mailed out about every
two weeks. The emphasis is on botany and plant ecology,
primarily along the Pacific coast from California to Alaska
| ACESKA@CUE.BC.CA | Please subscribe (your first and last name) at (your e-mail address) to BEN |
| Usenet discussion group with a tropical focus.
| Additional information is available from the Tropical
Data Base in Brazil, presented in both English and
Portuguese. Amongst the 20 main topics are botany,
discussion
lists, patents,
and gateways
to other resources.
| A bibliography
is available from the University of Florida. | |
| Usenet discussion group about yeasts, especially in relation
to molecular biology. Moderately active, past messages are
retained in archives.
| Stanford maintains a genome
database for yeasts. | |
| Usenet discussion group for professional mycologists,
especially those interested in genetics and molecular biology.
Past messages are retained in archives.
| Major gateways to other sites with pertinent information are
through the Mycological
Resources on the Internet compiled at Cornell University
and the mycological gopher at the Smithsonian. | |
| Usenet discussion group for professional botanists on a wide variety of topics. Quite active and past articles are archived. |
| The discussion group for bonsai afficienadoes - you're sure
to find out almost everything you ever wanted to know about
the subject here. Moderated and very active. They maintain FAQ
files and are gatewayed to the rec.arts.bonsai Usenet
newsgroup.
| LISTSERV@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU | SUBSCRIBE BONSAI (your first name)(your last name) |
| Bromelaid taxonomists and growers exchange information and
experiences in this discussion group. Moderated and moderately
active.
| LISTSERV@FTPT.BR | SUBSCRIBE BROM-L (your first name)(your last name) |
| An interest in cacti and succulents is shared by this active
discussion group. Growers tips, relevant literature, and seed
exchanges are some of the themes. Unmoderated.
| Diseases
affecting cacti are found in the Texas
Plant Disease Handbook.
| listproc@opus.hp1.hp.com | SUBSCRIBE CACTI_ETC (your first name)(your last name) |
| Discussion group for researchers interested in plant and
fungal cell walls. Moderated and not very active.
| LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU | SUBSCRIBE CELLWALL (your first name)(your last name) |
| Discussion group for those with a burning passion for chili
peppers - eating, growing, identifying, or chemistry thereof.
| Home page is in the award winning category with a fine
layout and interesting resources. Messages are archived
and you can search
from this site.
| chile-heads-request@chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu | SUBSCRIBE [nothing else] |
| This is THE discussion group for persons interested in
carnivorous plants, such as Venus' fly trap and the sundew.
Unmoderated and quite active.
| The Carnivorous
Plant Database Browser provides access to several relevant
resources and to a searchable database of some 3000 entries.
| listproc@opus.hp1.hp.com | SUBSCRIBE CP (your first name)(your last name) |
| Home gardeners
avidly exchange information in this very active discussion
group. Moderated and the source of much practical information,
including plant and seed catalogues.
| Additional information about gardens, associations,
catalogues, and publications is accessible through GardenNet,
which is the homepage for Gardens of the United States.
| LISTSERV@UKCC.UKY.EDU | SUBSCRIBE GARDENS-L (your first name)(your lasy name) |
| Medicinal and aromatic plants are discussed from the
viewpoint of folk and herbal medicine. Sponsored by Anadolu
University Medicinal Plants Research Centre - moderated and
very active.
| Herb
gardens are now an essential section in many botanical
garden plantings.
| LISTSERV@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR | SUBSCRIBE HERB-L(your first name)(your last name) |
| Monthly releases from the Virginia Tech Horticulture
Department , with articles on garden notes, press releases,
children's gardening, and a question box. This is not a
discussion group.
| An expanded source of information is the Horticulture
in Virtual Perspective site at the Ohio State University,
Columbus. Their information is divided into categories for
teaching materials, people and programs, research, and internet
resources.
| Searching for images, growing instructions, and cultivars of
over 1400
genera can be done in The
Virtual Garden when it is completed.
| The American Society for Horticultural Science maintains a gopher
site as well.
| LISTSERV@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU | SUBSCRIBE HORT-L (your first name)(your last name) |
| Members discuss mycorrhizae and root-fungus interactions.
Moderated
| LISTSERV@UOGUELPH.CA | SUBSCRIBE MICRONET (your first name)(your last name) |
| Economic botany discussion for potential new crops.
Moderated and sporadically active.
| LISTSERV@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU | SUBSCRIBE NEWCROPS (your first name)(your last name) |
| Discussions center around both private and commercial
growers of orchids. Moderated and quite active.
| Additional cultural information is available in the Home
Culture Booklet and from the American Orchid Society's culture
sheets.
| A bibliography of orchid literature
is available from the University of Florida.
| MAILSERV@SCUACC.SCU.EDU | SUBSCRIBE ORCHIDS (your first name)(your last name) |
| Forum for discussion of issues relating to research in
photosynthesis. Moderated and sporadically active - gatewayed
to the Usenet group bionet.photosysthesis. Membership requires
approval.
| LISTSERV@TAUNIVM.TAU.AC.IL | SUBSCRIBE PHOTOSYN (your first name)(your last name) |
| This is a discussion group for plant taxonomists, but sees
very little activity.
| MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK | SUBSCRIBE PLANT-TAXONOMY (your first name)(your last name) |
| Discussion group for the Plant Transport Group of the
Society of Experimental Biology.
| MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK | SUBSCRIBE PTG-FORUM (your first name)(your last name) |
Some Relevant References:
| Mailing list commands (such as subscribe, unsubscribe,
digest, and more) are explained and presented in concise
charts in : Carroll, Jim, and Rick Broadhead. 1995. Canadian Internet Handbook. Scarborough, ON: Prentice Hall, pages776-783. |
| The Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences (9th edition) is maintained by Diane Kovacs and her team. The wide scope of subject areas is broken up into a series of ACADLIST files, one of which is for botany/horticulture, and other broader or related topics are for agriculture, biology, ecology and environmental studies, and science. |
| BIOSCI is the gateway into biological newsgroups on Usenet. These are largely discussion groups for researchers and this site leads to archives, FAQS, information sheets, and a variety of servers. |
| List Search provides a powerful tool by allowing one to search the entire index for all mailing lists and Usenet groups. Botanical groups are only a small fraction of all the discussion groups that can be accessed from this site. |
| LISTSERV Homepage for mailing lists using the LISTSERV mail processor. The database at this site can be searched alphabetically or topically for the names of lists. |
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