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AUB Landscape Plant Database This link opens in a new window Developed by AUB's LDEM Department, this database focuses on native, naturalized, and ecologically suitable plant species for the Middle East. The database may be searched by name (common or scientific) or by criteria such as geographical location, climate, and plant type. It contains a rich image gallery and a helpful glossary. Availability: Full-text and images Date Coverage: Varies
AUB Nature Conservation Center Plant Database This link opens in a new window AUB's Nature Conservation Center Plant Database is a culmination of more than ten years of effort in research by experts in agriculture, biology, chemistry, economics, medicine, nutrition and other fields. It provides information (taxonomy, cultivation, nutritional facts, location, nomenclature, experiments, etc.) about native plants that may be searched by scientific name or common name (English, Arabic, and French).

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Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology by P. Vidhyasekaran
Call Number: S 632.303:V652c
Publication Date: 2004
An easy-to-use single reference source covering the full range of subject areas associated with plant pathology.
Desk Encyclopedia of Plant and Fungal Virology by Brian W. J. Mahy; Marc H. V. van Regenmortel
Call Number: S 579.27:D459m
Publication Date: 2010
Consists of 85 chapters that highlight recent advances in our knowledge of the viruses that infect plants and fungi.
Dictionary of Plant Breeding, Second Edition by Rolf H. J. Schlegel
Call Number: Online book from CRC
Publication Date: 2009
Contains clear and useful definitions of the terms associated with plant breeding and related scientific/technological disciplines.
Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science by Robert M. Goodman
Call Number: S 630.3:E563g
Publication Date: 2004
Covers classic and modern studies in plant biology in conjunction with research, applications, and innovations in crop science and agriculture.
Dictionnaire Etymologique de la Flore du Liban by Moustapha Nehme
Call Number: S 580.3:N395d
Publication Date: 2000, [i. e.] 1999