EcoPort:  The access portal to ecology knowledge for natural resource managers and its relation to oil seeds, including safflower; an on-line presentation.

Griffee, P., Putter T., Marsella M., and Diemer P.

Abstract

FAO and the University of Florida are developing a system called EcoPort, launched at http://www.ecoport.org in January 2000; the Smithsonian Institute is the third EcoPort Consortium member. It deals with the management of ecological knowledge and the interactions between entities such as plants, pests, vertebrates, places etc. The associated website EcoCrop (http://ecocrop.fao.org) matches plants to environmental conditions and plant uses. The on-line presentation will demonstrate oilseeds in relation to these sites, with particular reference to safflower.

Key words: EcoPort, on-line resource