Benefits and values of the master gardener program

Journal of Extension

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Schrock, Denny S ^a   Meyer, Mary ^b   Ascher, Peter ^b   Snyder, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0343142365     PISSN: 10775315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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