Competencies for a united states horticulture undergraduate major: A national delphi study

HortTechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 452-458

  Basinger, Ashley R ^a   McKenney, Cynthia B ^a   Auld, Dick ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Degree program

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049117063     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.19.2.452     Document Type: Article

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