A nursery and greenhouse online knowledge center: Learning opportunities for sustainable practice

HortTechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 509-517

  Lea Cox, John D ^a   Zhao, Cindy ^a   Ross, David S ^a   Bilderback, Theodore E ^b   Harris, J Roger ^c   Day, Susan D ^c   Hong, Chuanxue ^c   Yeager, Thomas H ^d   Beeson Jr , Richard C ^d   Bauerle, William L ^e   Ristvey, Andrew G ^a   Lorscheider, Mary ^b   Dickinson, Sarah ^c   Ruter, John M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning modules; Fertilization; Irrigation; Moodle; Pathogens; Surface water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954445297     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.20.3.509     Document Type: Review

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