The effects of Florida Master Gardener characteristics and motivations on program participation

Journal of Extension

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Strong, Robert ^a   Harder, Amy ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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