Diversity in landscape plantings: Broader understanding and more teaching needed

HortTechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-129

  Lohr, Virginia I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Curriculum; Education; Genetic diversity; Instruction; Monoculture; Nurseries; Overplanting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875726405     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.23.1.126     Document Type: Article

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