costs (a continuing philosophy), and the estimated costs by category are shown in Table 3 ; and 2 ) maintaining price by providing higher product quality and adding services such as special packaging. MelonFarm believes these attributes should make a
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cation required in the largest amount by plants, regardless of nutrient management philosophy. Large amounts of K are required to maintain plant health and vigor. Some specific roles of K in the plant include osmoregulation, internal cation/anion balance
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leaching. Central Florida ridge groves are naturally well drained, but flatwood groves must be artificially drained to lower the shallow water table after heavy rain. There are two drainage management philosophies, uncontrolled and controlled. With
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family; and they’re going to be low maintenance, low maintenance for you know trimming, deadheading, and maintenance.” When questioned, “do you have a gardening philosophy?” all the volunteers said yes but did not have a prepared answer. One respondent
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North Amer. Colleges Teachers Agr. J. 51 21 25 Bliss, R.K. 1952 Seaman A. Knapp: His philosophy, objectives, and methods 36 45 Bliss R.K. The spirit and philosophy of extension work U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School, Epsilon Sigma Phi Natl
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world crops Proc. Royal Soc. 303 313 Kuepper, G. 2010 A brief overview of the history and philosophy of organic agriculture. 9 Dec. 2014. < http://kerrcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/organic-philosophy-report.pdf > Lusk, J.L. House, L.O. Valli, C
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Theor. Appl. Genet. 86 991 1000 10.1007/BF00211052 Booth, D.T. Jones, T.A. 2001 Plants for ecological restoration: A foundation and a philosophy for the future Native Plants J. 2 12 20 10.3368/npj.2
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genetic base of cultivated southern highbush blueberry. The taxonomy of Vaccinium section Cyanococcus is unclear with the number of species ranging from 24 ( Camp, 1945 ) to 9 ( Vander Kloet, 1988 ) depending on the philosophy of the taxonomist. In
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viticulture ( Proffitt et al., 2006 ) indicate that they are relevant to horticulture. Precision agriculture is a management philosophy that aims to make decisions on input or operational procedures at a scale below the field scale. It advocates a shift from
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the SA requires a change in institutional philosophy. Instead of using probit-9 (99.9968% mortality per one million pest individuals) as the standard for quarantine security, the cumulative effect of many components results in effective quarantine